Bleav in Mississippi State

The training camp portion of preseason is done. Mississippi State will scrimmage for a second and final time Saturday. Then comes an early start on game week as Coach Zach Arnett and staff shift the Bulldogs into a season-like routine. Some defensive position battles remain to be settled while the offense is taking shape about as expected.

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With a couple of days to review results Coach Zach Arnett talked about Mississippi State's first scrimmage of preseason Monday. He also offered an overview where the Bulldogs stand as the fall semester is about to begin and training camp transition to the next stages.

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Mississippi State moves into the next preseason practice phase after the first scrimmage session. Quarterback Will Rogers has some thoughts on the intrasquad action and where the Bulldogs are after a week-plus of work.

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Coach Zach Arnett held his first preseason scrimmage Saturday with a closed session on the practice fields. The first-year head coach is using this intrasquad to judge progress in installation of schemes, as well as player position progress. But the real measure is how offense and defense both call plays, pick the players, and execute against each other. New coordinator Kevin Barbay also shares his ideas on offense.

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Mississippi State has put in four practice days of preseason, the last two in pads. Full contact begins now as Coach Zach Arnett ramps up the intensity, and moves the Bulldogs to work on the South Farm field. Media has limited observation time but at the end of practices so there is more worth reporting now than previous camps. After opinions by the Dawghouse, Monday's interview with Arnett follows.

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Mississippi State starts practicing for the 2023 season Friday morning. First-fall camp Coach Zach Arnett and coordinators will plug some summer pieces into their spring camp lineups. On offense the only serious questions come at the new tight end position. There are more and larger questions for a defense that brings back the core interior line and linebackers but must re-fill edge and outside spots with play makers. All three safety spots are, probably, up for August grabs. And Mississippi State will again rely on a transfer placekicker coming from the portal. Meanwhile Bulldog basketball rolled in the three games of their Portugal tour with a fine balance of offense and defense that bodes well for winter.

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We wondered how low SEC media voting could go as far as Mississippi State's preseason predictions, and now we know. As low as it gets, with the Bulldogs forecast to finish seventh and last in the Western Division. Ignorance is no excuse for missing the mark in this year's balloting as the 2023 Bulldogs have enough strong points, and only a handful of weaknesses, to more than beat this year's press corps guesswork. Individual Dogs were also badly under represented and underrated on preseason all-conference teams, which again is nothing new but this year especially frustrating. At least real practicing for a real season is less than two weeks away for Zach Arnett's first Bulldog team.

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Running backs are a rarity at this year's SEC Media Days but Mississippi State is sending one. Jo'quavious Marks will speak for Bulldog football, the first running back State has sent since 2011 and further proof that the 2023 offense is serious about the ground game. Quarterback Will Rogers and defensive tackle Jaden Crumedy join Marks and Coach Zach Arnett in Nashville next Tuesday. The Major League Baseball draft has cut into the Diamond Dog recruiting class just as expected, and taken two active players so far as well. Still Chris Lemonis' class has taken no surprise hits and even added another player to the 2024 roster this week.

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After climbing into the top-twenty football recruiting rankings last week Mississippi State improved its place a couple of notches with more commitments. Coach Zach Arnett's so-far class has quantity with 15 commits but also has the quality with a dozen prospects ranked among the nation's top 900 players overall. Bulldog baseball got good news again from Dakota Jordan with his renewed declaration to return for the 2024 season. The outfielder is part of Team USA trials this week. The renovated Humphrey Coliseum will add a section of sideline student seating to bring more energy for Chris Jans' program.

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Rising sophomore outfielder Dakota Jordan went in the NCAA transfer portal and quickly came back out, sticking with Mississippi State. This going-and-coming will be an ever-larger feature in off-seasons for college baseball, with coaches who survive the portal period immediately confronted by the Major League Draft in July. Chris Lemonis' hire of South Carolina pitching coach Justin Parker should stabilize the Diamond Dog mound crew for 2024. Meanwhile Coach Zach Arnett and football staff raked in some blue chips this month including three Tuesday alone. The so-far class of 13 commitments is spread around the roster and has enough ratings power that for the first day of summer at least Mississippi State is ranked #20 in the nation.

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