Mississippi State Sports Blog

For those of you who missed it, Greg Byrne has been named the new Athletics Director for Mississippi State. He will take over when long-time AD Larry Templeton retires this summer. Kyle Veazey has posted some great bullet points from a short talk he had with Doc Foglesong after Greg was approved by the College [...]

Greg Byrne has been approved by the Mississippi College Board as the next Athletics Director of Mississippi State. Byrne will take over when current AD Larry Templeton retires this summer. Byrne has been serving as associate athletic director for development and external affairs since 2006.
Here is an official release from the university.
Greg Byrne, who has [...]

Jamont Gordon contributed at least 20 points for the 11th time this season but could not lift Mississippi State (17-8, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) to a win Wednesday night, as the Bulldogs fell 74-63 on the road to in-state rival Ole Miss (18-7, 4-7).
Gordon also claimed six rebounds in the loss, as fellow co-captain Charles Rhodes [...]

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 [...]

The SEC Coaches Baseball poll is out and it looks like Vanderbilt is picked to win the SEC outright. Ole Miss is picked to win the West with MSU picked second. Here is the full run down.
WESTERN DIVISION
1. Ole Miss 65 (10)
2. Mississippi State 47
3. Arkansas 39 (2)
4. Auburn 34
5. Louisiana State 33
6. Alabama 29
EASTERN [...]

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 [...]

Co-captains Jamont Gordon and Charles Rhodes each recorded a double-double as the Mississippi State Bulldogs (16-7, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) cruised past the Auburn Tigers (12-10, 2-7) by a final score of 83-64 in their third in-conference road victory Saturday night on the road.
State has now posted wins over Auburn in 12 of the teams’ last [...]

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 [...]

The latest men’s basketball polls have been released today, and Mississippi State makes an appearance at #25 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. We are 1 out of the AP poll (#26) with 112 votes. This tells me that people are starting to pay attention to the Bulldogs but aren’t sold on the team yet.
Sure, [...]

Mississippi State junior guard/forward Jamont Gordon has been selected as a midseason top 30 candidate for this year’s John R. Wooden Award, the nation’s most coveted college basketball award. The announcement was made this weekend by The Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award Committee.
The reigning SEC Player of the Week as [...]

Mississippi State has garnered its third and highest preseason national ranking in baseball, picked 23rd in the USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ poll.
The Bulldogs, who begin preseason practice Feb. 4 in advance of a Feb. 22 season-opening three-game series Feb. 22-24 at the University of North Florida, were previously ranked 24th by Collegiate Baseball newspaper [...]

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 [...]

This Saturday, the most important match of the SEC season for the Mississippi State Bulldogs will take place. They will be going up against Ole Miss. Both teams are playing well in the conference right now and a win over the Rebels would definitely help the Bulldogs RPI. It would also boost their confidence for [...]