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Drew Brees agrees to stay in New Orleans

Drew Brees has essentially agreed to finish his career in New Orleans as promised. Today, the league’s all-time leading passer agreed to re-sign with the Saints on a two-year $50 million deal. That $25 million per year value is the…

Report: Tom Brady leaving Patriots for Buccaneers

We’ve seen Joe Montana play for the Chiefs. We’ve seen Emmitt Smith play for the Cardinals. We’ve seen Brett Favre play for the Jets and Vikings. We’ve even seen Peyton Manning play for the Broncos. But we have never seen…

Report: Saints targeting USM alum Jamie Collins

One of the best football players to ever come through Southern Miss might soon find a new home right down the road in New Orleans. According to Larry Holder of ‘The Athletic,’ the Saints are going to target Patriots linebacker…

Drew Brees returning for 2020 season

They say all good things must come to an end, but they didn’t say when they had to come to an end and they certainly didn’t say when Drew Brees had to retire, whoever they are. The NFL’s all-time leading…

George County’s McKinnley Jackson will sign in February

One week from today, George County’s McKinnley Jackson will make his long-awaited college decision at the most high-profile National Signing Day ceremony in the state. The moment of truth has been set for 9:30 a.m. on February 5th where he’ll…

Two Southern Miss alumni on the 49ers

The story of the San Francisco 49ers and their run to Super Bowl 54 can’t be told without Southern Miss. The only two schools with more alumni on the current roster are Penn State and Stanford, leaving the Golden Eagles…

NFL hopeful training others at YMCA

A local man was on track to play in the NFL until a setback from injury. Now, Tyrone Patterson is helping others achieve their dreams. Twenty-four year-old Tyrone Patterson has dedicated his life to football. After starring at Gautier High…

SEC players show out at Senior Bowl

In a game that featured 34 players from the Southeastern Conference, the 2020 Reese’s Senior Bowl was dominated by two former SEC standouts. An old friend of the Alabama-heavy crowd at Ladd Peebles Stadium, Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts was undoubtedly the…

St. Stanislaus WR Dallas Payne commits to Hinds

One of the best high school football players in all of Mississippi has a new home at the next level. Today, St. Stanislaus wideout Dallas Payne committed to Hinds Community College where he’ll team up with wide receivers coach and…

Eli Manning to announce retirement

One of the best to ever put on an Ole Miss football uniform, best known for knocking off Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in two Super Bowls, is calling it quits. It is the end of an era…

Offensive Coordinator Buster Faulkner leaving Southern Miss

For the second year in a row, Southern Miss is in search of a new offensive coordinator. Buster Faulkner has been hired by Georgia to the position of offensive quality control according to the program’s website. He’ll now be working…

Joe Moorhead joining Oregon staff

Coach Leach and former Mississippi State Head Coach Joe Moorhead almost switching places geographically between Starkville and the Great Northwest. Today, Oregon announced it is hiring Coach Moorhead to be its next offensive coordinator following his two seasons at MSU.…

Mike Leach approval at Senior Bowl

This week the who’s who of outgoing college football talent descends upon Mobile, Alabama for the Reese’s Senior Bowl. Two Mississippi State players will be in attendance, but neither of them have played for first-year Head Coach Mike Leach. That…

Two Southern Miss alumni heading to the Super Bowl

A touch of Black and Gold to a Super Bowl with a lot of red, Southern Miss will have two representatives when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54. What a moment it…

Alvin Kamara named to Pro Bowl

Despite being eliminated from the NFL playoffs, the New Orleans Saints keep finding a way to break one of their own records. Alvin Kamara is the most recent addition to the 2020 Pro Bowl roster, now one of four Saints…

MSU RB Kylin Hill returning for senior season

In Starkville, Mississippi State Running Back Kylin Hill is having a change of heart. Having previously decided to forego his senior season for the NFL Draft, the SEC’s leading rusher from 2019 is set to rejoin the Bulldogs in 2020…

LSU caps perfection with national title

2001 Miami, 2005 Texas, 1995 Nebraska, and of course, the Alabama dynasty, some of the all-time college football teams that simply need no introduction. Now add 2019 LSU to the very top of that list. Monday’s 42-35 win over Clemson…

St. Stanislaus alum Myles Brennan on brink of national title

Waiting in the wings behind LSU’s Heisman Trophy winning Quarterback Joe Burrow is St. Stanislaus alum Myles Brennan who is looking to become just the fourth-ever Rock-a-Chaw to win a college football national championship by the end of the night.…