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Mississippi State football embraces ‘score from far’ with explosive touchdowns

At each of his previous coaching stops as an offensive coordinator, Jeff Lebby’s offenses had a reputation. The offenses moved fast, ran a lot of plays and scored a lot of explosive touchdowns from far downfield.

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Mississippi State offense thriving with explosive plays under Jeff Lebby

STARKVILLE, Miss. — On the first snap against Alcorn State, Mississippi State quarterback Blake Shapen looked for the deep ball. His pass to Brenen Thompson just missed.

College Football News / A to Z Sports / September 12

Pat McAfee completely flips his opinion on Mississippi State following season-altering win over Arizona State

Upsets in college football are some of the most exciting parts of the gridiron. For Mississippi State, they went and shocked tons of people when they took down last year's Big 12 champion in the Arizona State Sun Devils in Week 2 of the college football season last weekend.

College Football News / NCAA Football on ClutchPoints / September 12

Mississippi State football HC Jeff Lebby explains unique coin toss strategy

For most coaches, winning the coin toss is an easy decision to defer and take the ball in the second half. But for Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby, he wants his offense on the field immediately whenever the coin toss goes his way.

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College Football News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / September 11

Jeff Lebby preaches urgency as Bulldogs prepare for Alcorn State

Mississippi State has entered the “trap” portion of its schedule. The Bulldogs just won an emotional game against Arizona State and now face two opponents they’ll be heavily favored to beat before hosting Tennessee, who is at No.

College Football News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / September 10

ESPN predicts blowout for Mississippi State in week three

STARKVILLE, Miss. — In the grand scheme of things, Mississippi State's victory over No. 12 Arizona State Saturday will do wonders for the stability of second-year coach Jeff Lebby's program.

Mississippi State Bulldogs News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / September 9

What Mississippi State gained in a win, it lost in key starters

No good deed goes unpunished, right? The Bulldogs did good Saturday night, sending then-No. 12 Arizona State home with a 24-20 loss. But the win came at a cost.

College Football News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / September 9

Should Mississippi State have been ranked after upsetting Arizona State?

When the latest batch of top 25 rankings came out Sunday it didn’t seem like a surprise Mississippi State wasn’t ranked. It wasn’t even surprising the Bulldogs received 52 votes, which was seventh-most after the top 25 in the AP Poll and 15 votes in the US LBM Coaches Poll.

College Football News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / September 8

Mississippi State's official depth chart for Alcorn State released

Mississippi State's official depth chart has some significant changes, and not in a good way. Coach Jeff Lebby announced earlier today two key injuries to starting players and that change is reflected in this week's depth chart.

College Football News / Sporting News / September 7

What Mississippi State had to say after last-second upset of Arizona State

Mississippi State shocked Arizona State with a 58-yard game-winning touchdown. Hear what Jeff Lebby, Blake Shapen, and Brenen Thompson said after the upset win.

College Football News / Arizona State Sun Devils on SI / August 30

Mississippi State Secures Victory, Sets Up Battle vs. Arizona State

Arizona State's 2025 season opens tonight at 7 P.M. Arizona time against in-state FCS foe Northern Arizona - the 11th-ranked Sun Devils are seeking to get out of week one with a resounding victory and numerous positives to carry into week two.

Mississippi State Bulldogs News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / August 25

Takeaways from Mississippi State's first official depth chart of 2025

A whole lot of questions were answered Monday morning, even before coach Jeff Lebby and his players held their first game week press conference. Mississippi State released its first depth chart of the season.

Mississippi State Bulldogs News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / August 23

Is a nine-game SEC schedule a good or bad thing for Mississippi State?

Ever since the SEC made its announcement about adding a ninth conference game in 2026, most of the attention has been paid to who will each team’s three permanent opponents.

Mississippi State Bulldogs News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / August 17

Three takeaways from Mississippi State's second preseason scrimmage

Mississippi State is now less than two weeks away from opening the 2025 season against Southern Miss. That means there isn’t much more time for the Bulldogs to answer some important questions, mainly who will start where.

Mississippi State Bulldogs News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / August 11

Three takeaways from Mississippi State's first preseason scrimmage

Mississippi State held its first scrimmage of the 2025 preseason and it would appear as if the defense won. Based on comments from Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby afterwards, it seems reasonable to conclude the defense performed better than the offense.

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College Football News / Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI / August 4

Lebby knows fixing Mississippi State’s lack of finishing woes priority

Mississippi State spent much of 2024 chasing games in the final quarter. By the time they got to the fourth quarter, the guys up front were wore out and the guys behind them weren't up to the challenge of holding on or getting momentum.

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The 20 worst college football teams for the 2025 season

Most of the bottom 20 teams are from the Group of 5, but we've included a couple of power programs who are in a bad way right now and are scratching and clawing their way back up the ladder.

College Football News / Oklahoma Sooners on SI / July 16

Mississippi State Coach Jeff Lebby Effusive With Praise for Oklahoma

Jeff Lebby is the head coach at Mississippi State, but his opening comments Wednesday morning at SEC Media Days had a very strong Oklahoma flavor. Lebby, whose Bulldogs were 0-8 in Southeastern Conference play last season, coached just two seasons at OU as Brent Venables’ offensive coordinator in 2022 and 2023.

Mississippi State Bulldogs News / Yardbarker / February 18