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04/30/01
Long Beach HS senior-to-be quarterback Eddie Burger info: Long Beach HS recently finished their baseball season after losing in the first round of the playoffs to Meridian HS. According to my source, Eddie finished the season with a team high batting average of .446 and led in RBI's and home runs. My source went on to say that the Sun Herald newspaper showed up at their last district playoff game and interviewed Eddie and took rolls of film for the upcoming Coast Football Preview. More info on Eddie. Since baseball has ended he finally made it to a spring game going to LSU Saturday and he will go back next weekend for the invitation-only NIKE football camp. According to my source, the recruiting letters are pouring in both in football and baseball and with his GPA and ACT scores his stock is rising.

04/27/01 - Here is an update on Noxapapter HS's Scott Shurden, a kicker that MSU may be recruiting next recruiting season.

Junior Year:
10-19 FG's (48-yard longest)
59-71 Touchbacks on Kickoffs
48-48 Pat's

37.5 Punting Average. (56-yard longest) (first year to ever punt)

1999 and 2000 First Team All-State Kicker
2000 2nd Team All-State Punter

Sophomore Year:
Kicked 18 FG's (tied state record with former MSU Bulldog Brian Hazelwood)

According to my source, Scott won the kicking competitions in college football camps at Tennessee, Nebraska, and Alabama. What was amazing about this was he kicked directly off the ground without any kind of kicking tee.

04/26/01 (5:15 p.m.) - Here are the latest stadium expansion pictures. They were taken Thursday, April 26th between 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Click here to view them.

04/26/01 - According to my sources, Bogue Chitto HS's Ernie Johnston (OL, 6-5, 300) is receiving recruiting interest from the likes of Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida, Vanderbilt, Mississippi and Southern Miss.

04/19/01 (3:15 p.m.) - Here are the latest stadium expansion pictures. They were taken Thursday, April 18th. Click here to view them.

04/18/01 - Mississippi State football player Scott Westerfield (Brandon, Miss.) has been named the 2001 Southeastern Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, the league office announced.

Westerfield, who has been MSU's regular place-kicker for the past two seasons, earned the league's top student-athlete award from a group of 12 male candidates, one submitted by each of the conferencešs schools.

Westerfield, a civil engineering major, has recorded a 3.93 grade point average in the classroom. A two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, he was honored as the university's top student in civil engineering.

Westerfield finished his Bulldog career as one of the SEC's top place-kickers. He connected on 30-of-42 field goals attempts and converted 55-of-59 extra-point kicks during his two seasons. His .714 career field goal percentage stands 19th on the league's all-time accuracy list. Westerfield also holds State's single-season field goal mark (18 in 1999) and stands eighth on the school's career list for field goals made (30). He was a two-time semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, given annually to the nation's premier place-kicker.

He will be formally presented the SEC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year Award at the annual Awards Banquet at the league's spring meeting at Sandestin, Fla., in May.

Reprinted with the permission of the MSU Athletic Department

04/12/01 - Here are the latest stadium expansion pictures. They were taken Wednesday, April 11th. Click here to view them. Definitely take the time to look at picture 12a. It is a huge file and will take significantly more time to completely download but it is a very large picture with a lot of great detail of the club level seating area, club level lounge area, skyboxes areas and upper deck area.

04/08/01 - Here is an excerpt from a premium site scrimmage article.

During those three plays, MSU defensive backfield coach Melvin Smith was yelling out to the defensive players, "you've got to have heart, you've got to have heart." Obviously, they heard him because they stuffed the offense all three plays.

During that 11 possession scoreless span, State's defense forced six punts and a turnover on downs. They also forced a fumble and blocked two punts, one of which was returned for a 34-yard score by Scott Goldberg.

This play by Goldberg did not go unnotice by Coach Sherrill.

"Because of Cody Childress and Scott Goldberg's efforts on blocking punts, we will find them a place to play," said Coach Sherrill. Both have that very rare talent of being willing to give up their body to block punts. You would be surprised how rare that talent is.

State's offense scored 5 touchdowns on the following 11 series, all on short-field situations.

The entire defensive squad was excited about the performance, especially in light of the way they were man-handled during Thursday's practice session. State's defensive line, which has struggled at times this spring, made big plays throughout the scrimmage. The secondary also looked crisp, running stride for stride with the MSU receivers and stepping up to make one-on-one tackles.

Secondary coach Melvin Smith was pleased with his players' performance this spring.

"I thought we looked good today," he said. "I would give us a 5 on a 1-10 scale, but we are moving up. I think the main thing was to satisfy Coach Dunn, and that isn't an easy thing to do. But he sees that we have a lot of talent in the secondary and we have some more guys coming in that can step up and play."

Smith praised cornerbacks Korey Banks and Slovakia Griffith, calling both "special players." Banks recorded just one tackle, but was a thorn in the Bulldog receivers' sides all afternoon long with his tight coverages and two pass break-ups.

"I've had a pretty good spring," Banks said. "But I've still got along way to go. I haven't reached my peak yet. I can't wait to go against some other players. Here, we can only hit up high. I want to be able to hit anywhere I want to and not have the offensive player know where I'm going to hit them."

Griffith looked good in coverage while recording two tackles, one for a loss.

DOG safeties Anthony Bryant and Milas Randle recorded four tackles each out of the secondary. Julius Griffith had a pass break-up and returned an interception 35 yards for a score. Brian Barnes ended the scrimmage with an interception of a Kevin Fant pass. Cornerback Marco Minor stood out, making a couple of pass break-ups while recording one tackle.

"The secondary did very good today," said defensive tackle Jake Hambrick. "The defensive line was holding them off. As long as kept our containment, the secondary was really stepping up and making plays. But everybody still has a long way to go."

The defensive front was solid throughout, anchored by the play of defensive ends Robert Spivey, Tarus Morgan and defensive tackle Hambrick. Spivey and Morgan looked dominating while recording five tackles each to lead the scrimmage. Morgan looked in control, rolling off blocks to make one-on-one tackles, including a touchdown-saving stop of Dontae Walker on the seventh series. Hambrick had four tackles, including a tackle for a loss and a quarterback sack. Maury Long was a pleasant surprise, recording five tackles including one for a loss.

"Coach Hendrick has worked with (the defensive line) a lot," said Jake Hambrick. "He has really been intense and tough on us; basically he has tore us down and built us back up to where he wants us to be."

Hambrick talked about how he did during the past two scrimmages. "On the positive side I made tackles and sacks. Last week was probably my best scrimmage. This week, because they passed a lot more, I was more focused on the pass rush; an area I really need to work on. I did come off the end pretty good a couple of times."

Hambrick has even been doing a little grading of himself during the three scrimmages. "I graded myself on the first scrimmage and gave myself a C-," said Hambrick. "Last week, I felt that I got a B. Today, I gave myself a B+."

Linebacker Steele Davis provided the biggest hit of the scrimmage when he popped a tight end running a passing route over the middle, causing the ball to fall incomplete. Noseguards Demotto Youngblood and Greg Jack looked good. Both had two tackles. Jack was particularly impressive during the goal-line stand mentioned earlier.

Overall this spring, Spivey, Banks and Mawhinney, who had two tackles during the scrimmage, have stood out as making the most strides. Banks showed that he has the talent to be a terror for opposing receivers for the next two seasons. "Korey Banks is going to help us in a lot of ways," said Coach Sherrill. Spivey could start as a redshirt freshman and Mawhinney, who walked on last fall, came out of nowhere to compete at linebacker.

The secondary looks to be in great shape and the defensive line is improving, with more help on the way.

"We will probably need a couple of players to come in and help us defensively in the fall," said Coach Sherrill. "We do things differently in our scrimmages than other teams do. We let the defense do whatever they want."

And for eleven series Saturday, the defense used various stunts and blitzes. And they did pretty much what they wanted to.

04/07/01 - The 2001 Mississippi State football team drilled for just over 90 minutes Friday, using its 14th spring practice to prepare for Saturday's final scrimmage.

Head football coach Jackie Sherrill and his staff will use the final day of evaluation to get a closer look at some of the younger Bulldogs, as well as the team's special teams and kickers.

"We're going to put them in tough conditions tomorrow," Sherrill said of his specialists. "We want to see which kickers can separate themselves from the pack. We also want to see which players can find a place to play on special teams."

Other than Sherrill's desire to put special emphasis on special teams, the rest of the scrimmage should look like the previous two spring game-like situations. The coaching staff will pit various lineups against each other.

"We'll play some first offense against first defense, first offense against second defense, and second offense against first defense...basically keep a good rotation going," Sherrill said. "We'll look for consistency. We'll look for sharp play and few penalties. We want to see which guys make plays."

Overall, Sherrill expressed pleasure with State's 2001 spring session.

"There were some guys not out here who will make a big difference in the fall," Sherrill said of some of his players currently rehabbing post-2000 injuries. "But it's been a good spring. I've seen progress. I think we know the players who are going to play, and we've gotten a good feel for who can play which positions. We've also got a good idea of what we have to accomplish before two-a-days."

Reprinted with the permission of the MSU Athletic Department

A tidbit that I saw while standing in the tennis center stands observing football practice:
Walk-on kicker Brian West attemtped to kick several 47-yard field goals into a fairly strong wind. For the first four or five times, each kick was headed toward the middle of the crossbars but the wind caught the kicks and blew them to the right. Brian seemed to finally figure out what he was doing wrong, then he kicked two fields goals through the center of the crossbars. Both kicks would have probably been 55-yard field goals. Not bad considering he kicked them both into a solid wind. With returning kicker John Michael Marlin and West, it appears that part of the kicking game is in good hands.

04/06/01 - Approaching the end of their 2001 spring schedule, Mississippi State's football Bulldogs went through the paces of their 13th spring practice session Thursday with a shortened workout of roughly an hour-and-a-half.

As usual, the Bulldogs started practice with the kicking game, then did the Oklahoma drill.

Although the offensive line continues to win most of the battles, sophomore defensive lineman Lennie Day, going against center Kevin Sijansky, had a couple of good tackles during the Oklahoma drill as did defensive tackles Jake Hambrick and Jadice Moore.

State's offense saw lots of action on the afternoon. MSU offensive coordinator Sparky Woods said the work would be very beneficial to the younger players who had yet to see much time in offensive sets.

"That allowed us to get more reps for everybody," Woods said. "It really helps the players that have not been in those situations much before. Our defense is a pressure type defense, which puts us, offensively, working under pressure. Our work ethic has been really good. The players come to play each day, which allows us to focus more on technique.

The offensive line starters were primarily new or in new positions. Derrick Thompson was starting at left tackle, while Kyle Wallace was starting at left guard. Tommy Watson was at center, while Donald Tucker was starting at right guard and Kenric Fairchild was starting at right tackle. Starting guard Courtney Lee has not participated in spring practice due to shoulder surgery.

Woods also commented on the continuing improvement of senior quarterback Wayne Madkin as well as the abilities of MSU's receiving corps.

"Wayne has had a really good spring," Woods said. "He's throwing the ball really well. He's understanding more and more where the ball needs to go and doing a great job of getting it to the receivers. The receivers are also doing a good job of getting to the ball and making things happen with it after they have it."

Wayne Madkin had a great team drill practice, throwing several outstanding down and out passes to his receivers. They were perfectly placed. I also noticed that he and Kevin Fant were very good about catching the blitz and throwing short passes over the middle to offset it.

"I am going into my fifth year of doing this so it is second nature to me," said Wayne Madkin. "Right now we are just trying to get better, especially me, since this is my last year. We have a chance to be good offensively."

Several receivers had great team drill performances as well, including Antonio Hargro, Darius Tubbs and Clarence Parker. Hargro caught the ball well yesterday and then ran extremely well after his catches. One pass reception that impressed me was one caught over the middle. He was hit immediately after catching the ball but hung on to the ball, broke the tackle and ran the ball in for a touchdown. "I had a good day," said Hargro. "I wanted to make a good impression today.

"Our motive today, since this was our last day in full gear until the (Saturday scrimmage), was to create situations," said Hargro. "The receivers were getting open today and the quarterbacks were putting it right on the money. We had a good practice today and look forward to a good scrimmage Saturday.

Antonio Hargro also talked about a visitor that he had Wednesday.

"I saw my buddy (Fred) Smoot yesterday. He was telling me about Korey Banks and to make sure that I made him feel at home. He is wearing Fred's old number so Fred wanted me to make sure he felt comfortable."

The Bulldog offensive line had a special visitor Thursday. Former MSU star and all-pro Buffalo Bill center Kent Hull was in attendance. Hull spent time with State's Tommy Watson, who has been making the adjustment from guard to center this spring, giving him and the other Bulldog centers some pointers.

Wayne Madkin talked about Tommy's conversion to center this spring.

"Tommy has progressed quite a bit," said Madkin. "Playing center and playing guard are totally different. He is getting better at it and he wants to get better. That is why he will become a good center for us."

Kent Hull commented on the difficulty of playing center as compared to other line positions.

"Making the adjustment from guard to center is not easy", said Hull. "The hardest part for Tommy will be going from being two-handed to one. You really have to get used to that."

On the injury front, Watson (eye contusion) and Bulldog split end Harold Lindsey (knee) both returned to the practice field Thursday. Defensive end Ivan Billie was on the sideline with a fractured rib.

State will practice again Friday afternoon and then conclude drills on Saturday with their third and final scrimmage the 2001 spring season.

Portions of this article was provided by the MSU Athletic Department

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04/01/01 - Premium site excerpt.

A few weeks ago Coach Sherrill added two new football coaches and promoted Coach David Wilson to the new job of Coordinator of Football Operations. Coach Wilson discussed the new job, among many other things, in a discussion with me at his office Tuesday, April 3rd.

I know you have told me once before that this promotion would no longer allow you to be an on-the-field coach. But, for the good of the football program, you voluntarily gave that up so that the football program could best use your excellent skills as a organizer of recruiting and communicator with the players, public and MSU alumni. That must have been a very, very difficult decision for you to make because I know you really enjoyed coaching your tight ends.
Coach Wilson: The decision to come off the field was a very hard one and a gut-wrenching decision for me but it was a decision that I felt was in the best interest of the football program because of the opportunity Coach Sherrill placed before me. He gave me an opportunity and left it strictly up to me to decide what I wanted to do.

I weighed all the different options of what the change would mean; the good and the bad. I came up with more good things that it would do for Mississippi State and our football program as far as allowing us to continue to compete for the SEC Championship. I also talked to several people in the football business that I trust. I decided if this is the best way that I can contribute to that goal, then I was all for it.

Areas of this new job that interest me a great deal is the player relations, community relations and high school relations. How to make those better is of great interest to me.

What will be your duties in your new position? From what you have said, there will be many more duties than when you first were hired at Mississippi State.
Coach Wilson: There will be many new duties. I broke it down into several different areas, including high school relations, which includes camps and clinics. Another area is public relations,which is coordinating alumni and booster meetings with our staff. Player relations is an area that Coach Sherrill and myself really want to approach. We really feel like there is a lot more that we can do for our kids, such as in the academic, social areas and preparing them for the NFL and the draft. I broke it down to that as far as outside activities are concerned. As far as the office activities, there are things such as coordinating the coaches clinic, dealing with the financial aid office to make sure our kids have all the information that they need to receive what aid that they are able to. I will assist Paul Mock with our team travel, although Paul Mock will still, primarily, be involved with that. I will also coordinate with Ray Berryhill things that have to do with the dorms. Off-campus activities will include following up on places our kids can go and shouldn't go. I will keep very close tabs on all of our rules in regard to NCAA compliance. I will also coordinate summer camps. I will also be a liaison between our staff and the courtesy car dealers that we deal with to make sure that we are treating them as nice as they are treating us by giving us cars. I will also collect walk-on information. Another important thing that I will be dealing with are summer jobs for our kids.

Speaking of summer jobs, if someone has work available during the summer, should they now contact you?
Coach Wilson: They should contact me or Coach Sherrill. It is (NCAA) legal for us to look for jobs for our players during the off-season. There are certain rules that have to be followed about how much money that they can make during the off-season. There are certain forms that have to be completed through our compliance office. These forms shows that they are working for a reputable company or person.

Anybody that has a part-time job, especially during the summer, should contact our office. They will direct the call to me or Coach Sherrill. It helps our kids to be able to do some part-time work to put some spending money in their pockets. Plus, it also gets them involved in the community. If you are in Harvey's Restaurant, ask them who have been some of their best employees; they will automatically say Ed Smith and Eugene Clinton. I think that of the kids that we have placed in work positions, you will find that they have been very responsible and very hard-working. This is a way that the community can really help us, especially during the summer.

I believe I am correct in saying that people can not only hire current players but signees as well?
Coach Wilson: Once they graduate from high school, we can also help them with job placement opportunities.

Switching the subject, you really want to emphasize the fact that you will be available to speak at various functions such as Rotary Club, Civitans, and other community type clubs throughout Mississippi.
Coach Wilson: Yes, I am available for those type of speaking engagements. One area that I would really like to establish more of would be along the lines of going to football banquets and speak. I can speak at those as long as I don't make it a recruiting speech. I would also like to develop a relationship with church groups where I speak at their various functions, such as youth groups, men's groups. Anytime a group meets, I would enjoy speaking. It could even be entire church groups. I did a lot of that when I was at Florida State. It hasn't been a very requested area in the past but it is an area that we want to emphasize more.

I know the demands of your job probably prevents you from going too far to speak.
Coach Wilson: It has to fit within my schedule but we want to continue to develop any interest Mississippi State people have. It comes back as dividends to us because it helps to spread the word about Mississippi State.

People always ask me what is the one thing that alumni and boosters can do because they hear so much about what they can't do. The one thing that they can do is to really promote Mississippi State within your community. Get a hold of Iron Dawg posters and put them in the front windows of your office. Go to high school games and wear your Mississippi State sweatshirt and jacket. Ring your cowbells. When they hear your cowbells, they will automatically know where you are from. Purchase signs on football fences, baseball fences at your local high school that promote the local team and Mississippi State University Bulldogs. There is nothing wrong with that at all. Those are some really constructive things that people can do. All of these things help to promote Mississippi State.

For those of you who have a speaking engagement opportunity and would enjoy having Coach Wilson speak, contact him by telephone at the football office phone number of 662-325-2534 or by email at DWILSON@Athletics.MsState.Edu. MSU fans, he really wants to hear from you if you have a group - church, high school football banquet, alumni, booster, or community - that would enjoy hearing him speak. Do your part as a Bulldog fan and give him a call or email.

04/03/01 - The 2001 Mississippi State football team entered its final week of spring practice with players on both sides of the football scrapping for playing time. It was an attitude that stood in stark contrast to State's Saturday scrimmage, and one which pleased MSU's head coach.

"This was a very good practice," Bulldog head coach Jackie Sherrill said. "There was a new intensity level today, particularly on the offensive line. I told (rising sophomore) Donald Tucker that whatever he did this past weekend, do it again, because something got into him. He really had a good practice." Tucker, a 6-4, 340-pound offensive tackle from Tupelo, stood out in individual drills against various defensive linemen and also in team work later in the practice.

MSU once again started the non-kicking portion of practice with the Oklahoma drill.

Continuing to show excellent play, redshirt freshman David Stewart had a couple of pancake blocks. Something that really impresses you about David is that he always keeps his feet moving.

Another freshman offensive lineman also had a great practice.

Brad Weathers, doing something that has very rarely occurred this spring, went up against Dorsett Davis in the Oklahoma drill and stood him completely up, then pushed him back about a yard. That play by the freshman Weathers really caused the offensive linemen to yell with excitement. Coach Sherrill took note of Weathers play.

"(Brad) is getting better and better," said Coach Sherrill. "I am glad we have Brad. Brad is going to be a really good football player."

Dorsett, not wanting to quit the Oklahoma drill on such a note, next went up against Donald Tucker. Taking his frustrations out on Donald, after getting blocked by true freshman offensive lineman Brad Weathers, Dorsett, taking off before the whistle, drove a surprised Donald Tucker into the ground.

Although the offensive linemen had the better of it during the Oklahoma drill, young defensive tackles Will Rogers, Lennie Day and Demotto Youngblood had their moments where they beat their man and made the tackle. In fact, Lennie Day impressively beat Derrick Thompson on one play.

The offensive line was not the only area which drew Sherrill's praise. He indicated that the Bulldogs threw and caught the ball well, and remarked that competition at wide receiver and defensive back was making both areas better. "Probably the most improved areas on our football team are defensive backs and receivers. We made excellent plays on both sides of the ball," Sherrill said.

Switching over to the defensive side of the ball, newcomer cornerback Korey Banks, showing outstanding cover skills, covered wide receiver Ray Ray Bivines like a glove on one fly pattern.

As noted above, Coach Sherrill praised the wide receiver and defensive back play, but running backs Dontae Walker and Fred Reid had their moments as well. Dontae, showing excellent cutback ability, ran through a hole, then seeing that there was no opening, cut back to the middle of the field and ran down the sideline for a touchdown. Fred Reid, as most of you saw during the scrimmage, spots holes very quickly and gets to them ever quicker. He did the same during yesterday's practice.

State was without four players who sustained injury in Saturday's scrimmage, although none of the four were serious. Wide receiver Justin Jenkins and tight end Aaron Lumpkin (medial collateral ligament sprains), linebacker Jason Clark (lateral collateral ligament sprain) and offensive lineman Tommy Watson (eye contusion) all sat out Monday workouts. Wide receiver McKinley Scott, who had missed several practices, was once again practicing.

Injuries to wide receiver Harold Lindsey, offensive tackle Eric Thompson and linebacker Curtis Stowers (all knees) further depleted the ranks Monday.

"Whenever you have a physical practice, you're going to have injuries," Sherrill said. "That is part of spring practice. We are OK. This is the last week of spring and we'll begin to taper back on Thursday and Friday. Basically we will do teamwork and work on assignments, then we'll scrimmage on Saturday."

The Saturday scrimmage will be the final practice of the spring.

Portions of this article was provided by the MSU Athletic Department

04/01/01 - Mississippi State worked for nearly three hours Saturday, including more than 90 minutes in a scrimmage situation, a practice that left MSU head football coach Jackie Sherrill disappointed with his team's execution.

"I thought it was evident from the start that we didn't come ready to play on offense," Sherrill said. "The attitude wasn't right. It is a physical game and we weren't physical. We just weren't ready as a group.

"We had a lot of individual performers who did well," Sherrill continued. "I thought Justin Griffith, Dontae Walker, Fred Reid and Justin Jenkins all played well. And defensively we had some players who made some plays. We did not scrimmage a lot of players defensively."

Justin Griffith, showing a hardnose style of running on three straight runs late in the scrimmage, ran around and over players. During the runs, he made several good cutbacks. Dontae Walker showed toughness and rarely went down until two or three players hit him. Fred Reid showed excellent quickness when running. His style is not power running like Griffith and Walker but he is as guick as a hiccup when running to a hole.

According to wide receiver Justin Jenkins, yesterday's scrimmage "was worse than last Saturday's. Since we got the (Super Bulldog weekend) scrimmage out of the way, I think a lot of (players) took the day off. We made a mistake doing that. We did have some good things to happen today. We had some individual players that came up big."

Justin was one of those players. Although he only caught three passes for 34 yards, a couple of his receptions were caught with Julius Griffith and Shawn Byrdsong on his back. Both times Justin, showing great concentration, out-jumped the DBs.

"I really try not to concentrate on the guy holding me," said Jenkins. "I try to concentrate on the ball. If you concentrate on the guy holding you there is a good chance that you will not catch the ball."

Other wide receivers that had good days were senior Clarence Parker and redshirt freshman Antonio Hargro with five catches each. Redshirt freshman Ray Ray Bivines also caught four balls for 73 yards. After one of his receptions, he made a spectacular run that drew a loud response from the other players watching from the sideline.

"We (receivers) tried our best to pump the team up," said Jenkins. "We had some good catches and plays (after the catches)."

The offense was on the field for eight series before it could dent the goal line. Quarterback Wayne Madkin hit tight end Donald Lee with a TD throw for the offense's first points. Walker scored the only other touchdown before the offense took over possession on the defense's 8-yard line for a series of goal line scores.

During the regular part of the scrimmage, it was the defense that stole the show. Slovakia Griffith, continuing to impress during the spring, had an interception in his second-straight scrimmage, and classmates Jonathan Bell and Maury Long also intercepted passes. Bell's interception was a pass that was overthrown. Nathan Jackson and Robert Spivey had a pair of sacks each, while Curtis Stowers made eight tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage.

"Everybody (on defense) knows what to do now," said cornerback Korey Banks. "Everything is falling in place for the defense which is causing the offense problems. Coach Dunn put us in the right spots. He is a genius at that. You saw how mad Coach Sherrill was getting (because of the play of the offense)."

The offense did not have two of its starting offense linemen, Kenric Fairchild and Courtney Lee, playing in the scrimmage. Courtney is sitting out the spring due to a shoulder injury.

The Bulldogs return to the practice field Monday and will scrimmage for the final time this spring next Saturday.

SCORING:
D.Lee 7 pass from Madkin (kick failed)
T. Morgan fumble recovery (no PAT attempt)
Walker 4 run (no PAT attempt)
Hargro 6 pass from Madkin (no PAT attempt)
J.Griffith 2 run (no PAT attempt)
Reid 8 run (no PAT attempt)
Reid 1 run (no PAT attempt)
J.Griffith 8 run (no PAT attempt)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Jus.Griffith 9-64 2TD, Walker 15-62 TD, Reid 16-52 2TD, Madkin 4-(-14), Wonsley 8-22, D.Jones 3-14, Kemp 1-2, Fant 3-(-22), Huff 6-19, Team 1-0.

PASSING--Madkin 19-28-0-163 2 TD, Fant 9-20-2-119, Kemp 2-5-0-10.

RECEIVING-Parker 5-47, Hargro 5-28 TD, Bivines 4-73, D.Lee 4-30 TD, Jenkins 3-34, Lindsey 3-29, Reid 2-23, Tubbs 2-14, Walker 1-14.

TACKLES--Stowers 8, S.Davis 7, Mawhinney 7, Bryant 5, S.Griffith 5, Jul.Griffith 4, G.Thompson 4, Billie 3, Harris 3, Jackson 3, Spivey 3, Youngblood 3, Baker 2, Byrdsong 2, Cobbs 2, Day 2, McDonald 2, Randle 2, Banks 1, Childress 1, Greer 1, Hambrick 1, Minor 1, Shumaker 1, Wallace 1.

INTERCEPTIONS--Long 1-32, S.Griffith 1-0.

SACKS--Spivey 2-17, Jackson 2-12, Randle 1-5, Ezekwe 1-4, Hambrick 1-4.

TACKLES FOR LOSS--Byrdsong 1-5, S.Davis 1-3, Greer 1-3, Mawhinney 1-3, S.Griffith 1-1, Jack 1-1, Stowers 1-4.

Portions of this article was provided by the MSU Athletic Department