Cohen's Corner - 8/30/17 - Mississippi State

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Game week is here! We only have three days left until kickoff of Mississippi State football and Coach Mullen's ninth season leading our program. The anticipation on campus and around Starkville is already evident and we are thrilled for everyone to be back in Davis Wade Stadium for another year of Bulldog football.

As Saturday approaches, I recommend familiarizing yourself with your parking location, traffic flow and schedule of events on Saturday and throughout the weekend. The easiest way to find that information and anything else relating to the game and the events surrounding it is to visit www.hailstate.com/gameday.

Of note, a reminder that Saturday is a White Out at Davis Wade, and as always, the Dawg Walk in The Junction takes place two hours prior to the 3 p.m. kickoff against Charleston Southern. Also, as we approach the game, be sure to join us in person or tune in on Thursday to listen to Dawg Talk at The Veranda with Coach Mullen, which begins at 7 p.m. A reminder, as well, that Cowbell Yell has been rescheduled for Thursday night, September 14, the week we host LSU and Bulldog Bash, which will make for an immensely enjoyable and action-packed weekend.

For many of you, this weekend will be your first athletic event of the 2017-18 year, so I want to remind you to check out Maroon Memories at www.hailstate.com/memories for a variety of opportunities to have unique Bulldog experiences and enhance your time with us cheering on the Bulldogs.

CAMPUS UNITED IN HARVEY RELIEF EFFORTS

Before we move any farther into athletic events and reminders, I ask all of you to do anything you can to help those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Our thoughts and prayers are with those in southeast Texas and the surrounding areas who have been affected, and we are making sure our actions follow through with that sentiment.

Our coaches and staff from all of our athletic teams have put together packages of clothing and shoes to send to Houston and be distributed to those in need, while our football team will be wearing a special helmet decal this weekend in honor of those affected. Meanwhile, all of us can help easily by visiting RedCross.org or calling 1-800-RED-CROSS or texting HARVEY to 90999 to make a $10 donation toward the relief efforts.

Be on the lookout this weekend for more ways you can be directly involved in supporting those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

VOLLEYBALL HOSTS BULLDOG INVITATIONAL

Making their home debut for the season, Coach McFatrich and our 2-1 volleyball team are hosting the annual Bulldog Invitational this weekend, playing four matches in three days in Newell-Grissom. Coming off a pair of impressive wins over SMU and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the SMU Doubletree Invitational over the weekend, our women play Grambling State at 6 p.m. Thursday, South Florida Friday at 2 p.m., Tulane Friday night at 7, then Stephen F. Austin Saturday morning at 9.

For our Bully's Kids Club members, Friday night against Tulane is the official BKC kickoff game, so be sure to bring your kids out to the match.

SOCCER CANCELED FRIDAY, PLAYS AT HOME SUNDAY

As our fellow coaches and programs in Texas are focused on recovery, our Friday night soccer match against Houston has been canceled. However, our 4-0 Bulldogs will still be in action this weekend, hosting Colgate on Sunday for an 11 a.m. matchup I hope you'll stay in town and join me in watching. At 4-0, first-year head coach Tom Anagnost has our Bulldogs off to their best start in years, coming fresh off two wins last weekend, including an entertaining 3-0 victory over Central Arkansas at home last Sunday. These young women have shown remarkable dedication and improvement, and they are deserving of a tremendous home crowd to cheer them on this weekend.

Also, we will host our Senior Day festivities before the game on Sunday beginning at 10:30, so be sure to arrive early to honor our hard-working seniors.

We appreciate what you do for Mississippi State Athletics and want to encourage you to get others involved. There are three things you can do to help the athletic department at Mississippi State reach its desired goals:

1. Buy Season Tickets
2. Financially Support the Bulldog Club
3. Get Others To Do The Same

Thanks for taking the time to read this update.

Hail State!

John Cohen
Director of Athletics

Mississippi State University Athletics

Cohen's Corner - 8/30/17

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