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Mississippi State’s Ron Polk, the winningest baseball coach in Southeastern Conference history, announced he will resign effective at the end of the current season, MSU Director of Athletics Larry Templeton confirmed.
“It goes without saying that we are most appreciative of the outstanding job Ron Polk has done for Mississippi State baseball,” Templeton said. […]

Gregg Ellis reported on his Daily Journal blog today the standout QB Chris Garrett of Tupelo has committed to play for Les Miles at LSU. This is a reversal of the verbal commitment he had made to play for Sly Croom last October.
The commitment to the Tigers comes after a visit to LSU and a […]

In his NCAA Tournament debut as a starter, Mississippi State senior forward Charles Rhodes slammed the ninth-seeded Oregon Ducks (18-14) for a career-high 34 points on 10-of-12 shooting to lead the eighth-seeded Bulldogs (23-10) to a 76-69 victory Friday evening in first-round action.
Rhodes, who has posted at least 20 points in seven of his last […]

An article in The Register-Guard out of Eugene, Oregon talks about soon-to-be Mississippi State Athletics Director Greg Byrne and his connection to Oregon. Oregon is matched up against MSU in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Tournament this Friday in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Byrne has quite a connection to Oregon. In addition to heading up […]

In the first overtime contest of the season for either team, the Mississippi State Bulldogs (18-8, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) posted their first win over the South Carolina Gamecocks (12-14, 4-8) in their last four matchups Saturday afternoon with a 61-56 road victory.
With just 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation and MSU down 50-47, sophomore Ben Hansbrough […]

The Mississippi State baseball team came out on the short end of an offensive slugfest Saturday at Harmon Stadium. North Florida scored the game’s final 13 runs to take a 17-9 victory in the middle game of a three-game weekend series.
The series finale is set for noon CT Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs are scheduled to […]

Mississippi State University opened the 2008 baseball season on a positive note with an 8-2 win over the University of North Florida Friday afternoon at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, home of the Class AA Southern League Jacksonville Suns.
With the victory, M-State won its season opener for a fifth straight season. Coach Ron Polk is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

With the departure of Ellis Johnson to Arkansas, names are already starting to fly about who Croom will get as a replacement. Several names that have popped up are Jon Tenuta of Georgia Tech and Ron English of Michigan.
Of the names that have been mentioned so far, I think the job is Brick Haley’s to […]

After a win over Tulane in the Superdome, the Bulldogs travel to the plains of Auburn to take on the Tigers. Auburn is coming off an overtime upset at the hands South Florida and will be looking to get back in the grove against Mississippi State.
After the USF upset, Auburn definitely looks like a beatable […]

This was a brutal hit on freshman Zach Smith by Brandon LaFell. This hurt me just to watch it.

Reminds me of the hit that Glanton put on Johns during the Bama game last year.
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