Computer frustrations

I've been trying all night to get Ubuntu Linux to work on my older PC. It has installed but it turns out, my bios is a year to old for it to work. So, I've never spent a couple of hours trying to download an update for the bios and I'm getting frustrated. My burner won't recognize any cd I put in it to burn a disk with the bios update. ARGH!!!

We are the champions of the world....

Well, maybe not the world but we are the champions of the SEC in men's basketball! GO DAWGS GO!!!

Can you believe it?? Snow in Ms!!

It didn't last long but it was enough to enjoy it!

Great outdoors

The weather today was absolutely wonderful and I had a great urge to spend it outdoors. I went out to the Refuge and wandered around for about an hour or so and took more pictures to add to my collection of pics from out there. Here's Bluff Lake as the sun is starting to go down.

YES!!!!

Go Steelers!!!! Good game Cards!!!

Bowl

Goooo Steelers! I'm glad to see that they are in the Super Bowl again but can't believe the matchup with the Cardinals! That will be a game to see!

Merry Christmas!!

Jesus is the Reason

Big Moon

Took a few pics of the moon tonite and its being used as part of a slide show accompanying an online article. You can always tell which pics are mine as I like having the date show. Here's the link: Moon

New things

We have a new coach here at MSU - Dan Mullen, offensive coordinator at Florida Gators has been named the 32nd coach of MSU. I'm still upset that Croom was forced out but I think Mullen will be good for us - time will only tell.
Bama is no longer #1 in the nation - they lost to the Fla Gators in the SEC championship so the Gators are playing in the national championship and Bama in the Sugar bowl.

Sadness

First off, we lost...oh wait, that's right...we got creamed by old miss 45-0 this year! I think the Dawgs ate too much food on Thanksgiving and just couldn't play. Sadly, Brandon McRae was injured and had to have surgery due to a broken tibia.
Secondly, we lost our coach. I can't believe that Croom threw in the towel so soon, we just had our first season off probation last year as well as his first real group of his players. Yeah, we've had a rough season but coaches can only do so much, its the players that miss plays or catches not the coaches. I hope they find a coach that's as good as he is about keeping things clean and encouraging more educational values and such. Go DAWGS!!!
What happened to LSU?? They got beat by Arkansas, the team we beat the previous week?? What's up with that??
Oh, how about ROLL TIDE! Bama remains #1 in the nation and undefeated! Next up for them is the SEC championship against Fla.

Hallelujah!!

We finally beat Arkansas!! GO DAWGS!!! They've beat us the last 9 years in a row but the streak ended yesterday with the end result 31-28. Arkansas threatened to send it into overtime - with less then a minute to go, they scored a TD and then kicked an on-side kick and actually recovered it. They moved the ball down to within field goal range and with 4 seconds left on the clock, kicked and MISSED and field goal. It would have sent the game into OT but thankfully, they missed. It was pretty cold outside yesterday and as they set up for the field goal, I thought back to another Arkansas game that went into OT and it was sleeting out at that point. Thankfully it wasn't cold enough to sleet but it felt like it! I was impressed that our fans actually stayed for the whole game but never have I seen a stadium clear out after a game so fast as I saw yesterday! I think everyone made a beeline for heaters to thaw out - sad thing was, it was just 49 degrees out but the wind and the evening sky made it feel soooo much colder. Next up...that other team 93 miles north of us that shall remain nameless but who we hope to beat every single year - GO DAWGS GO beat them rebels!!
What happened to LSU?? Those same rebels we face this week beat LSU 38-13 and this after LSU made a great comeback against Troy last week. I think the eye of the Tiger has closed for the year!
Will Alabama remain #1 after this coming week's game? Auburn has beat them the last 6 years but they aren't playing so well this year. Will they be able to pull an upset and knock off the #1 team in the nation? Time will tell soon...

Roll Tide

Well, we lost to Bama 32-7 but we played them a much better game than most people thought we would. What I'm disappointed with is...what happened to our receivers? How do you have 10 dropped passes in a game and most of them were right on the money?? We should have had more first downs and possibly a higher score but noooooo, our receivers had to keep dropping the ball!!! Well, the players wanted to play a #1 Alabama on national tv and they got their wish but they also lost miserably to them - Roll Tide! You're looking good for the SEC! Congrats Vandy on being bowl eligible for the first time in 26 years!! How about that LSU game?? WoW! Down 31-3 in the 3rd and came back to win 40-31 - Go Tigers!

Disappointment

I'm so very very unhappy with my Dawgs right now - I don't understand how we could show so much improvement last season and go to a bowl game and this season just bomb. I get tired of the coaches saying how well we executed this that and the other - just admit that the team played poorly and fix it! This weekend we have a bye week but next week we have to roll into Bryant Stadium and face the current #1 team in the nation, Alabama. We have beaten them the past 2 years and it would be nice to do so again but I just can't see how we can do so with the way we've played this year. Granted, most of our games were either close or improvements (score wise) over last season but still.... I will continue to cheer on my Dawgs - I don't give up on them, even when I'm frustrated. GO DAWGS!!

What happened??

We played such a good game last week only to get shoved off the mountain by the Tn. Vol. - 34-3. Where were our players? I know that QB Tyson Lee was injured in the first quarter and played injured but what happened to our team? I reckon Tn just wanted the win way more then we did - especially since it was their first SEC win. Next up is Middle Tenn and homecoming at Davis-Wade Stadium. Go Dawgs!!

Overrated??

I don't think that Vandy is really that overrated, they played a good game but MSU just wanted the win more. Both defenses played tough ball but we came up with big turnovers when we needed them. I think this will be Vandy's year to go to a bowl game - they've worked so hard over the past few years to get to where they are right now. MSU is working just as hard to try to turn our season around - Tyson Lee is working out as QB right now so I hope it continues. GO DAWGS!!

Upset

So, what did you think of this weekend in football?? Look at all the upsets that occurred.... I guess the 2 that surprised me (SEC games are what I keep up with most) were Ole Miss beating #4 Fla. at The Swamp by 1 pt. and #8 Bama beating #3 Ga. between the hedges 41-30. Guess Bama's coach is finally starting to prove he's worth his money. I hate seeing Ga. lose to Bama - Ga. is my team in the east. How about the match-up in the west between my Dawgs and LSU? Last year, we lost to LSU 45-0. This year we lost 34-24. Our offense played much better this week under the leadership of Tyson Lee - hope he has more time as QB. Our defense had a hard time holding Charles Scott of LSU to short or no gains - he chewed up the yardage! What do you think of Vandy being 5 and 0 now? I just heard that ESPN gameday is going to be broadcasting from the game between Vandy and Auburn and it's the first time Vandy has had gameday broadcast at home.
GO DAWGS!

Very disappointing

I think the MSU football team forgot to get on the team bus to Ga. Tech and that fans had to fill-in for them. That was an awful game on Sat. Please somebody, either fire Woody McCorvey or get rid of the West Coast Offense - one of them isn't working! We are heading to another losing season after going to a bowl game last year...

Rare and odd

What a game we had against Auburn! The defense - wow! The offense...what offense??? We sucked BIG time on the offense side of the ball. Somebody tell McCorvey to find a new job!!! It was a rare score - 3 to 2. This has only happened 6 times in football history, the last being in 1965 (yep, that was before I was born). Go Dawgs!

I think....

We're going to kick some Tiger tail this weekend - they won't know what happened to them. Go Dawgs Go!

AT LAST!!!

Its home game day and my Dawgs are gonna win the game - GO DAWGS GO!!!!!!

What happened??

How did my Dawgs lose to La Tech?? It looked like we were going to win but then the momentum shifted and La Tech rolled on to win 22-14. Sadly, we were the first BCS team they beat on their home turf and we are also the only SEC team they play this year. Why does such things always happen to us?????
GO DAWGS!

Big day????? Hmmmm....

Well, my first day back to TKD was alright but far from satisfying. I was able to do a few kicks in the beginning class but mostly just helped out. I figured I'd be able to do more stuff in my class (advanced) but I was wrong. No one showed up! The instructor was there, I was there, and 1 other person was there...that was it! Nada, nothing....so, we didn't have class. Frustrating, especially since I won't go to TKD every time its offered right now. I'm having to do a lot of hauling of trash and books at one of our branch libraries and feel that on days I do a lot of that, I should skip TKD so that I don't overdo it. Oh well.....football starts this weekend - GO DAWGS!!!

Big day

I finally get to start back with taekwondo tomorrow nite! I'm all done with physical therapy for my knee but will have some home exercises to do to continue the healing process. I still have a ways to go as I can't run very well yet (learned that this weekend trying to chase my nieces around).
This coming weekend is the start of FOOTBALL season - Mississippi State Style!! GO DAWGS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wowza!

The knee is healing very well and faster then it did after surgery 8 years ago! Hopefully it won't be long till I can get back to my martial arts. I'm sooooo restless and ready to kick butt!!

ouch!

I'm sittin here just a few days after having had arthroscopic knee surgery (2nd in 8 years) and watching video clips of football. Yep, its on my mind (that and the slight pain in my knee now that I have the brace off). Bulldawg football is coming soon!! Go Dawgs Go!

Long time

WoW! Didn't realize it had been so long since I last post - I must do better!
Spent time out at the Refuge today (Noxubee Refuge) and thoroughly enjoyed myself! Got a little sunburnt sa well. Anyway, here's a pic from the day...click on it to view the large size and get a better view.

Sports

This weekend (March 29...) is Super Bulldog Weekend - lots of baseball to watch, spring football scrimmage, and good food to eat! Something for everyone to enjoy!
How about MSU basketball this year?? SEC West Champs and made it to the 2nd round of the 'big dance'. GO DAWGS!!!!

I wish it were year-round

MSU football starts Aug. 30th with La. Tech. Hope the Dawgs do as well or better then this season and get to another bowl game - GO DAWGS!!!

Ok...

I admit, I was wrong about the Super Bowl but that's ok cause I really didn't care who won the game! I just hate that an old miss player led the Giants to victory....

Super Bowl Predictions

Patriots will wipe the floor with the Giants and end with a perfect record!

Champs!

How about those LSU Tigers? National champs again! And how about the SEC?? Winning 7 out of 9 bowl games!!

2007 Liberty Bowl Champs!!

GO DAWGS GO!!!! UCF 3 - MSU 10! It was a defensive battle that the Dawgs finally managed to win. UCF never got to the red zone but MSU was able to get a TD thanks to the leaping ability of #24 Anthony Dixon. Our record this season is 8-5! We were the first SEC bowl game and the first to win!

Merry Christmas!!

Hope everyone has a great CHRISTmas and New Year! I know the MSU BullDawgs are as we are going bowlin in Memphis!

Bowl

Dawgs are Liberty Bowl bound to take on UCF - GO DAWGS GO!!!
Dec. 29 at 3:30pm in Memphis, Tn.

GOT IT

Check it

HOW SWEET IT IS!!!

Oh yeah!! MSU BULLDAWGS BEAT Alabama 17-12 and are now BOWL eligible for the first time in 7 years!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!! We now OWN the state of Alabama - we beat Auburn, UAB, and Bama this year!! GO DAWGS GO!!!!!!!!!!!

UPSET

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beat Ky at Ky 31-14....WOOHOO!!!! ONE more win and we are bowl eligible!! GO DAWGS GO!!!!!!

Let's go Dawgs!

I know WVa scored 31 pts on us in the first quarter BUT once our defense woke up, they scored only 7 pts the rest of the game. Go Defense! Hope they get to work earlier in the game against UK this week as that's another tough game on the road - and I'll be in the stands cheerin on my Dawgs!

They were just a bit too tough

MSU couldn't quite hang on with Tenn. but did a GREAT job trying!! Tn really had a tough time keeping ahead of us during this game but in the end, the score is all that matters (unfortunately)! The fans stayed in the game throughout the majority of the game but one thing fans did that was WRONG....they should NEVER have booed one of our players. When Michael Henig came out to play for the injured Wesley Carroll (who had a concussion), State fans booed him. For crying out loud....he's playing with a broken hand, cut him some slack!! He didn't expect to play against Tenn. but somebody had to go in for Carroll. I noticed that he played without his protective glove on so his hand was probably even more sore and swollen then had he worn his glove. I say, cheer on the Dawgs no matter what!!! I do grumble when players make bad plays or don't play as well as I think they should but I NEVER boo a player (at least our players). GO DAWGS!!!
How about the LSU/KY game? WoW! Thought LSU was going to go the entire year without getting beat but KY was just too tough for them to handle!

SEC

is THE league. I mean...what other game can you find the #1 team in the nation playing the defending national champions and be behind the entire game and then win it??!! LSU was behind Fla. the whole game but hung there and won! They will probably remain #1 as USC got beat today!

Homecoming

Whew! The whole first half wasn't very well played but we took care of business in the second half - beat UAB 30-13! GO DAWGS!!!!
Watching LSU get beat by Fla right now....

I'm sad....

My Dawgs lost to SC today 38-21. If it weren't for that blocked punt...... I think Spurrier proved today why he's the most hated coach in the SEC. Once again, the game was over, down to 45 sec. and he went for another TD. He just has to put more points up to prove how good he is... Tubberville isn't much better.
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WoW! Did you see...

the Alabama - Arkansas game??? What a game!!! Arkansas battles back from behind to take the lead but with 8 sec. left in the game, Bama scores and wins - 41-38! Bama is now 3-0 with Nick Saban at the helm....

WHO LET THE DAWGS OUT!!!!

Our first winning season (so far) in quite a few years. We beat Auburn at Auburn 19-14 and what a finish it was! Auburn had the ball on the 9 yard line, goal to go and couldn't do it!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!

Makin Waves

How about that Dawg performance this weekend?? The second half was awesome and showed that the defense was capable of playing an entire game not just the first half! Sorry Tulane but this was our game!!! GO DAWGS!!!!
It was a rather humbling experience to think that we were in the SuperDome where so many people were stuck after Hurricane Katrina. There were tiles still missing on the ceiling (I doubt they'll fix those) and to think that our seats may have been used by some unfortunate person.....WoW!

Awwww....

No one really expected us to beat LSU but to get shut out by them??? Phooey!!!! 45 - 0!! Oh well, we'll bounce right back and beat Tulane in the Dome next week and then we'll be off to the races!! GO DAWGS!!!!!

Soooo close I can almost hear it

Only 4.5 days till kickoff and I can hardly wait. I hope we at least give LSU a run for their money - GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's here

Gameday

Can we do this again??

2 weeks off

Whew! Two weeks goes by soooooo fast! I can hardly believe that I've got to go back to work on Monday. Week 1 was spent at the Breaks Interstate Park in Breaks, Va. This is up in the Appalachian Mountains and has some awesome views! I did a little hiking while there and got to see quite a few deer (or maybe the same ones over and over) - I did see my first buck while there! These animals weren't afraid of humans and didn't run away, even when a vehicle pulled up. The first time I went hiking (I went twice), a snake of unknown type crossed the trail in front of me - needless to say, I was busy standing still just in case or I would have taken a picture of it! Week 2 was spent in Birmingham, Al with my sister-in-law and 2 nieces. My brother was in Peru for 3 weeks and got back Tues. night. The girls have sure grown!
I can hardly wait - its now under a month till football season!! GO DAWGS GO!!!

Are you ready for some....

Coach Croom at the Starkville Public Library

Coach Sylvester Croom, head football coach at Ms. State University, was the celebrity reader at the Starkville Public Library. He read 2 books to the kids - one book was about the Bulldogs, "Mad for Maroon" by Starkville native, Laurie Parker. The kids all enjoyed him and asked several good questions at the end. I enjoyed it as well!
Here's a video of him reading "Mad for Maroon"

Can't wait...

Just a bit over a month now till LSU visits us and our football season gets under way! Let's Go BullDAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awww!!!!

The Dawgs are comin home from Omaha! The Dawgs just couldn't handle the Louisville Cardinals and lost at the College World Series today 11-4. GO DAWGS!!!

Omaha! Here we come!!!

Fans in Bulldawg territory are pretty pumped right now as our Dawgs earned the right to go to the College World Series in Omaha!!! Oh yeah! WHO LET THEM DAWGS OUT????? On the way to a 2 game sweep over Clemson, we set an attendance record at the first game and then turned around and beat that record at game 2! Not bad for a team chosen to finish dead last in the SEC!! And what happened to that other school to the north of us????? heehee!!!!

Made a new friend today

Isn't he cute??? From what I've found on the net, its a mudsnake (if I'm wrong, please let me know, closer shots on my flickr account, look-up tkdgirlms). A friend and I went out to the Refuge today and took lots of pictures.

Hannah Grace Roberts

My new niece was born at 2:41 am Sat June 2, 2007 and her name is Hannah Grace. She is 19 in. 6 lb 7 oz. She is almost the same size as my other niece Naomi who was 19 in and 6 pounds even when she was born 2 years ago. We drove over at midnight that night so no sleep for us!

Buenos tardes!

Hola! I'm back from the Mexican cruise (sadly) and had a pretty good time. I went with Karen and her 3 kids, a friend of her son's, and a friend of her daughter's (and her mother and friend). The only thing I can say bad was the boat was too small and you could really feel it movin! We ran into high winds and lots of waves on Sun and lots of people got sick, I got a little nauseous but never quit eating or had to take drugs. It rained a whole lot on the cruise but we had fun in spite of it! In Costa Maya, I went horseback riding at the Rancho Gallinolas. In Cozumel, we went around shopping and ate at Casa Denis. Go to youtube for some Mexican music. We were seranaded a couple of times while eating. I have my pictures up on flickr - just search tkdgirlms. All in all, it was a good time!

Smokin'

Well, we're not on fire here in Starkville, Ms but we do have a lot of smoke from the fires in Fla/Ga. Made the mistake of sitting outside at lunch today because it really didn't seem so bad but I was wrong! My lungs and throat have felt like they were on fire all afternoon - it doesn't help that I have asthma. I'll be driving down to Mobile tomorrow with friends to go on our cruise to Mexico, so I reckon we'll be driving into a lot of smoke down that way - glad I refilled my asthma medicine today! You can sorta see the smoke in this picture I took this afternoon.
My new niece or nephew could be here soon - they went to the hospital last night but it was a false alarm. Guess I won't be around for the birth of this one either - when my niece was born, I was at a meeting and had to come home early so I could drive over to Birmingham, Al to see her. Check out this short video clip of her - Picture dancing. When you get to youtube, I have a few other clips of her as well.

Its here....

Its time for that summer vacation - only at the beginning of the summer instead of the middle. Leave for Mexico on Sat. and come back on Thur. - cruisin with Carnival this year! Also, my sis-n-law is due June 11 but the little one could come at any time (she had the first about 3 weeks early) - hope its not while I'm on my cruise! Little Naomi will be a big sis now - she already has the baby bed in her room and refers to it as brother-sister's bed!

Helpless

I'm in the grocery store today getting a prescription filled and getting a couple others things I need. I pay for it with my credit card only it says unauthorized???!!! I know there isn't a problem as I had just used it at the Dr's office today. Then I remembered that I had a voicemail from a security company about my cc - I didn't pay much attention cause I figured it was somebody thinking I was stupid enough to punch in my number for them to get. However, it was legitimate! Somebody, somewhere, somehow got my card number and was using it today - they used it at a gas station for over $170 (must be a VERY BIG car), then on to a carwash, and an electronics store...other then the gas station, they didn't spend much. Just $10 at the carwash and $10 at the electronics store. Kinda odd if you think about it! Anyway, they closed my account after allowing me to go ahead and make my purchase at the store. I'd love to know how they got my number - I've had my card the whole time and I tear up every receipt and every piece of junk mail related to cc or bank accounts.
As my bro says, Beware the gerbils!

5k

Karen and I did a 5k today - mostly walked but got a little running in as well! Took us 47.39 min. to complete it but we did the whole thing. It was fun!

New toy

I got a new toy yesterday and believe that I got a great deal on it! I was at Dirt Cheap and found an Everlast punching bag with boxing gloves, handwrap, and 60 min. dvd - normal selling total individually on Everlast site is about $164 but I paid $30! I'm selling the gloves, wrap, and dvd on Ebay as I won't use those and maybe I'll make back some of my $30 to make the set even cheaper. Gotta love Dirt Cheap!

Trip

Just spent several days in Augusta, Ga visiting relatives I hadn't seen in awhile - some I hadn't seen in 3 years but a couple, I hadn't seen in nearly 15 years (due mainly to them moving on). It was fun - my niece was with us and she seemed to enjoy the relatives and learning their names (Uncle Billy, Cafee (Cathy), TrIna...). Here's a picture of the cousins (including my sister in law and niece).

Long time

WoW! Didn't realize it had been that long since I last blogged - guess I don't have football anymore! Speaking of which, kick-off is Aug. 30 - just 5 months away!!! :) GO DAWGS!!!
Things are hoppin at the library these days - I have lots of boxes beside my desk. Our new computers have come in and will be set-up in a couple of days! Thanks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we can replace our original computers donated by the same group nearly 10 years ago! With this upgrade, we are also going wireless in the library and it will be available to the public to use.

Here it is

Caribbean Reviews

Its final!

The Colts have won the SuperBowl 29-17! Peyton Manning got it done in Miami and his Colts are the winners! Rex Grossman and the Bears just couldn't pull it off.
So what did you think of the clip before the game of Peyton tango dancing?? :)

SuperBowl

And there we have it - the Bears and Colts are going to play in the Big game. I would rather have seen the Saints and Colts play but at least 1 of the 2 teams I picked are going. Go Colts!

How about the SEC???

LSU won the Sugar Bowl last week and put on an exhibition - what a game it was!! BUT how about the Florida Gators?? They are teaching Ohio State's Heismann trophy winner how to run and wiggle, but he's apparently a slow learner as they've sacked him several times tonight. Final score 41-14 - Fla. 2nd national championship in 100 years (both in the last decade). WoW!! Total offense: 82 yds. vs. 372 yds. Chris Leake went 25 of 36. Heismann trophy winner Troy Smith was just 4 of 14. Go Gators!

Bowlin

Well, the SEC is now 3-1 in bowl games. Speaking of which, how 'bout that Georgia game tonight?? WoW! Down 21-3 at the half and then exploded to win 34-24! I'd like to know how they got their freshman QB to calm down at the half and come out teaching a lesson in the 2nd half. He'll get better as he gets older. GO DOGS!!!

Holidays

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and was able to enjoy some time off from work! 2007 is just around the corner!

Christmas

Does anyone believe that its Christmas?? It feels like spring down here with temps in the 70s :) I just haven't felt very Christmasy this year and don't know why? Maybe the weather is finally affecting me, who knows! MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

National Championship

Fla. is going to the BIG dance against Ohio St. by passing Michigan as the top choice. It will be a Big Ten vs. SEC matchup - GO SEC!!!! Game is Jan. 8 in Arizona.
LSU is set to play in the Sugar Bowl. Tn is going to the Outback Bowl.

SEC Championship

WoW! Arkansas hung in there with Florida really well and made it an interesting game to watch. But, as we all expected, Florida was able to beat Arkansas - 38 -28. Not only that, thanks to USC losing their game, Fl. has moved to the #2 spot in the coaches poll and the AP poll and now everyone in the state of Fl. is holding their breath for the BCS poll to be released at 8 est. Fl. might have found themselved playing the in that NATIONAL championship game! A report in the Los Angeles Times, citing a BCS source, said that Florida will indeed be the No. 2 team in the final BCS standings that will be officially announced later Sunday. (ESPN)
Ok, this is funny - Urban Meyer (coach Fl) said right after halftime yesterday that he knew nothing about the USC loss and that nothing had been said in the locker room. No one believed him and with good reason. ESPN - "It was firing through the locker room pretty quick," Meyer said.
Wassup with that Meyer???? You're contradicting yourself there!

old miss game

Where was our kicker for this game?? Our first field goal attempt was around 35 yards and he MISSED???? How on earth do you miss that??? In the final 3 minutes of the game, we scored a td to bring the score to 20 and 17. The on-side kick was recovered by old miss but we didn't let them gain any ground and they went for it on 4th and 1 and FAILED!!! Go defense!! We got the ball and moved it down to the 35 yard line and for some reason, wasted 9 seconds trying to decide what to do and then spiked the ball - wassup with that?? How can you afford to waste any amount of time when the BIGGEST game of the year is on the line and you have no timeouts!! Anyway, we didn't get a first down and had to attempt (note, I said attempt) another field goal. This one was a 51 yarder and again a MISS!!! It was long enough but it was to the left by a couple feet. So, what I want to know is, did the kicker ride the bus home or did he have to walk??? I'm not usually so down on my team but come on....a 35 yarder and you miss????? Sadly, those missed goals allowed the rebs to have the golden egg this year - it better come back home next year!!

1 last loss

Boo! Hiss! Lost to old miss by 3. 20 17

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QB woes continue

QB Michael Henig is out again having rebroken his collarbone!!

Patriotic program

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Here is a picture from the band's annual halftime patriotic program at the home game that is closest to Veterans Day. This is at the MSU-Arkansas game.

Tough one

#5Arkansas wins 28-14 and clinches the SEC West :( BUT our defense played AWESOME!!! And we did something that most teams couldn't - we controlled #5 Darren McFadden. He only gained 84 yards and most of that was in the last 8 min or so of the game. He's averaged 100 yards+ per game up till now. It was the turnovers that got us - we got intercepted twice. We out played Arkansas in EVERY way - our stats are way better then theirs but the turnovers did us in in the end. We had more yardage, more first downs, more 3rd conversions, every stat was better but it wasn't enough!
Next week, old miss! They've done just as a good a job this season as we have and are sharing the space at the bottom of the SEC with us.
Beware the thumb!! Auburn lived up to that prediction and beat Bama today in the big rivalry game, the Iron Bowl. Bama just hasn't had a good team in several years now.
On the lighter side - during each game, Bellsouth sponsors a trivia question of the game. Today's question referred to our win over Arkansas to win the SEC West (sound familiar?) and it was asking something about the QB and the answer was Wayne Madkin. Well, who were they asking the question of?? Wayne Madkin. He answered simply, I reckon that was me! :)

Hallelujah!!!

Dogs over Bama 24-16!!! WooHoo!!! Our first SEC road win in 23 games!! And boy was it good!!! The only time we were behind was on Bama's first possession, they score a field goal. After that, it was all MSU!! As I think back, Bama has NOT scored an offensive touchdown on MSU in 2 years now - this year's only touchdown for the Crimson Tide was a pick by the defense, the rest of their score came thru the foot of their field goal kicker. I would have to say, however, that the Georgia game was still our best played game in spite of our loss to them but this one is right on its heels - I'm still high from this win! You should have heard the crowd...oh wait, that's right, you couldn't hear them over the roar of the couple hundred or so MSU fans that were partying the afternoon away :) The 90000+ Bama fans were stone silent quite awhile during this game although they did have stretchs where they cheered their team on to a hopeless game. We held Bama on several occassions to a field goal when they were down very close to a touchdown - one time the ball was on the 2 yard line but our defense held fast and forced the kick. MSU is considered doormat of the SEC but there's hope for us yet. Right this second, we have a record that is equal to our rival 90 miles to the north - they are doing no better then us at all and our rivalry continues when we play them Thanksgiving weekend. But first....our first off week this season is this weekend and what good timing (although, I would prefer it had been much earlier) as we have Arkansas coming to our house and a very good Arkansas team they are. 9-1 on the season and flying high. We'll have to play our best game of the season if we're to have any hope at all. But we can do it, just ride that momentum of a BIG win over Bama onto Scott field and we can do it. GO DAWGS GO!!!!!!!!!
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btw - as an afternote and changing the subject, my brother and his wife are expecting their second child next summer!

Yes!!!

Go dawgs go! We beat bama!!

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Argh!!! Not again!

Got mauled by the Wildcats 34-31 today in a duel to the end. Ky pulled an interesting ending outta their hat, never seen anything like it. There's 2 1/2 min to go in the game and Ky used it all for just 4 downs. First down - players stand with their backs to the Dawgs when another Ky player runs on the field and the yellow flag flies, 5 yd. penalty for illegal substition. Second down - they just kneel the ball. Third down - they run sideways but don't go out of bounds. Fourth down - another run that runs the clock down. The timekeeper did a crappy job keeping time at the end, cause there were 15 - 20 seconds of time the clock was running and it shouldn't have been. Oh well! Guess Ky was just scared of us and that's why they played the end like they did. Our QB out played theirs in the passing game! And what a long game it was - 3 1/2 hours! The first quarter went on for 50 min!! WoW!
heehee, old miss got beat again (although barely, 6 points between them and Auburn)!! WooHoo! Fla. barely beat Ga by a touchdown and Ala. won 38-3 over Florida International, the team that had so many players suspended due to a big fight with Miami.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!

WoW! What a game!

SOOOOOOOOOO close - Georgia beats us by 3 points, 27-24. What a game we played!! Awesome! We had 4 picks in the game, they had 2. We pretty much dominated the whole game, but especially the first half. We just didn't capitalize early in the game on the turnovers and that hurt in the long run. We played what sounded like our best game this season! Good job and GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heehee, old miss got spanked by Arkansas 38-3 today - soooy!

Story-hour

Story-hour at the library this past week was on the Civil War. I know, kinda odd for little ones but we are in the midst of a month long series of programs on the Civil war at the library and so the children joined in the fun. To get things started, the children's librarian asked the kids which football team plays in Starkville and of course they all knew the answer to that one, BULLDAWGS!! Then she asked who their rival was, who the team was they played last every year. Lots of blank stares. So she says ole miss.... One little girl piped up, McDonalds! Yep, there you have it, we play the ole miss mcdonalds! She either was hungry or likes the song old mcdonald.... I don't know about you, but thinking about it makes me hungry :)
Her point to this was that we play the ole miss Rebels and that's what she was starting story-hour talking about, Confederate Rebels.
GO DAWGS!!!

MSU video

Highlights of 25 years of football including 1 of my favorites, Snow Bowl (I was there) - GO DAWGS!!

At last!

WoW! Where did this team come from?? MSU 35 - Jacksonville State 3! I know, everyone should be able to beat Jacksonville State but considering our team....they beat us last year so its nice to be able to beat them again! It was homecoming (how I hate homecoming) so that made it nice! We had a crazy guy sittin in front of us that called me a rebel fan - I said he was goin down for that blasphemy!! I am NOT nor ever have been an old miss rebel fan! BITE YOUR FRIGGIN TONGUE!!! I'm just in shock - where did that offensive line come from?? I've not seen them protect the QB as well as they did today. I know Croom told them he'd rather have holding calls then have a hand laid on our QB (we're hurtin in that area right now) but WoW! what a great job they did today!! How about the start of the game? A pick and run in for a touchdown when the game was just about 20 sec. into the first quarter!! I hope we can do as well against Georgia next week at Georgia.
And speaking of Georgia - WHAT HAPPENED??? I mean to get beat by Vandy??? and at home?? Wow! They've lost 2 games in a row now - first Tenn. and now Vandy, they'll be out for revenge next week when we march into town. Looks like they'll fall in the polls, perhaps out of the polls. How about Arkansas? They're 1 spot behind Ga in the polls and they won so they'll probably go up some in the polls. I never would have guess Arkansas to have a good season like they are having so far!
Alabama and old miss are in a battle right now with about 3 min to go and they're tied!

Woohoo!!

Oh yeah! A win at home!!

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Another loss in the books

Well, we hung in there with the #4 team in the nation for the first 3 or so quarters but then the turnovers caught up with us. We also used 4 QBs in this game - Omaar Conner started the game and went 3 quarters before being injured (groin) and then our season starting QB was put in - Michael Henig is back. Once the game got out of control, they pulled him to keep him from getting injured and put Trey Rutland in. Trey's first or second play (that is still being debated (Andrew!!)), he was injured (knee) and it went to 4th string QB, Ty Evans. Yes, you read that right - 4th string! Can we be anymore unlucky?? This week the ball will likely be in the hands of Michael Henig and Ty Evans - yikes!!
Anyway, back to the game. This was perhaps my favorite game this season, including our dramatic 20+ point comeback led by Omaar against Tulane. This game was well played for most of it but the turnovers finally caught up with us. The score at the half was 14-7 - and this is the #4 team in the nation?? They didn't actually begin blowing us out until the 4th quarter and yet they managed to move up in the polls this week, uh?? Something is definitely wrong with the polls if they get rewarded for beating us soundly in the 4th quarter. The score in the 3rd quarter was 21-14 and we were threatening. They picked us off in the end-zone and started their own drive. Once the 4th quarter arrived, they scored 21 points and whipped us soundly. For a team that is supposed to be so good, how come they played so poorly? Even their coach is disappointed in their performance - "I'm disappointed in the way we played football, disgusted with the penalties and not very happy right now," Rodriguez said.
They got 11 penalties for 132 yards vs. our 4 for 45. They helped us a lot but sadly we could do nothing with it. We even had time of possession in our favor and still were unsuccessful.
I hope to see us win 2 more games so that at least we'll have a 3rd 3 win season on record - some say we have a chance of winning 4 more games (Alabama, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, and old miss) - I can see 2 or 3 wins but it will be tough. Alabama and old miss are both road games and old miss anytime, anywhere is a hard team to play. And our rivalry is over 100 years old now and that's the game where all records go out the window, all bad plays are gone - its a way to start over. No matter how poorly each team plays during the year, all bets are off and good playing is the name of the game.
There are a lot of Croom haters out there and they make more noise then his supporters. I for one am a Croom Supporter and hope he sticks around for a long time. Our team was in shambles once Sherrill finally left and we've been penalized for all his illegal doings. I think in a couple of years, we'll be ok. Maybe not a powerhouse like some of the other SEC teams but not in the 'doghouse' like we are now.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!
what happened to georgia???wow!

LSU loss

We lost to LSU at LSU but we scored more points then we have this season. Final score is 48 - 17. There was a lightining delay for about 45 min. and I didn't get to finish watching the game as WCBI had to switch over to the Alabama game - I just don't understand that but oh well. We got our penalties under control again, so that's good. Next week is a home game against #4 West Virginia - GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

LSU

I hope that we can carry the momentum of our first win this season and our first road win in over 15 road games with us to LSU this weekend. We'll definitely need every ounce of that momentum to help us thru this game. LSU is always tough but especially at LSU.
For some reason, this season we don't have an off week until Nov. - quite a few teams have already experienced off weeks and yet we have to struggle on without a break till Nov. and by then, the season is nearly over. That makes no sense to me, especially in light of the tough schedule we have this year. Our first 2 games were SEC games (S.C. and Auburn) and then 2 non-conference (Tulane and UAB) and then to LSU at LSU and then home to play West Virginia. We'll also play Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, Jacksonville State (non-conference) and of course, our in-state rivals old miss. That's 8 SEC games out of a possible 11 (there's 12 total teams including us) and the SEC is known for being the toughest conference to play. Who can argue that we have a tough schedule and one without a break until Nov. 11? At that point we'll have just 2 games left, Arkansas and old miss.
I must say something about 1 other game - what on earth happened to Alabama and their kicking game? They got beat by Arkansas by 1 point!! What's up with that??

Win

Yeah! Beat uab at uab 16-10 in ot!

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Oh sooooooo close

Tulane beat MSU by a field goal yesterday. Coach Croom FINALLY decided to put Omarr Connor into the game late in the 2nd quarter. First throw Omarr makes, first down. MSU scored their first points of the season in the 3rd quarter making the score 14-7 and hope at last. But Tulane scored 18 unanswered points and looked to beat the Dawgs soundly but it was not to be. The BullDogs led by Omarr scored 22 points in the 4th quarter and tried an onside kick but it was recovered by Tulane and that ended the hope of a win for MSU. Croom has said he will stick with Omarr as QB but I hope he plays Trey Rutland occassionally as that is the only way he'll get experience as top dog on the field. He may yet prove to be a decent QB but right now, he has to learn to trust his blockers and not run away from the opposing team when they come at him but to get rid of the ball or be tackled right there vs 20 yds behind him as he runs away. One of his last plays yesterday - he was in the pocket and it was a solid pocket but he left and ran behind him a few yards and was sacked. At that point the fans started booing - something I DON'T agree with at all. But in this case, it apparently got the coaches attention as Omarr was finally put in the game at QB. We'll see if this works next week as we go on our first road game to UAB. GO DAWGS!!!

Football

Another game is in the books for MSU. Auburn 34 - MSU 0 - our stats were the same as against South Carolina, 11 first downs, same rushing yards, same passing yards, same score. How weird is that!!! We play Tulane this coming Saturday - Go Dawgs!
How about some of the other games? Tn. barely squeaked by Air Force 31-30 and only because the Air Force coach decided to go for 2 points (and failed) rather then the PAT at the end of the game. Georgia had a tough time against South Carolina (score doesn't tell) and won 18-0. What about Alabama? WoW! Just barely beat Vandy in the final minutes by a field goal - Bama 13 - Vandy 10. And my favorite, old miss got shredded by Missouri 34-7. Awesome! LSU, Florida, and Kentucky won their games.
Once again, the loyal BullDawg fans left the game with a full quarter to go - guess they wanted to let the few people without tickets have their seats to watch a little football!

Anna-Beth and Christopher

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Christopher Massey was at the MSU - Auburn game today and Anna-Beth was able to get her picture with him as well as get him to autograph her ticket. Christopher plays Michael on Nickelodeon's Zoe 101!

Anna-Beth and Kyle

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Kyle Massey was at the MSU - Auburn game today and Anna-Beth was able to get her picture taken with him and get him to autograph her ticket. Kyle plays Cory on Disney's That's so Raven!

Faithful

Well, losing another game and the mass exodus of devoted bulldog faithful has begun with one quarter left!

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More football

Ok, can you tell what I really like blogging about?? :) Auburn comes knocking on our door this Sat at 11:30 and the game is on tv again - Jefferson Pilot, I think. I know the first game of the season is the one where all the kinks are worked out but is it me or did Auburn look like they were lacking something on Saturday? They are predicted to be at the top of the polls but they struggled for most of their game and it wasn't really until halfway thru the 3rd quarter that things started working for them. I didn't really see a nationally ranked team playing there but who knows, maybe now that they got some of the kinks worked out, they'll go on to better things.
Tennessee looked pretty good as did Georgia. Kentucky got whuped good and, no surprise here, Vandy lost their game. Alabama played and beat Hawaii. The shocker came from Colorado - they got beat by a 1AA team, Montana State - what's up with that??
What do you think of the new clock rule? The clock starts running as soon as the ball is set, supposedly making the game move along at a quicker pace. I don't know what to think - here's what ESPN's Ivan Maisel says "Starting the clock at the "ready" signal is costing us some football, and that's not right. The difference in average number of plays is noticeable. Judging by opening week, NCAA records -- game, season, career, individual, team, you name it -- are much safer than they've been in years."

Football field

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Go DAWGS!!!!