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Maroon-White Game: Offense Rules as Maroon Rolls

Mississippi State’s offense has had its share of troubles during spring scrimmages, but it put on a show this afternoon in the annual Maroon-White spring game. The Maroon squad, led by walk-on quarterback Sam Cowart, defeated the Tyler Russell-led White team, 38-28,

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Maroon-White Rosters Set

The Maroon-White spring game is about 24 hours away, and we have the team rosters in hand. They were released this morning. Quarterback Tyler Russell will lead the White team, along with tailback LaDarius Perkins, receiver Jameon Lewis, offensive guard Gabe Jackson, and defensive

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Spring Practice: Offense Looks Sharper; Videos of Robinson, Mullen, Hughes

Mississippi State’s final week of spring practices began today, four days after the second scrimmage of the spring. There was a good bit of scrimmage work the last half of practice, especially in the red zone. Coach Dan Mullen said the offense,

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Spring Practice: Defense Dominates Another Scrimmage (w/Videos)

The defense ruled again today in MSU’s second scrimmage of the spring. The Bulldogs played under the sun at Davis Wade Stadium for what counts as the 11th spring practice, and the defense started strong, just as it did last

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Spring Practice: Spirited Work; Holloway Spends Time at Tailback (w/Videos)

On the eve of its second scrimmage, MSU retreated indoors to hold its 10th practice of the spring. With dozens of high school coaches looking on – they’re in town for a clinic – the Bulldogs put in a lively

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Spring Practice: Bulldogs Look to Build Off First Scrimmage

Two days after its first scrimmage of the spring, MSU returned to the practice fields to continue the learning process and build on the work it did Saturday. It was the eighth practice of spring and the first of four

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Spring Football: Bulldogs Wrap Up Installation; Videos of Russell, Mullen, McKinney

Mississippi State held its sixth practice of the spring in a steady drizzle this afternoon, and there was general agreement among all involved that this felt more like bowl prep than spring practice. Despite the elements, the Bulldogs seemed quite

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Gator Bowl Final: No. 21 Northwestern 34, MSU 20

Recapping MSU’s 34-20 loss to Northwestern in the Gator Bowl at EverBank Field on Tuesday. ––––– Tyler Russell threw a career-worst four interceptions, and Northwestern scored 17 points off those miscues to snap MSU’s five-game bowl winning streak. It was

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Defense Dominates Scrimmage (w/Videos)

MSU wrapped up its first phase of bowl practices today with a 115-play scrimmage inside the Palmeiro Center. It gave coaches one last chance to observe the younger players before Gator Bowl game prep begins in earnest Monday. As most

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Blog Bag Answers: Smith’s Knee; Cam’s Hair; All the Tight Ends!

Y’all came through for me, like I figured you would. Good questions, and here are the answers. Q: Do you know of any football stats comparable to Sabermetrics? A: A really good site for those sort of stats is FootballOutsiders.com,

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Week 8 Statshot: 8

Mississippi State hasn’t been the best third-down team, converting only 38.6 percent of the time. That’s tied for ninth in the SEC. But on fourth downs, the Bulldogs have been clutch. MSU has gone for it on fourth down 10

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