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Here’s what people are saying about M.K. Turk, the great USM coach and Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer who died today at the age of 71. Quotes are provided by USM Media Relations Dept.: Dr. Rodney Bennett, Southern Miss President “Today, The University of Southern Mississippi mourns the loss of a great Golden Eagle, […]
M.K. Turk, the winningest men’s coach in Southern Miss basketball history and a 2005 inductee into your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, died today after a prolonged illness. He was 71. He was a great coach, a great friend. This is the column I wrote about M.K. in 2001 when USM and the City […]
Boo Ferriss turns 92 today. Happy birthday, Coach! A couple months, I was invited to Starkville to speak at a Kappa Sigma event honoring Coach at Mississippi State’s homecoming. What follows is much of my speech… It’s great to be here at Mississippi State and it’s always an honor to be in the presence of […]
No matter whom you pull for, you have to smile about the way things worked out where the 18th C Spire Conerly Trophy and the first Hull Trophy are concerned. The Hull Trophy was instituted for two reasons: 1) to honor a great Mississippian, Kent Hull; 2) and because offensive linemen never get the recognition […]
The Seattle Seahawks took the New Orleans Saints behind the proverbial woodshed Monday night, trouncing the Saints 34-7 in a game that was every bit as one-sided as the score would indicate. Russell WIlson out-Drewed the great Brees. And the Seattle defense, led by ex-Mississippi State linebacker K.J. Wright, stoned the Saints offense. Whether in […]
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 […]
