Colonel_Reb
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They are going to get stomped by Owen Schmitt and West Virginia tomorrow.
2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs
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Colonel_Reb
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The Croomdogs beat I-AA Jacksonville State 35-3. The highlight of the game was Michael Henig getting the start at QB for State. He did pretty well considering he hasn't played since August 31. He threw and ran for a TD.
Colonel_Reb
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State has had a lot of injuries at RB, two TBs are out for the rest of the season, and the starting FB is as well. White FB Casey Rogers became the starter after the Jacksonville State game, but suffered a season ending injury Saturday. A black walk-on will take over. WR Lance Long is listed at 2nd on the depth chart, and at the other WR spot, Will Prosser is listed 3rd. MSU also has a black left guard who won't play this week, but his back-up is black. The bottom line to all this is that State now starts only 2 whites and look to finish off another horrible season battling Ole Miss for the last place finish in the SEC West.
Colonel_Reb
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More news on the above case and the football team in general. Also, it looks like FB Casey Rogers may be back before the end of the season.
Frosh to appear in court today
STARKVILLE  Redshirt freshman defensive back Adron Chambers is scheduled to appear in Oktibbeha County Justice Court at 9 a.m. today to answer to misdemeanor charges of simple assault and indecent exposure.
Chambers was arrested Oct. 4 after an alleged sexual altercation with a female student in a MSU dorm. He has been suspended from the team since then.
A conviction on either count carries up to six months in jail and $500 in fines.
Chambers, of Pensacola, Fla., is no longer listed as an MSU student for the fall semester, according to registrar records. In order to be return as a student, Chambers would have needed to request a campus hearing, but MSU associate dean of students Thomas Bourgeois said Chambers has not contacted his office about setting one up.
The 5-foot-9, 189-pound Chambers had played in all five of MSU's games until he was arrested. He made seven tackles.
MAYBE NOT SO BAD, AFTER ALL
The injury news may not be so bad for State, after all. Tailback Brandon Thornton, who has a sprained medial collateral ligament, is out this week but has not officially been ruled out for the rest of the season, MSU coach Sylvester Croom said.
Neither has fullback Casey Rogers, whom Croom said was a long shot to play Saturday.
Tailback Arnil Stallworth has been ruled out from returning, Croom said. Both Rogers and Stallworth also have MCL injuries.
Croom said he briefly considered canceling Monday's practice because so many of his players needed rest, but decided against it.
"It's Alabama week," he said. "We're going to take whatever we've got and get ready."
HENIG AN NFL-CALIBER QB?
The development of sophomore quarterback Michael Henig was evident in one throw he made in Saturday's loss to Kentucky, Croom said.
It was in the second quarter, and MSU was trailing 14-7. The Bulldogs just got the ball back on Quinton Culberson's fumble recovery, but MSU soon faced a third-and-13 at the UK15.
That's when Henig zipped a pass to the left pylon, where Jamayel Smith was waiting.
"A lot of guys in the NFL couldn't make that throw," Croom said.
Henig missed Monday's practice with a thigh contusion.
- Kyle Veazey
Frosh to appear in court today
STARKVILLE  Redshirt freshman defensive back Adron Chambers is scheduled to appear in Oktibbeha County Justice Court at 9 a.m. today to answer to misdemeanor charges of simple assault and indecent exposure.
Chambers was arrested Oct. 4 after an alleged sexual altercation with a female student in a MSU dorm. He has been suspended from the team since then.
A conviction on either count carries up to six months in jail and $500 in fines.
Chambers, of Pensacola, Fla., is no longer listed as an MSU student for the fall semester, according to registrar records. In order to be return as a student, Chambers would have needed to request a campus hearing, but MSU associate dean of students Thomas Bourgeois said Chambers has not contacted his office about setting one up.
The 5-foot-9, 189-pound Chambers had played in all five of MSU's games until he was arrested. He made seven tackles.
MAYBE NOT SO BAD, AFTER ALL
The injury news may not be so bad for State, after all. Tailback Brandon Thornton, who has a sprained medial collateral ligament, is out this week but has not officially been ruled out for the rest of the season, MSU coach Sylvester Croom said.
Neither has fullback Casey Rogers, whom Croom said was a long shot to play Saturday.
Tailback Arnil Stallworth has been ruled out from returning, Croom said. Both Rogers and Stallworth also have MCL injuries.
Croom said he briefly considered canceling Monday's practice because so many of his players needed rest, but decided against it.
"It's Alabama week," he said. "We're going to take whatever we've got and get ready."
HENIG AN NFL-CALIBER QB?
The development of sophomore quarterback Michael Henig was evident in one throw he made in Saturday's loss to Kentucky, Croom said.
It was in the second quarter, and MSU was trailing 14-7. The Bulldogs just got the ball back on Quinton Culberson's fumble recovery, but MSU soon faced a third-and-13 at the UK15.
That's when Henig zipped a pass to the left pylon, where Jamayel Smith was waiting.
"A lot of guys in the NFL couldn't make that throw," Croom said.
Henig missed Monday's practice with a thigh contusion.
- Kyle Veazey
Colonel_Reb
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Egg Bowl switches to Friday, will be televised again
By Kyle Veazey
Jackson, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger
STARKVILLE  There is Florida-Florida State. Georgia-Georgia Tech. Starting this year, there's Auburn-Alabama.
Among the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving rivalries with appeal to the television networks, the Egg Bowl probably wasn't going to dent that list.
So Mississippi State and Ole Miss found the next best thing: Beginning this fall, the Egg Bowl will be played on Friday so it can be televised for the first time since 2004.
The move came at the initiative of the Southeastern Conference, which initially asked MSU to move its home game this fall.
"(Ole Miss athletic director) Pete (Boone) and I both wanted to get it back on television so we went back to the conference and said we're willing to do it for two years if y'all will commit the game for television for two years," MSU athletic director Larry Templeton said. "The conference came back to us last week and was able to make that commitment."
The announcement was made Wednesday as Mississippi State finalized its 2007 football schedule.
The Egg Bowl moves off a Saturday date for the first time since 2003, the last year ESPN televised it on Thanksgiving night. The network gave the game a holiday night time slot with no other sports competition, and both schools coveted the national exposure.
This year's game will kick off at noon and likely will be televised regionally as a lead-in to the nationally televised Arkansas-LSU game on CBS.
"We're back on television in a unique and valuable timeframe," Boone said. "I think we all enjoyed Thursday night and the crowds at both venues were very good. It certainly is something that we both enjoyed. We enjoyed the exposure. It will be good to start back in that process."
The release also put an end to another mystery that caused the Bulldogs' schedule to be finalized so late in the first place: Gardner-Webb will replace Jacksonville State in the Sept. 22 slot on State's schedule.
GWU, a private Division I-AA school in Boiling Springs, N.C., will face a member of a Bowl Championship Series conference for the first time.
Gardner-Webb didn't become a four-year school until 1970 and just joined Division I in 2000.
But to add little-known Gardner-Webb, Mississippi State had little choice. After weeks of speculation, Jacksonville State informed MSU last week that it wouldn't be able to fulfill the back end of a two-year contract because of a scheduling snafu that had the Gamecocks playing a key Ohio Valley Conference game on the same date.
Templeton said he will require that Jacksonville State pay a $150,000 penalty for breaking the contract and does not intend to discuss the possibility of playing the game in the future.
MSU found Gardner-Webb after it put out an all-points bulletin of sorts seeking opponents. "We had the TV partners looking, we had the conference office looking, we had the Division I athletic directors association looking, because I wanted to see what all our options were," Templeton said.
Gardner-Webb contacted him. It will play for what is believed to be a guarantee of slightly more than the $300,000 Jacksonville State was to receive.
As for the Egg Bowl, both schools' coaches lauded the move.
"Obviously, it's a short week for us, but it's a short week for both teams," Ole Miss' Ed Orgeron said. "Traditionally, that's been a big game, it's been on TV, so we're all for it. It's a good thing."
Said MSU's Sylvester Croom: "As long as they have no more days to prepare for the day as we do, that's fine with me. As long as it's even, we won't worry about it. ... To have a chance to move it back to be on television is great."
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Staff writer Robbie Neiswanger contributed to this report. Edited by: Colonel_Reb
By Kyle Veazey
Jackson, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger
STARKVILLE  There is Florida-Florida State. Georgia-Georgia Tech. Starting this year, there's Auburn-Alabama.
Among the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving rivalries with appeal to the television networks, the Egg Bowl probably wasn't going to dent that list.
So Mississippi State and Ole Miss found the next best thing: Beginning this fall, the Egg Bowl will be played on Friday so it can be televised for the first time since 2004.
The move came at the initiative of the Southeastern Conference, which initially asked MSU to move its home game this fall.
"(Ole Miss athletic director) Pete (Boone) and I both wanted to get it back on television so we went back to the conference and said we're willing to do it for two years if y'all will commit the game for television for two years," MSU athletic director Larry Templeton said. "The conference came back to us last week and was able to make that commitment."
The announcement was made Wednesday as Mississippi State finalized its 2007 football schedule.
The Egg Bowl moves off a Saturday date for the first time since 2003, the last year ESPN televised it on Thanksgiving night. The network gave the game a holiday night time slot with no other sports competition, and both schools coveted the national exposure.
This year's game will kick off at noon and likely will be televised regionally as a lead-in to the nationally televised Arkansas-LSU game on CBS.
"We're back on television in a unique and valuable timeframe," Boone said. "I think we all enjoyed Thursday night and the crowds at both venues were very good. It certainly is something that we both enjoyed. We enjoyed the exposure. It will be good to start back in that process."
The release also put an end to another mystery that caused the Bulldogs' schedule to be finalized so late in the first place: Gardner-Webb will replace Jacksonville State in the Sept. 22 slot on State's schedule.
GWU, a private Division I-AA school in Boiling Springs, N.C., will face a member of a Bowl Championship Series conference for the first time.
Gardner-Webb didn't become a four-year school until 1970 and just joined Division I in 2000.
But to add little-known Gardner-Webb, Mississippi State had little choice. After weeks of speculation, Jacksonville State informed MSU last week that it wouldn't be able to fulfill the back end of a two-year contract because of a scheduling snafu that had the Gamecocks playing a key Ohio Valley Conference game on the same date.
Templeton said he will require that Jacksonville State pay a $150,000 penalty for breaking the contract and does not intend to discuss the possibility of playing the game in the future.
MSU found Gardner-Webb after it put out an all-points bulletin of sorts seeking opponents. "We had the TV partners looking, we had the conference office looking, we had the Division I athletic directors association looking, because I wanted to see what all our options were," Templeton said.
Gardner-Webb contacted him. It will play for what is believed to be a guarantee of slightly more than the $300,000 Jacksonville State was to receive.
As for the Egg Bowl, both schools' coaches lauded the move.
"Obviously, it's a short week for us, but it's a short week for both teams," Ole Miss' Ed Orgeron said. "Traditionally, that's been a big game, it's been on TV, so we're all for it. It's a good thing."
Said MSU's Sylvester Croom: "As long as they have no more days to prepare for the day as we do, that's fine with me. As long as it's even, we won't worry about it. ... To have a chance to move it back to be on television is great."
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Staff writer Robbie Neiswanger contributed to this report. Edited by: Colonel_Reb
Colonel_Reb
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Mississippi State had itsMaroon and White springgame last week and WR Ben Shelton had a 3 yard catch. Maroon QB Michael Henig went 7 of 14 for 113 yards and 2 TDs. Josh Riddell backed Henig up and went 1 for 6 with a 39 yards TD pass. White QB Zach Harrington went 5 of 9 for 37 yards and his backup, Ty Evans went 1 for 3 for 6 yards. WR Lance Long was returning kicks during the scrimmage. WR Tyler Threadgill led the White team with 2 catches for 15 yards.
QB Josh Riddell
QB Zach Harrington
QB Michael Henig
WR Lance Long returning a punt
QB Josh Riddell
QB Zach Harrington
QB Michael Henig
WR Lance Long returning a punt