A Rivalry By Any Name; Relf Ready To Rotate

Dan Mullen wasted no time showing he was in a fine post-practice mood Tuesday, when as circling scribes gathered the coach jumped that snap-count. “Want me to ask the question?” quipped Mullen, before supplying his own answer as well. “It was a good practice. Our guys came out and practiced.”   Full Story

If any Bulldog would justifiably expand his attention beyond the schedule events of Egg Bowl week, it would be J.C. Brignone. After all, he and wife Blair are awaiting arrival of their first child and while December 7 is the official due-date “It’s any time, any day, it could be right now!” Barring it be any day between now and kickoff, though, Blair will be seen in her Scott Field seat as usual.   Full Story

Each Monday, CFN’s SEC Bloggers put the previous weekend under the microscope, looking for the Lucky 7.   Full Story

The SEC Bachstory will be THE SEC column to catch up on the big events from the past weekend. Each Monday morning the best and worst of the SEC will be dissected and discussed.   Full Story

Reckon we should have known it would be a rough day for Bulldog signalmen when before a hike could be hutted a flag flew for delay of game. The very first Dog d.o.g. of this whole 2009 season in fact, and no they can’t blame your editor for jinxing it as I hadn’t broached the topic for weeks. Never mind that the penalty was due to a faulty play clock.   Full Story

Since he arrived at LSU, SEC fans have witnessed five years of baffling last minute game strategies by LSU's head coach, though none as questionable as the final seconds this year in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium   Full Story

RECEIVER/RETURNER CHAD BUMPHIS: “I practiced punt return all week so I was ready. At first I thought he (Leon Berry) was going back in but they told me to be ready because he might not play, so they put me back there. My special teams was alright, but I didn’t do too well on offense. I’ve just got to run better routes and get open more.”   Full Story

Q: Talk about Ryan Mallett’s game? “He did a nice job. Throw five touchdown passes that’s a heck of a day. He made a bunch of big plays. Five touchdowns passes on 18 completions, 313 yards on 18 completions, that’s a heck of a day. We were not very good in our secondary, we didn’t make plays that were there to be made.”   Full Story

Mississippi State will still go bowling, after a fashion. “We’ll play the Egg Bowl,” said Coach Dan Mullen. “That’s a bowl game.” All true. But the other fact remains that these Bulldogs will still spend the holiday break at home, after Arkansas ended hopes of a post-season berth 42-21 at War Memorial Stadium. The Razorbacks improved to 7-4, 3-4 SEC, while State left Little Rock 4-7, 2-5.   Full Story

Every week, CFN's Brian Harbach and Russ Mitchell break down the SEC games you need to watch, the SEC questions you want answered, and of course, the SEC Power Rankings. All things SEC from two different SEC writers with two different SEC points of view. One of 'em always right. Now y'all play nice.   Full Story

The South Region has several prospects taking official visits this weekend as well as new commitments on board. Scout.com takes a look at who picked up new verbal pledges and who's on the visitors' list....    Full Story

The Game: Mississippi State (4-6, 2-4 SEC) ventures on the SEC road one last time this season, meeting Arkansas (6-4, 2-4 SEC) in Little Rock. Kickoff from War Memorial Stadium is 11:21am for regional telecast by the SEC network, with a split-feed picked up by specific markets (consult listings). The broadcast is available on the MSU Network as well as XM 199 and Sirius 212.   Full Story

CFN's SEC Bloggers provide their winners for each SEC game played this season.   Full Story

Scout.com University of Arkansas publisher Clay Henry of HawgsIllustrated.com answered a few questions that GenesPage.com subscribers had pertaining to the University of Arkansas athletics.   Full Story

Points and yards rightfully grab the most attention. Yet there is another leading indicator to why Mississippi State’s air-offense has been much more productive the season: the quarterbacks have better time to toss. After giving up 36 sacks in 12 games last fall, State's 2009 slingers have been dropped for losses 14 times in ten games.   Full Story

Walking the tight rope of the college football season is never easy. The closer teams get to the end, the more pressure builds on the team, coaches and the fans.    Full Story

It isn’t as if the Bulldog defense hasn’t been tested to all limits many times already this season. At the same time, neither can Arkansas’ high-flying attack be regarded as just the next challenge. “They’re the number-one offense in the SEC in yards, pass offense, touchdowns, stuff like that,” linebacker Jamar Chaney acknowledged.   Full Story

ON THE AIR: His better-known identity come from toting a ball. Yet there was Arnil Stallworth carrying a video camera tripod through the interview area, blending in so easily with the rest of the scattered press corps hardly anyone noticed. Or not until he began conducting an interview of his own. This was no joke, either, but a job.   Full Story

Each Monday, CFN’s SEC Bloggers put the previous weekend under the microscope, looking for the Lucky 7.   Full Story

My end-of-game comment was mistaken by the lone hearer. I suggested that the Bulldogs burn last night’s new jerseys only as a symbolic means of putting a defeat behind them; not that State shouldn’t wear such a hue again. But the vigorous response from this no-need-to-ID’d friend, to what he thought I had meant, triggered a train of thought here.   Full Story

“I’m obviously disappointed. (It was) A tremendous atmosphere tonight, our student body came out in force. Seeing the stadium full a half-hour before kickoff with the student section, that was fantastic.”   Full Story

QUARTERBACK TYSON LEE: “It was really tough. Especially the first half, we weren’t able to run the ball like we needed to. The second half we were able to kind of establish the running game which opened up the passing game, we just weren’t able to make the big plays when we needed to. And we came up empty.”   Full Story

The largest crowd in Davis Wade Stadium history turned out to see Mississippi State start off their November stretch-run. What the 58,103 witnessed was a 31-3 defeat and proof of why Alabama is again the Western Division champions and on the fast track for their looming SEC Championship showdown with Florida.   Full Story

There are a million examples in sports when statistics did not pan out. The very best major league team will lose over 50 games. The Jets win the Super Bowl. The Celtics lose to the Harlem Globetrotters. Well, maybe not that. Nevertheless, statistics can give some clue as to what to expect in a college football game, albeit not necessarily the final result.   Full Story

From time-to-time publishers of Scout-affiliated sites cooperate when the teams they cover are playing one another. This is one of those examples.   Full Story