<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">August 21, 2008</span>
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McCORVEY RECOVERY COMPLETE; RETURNS HOME</p> <p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;" align="left"> </p> <p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;" align="left">As you all know, offensive coordinator Woody McCorvey underwent surgery Monday and has been away from the team and office this week. It is with a great deal of pleasure that we report that Woody was released from the hospital yesterday and is back home with wife Ann.</p> <p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;" align="left"> </p> <p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;" align="left">We look forward to Coach McCorvey returning to the Bryan Building and ultimately to the practice field as our football team prepares for the season opener at Louisiana Tech next Saturday. I know I speak for Coach McCorvey and his family when I say that he appreciates your thoughts and prayers.</p> <p class="" align="center">* * *</p> <p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;" align="left">
BE THERE TO WELCOME THE BULLDOGS</p>
The Bulldog Club, the MSU Alumni Association and the MSU Foundation are sponsoring a pre-game tailgate party and pep rally prior to the season opener in Ruston. Tents will be set up between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the admissions building, Hale Hall. The tailgate will kickoff with food, fun and fellowship, followed by a pep rally at 4:15 p.m. with the MSU cheerleaders, pep band and Bully. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Contact Michael Richardson (662-325-3659) for more information.</p>
Coach Sylvester Croom and his Bulldog football team will arrive at the stadium at Louisiana Tech that day just after 3 p.m. CT. If you plan to be in Ruston, come by the locker room entrance to support the team, and then head over to the tailgate party. Game time is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. CT.</p>
We still have tickets available in our ticket office for the season opener at Louisiana Tech. Tickets are priced at $40 apiece. Come support the team!</p> <p align="center">* * *</p>
RV PARKING INFORMATION AT LOUISIANA TECH</p>
The following information has been sent to us and will be of particular interest to those Bulldog fans that plan to take their Recreational Vehicles to Ruston for our season opener with Louisiana Tech. </p>
Louisiana Tech officials will close the motor home lot Friday morning to all campus traffic and it will be available to RVs then. Here are the driving directions to that lot:</p>
- Exit I-20 at exit 84-Tech Dr.
- Go South on Tech Drive to Railroad Ave. (at the second light underneath the railroad tracks).
- Take a left onto Railroad Ave. Go straight until you see the first road on your right which is Mayfield Ave.
- Take a right and the lot on your immediate left will be your area. There should be several officers there to signify the area.
- LTU officials indicate there are several other lots on campus near this particular lot that can also be used for parking once this lot is full.</p> <p align="center">* * *</p>
MISSISSIPPI STATE HAS SEVERAL RV OPTIONS TOO</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">With gas prices fluctuating like a yo-yo, we have also tried to develop some options for RV fans when attending our home games. It will now be possible for fans that bring motor homes, with automobiles in tow, to games at Scott Field and leave the motor home in town. We have made arrangements with the Mississippi Horse Park to store RVs there between games. Please contact Bricklee Miller, facility manager of MSU Agricenter Operations, 662-325-9350, to discuss your options. </p> <p align="center">* * *</p> <p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;" align="left">
SEASON TICKET SALES CONTINUE TO RISE</p>
We are excited to report that season ticket sales continue to soar. We have now sold more than 35,000 season tickets, a number that includes expected student season sales. With record student enrollment expected on our campus this fall (more than 5 percent growth anticipated), we may even exceed that expected number.</p>
We are seeing an increase in faculty/staff, discounted season, and full-price season tickets. In fact, our full-price season tickets sold total is more than 1,000 tickets higher than last year.</p>
We are offering a discounted ticket to our home opener against Southeastern Louisiana. Businesses within a 100-mile radius of Starkville have been approached with an employee opportunity to buy discounted tickets to that game, at virtually no involvement by the company. Employees can purchase the tickets on-line and print them from their home computers. Now that the plan has been tested in the local market, we want to make sure that every company has the opportunity to reward their workers with a discounted ticket to that game, Saturday, Sept. 6. Just contact Chad Thomas in the marketing office (662-325-9847) for more details.</p> <p align="center">* * *</p>
SOCCER OPENS MSU SPORTS CALENDAR TOMORROW</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Coach Neil MacDonald's women's soccer team has the opportunity to get our sports season off on the right foot when it opens its season tomorrow at the newly renovated MSU Soccer Field. If you have the chance and are in town, we encourage you to support our Bulldogs on to victory against Mississippi Valley State University. Game time is set for 7 p.m. CT.</p> <p align="center">* * *</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
BULLDOG CLUB REWARDS PROGRAM</p>
Several of our fans emailed with a question about a listing in their Dog Tag account on-line that says "Bulldog Club Rewards Program." Again, thanks to the Bulldog Club and ticket office personnel, we are initiating a new program that will provide an incentive for our fans to attend and support our Olympic sports in person. For each event you attend, we will scan your Dog Tag and we will credit your account the equivalent of a $20 donation to the Bulldog Club.</p>
We made reference to this new program a few weeks ago in this column, and we are now just awaiting the arrival of the Dog Tags. When you receive your tag, you will not only be able to support MSU Olympic sports, but receive credit in your Bulldog Club account as well.</p> <p align="center">* * *</p>
BASKETBALL TICKETS TO SOON GO ON SALE</p> <p class="">Our 2008-09 men's and women's basketball schedules are nearing completion and soon our season ticket information will be available. The application will appear on our web site (
www.mstateathletics.com) initially and fans are encouraged to order there. A flyer will also be mailed. As we have done in the past, the top 2,500 donors who order season tickets will be contacted to arrange a time to select their seating location at Humphrey Coliseum. Those donors above 2,500, who are able to purchase season tickets, will be seated by the ticket office.</p> <p align="center">* * *</p> <p class="">
VIDEO BOARD WORK CONTINUES</p>
Work continues amid and around the rain drops in Starkville on the new video board at the south end of Scott Field. The construction company had drilled four of the eight 42-foot deep column foundations by Wednesday and concrete had been poured in most of those footings. If we can get a break in the weather, construction will continue through the weekend. <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
<em style="">[/i]</font></font></p> <p align="center">* * * </p> <p class=""></p> <p class="" align="left">We appreciate what you do for Mississippi State Athletics and want to encourage you to get others involved. There are three things you can do to help Mississippi State reach its desired goals -</p> <p class="" align="left">1. Buy Season Tickets
2. Financially Support the Bulldog Club
3. Get Others To Do The Same </p> <p class="" align="left">Thanks for taking the time to read this update. It is our goal to communicate with you on a consistent basis. </p> <p class="" align="left">Go Dawgs! </p> <p class="" align="left">Greg Byrne
[email protected]</p>
