Good morning! Quarterbacks have been warned—Nathaniel “Bookie” Watson leads the SEC in sacks and will be looking to add to his total against Texas A&M this weekend.

What else did we throw into today’s Brew?

🏀 Raising the Bar
⚾️ Making It Permanent
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 ALL-ACCESS

All-Access: Tyler Bratton Mic’d Up. Hear softball Associate Head Coach Tyler Bratton interact pregame with players before their fall scrimmage against Chipola College.

🎙️ DEAR OL’ STATE

Dear Ol’ State: State Hoops Unsung Heroes—Rogers, Buchanan & Manuel. On the latest episode, Joel and Logan visit with three men who are a key part of things behind the scenes for the men's basketball team— coordinator of basketball operations Joe Rogers and graduate assistants Shunn Buchanan and Danny Manuel!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Raising The Bar. One game into the season, and it seems that Mississippi State women’s basketball’s Jerkaila Jordan has picked things up right where she left off. In the season-opener against Alcorn State, Jordan finished with 26 points, a career-best 13 rebounds and six steals.

🗣️ “I want to set the standard for the transfers and the freshmen. I just want to teach them stuff that I didn't know when I was a sophomore or things I didn't know when I was a freshman. Every day I just want to go out there and set the bar high for them. I want them to try and pass me." - Jerkaila Jordan

As one of the leaders of this Bulldog basketball team, Jordan and the rest of the squad look ahead to the rest of the schedule with big aspirations in mind. But first, State will look to Southeastern Louisiana tonight at The Hump.

🎥 Check out the season-opening recap from the Bulldogs’ first win

🔼 The Family Keeps Growing. The letters keep rolling in for Mississippi State Athletics with many more programs adding new faces to their rosters for each of their 2024 recruiting classes.

🏐 The Volleydawgs signed setter Cayley Hanson out of Deer Park, TX, and right side hitter Noella Obi from Murfreesboro, TN. Hanson joins the Bulldogs after breaking her school’s assist record by earning more than 2,000 assists, while Obi looks to join the team after earning 2023 Player of the Year.

🏀 Coach Purcell went and added four new Bulldogs in Tahj Bloom—the highest-rated player of the Purcell era as a No. 41 overall prospect—Rocio Jimenez, Anaisha Carriere and Shakirah Edwards.  

🔼 Fantastic Fall. After notching two top-three finishes so far this season, Bulldog standout Julia Lopez Ramirez was announced as a finalist for the 2023-2024 Final Fall Watch List for the ANNIKA Award. Along with holding the most wins for any Bulldog individually, she currently holds the lowest career stroke average in program history, shooting an average of 70.7.

🔼 Making It Permanent. Starting in 2025, SEC baseball teams will play a three-game series against two permanent opponents, and for the Bulldogs, those teams will be LSU and in-state rivals, Ole Miss. Along with the consistent matchups, the SEC will also eliminate divisional standings, making it a single-division format.

💥 See the full list of SEC baseball’s permanent opponents

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Sweet Sixties. By now, Bulldog women’s golf has become accustomed to Julia Lopez Ramirez’ greatness, but the records she holds are impressive nonetheless. 

Our question today—do you know how many rounds Lopez Ramirez has shot in the 60s in her career?

Think you know the answer? Scroll on down to the bottom to find out.

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🐶 DAWG DAILY

Today’s Dawg Daily: Football & Basketball & Soccer..oh my! We've got an awesome weekend for the Bulldogs. Joey and Jalyn share their thoughts and previews for both basketball teams, football's trip to College Station, and soccer's first tournament game.

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Friday 11/10

👟 Cross Country @ South Region Championship in Gainesville, FL | Live Stats 

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Southeastern Louisiana @ 6:30 p.m. in Starkville, MS | Listen | Live Stats

Saturday 11/11

⚽️ Soccer vs. Providence College @ 1:00pm in Starkville, MS | Live Stats

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. UT Martin @ 4:00pm in Starkville, MS | Watch | Listen | Live Stats

🏈 Football vs. Texas A&M in 6:30pm in College Station, TX | Watch | Listen | Live Stats

Sunday 11/12

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Jacksonville State @ 2:00pm in Starkville, MS | Listen | Live Stats

🐶 Click here to see the full Mississippi State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 28!

🐶 Have a great weekend y'all!