Good morning! Yesterday’s Bulldog soccer game was postponed due to weather. Stay tuned for updates on when you can expect to see MSU face off against South Carolina.

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

🏐 Preview of the Bulldogs’ SEC opener
🏈 Reese IV named to Jason Witten Man of the Year watchlist
🐶 And much, much more!

🎙️ DEAR OL’ STATE

Dear Ol’ State: Davon Booth and Hayes Hammond. A couple of days ahead of Mississippi State football's battle against Texas, Joel Coleman and Logan Lowery chat with a couple of Bulldogs on Dear Ol' State. Running back Davon Booth and long snapper Hayes Hammond join the show on the latest episode.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Let The Journey Begin. This weekend opens SEC play for Bulldog volleyball as the team heads to Columbia, S.C., to take on the Gamecocks at 6 p.m. on Friday. State enters the match on a five-game win streak and with McKenna Yates fresh off being named the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week after her stellar performance in the sweep against Southern Miss. Mississippi State ranks 3rd nationally and 2nd in the SEC in assists per set with 13.71 with Erin Kline leading the way for the Bulldog setters with six assists per set.

🔼 Man of The Year. Bulldog offensive lineman Albert Reese IV has been named to the eighth annual Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award watchlist. As one of 52 players named to the watchlist, Reese was placed on a list that honors the nation's top leaders in college football. Each player is nominated by their school and has demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field. Reese has been incredibly active in the community and has taken full advantage of the newly created D.A.W.G program.

📚️ Read about how Albert Reese IV has impacted the Starkville community

🔼 Ready To Go. With the 2024-25 season in sight, Bulldog women’s basketball finalized its nonconference portion of the schedule which includes six games at The Hump and seven total inside the state of Mississippi. The Bulldogs enter their third season under head coach Sam Purcell, who has guided the program to consecutive campaigns of 20 or more wins over his first two seasons and will look to continue the streak, starting with hosting Memphis on Nov. 7.

📆 See the full 2024-25 nonconference schedule for Bulldog women’s basketball

🔼 Survive and Advance. Bulldog men’s tennis Petar Jovanovic secured a singles victory in the opening round of the main draw consolation bracket to move on at the ITA All-American Championships. The 12th-ranked Jovanovic showed off his talent, cruising past the Clemson senior in straight sets. Jovanovic advances to play the No. 70 singles player from Ohio State in the second round of the main draw consolation this morning at 9 a.m.

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Better At Home. Today’s trivia question…since head coach Sam Purcell arrived, what is Bulldog women’s basketball’s record against nonconference opponents when playing inside the Humphrey Coliseum?

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

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📆 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday, September 27
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Cary, NC
🏐 Volleyball vs. South Carolina @ 6 p.m. in Columbia, SC | SECN

Saturday, September 28
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Cary, NC
🏈 Football vs. Texas @ 3:15 p.m. in Austin, TX | SECN | Listen

Sunday, September 29
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA All-American Championships in Cary, NC
⚽️ Soccer vs. LSU @ 6:30 p.m. in Starkville, MS | SECN+ | Live Stats

🐶 Click here to see the full Mississippi State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 18-1!

Bulldog women’s basketball is 18-1 in non-conference home games under head coach Sam Purcell. 

🐶 Have a great weekend, y'all!