Question on MSU Volleyball?

[tbaydog]

watching play Arky on SEC Network last night. Where/What facility do we play in?

 

[peewee.sixpack]

The volleyball facility is directly East of Sorority row and due South to the Amphitheater. From the looks of it we may need to search for a new volleyball coach too b/c that is an embarrassment to women collegiate sports in the SEC.

 

[MSUDC11]

The volleyball facility is directly East of Sorority row and due South to the Amphitheater. From the looks of it we may need to search for a new volleyball coach too b/c that is an embarrassment to women collegiate sports in the SEC.

She is a first year coach that inherited a dumpster fire from her predecessor. We’ve had one winning season in volleyball in the last 12 years.

 

[WilCoDawg]

^^^this guy is paying attention. She’s already done as much as previous coaches and I mean no disrespect to the previous coach. It’s not like she inherited a stacked team like other 1st year coaches on campus.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Pretty sure the name of the building is Newell-Grissom and it's right across the street from the E-Dome (SAE house). That's at least where they played when I was there from 07-11.

ETA: For some reason the name "Animal Husbandry" is coming to mind and I feel like that's the old name or maybe I'm confusing it with something else. The name Animal Husbandry ring a bell to anyone?

 

[dawgphd]

^^^^^^ Both of these. My friend that follows our volleyball closely says that she walked into much worse than Howland did.

On a separate note he says the soccer hire is going to turn out a very good hire.

 

[fishwater99]

Pretty sure the name of the building is Newell-Grissom and it's right across the street from the E-Dome (SAE house). That's at least where they played when I was there from 07-11.

ETA: For some reason the name "Animal Husbandry" is coming to mind and I feel like that's the old name or maybe I'm confusing it with something else. The name Animal Husbandry ring a bell to anyone?

Yeo

Used to have Music Maker concerts there back in the day.

 

[MSUDC11]

They do still play at Newell-Grissom. Went to a match early this season. We got killed by a random directional school. That program is probably the worst athletic program we have on campus. Darty will be given 3-4 years at least to try to get it going.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yep.

As its early nickname, “the cow barn,” indicates that the Newell-Grissom Building was designed primarily as a facility for rodeos, livestock shows and equestrian competitions. It eventually developed into the campus and regional center for concerts and other entertainment events, and the building’s size and central location on campus also made it a natural for graduation ceremonies, class registration operations and other university functions.

In 1978, the arena was formally named in honor of two long-time leaders in MSU’s animal science department, Paul F. Newell (1910) and E.E. Grissom (1932). The structure went largely unused in the 1980s and early 1990s, and it gradually fell into disrepair.

Faced with an expensive “tear-it-down-or-fix-it-up” proposition, the university, partnered with the MSU Department of Athletics, embarked in early 1995 on a million-dollar renovation project. That initial project included reroofing, the installation of a hardwood floor and a lighting system, the construction of locker rooms and team meeting areas, and the addition of public restroom facilities. The renovated Newell-Grissom Building initially served as an auxiliary practice site for volleyball and both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Mississippi State in 1996 while Humphrey Coliseum served as the primary on-campus competition site for all three teams.

The Newell-Grissom Building is the third on-campus home in 42 full seasons of intercollegiate volleyball at Mississippi State University. MSU’s first volleyball teams competed in McCarthy Gymnasium prior to moving to Humphrey Coliseum in the 1970s.

Link: Here.

 

[Dawgg]

From the looks of it we may need to search for a new volleyball coach too b/c that is an embarrassment to women collegiate sports in the SEC.

That's the dumbest thing I've heard today. Please go back to not posting.

If you actually watch the game and how she coaches, Julie Darty's doing a good job. They're at least competitive in a lot of situations where they weren't before. She literally inherited the opposite of what Moorhead inherited with the Football team.


The building is called Newell Grissom or "The Griss". It was originally and, I **** you not, the Animal Husbandry building.

 

[patdog]

On a separate note he says the soccer hire is going to turn out a very good hire.

Yes, he is. Very disappointing weekend last weekend, but he's brought in some good true FR and the team plays night and day differently than it did 2 years ago.

 

[Dawgg]

Pretty sure the name of the building is Newell-Grissom and it's right across the street from the E-Dome (SAE house). That's at least where they played when I was there from 07-11.

ETA: For some reason the name "Animal Husbandry" is coming to mind and I feel like that's the old name or maybe I'm confusing it with something else. The name Animal Husbandry ring a bell to anyone?

You are correct. That was its original name.

 

[SwampDawg]

Yup. I was at the SAE house and got invited to the Husbandry building to see a C-section on a bulldog. The woof-woof kind not the maroon and white kind.

 

[peewee.sixpack]

That's the dumbest thing I've heard today. Please go back to not posting.

If you actually watch the game and how she coaches, Julie Darty's doing a good job. They're at least competitive in a lot of situations where they weren't before. She literally inherited the opposite of what Moorhead inherited with the Football team.


The building is called Newell Grissom or "The Griss". It was originally and, I **** you not, the Animal Husbandry building.

That's good to know and I hope Julie turns it around. I'll admit, I never kept up with volleyball or paid attention to it until my daughter started playing this year. We watch matches regularly now but typically not state. I wouldn't say they are competitive.

 

[tbaydog]

Yep.



Link: Here.

Thanks, now I know where it is. Went to Dan Fogelberg concert in 75 or 76.........

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

Yeo

Used to have Music Maker concerts there back in the day.

You ever see a show there?

Can’t recall anyone playing in Griss when I was in school 90-‘92 or ‘96-‘98.