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Here are some links related to the upcoming MSU/Alabama game that rolled across my screen today.
The Montgomery Advertiser tells us that RB Roy Upchurch and WR Earl Alexander are likely to miss the game this weekend.
The Starkville Daily News tells us that the Bulldogs aren’t getting caught up in recent victories over the Tide as [...]

The last home game of the 2008 Mississippi State football season will not be televised. The SEC has announced TV selections for November 22. Only the Tennessee/Vanderbilt game and the Ole Miss/LSU game will be picked up.
The only other game that weekend is The Citadel at Florida. All other teams have a bye.
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The SEC announced today that the Mississippi State - Alabama game scheduled for November 15 has been selected for the 7:45 PM (ET) ESPN game. CBS exercised an option for November 15, tying up 3 games in the process.
South Carolina at Florida will be the 3:30 PM (ET) CBS game and Georgia at Auburn will [...]

1. Alabama - A good practice game heading into this week’s game against LSU. They should still come out on top, but you never know.
2. Florida - They really put a whippin on Georgia. The SEC Championship game should be good a gone between the Gators and Tide.
3. Georgia - Even though they got killed [...]

The November 15th matchup between Mississippi State and Alabama in Tuscaloosa will be televised - we just aren’t sure when. CBS has exercised its option on the game, which also ties up 2 other games until a decision is made.
CBS will decide between Mississippi State/Alabama, South Carolina/Florida and Auburn/Georgia for its 3:30 ET broadcast. Once [...]

An MSU fan created a time-lapse video of The Junction over the weekend of the MSU/Kentucky game. He took a picture every 20 seconds from the Game Day webcam and put them together using QuickTime Pro.
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To prep for this weekend’s game against Kentucky, I sent some questions over to fellow SEC Power Poll voter  Glenn from the UK blog A Sea of Blue to learn more about the Wildcats. Here are my questions in bold along with his answers.
Kentucky seems to have had a pretty good year, playing Alabama and [...]

Nothing has really changed for me in the SEC Power Poll, but here is my ballot for week 9 anyway.
1. Alabama - A solid game against the Vols, and they even scored in the second half.
2. Florida - Tebow and Co. tore Kentucky to shreds.
3. Georgia - The Bulldogs put together a solid game against [...]

The SEC has announced that the November 1st game against Kentucky will not be televised and the MSU Athletic Department has set the game time for 1:30 at Davis Wade Stadium.
Also scheduled for that day is an exhibition basketball game against Montevallow. Tip-off is set for 6pm at The Hump and admission is free.
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Here is how I see the SEC stacking up in the 8th week of the 2008 college football season.
1. Alabama - If they can’t get it together in the second half, they will end up losing a game soon. Is it possible to go into a prevent offense?
2. Florida - Sure they lost to Ole [...]

The MSU Athletic Department has announced that this weekend’s Mississippi State - Tennessee game will be available on ESPN Gameplan in the state of Mississippi.
Mississippi State fans wishing to watch the Bulldogs in action at Tennessee this weekend will have the opportunity to do so through ESPN GamePlan.
The national pay-per-view outlet will feature six games [...]

The SEC Power Poll is out for week 7. Alabama has a firm hold on the #1 spot and Mississippi State actually moved to #10 ahead of Tennessee and Arkansas. A win in Knoxville this weekend could push us up to #9 over Auburn.

Alabama, 251 points (20 first-place votes)
Florida, 230.5 (1)
Georgia, 209.5
LSU, 187
South Carolina, 158
Vanderbilt, [...]

Here is my SEC Power Poll ballot for week 7.

Alabama
The Tide stays on top thanks to being undefeated and having a bye week. They should take care of Ole Miss easily this weekend.
Florida
The Gators really took it to LSU and made them look like the Tigers from the Plains. The Hat just couldn’t get anything [...]

I will be participating in a podcast tonight at 9pm ET/8pm CT with the guys from the Tennessee blog RockyTopTalk.com.
I think you can listen in live. If not, I will have a link up to the podcast later tonight or tomorrow.
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This Saturday’s matchup between Mississippi State and Tennessee has been picked up by ESPN Gameplan. There is no word on blackouts yet. Since the game is in Tennessee, it would seem probable that it will NOT be blacked out in Mississippi, but we will have to wait and see.
The game will also be broadcast on [...]