thebullgator.blogspot.com - 11/29/2008
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Sources are saying Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom has resigned. After three straight 3-win seasons, Croom looked like he had turned the corner as the Bulldogs finished 2007 at 8-5 with a Liberty Bowl win. However, a disappointing 2008 season ended on Friday with a 45-0 loss to ...
Did Tim Brando Really Want To Open That Can of Worms?
sportsontheair.blogspot.com 12/2/2008 — Athens, GA (Dec 2, 2008) - Just a week after Tim Brando took on the BCS and ESPN, he offered a new opinion on the lack of minority black head coaches in Division 1-A football . This small number became even smaller with the dismissals of Ty Willingham ...
Auburn Fires Tommy Tuberville; Another SEC Coach Bites the Dust
thebullgator.blogspot.com 12/3/2008 — Phillip Fulmer. Sylvester Croom. And now Tommy Tuberville. After ten seasons as the head coach of Auburn, Tuberville is now without a job. Although the Tigers went undefeated as recently as 2004, a 5-7 record this year was enough to cost him his position...
So, where now? —
The Blog
So it begins. The search to replace Sylvester Croom as the Mississippi State coach is underway, but not as quickly as the speculation about who that replacement is. Already, I've been told by various people (to be sure, no one in the know) that it's a done deal that Philip Fulmer , ...
Sylvester Croom Resigns at Mississippi State —
FanHouse
by Chris Burke The Sylvester Croom era is over at Mississippi State . One day after a 45-0 loss at arch-rival Mississippi, Croom announced his resignation today . "Five years ago, Mississippi State gave me the unprecedented opportunity to be a head football coach in the Southeastern Conference ...
SYLVESTER CROOM OUT AT MISSISSIPPI STATE —
NBC Sports - College Football Talk
Sylvester Croom has resigned as head coach at Mississippi State.
When Croom was hired in 2004, he became the first African-American head coach in SEC history. He won just three games in each of his first three seasons, but he appeared to have the program headed in the right direction in 2007, ...
Confirmed: Croom has resigned —
The Blog
Expect a news release from Mississippi State in the next few minutes detailing that Sylvester Croom has resigned as Mississippi State's football coach, spokesman Mike Nemeth said moments ago.
Just a regular ol' Saturday —
The Blog
Yesterday's Egg Bowl is in the books, and it still can't feel any better for anyone associated with Mississippi State. Too, the 45-0 shellacking at the hands of Ole Miss interjected even more doubt and speculation into the situation surrounding the job security of coach Sylvester Croom and his ...
Croom: "I'll look at all that stuff when I get back" —
The Blog
The scene from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium's visitors' media room a few moments ago, after Mississippi State lost a 45-0 game to its arch-rival, Ole Miss: Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom spoke with reporters for a little over seven minutes. The near-term future of his evaluation ...
When will Sly speak? —
The Blog
As we move forward in this search for Sylvester Croom 's replacement at Mississippi State, there is one large hole in filling in the entire story of what happened here Saturday morning: Croom's side of the story. I've had some e-mails in recent days asking me if Croom is talking and if I'm ...
Team meets, here's what we learned —
The Blog
Mississippi State assistant coach Rockey Felker , now the team's interim coach, saw a half-dozen or so reporters waiting in the cold at the Bryan Building a few moments ago and walked over when asked if he'd answer a few questions. "I remember these days," he said, smiling. Felker, of course, ...
Petersen: Boise is "where we're going to be" —
The Blog
Those of you who listed Boise State coach Chris Petersen as your dream candidate for the Mississippi State vacancy aren't going to like this entry. The natural connection to Petersen was a friendship with MSU athletic director Greg Byrne , who was at Oregon in the mid-1990s when ...
Is State better off this time? —
The Blog
Back in 2003, Mississippi State had the luxury of time to search for a new head coach. Jackie Sherrill 's departure was announced on Oct. 17 of that year, affording Larry Templeton more than the usual quick turnaround to find his replacement. But that's about the only luxury MSU faced ...
Croom: Recap & Reaction —
Inside Mississippi State Sports with Brad Locke
Forgive my belated posting, but it is Sunday, of course. Now that I’ve received some spiritual and physical nourishment, let’s take a comprehensive look at the Sylvester Croom resignation.
From today’s Daily Journal, there is the main story about Croom resigning at the end ...
What's the reaction —
The Blog
It'll be a while before we can fully characterize the national reaction to the parting of ways between Mississippi State and Sylvester Croom . But I found myself watching ESPN's "SportsCenter" a few moments ago and watched what it and analyst Mark May had to say about the news. ...
Felker, Lee on Croom —
Inside Mississippi State Sports with Brad Locke
We also spoke with running backs coach – and now interim head coach - Rockey Felker and quarterback Tyson Lee this afternoon about Sylvester Croom ’s resignation. Some excerpts, first from Felker:
• “This isn’t the first time I’ve been through something like this. It’s the way ...
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