Published on: 14th May, 2010
Sure, football season is still more than three months away, but I want to look at Mississippi State's schedule and offer my rankings of the Bulldogs' opponents in 2010, from the easiest to the toughest. Don’t mistake this for a power rankings, because it’s not always ...Published on: 15th April, 2010
Mississippi State is winding down spring practices this weekend with the annual Maroon-White spring game on Saturday. Here are three big position battles that will be contested well into August. Quarterback This is without a doubt the premier position battle at MSU, and it should carry well over into ...Published on: 7th December, 2009
The week of the Mississippi State-Alabama game, I did a brief statistical comparison between tailbacks Anthony Dixon and Mark Ingram . With Ingram having a really good shot at winning both the Heisman Trophy and a BCS national title with the Crimson Tide, I thought it’d be good to take ...Published on: 3rd December, 2009
Give Cameron Newton credit for this: Wherever he decides to play football next season, he’ll be 100 percent sure it’s the right place. The highly touted junior college quarterback, a dual-threat guy who began his career at Florida, is taking a very deliberate and open-minded approach to choosing his next ...Published on: 30th November, 2009
It happens with every coaching change, and it happened when Dan Mullen arrived at Mississipppi State. Players left. Some of them were expected to be big contributors this season. But they all had one thing in common: None of them were seniors. All 16 of the MSU seniors recognized prior to ...Published on: 27th November, 2009
I tried to go watch The Blind Side with my daughter and her friends, but it was all sold out. So with that in mind, this will be a movie-themed edition of Power Rankings. Enjoy. Team (Pvs): Comment 1. Alabama (1): The Crimson Tide are turning into a lethal killing machine . 2. ...Published on: 20th November, 2009
I love my job, but not to the point that I’m shooting out of bed at the crack of dawn with a big smile on my face. Just ask my wife, she of the sharp elbows.Perhaps I should take a cue from Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State’s irrepressible senior running back. ...Published on: 19th November, 2009
The SEC does this to me every year: Every week I think I’ve got some teams figured out, and then they go and do something completely unexpected. Like Ole Miss walloping Tennessee. The Vols brought a BB gun to an Old West shootout. So what I’ve done this week is completely ...Published on: 12th November, 2009
Time for another always entertaining edition of the ol' power rankings. Read, enjoy, mock. Previous rank in parentheses. 1. Florida (1): That $30,000 Urban Meyer had to pay the SEC for slamming refs? He’ll get it back by not going to Starbucks for a week. 2. Alabama (2): Hey MSU fans, remember ...Published on: 10th November, 2009
For the second time this season, Erin Andrews and friends come to Starkville for a Saturday night ESPN showdown featuring a highly ranked team. Does this set up a really good chance for MSU to pull an upset, or what? The Crimson Tide (9-0, 6-0 SEC) will enter Davis Wade Stadium—a packed ...