Articles by Brandon Walker
MSU slips to No. 4 in College Football Playoff rankings
STARKVILLE — Moments after the Mississippi State football team suffered its first loss of the season at Alabama, tailback Josh Robinson was asked if the Bulldogs still belonged in the top four of the College Football Playoff Committee’s weekly rankings.
“Definitely we do,” Robinson said. “We slipped up today, but we should still be in the top four.”
Robinson was right.
MSU will try to regroup for Vanderbilt
STARKVILLE — For the first time this season, the Mississippi State football team must respond to a loss.
Nearly two days after a 25-20 loss at Alabama, MSU coach Dan Mullen was asked about his team’s ability to bounce back after surrendering the No. 1 ranking in the country it held for more than a month.
MSU uses size advantage to beat MVSU
STARKVILLE — It was a tale of two halves.
Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray loved the first half of his team’s game against Mississippi Valley State on Monday night. Ray watched his Bulldogs shoot 69 percent from the field and score 58 points — the most in his three-year tenure at the school. But Ray didn’t like the second half in which MSU committed 19 of a season-high 26 turnovers.
After first loss, Bulldogs await playoff ranking
For the first time since the initial College Football Playoff Rankings were unveiled more than three weeks ago, the Mississippi State football team won’t know where the playoff committee will slot the Bulldogs when it announces its rankings at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Sims executes on key drive to help Crimson Tide pull away
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — On a day when MSU quarterback Dak Prescott couldn’t overcome his early struggles and lead No. 1 Mississippi State to a comeback victory, it was No. 5 Alabama’s quarterback who turned in a game-clinching performance in the fourth quarter.
Senior Blake Sims, who has led Alabama to five-straight wins, carried his team to an emotional 25-20 win Saturday that puts it in the driver’s seat for the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division title.
MSU has sick feeling after loss to Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — That feeling.
In the moments after No. 1 Mississippi State’s 25-20 loss at No. 5 Alabama on Saturday night, MSU quarterback Dak Prescott was peppered with questions about his performance, his team’s mistakes, and his ability to bounce back from the Bulldogs’ first defeat of the season.
West Point goes on road to beat Germantown
GLUCKSTADT — Facing a fourth down-and-long late in Friday night’s Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A North State playoff opener at Germantown, West Point High School football coach Chris Chambless had a decision to make.
With his Green Wave leading by seven points with nine minutes remaining, Chambless could punt from Germantown’s 31-yard line and pin the Mavericks deep in their territory or he could go for it in an attempt to score the game-clinching touchdown.
In making his decision, Chambless turned his team’s chances over to senior quarterback Dason Thomas and wide receiver Steffon Moore.
MSU faces biggest stakes in game at Alabama
STARKVILLE — The stakes have increased each week in the Mississippi State football team’s 9-0 start to the season.
It started with a 34-29 win at then-No. 8 LSU on Sept. 20, and continued through a two-game home stretch that included victories against then-No. 6 Texas A&M and then-No. 2 Auburn. Along the way, the Bulldogs have stretched their winning streak to 12 games, climbed to the top of the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division, and ascended to No. 1 in the two major national polls.
Ray ready to go with more weapons, greater depth
STARKVILLE — Trivante Bloodman glanced around the court and grinned.
With the Mississippi State men’s basketball team owning a 20-point lead in its exhibition game against Delta State last week, Bloodman couldn’t suppress the smile.
West Point healthy for game at Germantown
WEST POINT — The West Point High School football team’s road to the Class 5A Playoffs has been paved with peril.
The Green Wave, which has lost four games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2001, has been plagued by injuries, narrow losses, and an unforgiving schedule this season. Despite the twists and turns that have slowed West Point along the way, coach Chris Chambless and his team know one right turn can get the Green Wave back on the road to another state championship.
MSU’s Hill playing to honor McGee
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State tight end Brandon Hill’s ritual is the same before every game.
After he goes through the Dawg Walk and pregame warmups and then gets dressed, Hill walks around the corner from his locker at Davis Wade Stadium and finds the framed jersey of former Bulldog Keffer McGee.
MSU baseball will start 2015 season with 24 at home
STARKVILLE — A home slate that features 24-straight games to open the season and Southeastern Conference stands against Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, and Florida highlights the Mississippi State baseball team’s 2015 schedule, which was announced Wednesday morning.
Seniors have laid foundation for MSU’s success
STARKVILLE — Dan Mullen was true to his word.
Five years ago, Mullen visited Nick Griffin, a standout senior running back at Perry Central in tiny New Augusta and laid out a vision.
Prescott up for national award
STARKVILLE — Another week, another national award possibility for Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott.
Bulldogs zeroed in on Crimson Tide
STARKVILLE – Despite rolling into Saturday’s showdown against No. 4 Alabama as the top-ranked team in the country, No. 1 Mississippi State suddenly finds itself in a familiar position.
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