There was good news for the Mississippi State Bulldogs this week when the NCAA allowed tight end Marcus Green a sixth year of eligibility. This mean that Green will play for the Bulldogs in 2012 - after hip and knee injuries in 2008 and 2010 respectively wrecked two of his seasons. Marcus Green told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal:  "It's beautiful... It's an honor...It really shows you how it's a privilege and an honor to be part of something special. When you get out in the real world, it ain't nothing like it. To come back and get another shot at winning another ring, and another Read more [...]

Vanderbilt has added defensive end Landon Stokes to its 2013 recruiting class, 24-7sports has reported. The Orlando Prep star had offers and interest from over 30 schools, including Missouri, the two Mississippi schools, as well as Clemson and West Virginia. Stokes - Vandy's 13th overall commitment - is ranked as Rivals' 31st-best weakside defensive ends in the country and the 96th player in all of Florida.   Read more [...]

Wide receiver Scott Austin has committed to Mississippi State, it has been widely reported. The 6 ft 4, 180 lbs receiver out of Biloxi was ranked as the 14th best player in the State by Rivals. "It came to the point where I had a lot of stress on me on where I wanted to go and who really wanted me at heart," he told the Clarion-Ledger. "MSU has five receivers leaving and this is a good opportunity to probably start as a true freshman." He is the third player in the Dan Mullen's 2013 receiving corps to be over 6 ft 3, the Clarion Ledger noted. Southern Miss had also recruited Austin.   Read more [...]

Vanderbilt continued an excellent recruiting season so far by adding the commitment of cornerback Darius Sims from Memphis - the 11th ranked player in the State. This was widely reported on Twitter. Sims, who is ranked as a three-star defensive back by Rivals committed to the Commodores on Sunday. Vanderbilt beat Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss amongst other schools to Sims. Sims is 5 ft 9,  can run a 4.65 40 and has a 32 inch vertical - and Vanderbilt will hope he can frighten quarterbacks for years to come. The commitment is the second to be announced this Sunday after defensive Read more [...]

Top Texas cornerback Tavares Garner has committed to Texas A&M, it has been widely reported. Garner, who is a four-star cornerback according to Rivals, spurned offers from a number of Big XII schools as well as Mississippi State, de-committed from Texas Tech prior to his decision to move to College Station. According to ESPN Insider, Garner decided not to play for Tech on Friday. It's been a big week for the Aggies, who saw linebacker Reggie Chavis decide to play SEC football at Kyle Field on Tuesday. Texas A&M now has 19 commitments. Read more [...]

Four-star wide receiver Carlos Burse has committed to Vanderbilt. Burse said on Twitter this morning: "So it's about that time!! I'd like to let everyone know that.... My commitment goes to the Vanderbilt Commodores! ‪#AnchorDown‬ ‪#VU‬" Burse, who was offered by the likes of Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Oklahoma- and had interest from Alabama, plays his school in Alpharetta, GA. The player is ranked as the 18th player in the state and 234th nationally - and is a super pick-up for James Franklin and the Commodores, who are starting to make waves Read more [...]

Just when you thought it was safe to put away your cowbell, Mississippi State has just received three more major commitments - both on the attacking side of the ball. First of all, four-star running back Kailo Moore, who hails from Rosedale, Mississippi, opted to play for Dan Mullen's 2013 class. Moore ran for nearly 1,500 yards and 19 touchdowns for West Bolivar, and he's got frightening speed. He's Rivals' No.12 running back in the nation, and the second in the state. To make matters worse for in-state rival Ole Miss, he originally committed to play for the Rebels, but decided to go to Read more [...]

The Mississippi State Bulldogs added two commitments on Monday, the Starkville Daily News has reported. Floridian quarterback Cord Sandberg - noted by the News as being "top quarterback prospect on the MSU recruiting board" told the Daily News: ""I wanted to play football in the SEC. That was important to me. I know what Coach Mullen has done with other quarterbacks and I wanted to be a part of that." Sandberg was given a four-star rating by Yahoo Rivals and was listed as having offers from SEC rivals LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt as well as interest from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Read more [...]

ESPN will be showing two SEC games on the first night of the season, the network announced. South Carolina's tricky trip to Vanderbilt and Texas A&M first game of its SEC existence - against Louisiana Tech- will be shown on ESPN and ESPNU respectively. We'll go out on a limb and say that we expect the Aggies- yes, even with THAT defence - to win that one comfortably. You should also keep an eye out for September 13th, when former Auburn offensive co-ordinator Gus Malzahn takes his Arkansas State team on the road to noisy Lincoln, Nebraska for a showdown with the mighty Nebraska Cornhuskers. Read more [...]

After only having one commitment since recruiting season started, Joker Phillips added to the recent signing of defensive end Avonte Bell by getting QB Reese Phillips to commit to the 'Cats. Kentucky beat SEC rival Mississippi State to Phillips' commitment - which is quite a coup for The Joker. Phillips is a two-star quarterback, but is listed by Rivals as being 'pro-style'. The SEC Football Blog had erroneously reported that Vanderbilt had offered to the 'other Phillips', but after further investigation, Vanderbilt was on the player's list, but had not offered to him. Vanderbilt Read more [...]