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The Brandon (MS) Bowl: Saints vs. Jaguars, Davis vs. Minshew
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Gardner Minshew and Demario Davis share more than a hometown. They both have a blue-collar work ethic that has made them two of the best stories in the NFL currently.
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SEC making millions upon millions on TV football, but fans jacked around in process
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Fans wanting to attend the LSU, Mississippi State game a week from Saturday in Starkville will have to wait to finalize their plans. Networks won’t settle on a kickoff time until after results are in from this weekend. No other sport at any level does that.
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Hard to believe it was just five years ago when Mississippi ruled college football roost
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Hard to believe it was at this time five years ago, when the Mississippi State Bulldogs and Ole Miss Rebels were the toast of college football. Remember?
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Rodriguez has shown before he knows what to do with speed like that of Plumlee, Ealy
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At Alabama, Rebel freshmen John Rhys Plumlee and Jerrion Ealy reminded at least one writer of the kind of speed Ole Miss offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez coached when he was at West Virginia.
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Need to beat this heat? Boy, does State Fair have an icy solution for you this year
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For the first time ever, there will be ice skating at the Mississippi State Fair beginning Wednesday. For 10 dollars a day, fairgoers can rent some skates and take to the ice. If you are coming in from the midway at midday, you might just want to lie on it.
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It’s Mississippi vs. Alabama (twice) Saturday; history tells us to batten down the hatches
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Both State and Ole Miss travel to Alabama where the results have not been good for either team, but for fans there is always 2014 and the hope that lightning will again strike twice.
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As Ray Guy once did, Saints’ Morstead sends game-controlling punts seemingly into orbit
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Greatest punter ever? At least one long-time football observer now has a two-part answer: Ray Guy and Thomas Morstead.
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Last chapter or not, the book on Eli Manning is filled with class, dignity, generosity
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The quarterback who played the Patriots twice in Super Bowls has nothing for which to apologize as a quarterback or a leader. He certainly has nothing to apologize for as a human being or a role model.
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Life has changed drastically these past few days for 20-year-old Joaquin Niemann
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When you average 341 yards per drive and lead a tournament in putting statistics, you might just lap the field. That’s what young Joaquin Niemann did last week at The Greenbrier and what he hopes to do this week at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
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Snedeker, Johnson, Choi, Reavie highlight Mississippi PGA Tour tournament’s best-ever field
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“It’s easily the best field in the history of our tournament,” said the tournament’s executive director. This week marks the Sanderson Farms Championship tournament’s first time as a stand-alone PGA event.
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RIP: Billy Stacy, Hall of Fame football player, but you never would have learned it from him
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Mississippi State’s Billy Stacy was a special athlete, a big guy who could run and jump, and, if not for football, might have been an Olympic hurdler. For the NFL Cardinals, he was a Pro Bowler as a defensive back.
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Southeastern Louisiana Lions get 450 grand to play at Ole Miss, but they say they are coming for much more
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In these FBS-FCS matchups you should know that David sometimes beats Goliath and gets a big paycheck while doing so.
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On a hot, hot day, ‘Dogs’ Kylin Hill was on fire
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Hill did what he did with remarkable versatility and panache. He juked. He bull-dozed. He sped. He powered. He spun. He leaped. He stutter-stepped. He hurdled.
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Beer and light wine sales at college games? Some dive in, others stay dry – with a wink
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“Universities – not just in Mississippi but elsewhere – have looked the other way or not looked at all as fans have smuggled their stash into stadia for as long as the games have been played. Prohibition never worked – in sports or real life.”
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Sunday college football review including refrigerating players, coaching from a bed
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Kylin Hill shows out for State; Memphis uses Mississippians to defeat Ole Miss; and Southern Miss downs Alcorn with special teams, defense.