VIEWER’S GUIDE

VS. #9/9 AUBURN (2-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-1, 0-0 SEC)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 • 6 PM CT • TV: ESPN2 DAVIS WADE STADIUM (55,082) • STARKVILLE, MS

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Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1-1 Ranking (AP/Coaches'). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NR / NR Last Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, vs. SELA 34-10 Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sylvester Croom Career Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-31 / fifth season MSU Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-31 / fifth season

Quick Facts - Mississippi State

Mississippi State Schedule/ResultsDate Opponent W-L Score/TimeAug. 30 at Louisiana Tech L, 14-22Sept. 6 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, W 34-10Sept. 13 * AUBURN 6 p.m.Sept. 20 at Georgia Tech TBASept. 27 * at LSU TBAOct. 11 * VANDERBILT TBAOct. 18 * at Tennessee TBAOct. 25 Middle Tennessee State (HC) 1:30 p.m.Nov. 1 * Kentucky TBANov. 15 * at Alabama TBANov. 22 * Arkansas TBANov. 28 * at Ole Miss (Fri.) 11:30 a.m.All times Central

Mississippi State Broadcast InformationTelevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSS (Tape Delay)Announcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Ellis and Matt WyattRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi State Radio NetworkAnnouncers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Cristil, Jim Ellis, John CorreroXM Radio Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel 200in Starkville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.9, WFCA

Spotlight on the...Auburn Tigers

RUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . .GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GBen Tate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 28 197 11 186 6.6 1 49 93.0Brad Lester . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 26 98 1 97 3.7 1 10 48.5Eric Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 11 75 1 74 6.7 0 19 37.0

PASSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GChris Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 118.39 30-49-1 61.2 318 1 33 159.0Kodi Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 27.17 4-12-1 33.3 15 0 7 7.5

RECEIVING . . . . . . . . . . . .G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GRodgeriqus Smith . . . . . . . .2 6 78 13.0 0 33 39.0Ben Tate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4 56 14.0 0 27 28.0Mario Fannin . . . . . . . . . . .2 4 22 5.5 0 18 11.0Chris Slaughter . . . . . . . . .1 4 13 3.2 1 8 13.0

PUNT RETURNS . . . . . .No. Yds Avg TD LongRobert Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . .7 171 24.4 1 66

INTERCEPTIONS . . . . .No. Yds Avg TD LongJerraud Powers . . . . . . . . .1 0 0.0 0 0Zac Etheridge . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 0.0 0 0

KICK RETURNS . . . . . .No. Yds Avg TD LongTristan Davis . . . . . . . . . . .1 14 14.0 0 14Mario Fannin . . . . . . . . . . .1 24 24.0 0 24

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13 - Wesley CARROLL (6-1, 194, So.)16 - Tyson Lee (5-11, 190, Jr.)14- Chris Relf (6-3, 232, RFr.)

RB

24 - Anthony DIXON (6-1, 238, Jr.)29 - Christian Ducre (6-0, 233, Sr.)2 - Robert Elliott (6-0, 192, RFr.)

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82 - Nelson HURST (6-2,242,TFr.)85 - Brandon Henderson (6-1, 247,So.)

84 - Austin Wilbanks (6-3, 245, Jr.)32 - Marcus Green (6-2, 232, So.)

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6 - Brandon McRae (6-4, 205, Jr.)5- Delmon Robinson (5-10, 195, TFr.)89 - Jamayel Smith (6-0, 189, Sr.)

55 - Quinton SAULSBERRY (6-3, 293, RFr.)74 - Mark Melichar (6-5, 294, So.)

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87 - Aubrey BELL (6-3, 216, Sr.)15 - Co-Eric Riley (6-1, 202, Sr.)

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35 - Brandon HART (5-11, 232, Sr.)38 - Eric Hoskins (5-11, 231, Sr.)

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MISSISSIPPI STATE Roster

Bulldog Offense (West Coast)

Auburn DefenseTiger Defense: (4-3, multiple)

When Miss. State has the ball...

78 - Michael GATES (6-4, 310, Sr.)75 - Craig Jenkins (6-4, 313, Jr.)

70 - J.C. Brignone (6-1, 292, So.)66- D.J. Looney (6-1, 295, RFr.)

53 - Anthony STRAUDER (6-2, 292, Sr.)66- D.J. Looney (6-1, 295, RFr.)

77 - Derek SHERROD (6-5, 303, S0.)74 - Mark Melichar (6-5, 294, So.)

43 - Blake McADAMS (5-10, 192, Sr.)51 - Eric Richards (6-4, 220, RFr.)

3 - Derek PEGUES (5-10, 190, Sr.)7 - Wade Bonner (5-10, 180, RFr.)2 - Robert Elliott (6-0, 192, RFr.)

3 - Derek PEGUES (5-10, 190, Sr.)89 - Jamayel Smith (6-0, 183, Sr.)40 - Chris Nance (5-10, 182, Jr.)

1 Keith Fitzhugh DB 5-11 205 Sr. 2 Robert Elliott RB 6-0 192 RFr. 3 Derek Pegues DB 5-10 190 Sr. 4 Charles Mitchell DB 5-11 196 Fr. 5 Delmon Robinson WR 5-10 170 Fr. 6 Brandon McRae WR 6-4 205 Jr. 7 Wade Bonner RB 5-10 195 RFr. 8 De'Mon Glanton DB 6-1 190 Sr. 9 Arceto Clark WR 5-10 164 Fr. 10 Dominic Douglas LB 6-2 235 Sr. 13 Wesley Carroll QB 6-1 194 So. 14 Chris Relf QB 6-3 232 RFr. 15 Co-Eric Riley WR 6-1 202 Sr. 16 Tyson Lee QB 5-11 190 Jr. 18 Marcus Washington DB 5-10 180 Jr. 19 Terrance Davis WR 5-11 180 Fr. 20 Louis Watson DB 5-10 170 Fr. 23 Jasper O'Quinn DB 5-10 179 Sr. 24 Anthony Dixon RB 6-1 238 Jr. 25 Corey Broom�eld DB 5-10 155 Fr. 26 Damein Anderson DB 5-11 185 RFr.

27 Jarvis Kyles DB 6-0 190 Jr. 28 Tay Bowser DB 6-3 192 Jr. 29 Christian Ducre RB 6-0 227 Jr. 30 Arnil Stallworth RB 5-10 201 Jr. 31 ToJo Patterson RB 6-0 198 Fr. 32 Marcus Green TE 6-2 235 RFr. 33 Jamie Jones LB 6-0 232 RFr. 34 K.J. Wright LB 6-3 226 So. 35 Brandon Hart RB 5-11 232 Sr. 36 Nick Bell DL 6-4 244 Fr. 37 Adam Carlson K/P 6-4 185 Sr. 38 Eric Hoskins FB 5-11 231 Sr. 39 Tim Bailey DE 6-3 254 Sr. 40 Chris Nance DB 5-10 188 Sr. 42 Zach Smith DB 6-0 196 So. 43 Blake McAdams P 5-10 192 Sr. 44 Bo Walters LB 6-1 232 Fr. 45 Michael Hunt LB 6-2 238 Fr. 46 Aaron Feld SN 6-1 215 So. 49 Terrell Johnson LB 6-2 212 RFr. 50 Mark Brown LB 5-11 214 Jr.

51 Eric Richards K/P 6-4 220 RFr. 52 Karlin Brown LB 5-9 195 So. 53 Anthony Strauder OL 6-3 292 Sr. 54 Trevor Stigers DL 6-4 225 Fr.55 Quinton Saulsberry OL 6-3 293 RFr. 56 Anthony Littlejohn LB 6-1 242 Sr.60 Devin Jones DL 6-2 252 Fr.62 Addison Lawrence OL 6-4 282 RFr.63 Chris Spencer OL 6-3 306 Jr. 64 Mark Lynn LB 6-0 210 So. 65 Joshua Jackson DL 6-3 308 Fr.66 D.J. Looney OL 6-1 295 RFr.67 Tobias Smith OL 6-3 328 Fr. 68 Templeton Hardy OL 6-3 312 Fr.69 Reggie Odom DL 6-0 300 So. 70 J.C. Brignone OL 6-1 292 So.72 John McMillian OL 6-2 285 So.73 Dakota Merritt OL 6-5 302 RFr.74 Mark Melichar OL 6-5 294 So.75 Craig Jenkins OL 6-4 313 Jr. 76 Phillip Freeman OL 6-6 297 Jr.

78 Michael Gates OL 6-4 310 Sr. 79 Derek Sherrod OL 6-5 303 So.81 O'Neal Wilder WR 6-5 200 Fr. 82 Nelson Hurst TE 6-4 243 Fr.83 Charles Bailey WR 6-2 169 Fr. 84 Justin Wilbanks TE 6-3 245 Jr.85 Brandon Henderson TE 6-1 247 So.87 Aubrey Bell WR 6-3 216 Sr. 88 Kendrick Cook TE 6-3 238 Fr.89 Jamayel Smith WR 6-0 189 Sr.90 Cortez McCraney DL 6-4 280 Sr. 92 Charles Burns DL 6-3 265 Sr.93 Brandon Cooper DL 6-3 245 So. 94 Jessie Bowman DL 6-1 315 Sr. 95 Kyle Love DL 6-1 308 Jr. 96 Shane McCardell DL 6-5 218 Fr. 97 Jimmie Holmes DL 6-3 241 Sr. 98 LaMarcus Williams DL 6-1 269 So. 99 Sean Ferguson DL 6-4 217 Fr.

52 Antonio Coleman (6-3, 250, Jr.)45 Antoine Carter (6-4, 252, So.)

93 Mike Blanc (6-4, 290, So.)99 Tez Doolittle (6-3, 283, Sr.)

94 Sen’Derrick Marks (6-2, 296, Jr.)91 Jake Ricks (6-4, 300, Jr.)98 Zach Clayton (6-3, 290, So.)

49 Michael Goggans (6-3, 259, So.)83 Gabe McKenzie (6-5, 253, Jr.)

46 Craig Stevens (6-3, 221, So.)56 Courtney Harden (6-1, 230, Sr.)

10 Tray Blackmon (6-0, 216, Jr.)17 Josh Bynes (6-2, 230, So.)31 Adam Herring (6-1, 213, RFr.)

8 Jerraud Powers (5-10, 192, Jr.)25 D’Antoine Hood (5-10, 184, Fr.)

6 Walter McFadden (6-0, 177, Jr.)15 Neiko �orpe (6-2, 171, Fr.)

26 Mike McNeil (6-2, 204, So.)24 Jonathan Vickers (6-3, 204, Sr.)33 Christian �ompson (6-1, 186, Fr.)

4 Zac Etheridge (6-0, 206, So.)11 Mike Slade (6-3, 192, RFr.)

59 Chris Evans (6-0, 218, Sr.) --OR--55 Merrill Johnson (6-0, 210, Sr.)

VIEWER’S GUIDE VS.GameDay #9/9 AUBURN (2-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-1, 0-0 SEC)SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 • 6 PM CT • TV: ESPN2

DAVIS WADE STADIUM (55,082) • STARKVILLE, MSIf Your Gonna Watch The Game, You’ve Got to Have The Guide

QB

12 Chris Todd (6-4, 217, Jr.) 18 Kodi Burns (6-2, 205, So.)

RB

1 Brad Lester (5-11, 197, Sr.) 44 Ben Tate (5-11, 216, Jr.)

9 Tristan Davis (5-10, 212, Sr.)

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5 Tommy Trott (6-5, 242, Jr.)

13 Tim Hawthorne (6-3, 209, So.)

92 Vance Smith (6-2, 245, Fr.)

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80 Rodgeriqus Smith (6-1, 195, Sr.)

84 Montez Billings (6-2, 186, Jr.) 85 Quindarius Carr (6-1, 176, RFr.)

50 Ryan Pugh (6-4, 280, So.) 66 Mike Berry (6-3, 312, So.)

57 Byron Isom (6-3, 291, So.) 53 Bart Eddins (6-4, 289, So.) 78 Darrell Roseman (6-4, 275, So.)

68 Jason Bosley (6-4, 273, Sr.) 50 Ryan Pugh (6-4, 284, So.)

71 Tyronne Green (6-2, 307, Sr.) 79 Jared Cooper (6-4, 291, RFr.)

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73 Lee Ziemba (6-8, 285, So.) 75 Andrew McCain (6-6, 295, Jr.)

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23 Chris Slaughter (6-4, 179, So.) 89 Darvin Adams (6-3, 178, Fr.) 27 Mario Fannin (5-11, 225, So.)

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3 Robert Dunn (6-0, 174, Sr.) 81 Terrell Zachery (6-1, 205, So.) 87 Derek Winter (6-0, 199, Fr.)

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39 - Tim BAILEY (6-3, 254, Sr.)93 - Brandon Cooper (6-3, 245, So.)

90 - Cortez McCRANEY (6-4, 280, Sr.)98 - LaMarcus Williams (6-1, 269, So.)65 - Joshua Jackson (6-3, 308, TFr.)

94 - Jesse BOWMAN (6-1, 315, Sr.)95 - Kyle Love (6-1, 308, Jr.)

99 - Sean FERGUSON (6-4, 217, TFr.)92 - Charles Burns (6-3, 265, Sr.)97 - Jimmie Holmes (6-3, 241, Sr.)

LB

52- Karlin BROWN (5-9, 195, So.)33 - Jamie Jones (6-0, 232, RFr.)44 - Bo Walters (6-1, 232, TFr.)

LB10 - Dominic DOUGLAS (6-2, 235, Sr.)49 - Terrell Johnson (6-2, 212, RFr.)

LB

34 - K.J. WRIGHT (6-3, 226, So.)47 - Anthony Littlejohn (6-1, 242, Sr.)

FS

3 - Derek PEGUES (5-10, 190, Sr.)42 - Zach Smith (6-0, 196, So.)

SS

22 - Keith FITZHUGH (5-11, 205, Sr.)8 - De'Mon Glanton (6-1, 190, Sr.)

LcRC

18 - Marcus WASHINGTON (5-10, 180, Jr.)26 - Damein Anderson (5-11, 185, RFr.)

23 - Jasper O'QUINN (5-10, 179, Sr.)28 - Tay Bowser (6-3, 192, Jr.)

PK18 Wes Byrum (6-2, 214, So.) 37 Morgan Hull (6-3, 189, So.)

97 Clinton Durst (6-1, 190, RFr.) 21 Ryan Shoemaker (6-0, 186, So.) 22 Patrick Tatum (6-2, 216, So.)

P3 Robert Dunn (6-0, 174, Sr.) 23 Chris Slaughter (6-4, 179, So.)

PR44 Ben Tate (5-11, 216, Jr.) & 9 Tristan Davis (5-10, 212, Sr.) --OR-- 1 Brad Lester (5-11, 197, Sr.)

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AUBURN Roster

Tiger Offense: (Spread)

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VIEWER’S GUIDE VS.GameDay #9/9 AUBURN (2-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-1, 0-0 SEC)SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 • 6 PM CT • TV: ESPN2

DAVIS WADE STADIUM (55,082) • STARKVILLE, MSIf Your Gonna Watch The Game, You’ve Got to Have The Guide

VIEWER’S GUIDE VS. GameDay #9/9 AUBURN (2-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-1, 0-0 SEC) SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 • 6 PM CT • TV: ESPN2

DAVIS WADE STADIUM (55,082) • STARKVILLE, MS If Your Gonna Watch The Game, You’ve Got to Have The Guide

Has directed Auburn to 82 overall wins , good for fourth in school history. Auburn has won 72percent of its games under Tuberville, ranking him seventh in school history.

Directed Auburn to a 47-17 mark in the league since 2000, which is tied for the best mark in the Southeastern Conference.

Has won 27 of last 33 SEC games and 28 of last 34 against SEC opponents.

Head Coach Tommy Tuberville

Scored 50 or more points... Georgia, 1996 (56) [4 OT]Scored 40 or more points... Arkansas, 2001 (42)Had 350 or more yards rushing... Arkansas, 2002 (426)Had 300 or more yards rushing... Arkansas, 2002 (426)Had 250 or more yards rushing... Arkansas, 2006 (279)Had 50 or more rushing attempts... South Florida, 2007 (52)Had 400 yards passing... Louisiana Tech, 2000 (433)Had 350 yards passing... Tennessee, 2003 (355)Had 300 yards passing... LSU, 2007 (319)

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What to look out for in this game...Auburn’s Spread: -- Everyone is focusing on the passWatch out for Auburn’s run game. Don’t be surprised to see Auburn run a lot more in this game. The thought here with BDJ is that Auburn is pretty confident in their talent, a better oline and running game than Mississippi State’s. Look for more 2 TE sets, direct snaps to their RB’s, screens, etc.

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Bulldog Bites of the Week!Recruits on Campus!

Josh Hollingsworth QB 6-0, 180 Hamilton, Ala Tyler Russell QB 6-4, 198 Meridian HS Chris Smith WR 6-0, 190 Meridian MS Fletcher Cox DE 6-4, 238 Yazoo City, MS Josh Boyd DT 6-3, 270 Philadelphia , MS Pat Patterson WR 6-3, 215 Noxubee County, MS Deontae Skinner DE 6-2, 230 Noxubee County, MS Chris White LB 6-3, 240 Gulf Coast MS, JC Montrell Conner RB 6-2, 210 Monroe, LA Chad Bumphis WR 5-11, 190 Tupelo , M S Mujahid Assad WR 6-2, 188 Mobile, Ala Tracey Lampley RB 5-9 170 Wayne County , MS

Recruiting Note: James Johnson's son recently committedto Alabama. However, according to Johnson Mississippi State doesn't need to give up on him just yet. There is a long way to go before signing day.

In the spirit of the 98 reunion...

In the 12 games played by Auburn last season before Tony Franklin took over as offensive coordinator prior to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Auburn averaged 67 plays per game and 4.9 yards per play. After running 90 plays in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, the Tigers are averaging 74 plays and 5.3 yards per play so far this season.

Spread Offense= More Plays