Good morning! The MSU Bulldog turned Dallas Cowboy, Dak Prescott, gave his answer on what it means to be a leader and the values he carries with him day in and day out. Special stuff from a truly special Bulldog.

What else did we throw into the Brew today?

👟 Dynamic Duo
🏈 Leader of the Pack
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 HAIL STATE PLUS

This is Mississippi State. Bulldog football’s docuseries is back with another episode as we take a look at the fresh approach the new offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay brings to the program. Also, he walks us through which positions could have an impact on the new offense, and one particular position on defense heading into the 2023 season with a chip on their shoulder.

🎥 This is Mississippi State: Episode Three

With HailState+ you get to watch wherever you want to watch. Web, mobile, and (later this year) all major OTT streaming apps like AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Android. We got it all.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Dynamic Duo. State’s javelin duo Curtis Thompson and Anderson Peters have built a bond and been there for each other every step of the way through their track and field careers. Now, they will have a chance to compete against each other once again in the 2023 World Athletics Championships later Friday afternoon.

📚 Read more about the relationship these two have built, and what it means to each of them to have come from Mississippi State

🔼 Not Sorry. Enough Bulldogs made the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl Preseason watchlist to field one side of the ball with a dozen players being selected. The twelve players named to the watchlist consisted of DT Jaden Crumedy, RS Tulu Griffin, OL Kameron Jones, OL Steven Losoya III, OL Nick Jones, RB Woody Marks, DT Nathan Pickering, CB Decamerion Richardson, WR Justin Robinson, QB Will Rogers, WR Jaden Walley and last but certainly not least, LB Nathaniel Watson.

🔼 Never Too Early. Bulldog basketball is still a ways away from their opening tipoff, but head coach Chris Jans met with the media ahead of the fall semester to get some insight on the team. Plus, get some info on the team’s recent overseas trip and embracing expectations heading into the 2023-24 campaign.

🎥 Watch Chris Jans address the media on the state of Bulldog men’s basketball

🔼 Home Sweet Home. State soccer has returned to Starkville and will finally be able to play their first home game of the 2023 season in front of the Maroon and White faithful. The season thus far has gone according to plan as the Bulldogs will grace their home turf undefeated through two games.

🗣️ “Returning home unbeaten was always the goal. Now we can look forward to getting back home and playing in front of our home fans.” - Head coach James Armstrong

The Bulldogs will face off against Northwestern State tonight at 7:30pm where State holds a decisive 5-0 all-time record against the Lady Demons.

🔼 Leader of the Pack. Bulldog football fans have had the ultimate pleasure of not having to worry about their quarterback situation for years now, and as Will Rogers enters his final season at the helm, he’s making it his mission to lead the team the best way he knows possible. Both he and new offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay got to work early this past winter to get the playbook fine tuned and installed, and the two are already seeing their hard work pay off.

📚 Read more about the lead signal caller heading into the start of the regular season.

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Championship Duo. Both Curtis Thompson and Anderson Peters have shown they are elite at what they can do with the javelin, but it all started in Starkville with a multitude of championships.

Our question today — how many total championships, both SEC and NCAA, did this duo help MSU capture in the javelin?

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

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🐶 DAWG DAILY

Today’s Dawg Daily: Gerri Green is back on campus as MSU Football’s Coordinator of Player Development. He joins Neil to talk about this year’s team, some of his favorite memories as an MSU player, and his interception against Kentucky in 2017 that led the “run big man, run.”

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answers: 5!

Both Thompson and Peters helped the Bulldogs to three NCAA Championships and two SEC Championships during their time at State.

Bonus: they also helped the Bulldogs become the first program in NCAA history to have three men throw further than 80.00m. Like we said, these guys are at the top of their craft.

🐶 Have a great Thursday, y'all!