NEMS Daily Journal Sports Editor John Pitts explains why Renardo Sidney appeared in a box score in Sunday’s Daily Journal.

Pitts writes: “Give an eagle-eyed reader all the credit for asking us why Renardo Sidney’s name was listed in the Mississippi State basketball box score in Sunday’s Journal. It was an interesting little mystery for a few minutes.”

Click here for the rest of John’s explanation.

Thanks for joining us,

Todd Vinyard

Online Editor

It’s a new week and a happy Monday if you’re a New Orleans Saints fan. Congrats to the Saints for the Super Bowl victory. If you live in the Iuka-Corinth area you are probably dealing with plenty of snow. Be careful on the roads.

Parrish Alford offers up a Basketball Rewind for the Bulldogs. I’ll skip ahead to the bottom line, but be sure to check the whole piece out. Here’s Parrish’s take – “With a weak RPI the Bulldogs need to start stringing together some wins. There’s no better place to start than at home where they’ve yet to lose an SEC game.”

Click here for the basketball rewind for the Bulldogs.

Final note, Brad continues to improve I hear and even Tweeted about watching the Super Bowl from he hospital.

Thanks for joining us,

Todd

Happy Super Bowl Sunday. Hope you enjoy the game. My heart says Saints, but my head says Colts. Either way I think it will be a good game with plenty of points. We’ll see.

The Lady Bulldogs lost a tough double overtime thriller in Gainesville, 80-78 to Florida. Click here for more on the game.

Click here for a look back at the men’s team’s 69-62 loss to Florida. 

Next up for Miss. State men’s hoops team is Ole Miss at 8 p.m. Thursday in Starkville on ESPN. The Bulldogs will be home for Auburn Saturday and the John Calipari and Kentucky the following Tuesday.

Todd

It is almost time to tip off in Gainseville. We’ll follow the game here. Join in and talk about the Bulldogs.

Renardo Sidney news from yesterday. With Brad on the DL will turn to some other coverage. Kyle Veazey reports in his blog for The Clarion-Ledger that MSU will accept the findings, Sidney’s attorney says. Click here for more on Sidney case.

Game Update

The Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Vernon Macklin and Chandler Parsons each scored 20 points to lead Florida to a 69-62 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday.Florida (17-6, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) snapped a two-game losing streak in the series. The Gators’ last victory over the Bulldogs came Jan. 24, 2007.Mississippi State (16-7, 4-4) has lost four of its last five games.Ravern Johnson finished with 20 points and Jarvis Varnado added 16 points and 13 rebounds for Mississippi State.Florida had a 12-point lead with 2:38 to play, but struggled to close out the game.The Bulldogs scored seven unanswered points to cut the lead to 61-56. Johnson and Barry Stewart each hit 3-pointers in the final minute, cutting Florida’s lead to 66-62 with 22.4 seconds to play.Parsons and Erving Walker combined to hit three free throws to close out the final seconds.Florida had one of its worst shooting games of the season, making just 40.3 percent from the field. That included a 3-for-17 performance from the 3-point line. Walker and Kenny Boynton combined to go 1-for-13 from beyond the arc.Walker, Boynton and Alex Tyus combined to make just 7 of 35 shots from the field. Parsons and Macklin combined to go 15 for 22.Macklin scored Florida’s first 10 points of the second half, most of them coming in the post against Varnado, who is rapidly approaching the NCAA career record for blocked shots.Varnado had just one on Saturday — his fewest in any game this season — which leaves him 25 shy of former Louisiana-Monroe standout Wojciech Mydra’s mark of 535.Mississippi State struggled from the field as well. The Bulldogs shot 38.3 percent from the field and made just 8 of 23 from 3-point range. Stewart and Johnson combined to go 6-for-12.

Thanks for being with us,

Todd