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Mississippi State sophomore quarterback Chris Relf ran for a career- high 131 yards and senior running back Anthony Dixon set MSU’s single-season rushing record as State (5-7, 3-5 SEC) reclaimed the Golden Egg with a 41-27 win against No. 25 Ole Miss (8-4, 4-4 SEC). Bulldog head coach Dan Mullen’s first Egg Bowl victory came [...]

Mississippi State’s bid to knock off Florida for the fifth-consecutive time at Scott Field came up short Saturday night as the top-ranked Gators defeated the Bulldogs 29-19 in front of a record crowd of 57,178. However, the score wasn’t at all indicative of just how close this SEC showdown on ESPN actually was. In fact, [...]

Mississippi State’s Corey Broomfield was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Broomfield, a redshirt freshman from Palm Bay, Fla., earned his first career start in last weekend’s victory over Middle Tennessee State. In the win, Broomfield intercepted a pair of fourth-quarter passes and recorded five tackles (all solo). [...]

Anthony Dixon became Mississippi State’s career rushing leader, and the Bulldog defense shut down any major threats by Middle Tennessee’s offense, as the Bulldogs to a 27-6 road triumph over the Blue Raiders Saturday afternoon. State (3-4) broke a three-game losing skid with the win, while the Blue Raiders (3-3) dropped their second in a [...]

Turnovers and penalties plagued Mississippi State in close losses to nationally-ranked LSU and Georgia Tech in back-to-back weeks. Saturday afternoon in a homecoming affair against Houston, unfortunately, the trend continued. In front of a crowd of 48,019 at Scott Field under overcast skies, the Cougars scored twice in the fourth quarter to rally to a [...]

Opening Comments… “We’re getting ready to go back out there with practice this afternoon. With it being fall break for school we gave our players the day off yesterday. I’m not much of a weatherman, but as I was walking to team chapel yesterday I noticed it was probably a good idea, because I don’t [...]

Mississippi State’s Oct. 3rd game with Georgia Tech is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. (CT) and will be broadcast by Comcast / Charter Sports Southeast, the Southeastern Conference announced today. Every Mississippi State football game this season will be televised by one of the conference’s television partners. The Georgia Tech game will also [...]

The 2009 edition of Mississippi State football began preparing for its upcoming season back in January with winter workouts under the watchful eyes of head strength and conditioning coach Matt Bails. Some eight months and a countless number workouts later, the Bulldogs are ready to begin the final pre-season push. Head coach Dan Mullen welcomed [...]

The weekly syndicated television program SEC-TV will feature a segment on Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen when the program airs later this week. The show will air on Thursday, May 7 at 5:30 p.m. (CT) on Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas and Fox Sports Tennessee. It will also be shown on SportSouth [...]

As he has said all along, Mullen has officially announced assignments for the coaching staff now that signing day is behind us. Here is how they break down: Offense: Les Koenning – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Mark Hudspeth- Passing game coordinator/receivers John Hevesy – Running game coordinator/offensive line Greg Knox – Running backs Defense: Carl Torbush – [...]

Meridian High (MS) quarterback Tyler Russell and wide receiver Chris Smith both signed National Letters-of-Intent with Mississippi State today. Here are a few pics from their signing ceremony in Meridian. Tyler will wear #17 as a Bulldog and was wearing his jersey.

It appears that former MSU head coach Sylvester Croom is pulling a reverse Spurrier and going back to the NFL after a fairly unsuccessful stint in the college football realm. The St. Louis Dispatch is reporting that the Rams plan to hire Croom, most likely as a running backs coach.

Jeremy Fowler of the Orlando Sentinel is reporting this morning that new MSU head coach Dan Mullen is bringing at least one of his fellow assistant coaches with him from Florida. Gators tight ends coach John Hevesy will join Dan Mullen’s staff at Mississippi State as the Bulldogs’ offensive line coach. Hevesy is another long-time [...]

The Blog is enjoying the holidays and the lack of MSU sports-related news. We also have some pretty big events coming up including a 10 year wedding anniversary, so we will see you on the flip side of the new year sometime. In the mean while, Jack Cristil is loved by MSU fans and especially [...]

Les Koenning, Jr., a veteran of more than 25 years coaching on the collegiate level including a previous stop at Mississippi State, has been named to head coach Dan Mullen’s coaching staff, pending approval by the Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning.