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 [...]

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 [...]

Via Athletic Media Relations
Mississippi State (11-5, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) displayed yet another impressive defensive performance Saturday afternoon at home in Humphrey Coliseum with a 60-49 victory over the visiting Bulldogs of Georgia (9-5, 0-1).
Leading State to the victory was all-America candidate Jamont Gordon, who notched 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting along with nine boards. Sophomore [...]

The SEC announced its 2007 SEC All-Freshman Team for football today. Mississippi State freshman QB Wesley Carroll was listed as the QB for this freshman team voted on by coaches.
Carroll stepped in during the Auburn game after Michael Henig broke his hand and led the Bulldogs to a 7-5 record, including wins over Alabama and [...]

Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom has officially been named SEC Coach of the Year by the league office in Birmingham today. You can read the official release from the SEC office on their website.
This marks the first time a Mississippi State head coach has been honored with coach of the year since Wade Walker [...]

Coach Croom seems to be racking up the coach of the year awards. First, he was put at the top of the first-round fan vote for the Liberty Mutual Coach Of The Year. Then, he was named the Rivals.com SEC Coach of the Year, followed by a nod from the American Football Coaches Association as [...]

It is less than a week away from the bowl selection Sunday and Mississippi State fans are anxious to know where they will need to make their travel plans to. There seem to be two leading bowls that we are being considered for: the Liberty Bowl and the Music City Bowl.
There really doesn’t seem to [...]

Mississippi State defensive back and special teams player Derek Pegues has earned SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his 75-yard punt return in the 4th quarter that helped Mississippi State comeback from a 14-0 deficit to defeat rival Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl.

Pegues returned a fourth-quarter punt 75 yards for a touchdown [...]

Mississippi State freshman quarterback Wes Carroll has been selected by the SEC as the Freshman Player of the Week for his performance in the Bulldogs victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. This is the first time Carroll has been honored with this distinction.
“The biggest thing for us was tempo and getting a quick play called. We [...]

Mississippi State Defensive End Avery Hannibal has been selected as the SEC defensive player of the week for his performance in the Bulldogs victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.
What was the defensive plan going into the game Saturday?
“Our goal was to stop the run and get into his face and knock off his (Andre’ Woodson) rhythm. [...]

The Mississippi State Bulldogs improved to 5-4 on the season, 2-3 in the SEC with a 31-14 win over the 14th ranked Kentucky Wildcats today in Lexington. Christian Ducre rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown as the Bulldogs capitalized on a sloppy second half by Kentucky, including 3 interceptions thrown by Andre Woodson and [...]

Kyle Veazey has a great profile on Anthony Dixon and Christian Ducre, Mississippi State’s #1 and #2 running backs. You can find it over at the Clarion-Ledger site.
In MSU’s past two games, he has rushed for 114 yards and what proved to be the game-winning touchdown in a 19-14 win at Auburn.
“He’s more of power,” [...]

So after our 3rd win in as many weeks, the Bulldogs are traveling to Columbia to take on the Old Ball Coach. South Carolina is coming off a loss to LSU and is having some problems of its own. Their starting QB Blake Mitchell has been sent to the bench in favor of Chris Smelley, [...]

The SEC has announced the the MSU/South Carolina game will be at 11:30am and televised by Lincoln Financial Sports. That is 12:30 ET since the game is in Columbia.
This will be the 4th time this season that the Bulldogs have been on TV.
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