STARKVILLE — This wasn’t Dan Mullen being boastful or rubbing it in. This wasn’t Mullen harping on The School up North or promising “never to lose to that team again.” No, this was Dan Mullen, his voice shaking and cracking, trying to gather himself to talk about what he called Divine Intervention in Mississippi State’s […]
Mississippi State’s Gabe Jackson, an All American guard rated at the top of his position by NFL draft experts, has been selected the first winner of the Kent Hull Trophy as Mississippi’s most outstanding collegiate offensive lineman. Jackson will receive the Kent Hull Trophy at the C Spire Conerly Trophy banquet Tuesday night at the […]
Jackson’s own Glen Collins, one of Mississippi State’s all-time great defensive linemen, played in four Egg Bowls, all in Jackson. “Seems like we always played them on a dreary or rainy day,” Collins says. “It was always gray.” And the games, says Collins, always were competitive. His favorite? “That’s a tough one, but it’s got […]
Happy 50th birthday, Artie Cosby. That’s right, Cosby, who kicked the most famous field goal in Mississippi sports history, turns 50 today. My gift wasn’t a good one. I called to ask him about the ill-fated kick. “That’s OK,” he said, chuckling at my apology. “After 30 years, I am used to it.” Thirty years […]
Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace hopes to become the first player to win the C Spire Conerly Trophy in consecutive years, and Mississippi State offensive guard Gabe Jackson bids to become the first offensive lineman to ever win the award. Wallace and Jackson are two of the 10 finalists named by their respective schools Monday […]
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Starkville for Mrs. Jean Hartley, whom sports writers and sportscasters around the Deep South long considered the First Lady of Mississippi State University. Mrs. Hartley was 92 at the time of her death. She was the widow of Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Bob Hartley, the long-time […]
Sunday morning notebook: Five things I think I know: • I underestimated Missouri. The Tigers are far, far better than I thought. They are really good up front on both sides of the ball. They have two excellent quarterbacks, a fleet of receivers and better runners than I anticipated. You choose your poison. You can […]
OXFORD– The Ole Miss Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will honor Billy and Mollie Van Devender of Jackson, Miss., with its Distinguished American Award and Jesse Mitchell, also of Jackson, with the Contribution to Amateur Football Award here Saturday night, Nov. 23, when No. 24 Ole Miss hosts No. […]
