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STARKVILLE — Two days after Mississippi State finished off a 48-31 win over No. 6 Texas A&M, the rewards continued to roll in for the Bulldogs on Monday. Late Monday afternoon, MSU quarterback Dak Prescott, linebacker Richie Brown and offensive lineman Ben Beckwith were named as conference or national award-winners for a team that improved to 5-0 for the second time in three years.
Prescott, who passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns while running for 77 yards and three scores, was named Athlon’s National Player of the Week for the second-straight game. The Haughton, Louisiana native was also placed on the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for his performance, and he was named a Manning Award Star of the Week, which was announced by the Sugar Bowl.
Brown, a sophomore linebacker from Long Beach, was named the Southeastern Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career. Brown tied the school record with three interceptions against Texas A&M.
Beckwith, a former walk-on from Benton Academy in Yazoo County, was named the SEC’s Offensive Lineman of the Week for the second consecutive game. Beckwith, MSU’s starting left guard, was moved to center in place of starter Dillon Day, who sat out the Texas A&M win due to a suspension handed down by the league after the LSU win. Beckwith, who won the award after helping the Bulldogs run for 302 yards against LSU, captured the honor again after paving the way for a 314-yard performance out of MSU’s ground game.
n Wallace earns weekly honor: After leading Ole Miss to the program’s first ever win over the nation’s top-ranked team, senior quarterback Bo Wallace was named Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Wallace tossed a pair of touchdowns in the final 5:29 to lead Ole Miss to a 23-17 victory, the Rebels’ first over Alabama since 2003.
n Ole Miss-Georgia Tech rescheduled: Ole Miss and Georgia Tech will play a home-and-home football series in 2022 and 2023.
The teams were originally scheduled to play in 2017 and 2018, but the Rebels accommodated Tech’s request to move the series back so the Jackets can schedule other “Power 5” games in those seasons.
Georgia Tech will host the Rebels in Atlanta in 2022, and the Yellow Jackets will make the return visit to Oxford in 2023.
n Oct. 18 TV times set: The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that Alabama’s game vs. Texas A&M at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, October 18, will kick off at 2:30 p.m. (CT) and will be televised by CBS.
Listed below is the complete SEC television schedule for Saturday, Oct. 18: Furman at South Carolina, 11 a.m., SEC Network; Texas A&M at Alabama, 2:30 p.m., CBS; Georgia at Arkansas, 3 p.m., SEC Network; Missouri at Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2; Tennessee at Ole Miss, 6 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2; Kentucky at LSU, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network.
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