MSU’s Hill arrested for reckless driving

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State freshman running back Kylin Hill was arrested early Thursday morning on reckless driving charges. After Hill practiced with the team Friday morning, MSU coach Dan Mullen didn’t provide any indication Hill would receive any further discipline from the program.

Mullen: No plans to discipline Columbus’ Hill outside of legal ramifications

Mississippi State freshman running back Kylin Hill was arrested early Thursday morning for reckless driving. The Columbus native was seen practicing Friday morning.

VanHorn followed twisting path to new role at MSU

STARKVILLE — Lee VanHorn came to grips with the full reach of his new job in about 30 minutes.

VanHorn was sitting in a meeting in Mississippi State’s athletic department when he received calls from director of women’s basketball operations Maryann Baker, director of men’s basketball operations Mike Moynihan, and director of softball operations Jessica Cooley. After the meeting, he ran into director of football operations Jon Clark. All had equipment questions for the respective athletes.

Tillman has experienced assistants to help with Starkville volleyball

STARKVILLE — Xavier Tillman has an advantage most first-year head coaches lack.

Since she was with the Starkville High School volleyball program for six years before getting the team’s head coaching job over the summer, she knows the team’s strengths: up the middle and its assistant coaches.

MSU will look to use tight ends in bigger way

STARKVILLE — Dan Mullen has coached the top seven total offensive seasons in Mississippi State football history.

From 2014 to 2016, the Bulldogs finished first, third, and sixth in total offense in the Southeastern Conference.

MSU has built a consistent offensive attack largely without prominently featuring tight ends. The group almost never has accounted for more than 15 percent of the team’s receptions.

That is due to change in 2017.

MSU appreciates both sides of new coordinator Grantham

STARKVILLE — In Todd Grantham’s first months as Mississippi State’s defensive coordinator, the program has learned there are two versions of him. There’s the Grantham often captured by television cameras, roaming the sidelines with intensity oozing from every pore, then the one in the meeting room that’s far from menacing.

Gibson hopes to find place in MSU’s backfield

STARKVILLE — Matt Glover saw Nick Gibson run three plays in eighth grade.

The Pinson Valley High School football coach watched Gibson go 80 yards for a touchdown run on the first one, but a holding call negated the score.

Cannizaro adds former Bulldog Fitts to staff

STARKVILLE — The first thing Andy Cannizaro learned about Trevor Fitts, his new director of baseball operations, was he very much had the program’s alumni on his side.

MSU Notebook: Younger Weatherspoon happy to be in fold

STARKVILLE — The offseason ending soon for Mississippi State men’s basketball was one of momentum. MSU had every reason to feel like it had plenty of it, given returning nearly the entire roster from a year ago under the direction of an energetic new strength coach, Collin Crane.

Simmons hopes to be leader for MSU defense

STARKVILLE — Jeffery Simmons occupied a corner of the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex’s media room Monday.

With a sea of television cameras and recorders in front of him, the former Noxubee County High School standout talked about the expectations he and the Mississippi State football team face for the 2017 season.

Lots of positions up for grabs as MSU begins fall practice

STARKVILLE — In relation to positions where playing time is up for grabs, Dan Mullen has no starting points to offer. Before Mullen’s Mississippi State football program took the field for its first preseason practice Tuesday, he referred to the same line in addressing multiple starting roles that are to be determined.

MSU Notebook: Bulldogs start practice schedule earlier than most

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s preseason football practice schedule came together with actual football activity as an afterthought.

Jones brings new energy to Starkville football program

STARKVILLE — Chris Jones’ office is a popular place before practice or workouts.

At one point Monday afternoon, the office of the first-year Starkville High School football head coach was filled with quarterback Malik Brown, running back Chase Naylor, and two defenders. Some were there with equipment questions, but the conversations they had with Jones didn’t stay on that topic for long.

Hill wants to be in mix at RB for MSU

STARKVILLE — Seniors Ashton Shumpert and Brandon Holloway combined for 106 carries — roughly 21 percent — of the

Mississippi State football team’s rushing offense last season.

Kylin Hill wants to be the one to fill that gap.

Vansau continues hot hitting from April into summer

Hunter Vansau remembers everything about the turning point.

On April 15 in Columbia, South Carolina, in the middle game of a three-game series against South Carolina, Vansau entered as a pinch hitter. With the Mississippi State baseball team trailing by a run, Vansau hit the first pitch for a double that scored the tying run. Vansau had another hit in the game and scored a run to help the Bulldogs win the game and the series.

Cannizaro makes another change to coaching staff

STARKVILLE — The first offseason in Andy Cannizaro’s tenure as Mississippi State baseball coach has featured two changes to the coaching staff.

Freeze faces questions about lawsuit, NCAA investigation

HOOVER, Ala. — Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze can’t help but notice a trend in his appearances at Southeastern Conference Media Days.

In all but his first year, Freeze had a topic outside of football to address more than any other.

That didn’t change Thursday.

Malzahn compares 2017 team to 2013 squad

HOOVER, Ala. — Since winning the national championship in 2010, the Auburn football team hasn’t been as close that peak as it was in 2013. Two last-minute wins and a convincing victory in the Southeastern Conference championship game sent Auburn to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Championship Game, where it lost to No. 1 Florida State 34-31.

Rest of SEC still chasing Alabama

HOOVER, Ala. — The last three football seasons have proven one thing about the Southeastern Conference: It has 13 teams chasing Alabama.

Alabama coach Nick Saban might not agree with the sentiment, but that didn’t keep his colleagues from recognizing it Wednesday at SEC Media Days.

Saban: Alabama has to learn from loss to Clemson

HOOVER, Ala. — The rematch between Alabama and Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship in January provided talking points to last six months.