What is that I smell? Pigs in a blanket? Rotel cheese dip? Toasted Ravioli? Tom Brady?

Sorry I just got carried away. I started thinking about what kinds of hot tasty appetizers I might cook for Super Bowl Sunday and my mind somehow wandered off to Tom Brady, funny how that happens.

So what's cookin' in the local sports scene? Well, the STATE Men's basketball team demolished the Ole Miss Rebels, 88-68 and are now ranked in the Top-25 for the first time in three years! Granted they're 24th and Baylor is 25th - that might tell you something about that State of the College Basketball union.
The Lady Bulldogs are 13-7 overall and 1-4 in conference play, but that one win was against Ole Miss, so that should count as like 10 wins.

Ole Miss basketball is also ranked in the Top 25 at #22, but are 2-3 in conference play. They don't play so well on the road, maybe they miss the comfort of their pillows. They're back in the Tad Pad on Wednesday playing Vanderbilt who is ranked #18, but that's kind of a joke.

Ladies and Gents...what are you cooking for Super Bowl Sunday?
Talk amongst yourselves.

- Christi

Labels: college football

Lady basketball teams in the Jackson area are seeing a lot of the Murrah Lady Mustangs basketball team and now the Nation is seeing more. On Thursday, they were ranked 4th on the USA Today Super 25. Yup, you read that right they are #4 in the Nation.

And as they should be, with an average scoring margin of 38 points in 15 games, and allowing opponents only 32.4 points per game, the Lady Mustangs have proved they are worthy.

Head Coach Anna Jackson has a scoring sisterhood that has a secret society of scoring big against every opponent. In girl talk, they bring it. They’ve won 15 straight and the ladies are scoring like the boys. In a recent game against Provine, LaSondra Barrett scored 24 points and Tanecka Carey had 21. The only team that could pose a threat is cross-town rival, Forest Hill.

For now, the Lady Mustangs basketball team is sitting pretty at #4…in the nation!

Christi

Labels: Lady Basketball

What a year that was…many things. The '07-'08 college football season was one to remember or forget depending on what team you were cheering for. Let’s take a look back.

• In Michigan's season opener they were beaten by unranked Appalachian State, shocking fans and prompting a season of upsets.
• Ole Miss goes win-less in the SEC for the first time since 1982 and went 0-8 for the first time in school history.
• Coach Ogeron was fired and Houston Nutt was hired.
• Mississippi State went to the Liberty Bowl and Coach Croom was named the SEC Coach of the Year.
• The USC Trojans were beaten by unranked, Stanford Cardinals…at home.
• The Missouri Tigers beat the Kansas jayhawks to keep them out of the Big 12 Championship game and the Tigers went on to become the No. 1 team in the Nation for the first time since 1977.
• Arkansas beat LSU in overtime, 50-48.
• On Sunday, Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Bobby Petrino watched his NFL team get blown out, Monday he flew to Arkansas, and on Tuesday he became the Arkansas Razorbacks head coach.
• LSU and Ohio State somehow found themselvs playing in the National Championship game. They just sat back and waited for teams to lose - good game plan.
• The LSU Tigers beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, 38-24, but I’m not talking about remembering those Tigers.
• The Tigers to remember are the Trinity Tigers, who made history in Jackson, during a football game against Millsaps that ended with 15 laterals and a victory in the last seconds of the game!
  
  My 2008 Preseason Poll
  1 – Missouri
  2 – USC
  3 – West Virgina
  4 – Florida
  5 – Oregon
  
  If they had only known… AP POLL
  2007 Preseason: End of the season:
  1. USC 1. LSU
  2. LSU 2. Georgia
  3. West Virginia 3. USC
  4. Texas 4. Missouri
  5. Michigan 5. Ohio State
  6. Florida 6. West Virgina
  7. Wisconsin 7. Kansas
  8. Oklahoma 8. Oklahoma
  9. Virginia Tech 9. Virginia Tech
• 10. Louisville 10. Texas

Labels: college football