Good morning! C.L. Shepherd stopped by the football facility to deliver some motivation to the team — check it out!

What else did we throw into today’s Bulldog Brew?

🏀 Master plan
👟 Determined to win
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 ALL-ACCESS

All-Access: Softball Senior Day 2024. Hear from our graduating seniors as they reminisce on what made their time as Mississippi State Bulldogs so special.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Upgrading The Hump. Humphrey Coliseum continues to improve!

Courtesy of another round of upgrades, the building is nearing the completion of multiple redesigned team areas as the first part of MSU athletics’ master plan.

🔼 Determined To Win. “The moment I realized from a competitive standpoint that he’s able to be successful on the elite level was when I looked in his eyes before the NCAA championship. He was a 19-year-old freshman. We were wrapping up the warmup and he looks down at me and he says, ‘I’m gonna give you everything I have, and I’m gonna go try to win.’”

Mississippi State track and field coach Chris Woods gives us a glimpse into the mindset of Bulldog Olympian Marco Arop!

🔼 Back At It. Mississippi State softball legend Mia Davidson-Smith is set to open her third Athletes Unlimited Championship season today with Team Alexander, after being selected No. 5 overall in Monday’s draft.

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Podium Dawgs. Today’s trivia question…which two Olympic sports have MSU Olympians competed in and won either a gold, silver or bronze medal?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of the Bulldog Brew to see if you know your stuff!

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🥇 BULLDOGS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS

Saturday, July 27

🎾 Men’s Tennis Doubles — Portugal (Borges) vs. TBD @ TBA

Saturday, July 27 or Sunday, July 28

🎾 Men’s Tennis Singles — Nuno Borges vs. Navone (Argentina) @ TBA

Sunday, July 28

⚽️ Women’s Soccer — Colombia (Izquierdo and Perez) vs. New Zealand @ 10 a.m. CT

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, August 15

⚽️ Soccer vs. Baylor @ 6:30pm in Starkville, MS

Sunday, August 18

⚽️ Soccer vs. Northwestern State @ 1:00pm in Starkville, MS

Thursday, August 22

⚽️ Soccer vs. Charlotte @ 6:00pm in Charlotte, NC

Saturday, August 24

🏐 Volleyball vs. Memphis @ 4:00pm in Memphis, TN

Saturday, August 31

🏈 Football vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 5:00pm in Starkville, MS

🐶 Click here to see the full Mississippi State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Track and Field and Baseball!

MSU athletes have won three medals playing baseball while the other four medalists come from track and field.

🐶 Have a great weekend, y'all!