Mississippi State Sports Blog

For the third-consecutive year, Mississippi State’s spring football game will be televised. Regional television station CSS will broadcast the game on a tape-delay basis, with the first airing set for Sunday, March 30, at 11:30 a.m. CT.
Steve Ellis and Matt Wyatt will call the action, and head coach Sylvester Croom will join the pair in […]

Gregg Ellis reported on his Daily Journal blog today the standout QB Chris Garrett of Tupelo has committed to play for Les Miles at LSU. This is a reversal of the verbal commitment he had made to play for Sly Croom last October.
The commitment to the Tigers comes after a visit to LSU and a […]

I get an email in my inbox every morning from Google News that has any story from the last 24 hours that mentions Mississippi State in one way or another. I am going to try to start sharing those links here as much as possible starting today.
So here we go.

Chris Talbott of the Sun Herald […]

Virginia Military Institute announced yesterday that form MSU Coordinator Sparky Woods has been hired as their new head coach.
I am extremely happy that Sparky Woods was interested in VMI,” said White. “His experience as a head football coach, both at Appalachian State University and the University of South Carolina, put him at the top of […]

The final three members of the 2008 MSU Signing Class have finally signed on the dotted line. Rashun Dixon (brother of Anthony and Antwon) of Terry, Joshua Jackson of of Canton and Trevor Stigors of Ridgeland have all signed their letters of intent.
We will have a recap of all the players in the signing class […]

There have already been a lot of signees that made their commitment to Mississippi State. Here is the list so far:

John Paul Alford
OL
6-3
280
Kosciusko, MS (Kosciusko HS)

Charles Bailey
WR
6-2
173
St. Augustine, FL (Bartram Trail HS)

Nick Bell
DL
6-4
230
Bessemer, AL (Jess Lanier HS)

Corey Broomfield
DB
5-10
157
Palm Bay, FL (Bayside HS)

Arceto Clark
ATH
5-10
165
Verona, MS (Shannon HS)

Kendrick Cook
TE
6-3
230
Attalla, AL (Etowah HS)

Terrance Davis
ATH
5-11
180
Conyers, GA (Salem HS)

Sean Ferguson
DL
6-4
225
Miami, […]

A chronic hip injury sustained during the 2007 Mississippi State football season has terminated the Bulldog playing career of junior quarterback Michael Henig.
Henig, who suffered the injury during August two-a-days, has been under the initial care of Dr. Rusty Linton of Columbus, Miss., and then hip specialist Dr. Thomas Byrd of Nashville, Tenn.
Dr. Byrd’s recommendation […]

For some reason, this site started receiving tons of hits last night and today from people search Google for the term “Ellis Johnson”. I thought that was odd until I just saw this story on Yahoo! Sports.
Only a few weeks after announcing that he would leave Mississippi State to join the staff of Bobby Petrino […]

The Daily Journal is reporting that Woody McCorvey has taken his name out of the hat for the South Alabama job, deciding to stay at Mississippi State for the time being.
“The timing and everything just isn’t right,” said McCorvey, who’s in Florida for recruiting. “My best intentions right now are to stay at Mississippi State.
“I’m […]

Via Athletic Media Relations
Mississippi State University President Dr. Robert H. ‘Doc’ Foglesong announced Monday an extension to the contract of head football coach Sylvester Croom.
The extension requires approval by the Board of Trustees, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.
The two-year contract extension carries Croom through the 2011 football season. Financial details were not released.
Croom, […]

Via Athletic Media Relations
Mississippi State head football coach Sylvester Croom confirmed Friday that four new student-athletes had enrolled in spring semester classes and would participate in spring football practice, and that one current Bulldog has been added to the scholarship list.
Junior college transfer Phillip Freeman, previous Mississippi State signees Michael Hunt and O’Neal Wilder, and […]

The Mobile Press-Register published a story in today’s paper about the coaching search currently taking place at the University of South Alabama (USA) in Mobile. The story confirms that USA athletic director Joe Gottfried has contacted Mississippi State offensive coordinator Woody McCorvey about their headcoaching position and plans on setting up a more formal meeting.
Gottfried […]

Via Media Relations
Coach Croom held a press conference today to officially announce that assistant coach Charlie Harbison has been promoted to the defensive coordinator position. He also announced that Louis Campbell had been hired as the new linebackers coach.
“In choosing Charlie Harbison to be our defensive coordinator, I wanted to maintain the continuity of play […]

While there is no official word from MSU Athletics, it seems apparent that Mississippi State defensive secondary coach Charlie Harbison will be promoted to the defensive coordinator position.
Harbison coached safeties for the Bulldogs last year. Prior to joining the MSU staff, he had two stints at Alabama coaching on both sides of the ball. He […]

Gregg Ellis is reporting via Houston Nutt (of all people) that Louis Campbell has indeed been hired by Mississippi State to be the linebackers coach. Since Ellis Johnson was linebackers coach in addition to being defensive coordinator, this hiring confirms rumors that Croom will promote a current assistant to the DC position. This will likely […]