Mississippi State Sports Blog

Gatorade has named Meridian High QB (and MSU commit) Tyler Russell its Player of the Year for the state of Mississippi. An official announcement should be made tomorrow, but SuperPrep.com has already posted a story about it.

The 6-foot-5, 213-pound senior quarterback had completed 185-of-278 passes for 3,041 yards and 39 touchdowns against five interceptions at [...]

TheState.com is reporting that Dabo Swinney has officially hired former MSU coordinators Woody McCorvey and Charlie Harbison.
McCorvey, who had agreed in principle to become USC’s receivers coach two days ago, will join Clemson’s staff in an administrative role, although he could be elevated to coaching duties depending on further staff changes.
Harbison, the Bulldogs’ former defensive [...]

So Tommy Tubberville’s days on the Plain are over. Even before it was officially announced there were already rumors that he would be moving to Starkville. They are still going around. Will it happen?
You have to take several things into account. First, the whole pine box saga back in 1998. Tuberville basically said the only [...]

If you are a twitter user, you can now get even more Mississippi State athletics news. The MSU Athletic Department has joined the Twitter parade and you can follow them @mstateathletics. They have also created an official Facebook page. Just search for “Mississippi State Athletics” to find it and become a fan.
Don’t forget, we are [...]

It looks like contract negotiations fell through between South Carolina and Wood McCorvey and he is NOT going there as wide receiver coach now.
The State.com is reporting that McCorvey could end up at Clemson in an administrative role on Dabo Sweeney’s staff. If that is true, he will be following Charlie Harbison there, who has [...]

Mississippi State defensive coordinator Charlie Harbison has been hired by new Clemson HC Dabo Swinney to coach the secondary at Clemson. GoUpstate.com is reporting this.
This will be Harbison’s second stint at Clemson. He was on staff there from 1995-1997.
Clemson DC Vic Koening resigned Tuesday and former Tennessee DC John Chavis is believed to be the [...]

Woody McCorvey, who has been the offensive coordinator at MSU for the past 5 years, has been hired by South Carolina to coach wide receivers for Steve Spurier. This is being reported by GoGamecocks.com.
This is not McCorvey’s first stint at South Carolina. He was the receivers coach at USC in 1998 during Brad Scott’s final [...]

Well, its day 3 of the Mississippi State coaching search and there really isn’t much news at all. Fans on all the forums are throwing around names like Bowden, Patterson, Wilson…I have even seen folks suggest that Tubberville will be stepping down at Auburn and coming to MSU within the next day or so.
Even Fulmer’s [...]

The video from Greg Byrne’s press confernence concerning the resignation of Sylvester Croom is now live for anyone to see. You can watch or listen to the press conference.
According to the press conference:

Mississippi State will honor the buyout terms of Croom’s contract
Rocky Felker will take over the day-to-day operations of the team
The assistants are [...]

The MSU Athletic Department has posted the official press release announcing the resignation of Coach Croom:
Croom Resigns As MSU Head Football Coach
November 29, 2008
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University’s Sylvester Croom announced Saturday his immediate resignation as the school’s head football coach.
“Five years ago, Mississippi State gave me the unprecedented opportunity to be a head [...]

Reports have been confirmed that Coach Croom has indeed resigned as head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
There were rumors early this morning and confirmation came via many media sources, including ESPN scrolling it across the ticker during the Virginia/Virginia Tech game.
I would expect a press conference at some point today. There is no word [...]

UPDATE: CROOM RESIGNS

I think this picture says it all.
Mississippi State fans are tired. Tired of losing. Tired of having the worst offense in the SEC and one of the worst in the nation. Tired of having a stubborn head coach who is unwilling to change “his” offense when it is clear that it is not [...]

The folks over at Red Solo Cup, and Ole Miss blog, emailed me about doing a Q & A exchange leading up to tomorrows Egg Bowl. Here are my questions and their answers.
1. Ole Miss has been up and down this year with the big win over Florida only to turn around and lose to [...]

Junior RB Anthony Dixon is only 148 yards away from having his second 1000-yard year in a row. Will he be able to get the needed yardage with 1 game left?
It will be a tall order. Ole Miss has the #9 rushing defense in the country, allowing about 97 yards per game on average [...]

Junior RB Anthony Dixon was named the SEC’s Offensive Player of the Week today.

Dixon rushed for a career-high 179 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown and also caught five passes for 32 yards and two touchdowns in Mississippi State’s 31-28 win against Arkansas.
It was Dixon’s ninth career 100-yard rushing game and also the first [...]