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Miss St's Dixon, Ole Miss' McCluster meet Saturday (AP)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:58:55 PST

This year's Egg Bowl matchup between No. 20 Mississippi and Mississippi State is a tough one for middle linebackers. Ole Miss features Dexter McCluster, who's as hard to tackle as smoke. Then there's Mississippi State's Anthony Dixon, who plays a lot like a runaway dump truck in a bad mood.

Mississippi State Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:35:58 PST

Mississippi State lost its motivation to play for a bowl game when Ryan Mallett and Arkansas beat the Bulldogs 42-21 in Little Rock last week.

But it didn't lose all of its motivation to take on arch-rival Ole Miss, which it will do Saturday at Scott Field in Starkville. That motivation came a year ago in this rivalry game.

That's when the Rebels throttled State 45-0, dominating the Bulldogs at the line of scrimmage and carrying the beating the rest of the way. It was the widest margin of victory in an Egg Bowl game in nearly four decades.

Sylvester Croom resigned under pressure after that game and a new tone was set with Dan Mullen's hiring. Since then, Mississippi State players have hardly gone a day without being reminded of the embarrassment in Oxford.

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Bulldogs bowl hopes denied (Rivals.com)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:35:00 PST

Mississippi State had their bowl hopes dashed Saturday as Arkansas' Ryan Mallett torched the Bulldogs...

Arkansas beats Mississippi State 42-21 (AP)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:17:03 PST

Ryan Mallett threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns to lead Arkansas over Mississippi State 42-21 on Saturday. Mallett's final touchdown pass was his 28th of the season, a school record. Clint Stoerner held the old mark of 26. Anthony Dixon rushed for 176 yards for Mississippi State, which was eliminated from bowl contention.

No. 3 Alabama uses big plays to beat Miss St 31-3 (AP)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:42:06 PST

Greg McElroy got tired of hearing all the critics. So he did something about it. The quarterback hit three passes of more than 40 yards, including two for touchdowns, to lead No. 3 Alabama to a 31-3 win over Mississippi State on Saturday night. McElroy has learned that being the Crimson Tide quarterback comes with close scrutiny, but for a night at least he won't hear any complaints.

Big plays doom Bulldogs (Rivals.com)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:56:00 PST

Mississippi State expected a battle with another highly ranked opponent at Davis Wade Stadium Saturday...