SUMMARY: Mississippi State baseball will open its 2026 season with an exhibition game against Florida State on October 18 at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola. After a postseason run in 2025 under interim coach Justin Parker, the Bulldogs fell to FSU in the Tallahassee Regional championship. The 2026 team, led by new head coach Brian O’Connor, returns few starters but adds several transfer players. The exhibition offers fans an early look at this revamped roster. Tickets go on sale to the public August 12. Blue Wahoos president Jonathan Griffith highlighted the event’s significance given both programs’ College World Series histories.

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SUMMARY: Ole Miss linebacker Suntarine Perkins has earned multiple preseason honors ahead of the 2025 college football season. Named to the preseason All-SEC second team, Perkins is also on the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s top defensive player. In 2024, Perkins recorded 10.5 sacks—tied for No. 10 in the FBS and second in Ole Miss history—and contributed to team records in sacks and tackles for loss. A preseason All-American, he totaled 98 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, and 14 sacks in two seasons. The Nagurski finalists will be announced in November, with the winner revealed in December. Ole Miss opens the 2025 season on August 30 against Georgia State.

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SUMMARY: When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, it demanded unified regional collaboration for recovery in Coastal Mississippi, leading to transformative efforts like the Governor’s Commission on Recovery and the Gulf Coast Business Council. However, 20 years later, territorial silos and complacency have returned, hindering progress and causing the region to miss economic opportunities despite Mississippi’s national onshoring success. To thrive amid global shifts and technological disruption, Coastal Mississippi must unite through a Coastal Mississippi Economic Development Alliance. This alliance would leverage infrastructure, coordinate marketing, and diversify the economy into advanced manufacturing, aerospace, biotechnology, and AI-driven industries to ensure resilient growth and a prosperous future.

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