College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six Game Schedule
If you were holding off on watching bowl games until the main course, this is the post you were waiting to read. This features the steak of New Year’s Six games and filet mignon of playoff games for you to devour as 2016 ends and 2017 begins. Things get going …
College Football Bowl Schedule Dec. 29 to Jan. 2
This is the final guide to the bowl games that aren’t in the College Football Playoff or New Year’s Six games. These bowl games will mainly feature teams from Power Five conferences, but a few Group of Five teams are sprinkled in the mix. This guide will take you from …
Blocked Kicks Save St. Petersburg for MSU
It seems fitting that the final game of Mississippi State University’s 2016 football season came down to a special-teams play. One of the biggest question marks for this squad since the opening game was special teams. MSU lost the first game of the season against the University of South Alabama …
Bowl Viewing Schedule From Dec. 26 to Dec. 28
If you aren’t suffering from college-football bowl fatigue, you can still watch plenty of games. The quality of football might be questionable at times, but drink it all in because when it is gone, it will be gone until next fall. Since so many games are coming up, here is …
St. Petersburg Bowl Preview
It’s the day after Christmas. All the gifts have been opened, and family is being family. What better time to find an empty room and watch football? Lucky for us all, the St. Petersburg Bowl kicks off at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 26, on ESPN. This bowl game features two …
Former MSU Stars Prescott and Cox Named to 2017 Pro Bowl
Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott continues to impress people with his play. The former Mississippi State University star picked up another accolade on Monday, Dec. 20, when he was selected to play in the 2017 Pro Bowl. Prescott replaced the injured Tony Romo and has led Dallas to an …
NFL Opens Combine to Fans
In the past, the NFL Combine has been held behind closed doors, with the best college football players trying to impress scouts without the public seeing any of the action. That changed in 2004 when the NFL began to broadcast the event on its own NFL Network. College-football fans were …
USM Takes New Orleans Bowl, Gets Winning Record
It wasn’t pretty at times, and it seemed insanely long, but the University of Southern Mississippi has back-to-back winning football seasons. The Golden Eagles went winless in 2012, hitting rock bottom after winning 12 games the year before. USM lost 23 consecutive games before finally getting a 62-27 win over …
Bowl Viewing Schedule for Dec. 19 to Dec. 24
After watching bowl games all Saturday, there is no reason to stop during the next week. Except for Christmas Day—that is for NFL games—there are bowl games every day from Dec. 19 to Dec. 24. There are eight bowl games with three in the afternoon and five during the primetime …
New Orleans Bowl Preview
If you are not busy this Saturday with holiday shopping or events, it will be a great day to watch the first bowl games of the season. And don’t worry—all of them are worthy background noise if you are partying or decorating. The day begins with the Celebration Bowl at …
SWAC All-Conference From Miss Schools
Last week, a Jackson Free Press blog post listed all the players who made all-conference in various leagues that have Mississippi teams. That list didn’t include the SWAC teams from Mississippi, or Belhaven University, as the Blazers are still transitioning to Division III and not eligible to win the conference …
Brees Struggles End Saints Playoff Hopes
When the New Orleans Saints needed quarterback Drew Brees the most to make a playoff run, the future Hall of Fame quarterback let them down. He has thrown six interceptions and zero touchdowns in his last two games. The Saints are still mathematically alive for the playoff, but it seems …
The Giants Have Prescott’s Number
Dak Prescott is 0-2 against the New York Giants but 11-01 against the rest of the NFL teams that he has faced. The Dallas Cowboys score an average of 28.5 points per game but have scored just 26 points against New York in two games. Prescott might have played his …
Next Three Weeks Big For Cowboys and Saints Playoffs
As of this moment, the only team in the NFL playoffs is the Dallas Cowboys. Since its opening-week loss, Dallas has reeled off 11 straight wins. The Cowboys get a chance to avenge their only loss of the season to the New York Giants this Sunday. More than just revenge …
All Conference Players at Miss Universities
Now that the college-football regular season has ended, conferences are beginning to honor players that stood out. Millsaps College, Delta State University, Mississippi College, Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi have released the names of players who received conference recognition. In the Southeastern …
MSU Women’s Basketball Makes History
The Mississippi State women’s basketball team began the season ranked No. 10 in the nation in the Associated Press poll and No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches poll. Since the preseason rankings were released, MSU has steadily climbed in the poll with each win. In week two of the …
College Football Bowl and Playoff Thoughts
The College Football Playoff matchups are set, and there is little argument that the four best teams made it in the playoffs. The University of Alabama, Clemson University, Ohio State University and the University of Washington are the four teams playing for the championship. There really aren’t any teams that …
2016 SWAC Championship Game Preview
Some people might argue the SWAC championship game took place last week when Grambling State University crushed Southern University 52-30 to win the west division. Both teams entered the contest undefeated in conference play, and the winner earned a spot in the title game Saturday, Dec. 3. Grambling State ran …