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Notes and Numbers: MSU Remains Strong in RPI Rankings

This is a day late because yesterday was spent at the zoo on a school field trip, and it was worth it just to see grizzly bears fighting in a pool. Anyway, thanks for your patience, and now I have

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MSU Rises to No. 16 in Baseball America Poll

Mississippi State is on a roll and is rising in the rankings. The Bulldogs (30-9, 8-7 SEC), fresh off a sweep of Texas A&M on the road, jumped five spots in this week’s Baseball America poll, to No. 16. MSU

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SEC Teleconference: Ray Wants Bulldogs to ‘Make Hay’ at Home This Week

This week’s SEC coaches teleconference is in the books, and we chatted with both MSU coach Rick Ray and Texas A&M coach Billy Kennedy. The Bulldogs (7-11, 2-4 SEC) host the Aggies (12-7, 2-4) at 8 p.m. Wednesday (then have LSU at

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MSU-Tennessee Pregame: Ray, Martin Match Similar Styles

Today’s game: MSU (7-8, 2-1 SEC) at Tennessee (8-7, 0-3), 3 p.m., SEC Network (Clay Matvick play-by-play, Joe Dean analyst), XM 199, Sirius 113. ––––– KNOXVILLE, Tenn. | MSU is back on the road and hoping to shake off Wednesday’s

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Steele Finds His Shot; Can Bulldogs Follow Suit?

Next game: Alabama (9-6, 1-1 SEC) at MSU (7-7, 2-0), Wednesday, 8 p.m., CSS (Matt Stewart play-by-play, Kyle Macey analyst) ––––– Good morning, readers. Lovely day in North Mississippi, ain’t it? (No it’s not.) Hopefully you’ve got a copy of today’s

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SEC Teleconference: Ray Praises Sword, Expects Him to Play

It’s Monday, which means we get to hear from all the SEC’s basketball coaches on the weekly teleconference. Today I listened in to MSU’s Rick Ray – of course – and Alabama’s Anthony Grant. The Bulldogs host the Crimson Tide on

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Sword Named SEC Freshman of the Week

Mississippi State guard Craig Sword has been named the SEC freshman of the week, the league office announced this morning. The 6-foot-3 guard scored a career-high 18 points in MSU’s 56-54 win over South Carolina on Wednesday, then on Saturday had

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On the Links: Bulldogs Start Strong … So, What’s Possible?

Well, as we enter the second week of SEC play, MSU sits atop the league standings at 2-0 along with four other teams, including Ole Miss. You can read about that in our basketball overview in today’s Journal. There’s plenty

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Video: Ray Previews Georgia Game

We caught up with MSU basketball coach Rick Ray just before he and the team left for the airport. The Bulldogs (6-7, 1-0 SEC) are headed to Athens to take on Georgia (6-8, 0-1) on Saturday (12:45 p.m., SEC Network). Here’s

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On the Links: Transition Mode

Hello, all. Happy Monday to you, if there is such a thing. It’s the first full week of 2013, and we are transitioning from football season into football recruiting and SEC basketball. If you didn’t see it yesterday, I had

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Collins Promoted to Defensive Coordinator

Geoff Collins, who has been co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach the past two seasons for Mississippi State, has been promoted to defensive coordinator, head coach Dan Mullen announced today. Collins replaces Chris Wilson, who’s been the DC the past two seasons. A

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