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If you are a sports and/or history buff, you won’t want to miss this evening’s at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Here’s why: We are approaching the 50th anniversary of Mississippi State’s first game in the NCAA Basketball Tournament when Babe McCarthy’s ballclub defied the wishes of state government and played Loyola […]
All righty then … On top of the heap (mighty small heap, as heaps go) by two games over Rickey C. as the season slides inexorably toward its denouement. We start with … Louisville at Rutgers: The Big East is complicated, mediocre and boring, and whoever is ranked highest in the final BCS ratings gets […]
Bo Wallace, the Ole Miss sophomore quarterback, who led the Rebels to a surprising 6-6 season and bowl eligibility, Tuesday night received the C Spire Conerly Trophy at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Wallace personally accounted for 28 touchdowns, including five in the Rebels’ season-ending 41-24 victory over Mississippi State. He becomes […]
Tickets remain available for the Nov. 27 C Spire Conerly Trophy Awards Banquet that will honor Mississippi’s most outstanding college football later for the 2012 season. The event will be held at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum with a reception at 5:30 and the banquet to follow at 7. Tickets to the […]
Mississippi State cornerback Johnthan Banks: All American candidate Banks had another outstanding game in State’s 45-14 crushing of Arkansas. In man-to-man coverage, he gave up only one catch for five yards and that was to Biletnikoff semifinalist Cobi Hamilton. (Hamilton had six catches for 83 yards and a touchdown otherwise.) Banks was also a force […]
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2013 will feature a diverse and accomplished group, representing several facets of the Mississippi sports world. In alphabetical order, the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2013: • Bill Buckner: Buckner, a native of Starkville, has the unique distinction of being selected his football team’s MVP […]
Belhaven’s outstanding cornerback/kick return Isiah Wiley has been added to the C Spire Wireless Conerly Trophy watch list. Wiley, a transfer from national powerhouse Southern Cal, started six games last season for the Trojans. He has been a standout for Belhaven this season, returning 12 kickoffs for 370 yards and returning 15 punts for […]
Mississippi football has produced several candidates worthy of consideration for the C Spire Wireless Conerly Trophy, which goes annually to the Magnolia State’s most outstanding collegiate football player. The C Spire Conerly Trophy will be presented at a banquet Nov. 27 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Each of the 10 […]
