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February 21, 2012 10:03 PM
UK gets off to a terrible start thanks in part to Mississippi State and thanks in part to some bad decisions by UK.
With 6:48 gone in the game, UK hit only 2 of their first 13 shots while the Bulldogs hit 5 of 11. UK had only four...
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February 21, 2012 12:29 PM
Quietly, this has become a big rivalry. Two out of the last three games between Mississippi State and Kentucky have gone into overtime.
What True Blue fan will forget what happened to DeMarcus Cousins. Mississippi State fans got his cell phone number. They said things to Cousins that we...
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February 20, 2012 5:50 PM
Mississippi State is going through their worst slump of the year.
They have lost three in a row to teams they were supposed to beat. Overtime, by a bucket at home against Georgia, and on the road at LSU in overtime and at Auburn by 10.
This is...
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October 30, 2011 12:08 AM
(AP) - Mississippi State's depth chart for Saturday night's game at Kentucky listed "Chris Relf or Tyler Russell" as the first-string quarterback. The "or" should have been an "and." Relf and Russell combined for 261 yards passing, the team's highest total since the season opener against Memphis, and each threw...
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October 29, 2011 11:52 PM
KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES Mississippi State at Kentucky Oct. 29, 2011 * Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky. Attendance: 57,891 FINAL SCORE: Mississippi State 28, Kentucky 16
Team Records and Series Notes • Kentucky is 3-5 overall, 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State is 4-4, 1-4 in SEC play. • Kentucky and Mississippi...
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October 28, 2011 8:40 AM
(AP) - The annual Mississippi State-Kentucky football game doesn't often generate a lot of national headlines or even much interest within the Southeastern Conference. It'll be the same way this season when the two teams meet on Saturday in Lexington. No national rankings. No chance at an SEC title. Very...
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February 15, 2011 11:05 PM
(AP) - John Calipari had seen enough. The Kentucky coach watched the Wildcats jog through 25 mostly uninspired minutes against Mississippi State on Tuesday night when he ordered his team to go to a fullcourt press. The goal wasn't necessarily to turn the heat up on the Bulldogs, but on...
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February 15, 2011 9:22 PM
(AP) - Brandon Knight scored 24 points, Doron Lamb added 20 in his first start in nearly as month as No. 22 Kentucky held off Mississippi State 85-79 on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (18-7, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) bounced back from another late-game road meltdown against Vanderbilt with some of their...
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February 15, 2011 8:00 PM
From the time of the player introductions before the game, Kentucky looked like it had no energy. That stayed the same most of the way through the first half, especially defensively. But, the end of the first half was worth sticking around to watch.
Kentucky found themselves down as...
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February 15, 2011 4:10 PM
Do you remember the last time Kentucky and Mississippi State met?
It's kind of hard to forget.
Nashvile, the SEC championship game, the Bulldogs had a five point lead with less than three minutes to go. The Cats fought their way back, down two with seconds left and...
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February 7, 2011 4:52 PM
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury says guard Ravern Johnson has been suspended indefinitely. Johnson, a 6-foot-7 senior, is averaging a team-leading 17.7 points per game. He was suspended for Saturday's 58-57 win over LSU because of "inappropriate tweets" that were critical of his role with the...
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February 3, 2011 5:20 PM
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury has banned his team from using Twitter after players posted critical comments on the social networking website following Wednesday's 75-61 loss to Alabama. Starting guard Ravern Johnson posted "starting to see why people Transfer you can play the minutes but not...
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November 2, 2010 7:43 PM
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State defensive end Nick Bell died Tuesday at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital after a short battle with cancer. Bell, a 20-year-old from Bessemer, Ala., was diagnosed in late September after experiencing headaches during football practice and had surgery on Oct. 1 to remove a...
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October 30, 2010 11:37 PM
KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES
Kentucky at Mississippi State
Oct. 30, 2010 * Davis Wade Stadium
Attendance: 54,168 FINAL SCORE: Mississippi State 24, Kentucky 17
Team Records and Series Notes
·Kentucky is 4-5 overall, 1-5 in the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State is 7-2 overall, 3-2 in the...
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October 30, 2010 7:46 PM
Kentucky failed to score a touchdown on the game's final possession and lost to Mississippi State 24-17 Saturday night.
Bulldogs quarterback Chris Relf scored on a 4-yard touchdown run in the 4th quarter to give MSU the lead 24-17. Kentucky took over on their own 10 yard line with...
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October 27, 2010 3:56 PM
When Kentucky defensive coordinator Steve Brown was asked if he's confident the Wildcats could stop Mississippi State's rushing attack on Saturday, he stammered a bit before answering. Brown didn't say he wasn't confident. But with the skill of an incumbent during election season, he filibustered and never exactly said yes,...
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October 27, 2010 9:50 AM
(AP) - When Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf drops back to pass, anything can happen.
There might be a pass down the sideline for a big gain. The next play could be an easy screen pass inexplicably spiked into the ground, far from the receiver's reach.
So far,...
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October 26, 2010 2:04 PM
The SEC has suspended Mississippi State Linebacker Chris Hughes on game. He can't play against UK.
Upon review of game tapes of the football game between University of Alabama-Birmingham and Mississippi State University, played in Starkville, Miss. on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive has announced....
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May 7, 2010 3:36 PM
Scott Stricklin has been promoted to athletic director at Mississippi State after spending the last two years as an associate athletic director. School president Mark Keenum made the announcement Friday in Stkarville. Stricklin replaces Greg Byrne, who left to become athletic director at Arizona. Stricklin, who turns 40 on Saturday,...
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February 17, 2010 3:30 PM
A letter was sent out Wednesday to Mississippi State fans from the school's athletic director, Greg Byrne, following Tuesday night's game with Kentucky where some fans threw water bottles on the floor.
Byrne is asking fans to help him find out who threw those bottles, and who called or...
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February 17, 2010 12:59 AM
Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes Kentucky at Mississippi State February 16, 2010 Humphrey Coliseum - Starkville, Miss. -- Kentucky improves to 25-1, 10-1 SEC on the season. Mississippi State falls to 18-8, 6-5. -- UK is 85-20 against the Bulldogs and 31-12 in Starkville. -- Kentucky played its second overtime game...
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February 17, 2010 12:04 AM
John Wall scored 18 points, including five in overtime, and came within two assists of a triple-double to lead No. 2 Kentucky to an 81-75 victory over Mississippi State on Tuesday night. Wall's three-point play opened the scoring in overtime, then he added two free throws and blocked Dee Bost's...
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January 11, 2010 10:03 PM
It appears Joker Phillips has filled out his staff, for now, at Kentucky. According to the Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi, defensive line coach David Turner has left Mississippi State to take the same job at UK, replacing Rick Petri. MSU athletic director Greg Byrne confirmed the news to the Clarion-Ledger. UK...
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November 2, 2009 3:57 PM
For Kentucky's players, the hardest thing to hit the ground in the loss to Mississippi State on Saturday may have been their egos. After Mississippi State running back Anthony Dixon ran 252 yards in the Bulldogs' 31-24 win over Kentucky, the Wildcats got their worst hit of the night in...
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November 1, 2009 12:43 AM
Morgan Newton started his third straight game, but this time it was all on him. There was no Will Fidler. In the second quarter, Newton rushed for an 11 yard touchdown to put the Cats up on Mississippi State 14-3 and the coaches saw no reason to take Newton out...
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October 31, 2009 11:47 PM
KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES Final Score: Mississippi State 31, Kentucky 24 October 31, 2009 * Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky. Team Records and Series Notes Kentucky is 4-4 overall, 1-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State is 4-5 overall, 2-3 in league play. Kentucky leads the series, 21-16. MSU has won one...
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October 28, 2009 9:31 PM
Last fall Johnthan Banks was playing for a tiny high school in Mississippi's lowest classification. A year later, the Mississippi State freshman had the attention of the nation Saturday as he helped Bulldogs put a scare into No. 1 Florida with two interception returns for a touchdown against Tim Tebow....
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October 26, 2009 11:20 PM
Maybe it's because the opponent lacks the long-standing football tradition of many of its SEC counterparts.
Or maybe it's because the game is sandwiched between two non-conference games in what should be the leanest part of Kentucky's schedule.
Whatever the case, many True Blue fans seem to have...
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