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Bulldog tight end and John Mackey Award Watch List nominee Marcus Green has 158 yards receiving on 13 receptions and is second on the team with five touchdowns this season for MSU.
Bulldogs reach 6-0 for fourth time in school history BY RAY BUTLER Sports Writer
Saturday night’s game against the Tennessee Volunteers was unquestionably the toughest challenge the Mississippi State Bulldogs have faced all season. But in a game full of momentum shifts and high and low points, the Bulldogs, like in every other game so far in 2012, made the necessary plays and came away victorious 41-31. Head coach Dan Mullen said the win was a great team effort. “That was a heck of a ball game,” Mullen said. “We knew it was going to be a four-quarter battle all the way through, especially with the offensive firepower that they had. I’m proud of how our guys played.” MSU’s 41 points, which is the most scored by the Bulldogs since their season opener against FCS-opponent Jackson State, were manufactured largely by big plays throughout the course of the game. Marcus Green, a sixth-year senior tight end from Scooba, Miss., was a key recipient in several of MSU’s big plays. Less than a minute into the second quarter, Dak Prescott, a freshman quarterback typically featured in short yardage situations, took a shotgun snap, faked a quarterback draw, then hit a wide open Green for an easy 13-yard touchdown to extend MSU’s lead to 17-7. “It was kind of like a play action,” Green said. “They kind of lost me in coverage, and Dak found me.”
Later in the second quarter, after MSU had driven the ball into the red zone, Green once again found the end zone. This time, junior quarterback Tyler Russell found the tight end in the back of the end zone to make the score 27-14 in MSU’s favor. “On the second one, it was play action,” Green said laughing. “They kind of lost me in coverage, and Tyler found me.” After catching only one pass combined in MSU’s last three games, Green stepped up Saturday night against Tennessee, tallying six receptions for 71 yards and two touchdowns. Only senior wide receiver Chad Bumphis had more receptions for the Bulldogs. While one would think there would be great cause for celebration after a performance like Green’s, the tight end, who began his collegiate career at MSU two years before Dan Mullen accepted the head coaching position, said there was really no reason to celebrate. “It’s a blessing,” Green said. “I’m just working hard, staying humble and giving thanks to God.” While there is no doubt he had a monstrous performance Saturday night, Green was not the only MSU tight end to make his presence known against the Vols. Sophomore Malcolm Johnson, who had not played in any of MSU’s games prior to Saturday night due to a pectoral injury, also contributed to the Bulldogs’ passing attack. Johnson had two catches for 34 yards, including a highlight reel, one-handed touchdown catch in the back of the end zone that sealed the game for MSU. SEE FOOTBALL, 6
Service project stretches state BY HILLARY LAPLATNEY Staff Writer
One Million Bones, which first came to Mississippi State on Oct. 10, is giving volunteers more opportunities to raise awareness about international humanitarian crises on Oct. 27 and Nov. 27. The event is sponsored by MSU Service DAWGS and the Maroon Volunteer Center. Volunteers who participate in the One Million Bones service project will make clay bones. Each bone will raise $1, and the money generated will be sent to areas in Central Africa and the Middle East suffering
from ongoing crises. Antoinette Jenkins, coordinator for the One Million Bones project in Mississippi, said the project is using a unique approach to raise awareness on important international concerns. “This is a humanitarian society that is bringing awareness to humanitarian crises around the world,” she said. “We’re using the social arts to try to bring awareness to that.” Jenkins also said the goal for the state of Mississippi is to generate 7,000 bones. “All of the bones will be displayed on the National Mall
in Washington, D.C. next year,” she said. The non-profit project first came to MSU on Oct. 10. Volunteers rallied in South Hall and made bones from slabs of clay given to each person. Kaylie Mitchell, freshman art major, expressed her enthusiasm for the event. “I think it’s really interesting, the project for the Million Bones and displaying it in D.C.,” she said. “Even a small bone is raising awareness, raising money, raising funds. Any amount of funds going toward the lessening of crises is important.” SEE BONES, 2
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Center offers involvement programs for freshmen and transfer students BY KAITLYN BYRNE Managing Editor
Holmes Cultural Diversity Center offers assistance to Mississippi State University freshmen and transfer minority students through peer counseling and cultural programs. Rasheda Forbes, assistant director of Holmes Cultural Diversity Center, said upperclassmen are assigned as mentors to groups of new minority students. She said some of the mentors’ duties include helping their students find classroom buildings, setting up a
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study routine and being involved on campus. Holmes Cultural Diversity Center currently has 32 peer counselors, with about 45 students assigned to each counselor, Forbes said. “The counselors help these new students with the transition of attending a large university,” she said. “Not only do we want the students to do well academically, we want them to excel socially as well.” Forbes said HCDC offers several programs throughout the year to get students adjusted to university life and exposed to different cultures. SEE HCDC, 2
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