South Panola Week

South Panola, ranked No. 1 nationally, comes to Starkville this week!

Columbus Dispatch Article

SDN Article

Another Tough Loss for Jackets

Devasting was the word Coach Mitchell used, and it was appropriate.

SDN Article

Here's another article from the Commercial Appeal.

Good, Bad and Fake Extra Points

The Jackets lost a heartbreaker to Southaven. They were down 28 to 21 and scored on a great pass by Jacquez Johnson and an even better catch by Shaquille Hill. Then, eschewing a game-tying extra point, the Jackets ran a fake to try to win the game with a two-point conversion. (Southaven had blocked an extra point earlier in the game.) Southaven sniffed it out, however, and kept Daniel Fumo out of the endzone. Southaven recovered the onside kick to finish it out at 28 to 27.
SDN Article

We knew Ben was interviewed for this October 1 article, but had not seen it until today. (Thanks for the email about it, Ben!)
Columbus Dispatch Article

Super 10 has been Cracked!

Starkville beat Horn Lake like they stole something Friday night, in spite of the totally worthless officiating crew (except for Richie Craven, of course). Here is an article:
Starkville Dominates Horn Lake

Then today they finally were accepted into the Clarion-Ledger Super 10. They are 10th and move into the Class 6-A poll at #5:
C-L Super 10

This week Southaven comes to Starkville. They should provide a little stiffer competition.

BTW, if you're not reading Erin Newman's blog about her first year of med school, you are missing out.
two bugs and a locust

Jackets Dominate Tupelo

Nice article in the Starkville Daily News. They don't mention Ben specifically, but they do talk about the offensive line, which has been playing very well.
SDN Article
Here's a slightly different point of view from the Tupelo paper:
Daily Journal