Articles by Matthew Stevens
Starkville will try to regroup on Senior Night
STARKVILLE — Jamie Mitchell has one goal in mind for his Starkville High School team tonight. It has nothing to do with playoff positioning.
MSU Notebook: Bulldogs thinking about Prescott
STARKVILLE — On the day of the funeral for Mississippi State sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott’s mother Peggy, Bulldogs assistant head coach Tony Hughes started his time on the Southeastern Conference media teleconference with a message for the signal caller.
Texas A&M’s Evans proving handful for other defenses
STARKVILLE — The little secret being talked about around the Seal Family Football Complex this week is Mississippi State hasn’t seen a wide receiver like Mike Evans all season.
Ray hopes older means better for Bulldogs
STARKVILLE — The last thing Rick Ray believes about his men’s basketball team is just because they’re a year older doesn’t necessarily make them better at the game.
Bulldogs defense faces huge challenge with Manziel, Aggies
STARKVILLE — It’s a good news, bad news situation for Geoff Collins and the Mississippi State defense.
MSU football family grieves after loss of Prescott’s mother
STARKVILLE — Normally Dan Mullen can wrap his arms around a player and say, “I’ve been there and experienced that before. Trust me.”
Mullen isn’t able to do that this week with sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott.
Manziel will provide multiple options for MSU
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen sounded Monday like a he was the host of a game show when trying to describe defending Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Mullen wants MSU to cash in on drives
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a small way Saturday afternoon, Dan Mullen saw a loss coming.
While the Mississippi State football coach didn’t see five turnovers contributing to a 34-16 loss at then-No. 14 South Carolina, he realized MSU’s tendency to gain big yards and not score in its past two games against unranked opponents could come back and haunt it against ranked teams.
Prescott’s mistakes could change aggressive mind-set
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dan Mullen left a football game for the first time thinking he might have to coach sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott differently.
Clock management issues anger Mullen
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen couldn’t contain his anger at halftime Saturday.
SEC leaders expecting changes to targeting enforcement
STARKVILLE — At least in the Southeastern Conference, the targeting rule has turned into a he said, he said argument between officials and coaches about what they wanted.
Starkville High can clinch region title tonight
STARKVILLE – There’s no coach speak being given to the Starkville High School players this week. This game at Warren Central isn’t just like any other game they’ve played and it does mean more than all of the others.
MSU football player Evans arrested after traffic stop
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State sophomore defensive tackle Quay Evans was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a traffic stop by university police.
Mullen learned a lot from Spurrier while moving through college ranks
STARKVILLE — As a you college football coach, Dan Mullen could’ve done a lot worse than to model his career after that of Steve Spurrier.
Market emerges as leader in secondary for MSU
STARKVILLE — Kendrick Market’s favorite thing about playing strong safety at Mississippi State is he gets a chance to do what he does best: Lead.
Clayborn, Samuel make debuts for MSU
STARKVILLE — Jamaal Clayborn and Artimas Samuel weren’t supposed to be in uniform this season for the Mississippi State football team.
MSU one of nation’s best in turnovers
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen would like to be perfect when it comes to turnovers
Lewis takes ownership of statistical category
STARKVILLE — Jameon Lewis is taking ownership of a unique statistical category.
Men’s players, coaches will have to adjust to rule changes
STARKVILLE — Count Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray in the group of coaches that is concerned about the rule changes coming to the game.


