Dawghouse: A Mississippi State Podcast

Mississippi State won bowl eligibility last week by surviving an overtime scare from Auburn. The Bulldogs blew an intermission lead with a soft second half on both sides of the ball. They got it together to force overtime and survive but came away with renewed questions about team maturity and mindset. State now hosts a top-ranked Georgia team headed back to the College Football Playoff. The athle...

Behind the scenes Mississippi State looks for the next athletic director. On Scott Field the Bulldogs are hosting Auburn this Saturday evening. The visiting Tigers suddenly have a mystery aspect with an interim coach and play callers. Mike Leach's team is coming off an open date which should have the offensive line back to strength while the backfield is uncertain. Quarterback Will Rogers will han...

A frantic weekend finds Mississippi State starting November in need of the next athletic director. John Cohen leaves his alma mater where he played and coached before six years as AD for the same post at SEC rival Auburn. An initial list of potential candidates was published Monday and more names will be added in coming days as University president Dr. Mark Keenum and staff seek the next Bulldog s...

The lone open date of this 2022 season is an important one for this Bulldog season as well as the future. Coach Mike Leach's staff is taking advantage of recruiting opportunities while also working the varsity in a limited practice schedule. After consecutive losses the Bulldogs are 5-3 and out of the rankings. Now they have four games to determine their bowl status for winter, beginning with a st...

Mississippi State's three-win streak ended in an unfocused evening at Kentucky. The Bulldogs lost as favorites and gave away priceless bowl status in the process. State's defense was beaten all over the field without the big plays of previous wins. The offense lost focus early and did not recover. Now 5-2 and 2-2 SEC, an even tougher matchup awaits. Alabama is not just upset but angry after a tigh...

Three home wins with SEC West victories have pushed Mississippi State up the top-twenty rankings and over .500 in league play. But the Bulldogs are headed to #23 Kentucky where State has not won since Dak Prescott was quarterbacking. SEC-leading passer Will Rogers directs this Dog offense while Kentucky's pro prospect Will Levis is coming off a foot injury. A better ground game is making Mike Leac...

After whipping one SEC West rival Mississippi State tries to take down another Division victim as Arkansas comes to campus. The Bulldogs are ranked #23 in both polls after an all-three phases win over Texas A&M. It is a team game and that was the kind of team effort State is capable of when the defense makes stops, the offense puts up points, and special teams make special plays. Confidence is...

It's back to SEC competition for Mississippi State as the Bulldogs host Texas A&M in an all-Maroon and White matchup on Scott Field. Mario Haggan and David Murray look at State's bounce-back win over Bowling Green before focusing on a battle with the Aggies. The visiting team is powered by their run game with Devon Achane hauling the ball and former LSU quarterback Max Johnson throwing long, s...

The Bulldogs had a SEC road victory on their paws at LSU, only to give it away. Mississippi State got a rude reality check after two easy non-conference wins, so for this third out-of-league contest against Bowling Green there can't be any loss of focus. No, not even with a grueling SEC stretch ahead and against a pair of West peers who happen to play this weekend. Mario wants the defense to fix s...

Mario Haggan and David Murray talk Mississippi State football as the 2-0 Bulldogs open their SEC season at LSU. Haggan played twice in Tiger Stadium himself and has his own perspective on game day on this SEC campus. The 2022 Bulldogs beat Memphis and Arizona handily but are still not any polished product going into conference play. The Bulldog defense must chase a play-making Tiger quarterback wh...

After opening the 2022 season with a mostly efficient 49-23 home win over Memphis, the Mississippi State Bulldogs both are on the road this week and taking on a Power 5 conference peer at Arizona. The 9:00pm kickoff should cool the desert conditions but it is still a physical adjustment as former SEC and NFL linebacker Mario Haggan explains. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...

The Dawghouse podcast welcomes a new voice and familiar face to Mississippi State football fans. All-American Bulldog and long-time NFL linebacker Mario Haggan joins us to talk opening day for the 2022 Mississippi State team. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The college football season kicked off Saturday and Mississippi State joins the action next weekend by hosting Memphis. There are lingering questions after a closed week of training camp about a few positions and some injuries to update. Mike Leach's first season press conference is Monday with full coverage on GenesPage.com. After preseason observation, the Dawghouse prediction is a 8-4 final rec...

The second and last scrimmage of preseason was a much better day for Mississippi State's offense as Mike Leach's team wraps up training camp. Lightning cut Saturday's intrasquad session short but not before Fan Fest guests saw more touchdowns, more first downs, and big plays on both sides of the ball. A scattering of injuries have not impacted practices other than to further develop depth in those...

The season is three weekends away so until we have real games here is a Sunday over-reaction to Mississippi State's first preseason scrimmage. It was a tough day for the Bulldog offense, a very strong showing by the defense, and a frustrating afternoon for kickers. Mike Leach and staff move into the next phase of camp with a Sunday evening practice to go over results or lack thereof from the scrim...

Mississippi State opened 2022 preseason practicing with two days in typical brutal Southern heat and a third indoors for a lightning threat. All work so far is no-hitting though pads went on Sunday. Limited contact has favored the offense with the defense looking to Wednesday and the start of full-hitting. Quarterback is a clear 1-2 situation with Will Rogers in charge of the offense. Running back...

Preseason practicing begins Friday for Mississippi State. Training camp is no longer about getting up to football speed thanks to summer workouts. The Bulldogs will show up ready to practice and our Gene's Page staff will show up to report on it all, with a week-one schedule due out shortly. Before the Bulldog varsity gets busy the coaching staff has stayed busy with end-of-summer prospect camps....

Mike Leach wasted no opening statement time at SEC Media Days. Instead he and three Bulldog players made their cases for Mississippi State's 2022 season. Even if league media voted State sixth in the Western Division confidence inside the program is for much better results. Besides, this voting is suspect if only because of first-place support for anyone other than Alabama and Georgia. Change the...

The NCAA's recruiting calendar shows this is a dead period for college football. But when it ends July 24 campuses such as Mississippi State will be busy hosting a final round of summer prospect camps. Bulldog football has eight commitments, one-third of a standard class, and expects more to come out of Top Dog Camp. But what was once a meet-and-greet, fun-and-games event for high school players i...

SEC Media Days return to Atlanta for a second appearance at the College Football Hall of Fame. Mississippi State is assigned a July 19 morning slot for Mike Leach and three Bulldogs of his choosing. Their names haven't been made public yet so for slow summer speculation here are educated guesses on the lineup and why, as well as why-not others. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ads...

The Southeastern Conference made its game-changing moves last summer adding Texas and Oklahoma. Now the Big Ten has answered by picking off Southern Cal and UCLA. Mega-conferences are taking complete charge of the future of college football and other leagues are scrambling to respond. Mississippi State's own future will be determined by the size of the eventual super-conference which will assume m...

The 2022 national championship went to a rival, but Mississippi State baseball fans should not be shaken. Their program, the '21 champions, remain the standard of the state for the long haul with work on upcoming seasons already underway. So, as the late great Douglas Adams wrote...Don't Panic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and u...

Fall practice is more than a month away but even in a slow summer season there's plenty of Bulldog football to talk about. Mike Leach and three still-to-be named Bulldogs will appear July 19th at SEC Media Days. A practice schedule has yet to be released. Last year began later than usual, August 11, but is a shorter camp really a problem for players? Mississippi State's staff has eight commitments...

Action is heating up all the more as summer approaches and the NCAA transfer portal for spring 2023 closes July 1. Mississippi State is actively, make that aggressively pursuing more available college players ahead of the looming deadline to go with those already committed or signed. The trick for Chris Lemonis is figuring how many more because the draft isn’t until July 17 and several current Dog...

While Bulldog baseball fans have to settle for watching 16 other teams play this super regional weekend, Mississippi State keeps working the transfer portal to rebuild the 2023 roster. Four transfers are in the fold already. At same time the Major League Draft looms mid-July, three weeks after the portal closes. Some key State signees are trending towards college careers, a couple seem certain to...