MSU prepares for final shot at up-tempo offensive attack
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Mississippi State University defense will get one final shot at a similar spread-option tempo offense and are desperate for better results.
Gator Bowl week thrills Bulldogs
It’s hard to imagine Mississippi State’s football team having its Gator Bowl week go any better.
The Bulldogs’ 52-14 win over Michigan set a Gator Bowl record for most points scored and sent the Wolverines home with their worst bowl loss in program history.
MSU Gator Bowl Blog: Kickoff game to be crucial
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mississippi State’s kick coverage and return teams haven’t been spectacular this season, and head coach Dan Mullen is hopeful a month-long layoff doesn’t affect either unit.
Friday, Mullen expressed concern over the lack of game-speed reps his kickoff teams have had since the regular season finale against Ole Miss on Nov. 27.
MSU Gator Bowl Blog: Big Ten/SEC matchup dominates press conference topics
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Twenty four hours before Mississippi State and Michigan kickoff the 2011 Progressive Gator Bowl, the head coaches and selected players from each team met with the media for the last time today.
Naturally, the comparisons between the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference were the major talking points for both teams.
Loyal MSU fans relish bowl trips
Don Howard didn’t grow up in Mississippi, nor did he attend Mississippi State University football games as a kid.
Loyal MSU fans relish bowl trips
Don Howard didn’t grow up in Mississippi, nor did he attend Mississippi State University football games as a kid.
Dawgs descend on Jacksonville
STARKVILLE — For thousands of Mississippi State University students, alumni and supporters, the last few weeks have felt like an eternity.
Video: Mullen, MSU agree on new contract
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Any concerns over Dan Mullen’s future at Mississippi State were put to rest today after athletics director Scott Stricklin announced he and Mullen had agreed to a new contract.
Still pending approval from the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, Mullen’s new contract will see him earn $10.6 million over the next four years.
MSU: ‘Discipline’ the key to stopping UM’s Robinson
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Stopping University of Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson goes beyond limiting the elusive quarterback’s rushing opportunities.
Teams have known that since he started lighting up opponents at the beginning of the season.
Outside of Ohio State, no one has found the right recipe for limiting the nation’s second-most explosive player to Auburn’s Cam Newton.
MSU Gator Bowl Blog: MSU defenders keen on run-pass option; McPhee to face high school teammates
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There’s no question Denard Robinson is the engine that makes Michigan’s offense go.
The Wolverines’ “head of the snake” — as Mississippi State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz typically calls opponent’s best player — is an equal threat to run and throw.
But how Robinson has managed to produce at a high rate each week has just as much to do with his development as how teams try to defend him.
Bulldogs look past UM’s defensive woes
Mississippi State football players and coaches are guarding against the perception they’ll have their way with Michigan’s porous defense.
MSU Blog: Mullen happy with focus; Relf to wear Bell’s No. 36
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Mississippi State Bulldogs have been away from game action for over a month, but the layoff and extra activities of bowl week haven’t affected the team’s ability to focus on Gator Bowl opponent Michigan, head coach Dan Mullen said Tuesday.
Michigan’s Robinson a smaller Newton
Some experts of college football hail University of Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson as a compressed version of Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton.
Mullen laments ‘annoying’ rumors
A day after his name was thrown into another coaching search, Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen again did his best to squash rumors of him leaving Starkville.
