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 […]
David Brandt of the Associated Press, my son Tyler Cleveland and I are riding up Highway 25, North toward Starkville, for the Egg Bowl. And I was reminded that i haven’t made my picks for this week. So, we’re going to do something different here today. We are all three going to pick the games. […]
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 […]
Jerious Norwood — J-Rock to his fans and friends — doesn’t have to think more than a split second when asked his best Egg Bowl memory. “It was the one we won,” Norwood said from Atlanta Tuesday. “That’s the easiest question I’ve ever answered.” It was Nov. 26, 2005, at Scott Field, eight years ago […]
When it comes to picking his most memorable Egg Bowl, Archie Manning can’t choose just one. No, he has to pick one as a player and another as a father. Interestingly, both were played in Starkville, as will Thursday night’s Egg Bowl. And both games were played in rain. Hopefully, this week’s rain will have […]
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 […]
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 […]
