"What a great day to be a Bulldog!" exclaimed Dr. Mark E. Keenum, President of Mississippi State University at MSU's falll commencement on Saturday, December 14, 2013.
The 1,300 graduates at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, MS cheered and one ardent fan clanged the Buldogs' trademark cowbell.
Mississippi State has much to celebrate this holiday season as the Bulldogs are destined for a Liberty Bowl battle against Rice on New Year's Eve.
The Bulldogs punched their ticket to Memphis by defeating their arch rival, Ole Miss by a score of 17 to 10 in a classic overtime thriller on Thanksgiving night. The hundreds of graduates--many clad in MSU school color maroon regalia--had to listen to a commencement speaker who not only earned his undergraduate degree from cross-state rival Ole Miss but his law degree, too!