High school football season isn’t quite over yet with the 70th annual Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game set for Saturday. The north-south affair will kick-off from Gulfport’s Milner Stadium at 11:30 a.m. with the first practices starting tomorrow at 7 p.m.…
It’s back to the Sunshine State for Mississippi state who has accepted a bid to its first-ever Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida. The Bulldogs will be taking on Iowa on New Year’s Day, having finished 2018 at number 18, its…
Southern Miss was denied their fourth consecutive bowl game bid. The Black and Gold, who have been bowl eligible in 22 of the past 25 seasons, rallied to win three out of their last four to even hit the six-win…
In 2009, the New Orleans Saints had their franchise longest 13 game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys. Fast forward back to 2018, where the Black and Gold are currently riding a ten game hot streak,…
Mississippi State is home to one of the best defenses in all of college football thanks in large part to Jeffrey Simmons. Tonight, MSU’s anchor on the defensive line validated his place as the best player on that defense and…
Back in 2009, LSU lost a game at Ole Miss due to poor clock management, coming up one second short at the Rebels’ five yard line. Which brings us to Saturday when the officials put one second back on the…
USM’s bowl chances took a big hit following a heartbreaking overtime loss at UAB, but not to be denied, Southern Miss responded with two straight wins to close out the regular season. That puts the Golden Eagles at 6-5 following…
After piling on their 10th consecutive win on Thursday, it appears that the only team capable of stopping the New Orleans Saints is the Saints and their way of preventing that is being cliché. One game at a time, albeit…
Today, St. Martin alum Kalem Reddix finally found a home in the division I ranks. The University of Louisiana has accepted his commitment to the program after finishing second in receptions during his lone season at East Mississippi Community College.…
Picayune head football Coach Dodd Lee says he’d drive all the way to Arkansas just to play in this year’s state title game. Thankfully for him, that 5A clash is less than an hour up the road in Hattiesburg, but…
There’s domination and then there’s whatever the Saints are doing. Yesterday, they ran laps around the Philadelphia Eagles en route to their ninth straight and made some history in the process as well. That 48-7 triumph is the largest margin…
If there’s anything encouraging about USM’s 26-23 overtime loss at UAB on Saturday, it’s the hope that Southern Miss can now win its final two regular season games and become bowl eligible for the fourth straight year. That’s the only…
Ole Miss wide receiver A.J. Brown is the school’s new leader for career receiving yards. On Saturday against Texas A&M, the junior broke the previous mark set by Shay Hodge which was 2,646. Brown needed just 32 games to surpass…
Even without Dez, the Saints posted a season-high for points in a game in Sunday’s 51-14 victory over the Bengals. New Orleans moved the ball at will against Cincinnati becoming only the second team this season to put up 50…
If district play is the second season then let’s call it the third season here on News 25 Friday Night Showcase. Playoffs are underway in every classification. An interesting situation played out for the Gulfport Admirals who already know their…
After practicing with the New Orleans Saints for the first time yesterday, wide receiver Dez Bryant’s season might already be over. The Saints reported today that Bryant suffered what they fear is a torn Achilles. Bryan is going for an…
The Dez Bryant era has officially begun for the New Orleans Saints who have yet another tool in the toolbox for their second-ranked offense. Today, he signed with the team and took part in his first practice. Still rocking number…
Despite ranking second in the league in points per game, the New Orleans Saints are thin at wide receiver. Likewise, Dez Bryant has been unemployed for more than six months, but that’s all about to change. The former Dallas Cowboys…
As a byproduct of 18 straight winning seasons in USM’s recent history, getting to bowl games is something Southern Miss does pretty routinely. That post-season journey gets a little more difficult this week against UAB. The Golden Eagles have some…
San Francisco 49ers quarterback CJ Beathard is struggling to hold a football. He’s currently listed as a game-time decision for tomorrow’s match-up against the Raiders, leaving Southern Miss alum Nick Mullens as the next in line for what could be…
For the fourth week in a row, the New Orleans Saints are about to line it up against a team that currently ranks in the top third of the league in sacks. Next up is the Los Angeles Rams. Right…
The Golden Eagles are losing a quarterback they just got back with Kwadra Griggs choosing to step away from the program this week. His decision comes in the wake of a 20-17 loss at Charlotte in which he didn’t see…
In the JUCO ranks, Mississippi Gulf Coast running back Terrion Avery is this week’s recipient of the MACJC player of the week. The Stone High alum controlled the ground game during Saturday’s 45-24 win over Hinds, taking 24 carries for…
Perhaps the most infamous play in the history of New Orleans Saints football, the Minneapolis Miracle turned out to be good for something after all, paving the way for last night’s ultimate revenge game between the Saints and Vikings. Right…