Monday musings: West Point leaves nothing to chance on homecoming
WEST POINT — If West Point’s Oct. 12 loss to Clarksdale did anything, it re-energized a program looking to continue a run of dominance that
Mike Leach gives update on quarterback battle as Mississippi State opens spring practices
Incumbent starter Will Rogers will have to earn his starting spot over several signal-callers, including former Southern Miss QB Jack Abraham.
Six local prep football players make NEMFCA All-Star Game roster
Starkville High School has three players competing, Columbus High School has two, and New Hope High School has one.
Former Noxubee County, Mississippi State star Jeffery Simmons gives back in Macon
MACON — Jaron Andrews isn’t used to ice.
‘Who is this Bruce Arians guy?’: Reflecting on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach’s early days at Mississippi State
Before teaming with Tom Brady to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl appearance in their home stadium Sunday, Arians landed his first major coaching job in Starkville.
National Signing Day: Six football Falcons announce next steps
Three Columbus High School seniors are headed to East Mississippi Community College, while three more will attend JUCOs elsewhere in the state.
“We were all flying kind of in the dark”: Mississippi State President Mark Keenum on COVID-19, the College Football Playoff and a year of change in Mississippi
STARKVILLE — Dr. Mark Keenum’s phone buzzed emphatically.
Prep basketball: Columbus Christian Academy boys hold off Kemper Academy; CCA girls romp
STEENS — Coach Jason Williams and the Columbus Christian Academy boys basketball team had seen it before.
Bulldog Bullets: Freshmen carry Mississippi State to Armed Forces Bowl victory
Call it the Tulu Griffin game.
How Jaden Walley became a blue-collar star at Mississippi State
A converted quarterback from his time at D’Iberville High School, Walley is in the midst of the best freshman campaign of any first-year Mississippi State receiver in program history.
The Commercial Dispatch’s top 10 sports stories of 2020
From COVID-19 to the hires of Mike Leach and Nikki McCray-Penson to prep championships and upsets, there were plenty of compelling sports stories in the Golden Triangle this year.
In game marred by absurdity, Mississippi State long snapper Paul Blackwell proved the hero
STARKVILLE — In a year filled with absurdity and inconsistency, Mississippi State added perhaps its most outrageous entry into a season filled with randomness Saturday.
Garrick Hodge: Offensive thrashing of Missouri shines up wild 2020 Mississippi State football season
STARKVILLE — So ends a regular season unlike any we’ve ever seen.
Bulldog Bullets: Bulldogs unleash offensive onslaught against Missouri in regular season finale
STARKVILLE — No more moral victories. Mike Leach gets to talk about an actual victory this week, and boy did his team earn it.
National Signing Day: Four-star Starkville quarterback Luke Altmyer heads to Ole Miss
Formerly committed to Florida State, Altmyer decided to stay in the Magnolia State — though not in his own backyard.
Catching up with the Missouri Tigers
In a conversation with The Dispatch that can be found in its entirety on the newspaper’s podcast, Bully Banter, Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch discussed Eli Drinkwitz, star linebacker Nick Bolton and more.
Mississippi State loses three major pieces, inks 19 as early signing period opens
The flips of Malik Nabers, MJ Daniels and Navonteque Strong hurt the Bulldogs, but players like Sawyer Robertson kept MSU’s class solid.
Starkville Academy running back CJ Jackson named MAIS Class 5A offensive player of the year
Jackson finished his Starkville Academy career with 4,679 rushing yards over three seasons.
Analysis: Despite two wins on the docket, Mississippi State is almost assuredly a lock for a bowl game in 2020
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State is likely headed bowling.
Zach Arnett continues to prove his worth despite Mississippi State’s loss to Auburn
For the time being, Arnett is giving MSU chances in games when its high-flying air raid offense falls to Earth.