Good morning! Only five Saturdays remain between Bulldog fans and the start of the 2023-24 football season. Tickets for this season are flying off the (internet) shelves at a record pace, so secure yours while you still can!

What else did we throw into the Brew today?

⚾️ Only The Beginning
👟 Setting Records
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 HAIL STATE PLUS

The Dear Ol’ State Preseason podcasts are rolling on! In this episode, hear from running back Simeon Price and line backer John Lewis. Each of them sit down with the crew to discuss their expectations from this year ahead of MSU football’s preseason camp.

🎧 Dear Ol’ State Preseason: Simeon Price and John Lewis

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 To The Max. The 87th Maxwell Award will go out to the most outstanding player in college football at the end of the season, and State quarterback Will Rogers is among the names to watch out for to win the award.

Rogers enters his final season with the Bulldogs with 10,000+ career passing yards, and needs just 2,478 yards this season through the air to become the SEC’s all-time leading passer. He owns 29 program records and is the only SEC quarterback in history to have over 1,000 completions. The complete watchlist includes 85 players, but who’s to say that Mr. Rogers won’t be the one holding the award when it’s all said and done?

🔼 Only The Beginning. The former Diamond Dawg and No. 20 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Kellum Clark, suited up for his first professional start in the NY Mets organization. He put up a stellar effort at the plate and got the first professional hit of his career in a 9-6 win.

🔼 Setting Records. He’s a runner, he’s a Jamaican track star. This weekend, Navasky Anderson became the first man from Jamaica to break the 1:45 mark in the 800-meter event, in turn setting a national record. With his time, Anderson earned himself a spot in the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

🔼 Grand Entrance. We mentioned that Mia Davidson-Smith was beginning her run in AU’s Championship season, and in her first night of a new season, she blasted a grand slam. Her one swing was good enough to earn her MVP status in Game 1.

🔼 Jav U. MSU Track has four national champions in the javelin this year between current student-athletes and alumni. Curtis Thompson and Anderson Peters are at the top of their game, and have both earned a spot in the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Peters is the two-time reigning champion from Grenada, and Thompson is representing the U.S. after claiming his third USATF Championship in June.

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Business of Baseball. In sports, it’s rare to choose whether or not you want to stay with a team or go somewhere else. Most times, you go wherever the people in charge tell you to go, and such was the case for one of our former Bulldogs this weekend.

Our question today — which former Diamond Dawg was a part of a notable trade in the MLB on Sunday?

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

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Chris Stratton!

The St. Louis Cardinals dealt two pitchers, including Stratton, to the Texas Rangers where he will team up with former Bulldog, Nathaniel Lowe.

Have a great Tuesday, y'all.