Mississippi State Sports Blog

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 [...]

Jamont Gordon was named this weeks SEC Player Of The Week for his performance against the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa on Saturday.

Averaged 24.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in wins over Kentucky and Alabama. Shot 61 percent (17-28 FGs) from the field, including 9-of-15 (60%) from beyond the three-point arc.
Totaled a game-high 24 points, [...]

Jamont Gordon scored 24 points and keyed a late run in Mississippi State’s 66-56 victory over Alabama on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (13-5, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) led by as many as 13 points midway through the second half before Alabama (11-8, 0-4) made a final comeback attempt.
Senario Hillman hit a layup and free throw to bring the [...]

Mississippi State’s Baseball Bulldogs have garnered another preseason national ranking, tabbed 24th in the poll conducted by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
Arizona State is ranked first in the NCBWA poll, with North Carolina, Rice, South Carolina and Arizona rounding out the top five.
The Southeastern Conference placed an NCAA-leading seven teams in the preseason [...]

Here is a video feature of Varnado’s triple-double versus Kentucky at The Hump last night. This is only the 3rd triple-double in school history and helped the Bulldogs to their second straight win over Kentucky. This is only the second time in school history that the Bulldogs have back-to-back wins over Kentucky.
Video after the jump.
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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
Looking to secure their first 3-0 SEC start since 1993-94, the Mississippi State Bulldogs (11-5, 2-0) play host to the Wildcats of Kentucky (7-7, 1-0) as the second half of ESPN’s Super Tuesday lineup. Tip-off for the nationally televised inter-divisional contest is set for 8 p.m. CT at MSU’s Humphrey Coliseum. [...]

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 [...]