For the fifth postseason in a row, Mississippi State has advanced to a Super Regional. The Bulldogs defeated Samford, VCU, and Campbell to sweep the 2021 Starkville Regional and advance to the 2021 Starkville Super Regional, in which the #7 national seed Bulldogs are set to take on the #10 national seed, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
In the opening game against Samford, the Bulldogs wore the classic maroon 85 jerseys with white pants, as they have in every single Friday game this season. Wearing maroon in the opening game of the regional was a return to form of sorts after wearing white in the opening game of the 2019 regional; the 2021 regional joins 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018 as regionals in which the Bulldogs have worn maroon in the opening game. With the 8-4 win over Samford, the maroon 85 jerseys improved to 11-4 on the season, including 10-4 when paired with white pants.
For the winner's bracket matchup with VCU, Mississippi State won the coin toss and was the designated "home" team; as such, they broke out the classic white 85s for the Saturday Night affair. Though the inverted version of the white 85 design was worn in the 2016 and 2017 regionals, this marked the first time that the Bulldogs had worn the traditional, non-inverted white 85s design in a 4-team regional. The classic look had most recently made an NCAA Tournament appearance against Vanderbilt in Omaha in 2019. As the Bulldogs out-slugged VCU by a score of 16-4, the white 85s improved to a stellar 8-2 on the season.
On Monday against the Campbell Fighting Camels, the Bulldogs were the designated "away" team. As a result, they wore the gray script "State" jerseys, which were making their NCAA Tournament debut. In fact, it was the first time that Mississippi State had ever worn solid gray jerseys in a 4-team regional game. The last time that the Bulldogs had worn solid gray in the NCAA Tournament was in the 1997 CWS against Alabama. Since then, the only gray jerseys that State had worn in the NCAA Tournament were the gray pinstripes, which were worn in vest form in the late '90s / early '00s and in regular form more recently, being worn in a total of 6 postseasons games in 2016 and 2018 to a 4-2 record.
With the regional-clinching victory over Campbell, the gray script "State" jerseys improved to 6-1 on the season and 7-1 all-time, dating back to their debut last season at Long Beach.
Overall, just as they have all season, Mississippi State's uniforms looked absolutely incredible this weekend. The Bulldogs have the best and most complete uniform set in the country, and that was on full display this weekend. The classic maroon and white 85s and the gray script jerseys are some of the best that the Bulldogs have to offer; it's just awesome that we are able to roll out consistently great looks, especially when postseason play rolls around.
In the opening game against Samford, the Bulldogs wore the classic maroon 85 jerseys with white pants, as they have in every single Friday game this season. Wearing maroon in the opening game of the regional was a return to form of sorts after wearing white in the opening game of the 2019 regional; the 2021 regional joins 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018 as regionals in which the Bulldogs have worn maroon in the opening game. With the 8-4 win over Samford, the maroon 85 jerseys improved to 11-4 on the season, including 10-4 when paired with white pants.
For the winner's bracket matchup with VCU, Mississippi State won the coin toss and was the designated "home" team; as such, they broke out the classic white 85s for the Saturday Night affair. Though the inverted version of the white 85 design was worn in the 2016 and 2017 regionals, this marked the first time that the Bulldogs had worn the traditional, non-inverted white 85s design in a 4-team regional. The classic look had most recently made an NCAA Tournament appearance against Vanderbilt in Omaha in 2019. As the Bulldogs out-slugged VCU by a score of 16-4, the white 85s improved to a stellar 8-2 on the season.
On Monday against the Campbell Fighting Camels, the Bulldogs were the designated "away" team. As a result, they wore the gray script "State" jerseys, which were making their NCAA Tournament debut. In fact, it was the first time that Mississippi State had ever worn solid gray jerseys in a 4-team regional game. The last time that the Bulldogs had worn solid gray in the NCAA Tournament was in the 1997 CWS against Alabama. Since then, the only gray jerseys that State had worn in the NCAA Tournament were the gray pinstripes, which were worn in vest form in the late '90s / early '00s and in regular form more recently, being worn in a total of 6 postseasons games in 2016 and 2018 to a 4-2 record.
With the regional-clinching victory over Campbell, the gray script "State" jerseys improved to 6-1 on the season and 7-1 all-time, dating back to their debut last season at Long Beach.
Overall, just as they have all season, Mississippi State's uniforms looked absolutely incredible this weekend. The Bulldogs have the best and most complete uniform set in the country, and that was on full display this weekend. The classic maroon and white 85s and the gray script jerseys are some of the best that the Bulldogs have to offer; it's just awesome that we are able to roll out consistently great looks, especially when postseason play rolls around.
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Mississippi State's five consecutive regional championships account for the nation's longest currently active streak. The streak began in 2016, when the Bulldogs swept the Starkville Regional, defeating Louisiana Tech in the regional final while wearing the inverted white 85s. The inverted white 85s were also worn when the Bulldogs clinched the 2017 Hattiesburg Regional with a win over Southern Miss a year later. The gray pinstripes were worn in the 2018 Tallahassee Regional as State eliminated Oklahoma to advance to a Super Regional. In 2019, the Bulldogs wore their all-black look in a Sunday Night victory over Miami to complete the sweep of that year's Starkville Regional. Finally, the gray script "State" jerseys were worn in Monday's win over Campbell to sweep the 2021 Starkville Regional.
In each of the five regionals, Mississippi State has played and defeated each of the other three teams in the regional. The 2016, 2019, and 2021 Starkville Regionals were all sweeps in which the loser of the opening 2/3 game fought their way back to the regional championship, just to lose to the Bulldogs. In both of the two road regionals, 2017 in Hattiesburg and 2018 in Tallahassee, State actually lost its first game and had to four straight elimination games to advance, eliminating each of the other three teams along the way.
In total, the Bulldogs have won regional games over fourteen different schools over the past five postseasons: SE Missouri State, Cal State Fullerton, Louisiana Tech, Illinois-Chicago, South Alabama, Southern Miss (x2), Florida State, Samford (x2), Oklahoma (x2), Southern, Central Michigan, Miami, VCU, and Campbell. The only two teams to hand State losses during that stretch are South Alabama and Oklahoma, both of whom were later eliminated by the Bulldogs in the subsequent days. Currently, Mississippi State has a 10-game winning streak in regional games, dating back to Elijah MacNamee's walk-off win over Florida State in 2018. The Bulldogs will officially take that streak into 2022- and hopefully will extend it even farther into the future.
For more on Mississippi State's postseason baseball uniform history, check out the page dedicated to that very topic.
In each of the five regionals, Mississippi State has played and defeated each of the other three teams in the regional. The 2016, 2019, and 2021 Starkville Regionals were all sweeps in which the loser of the opening 2/3 game fought their way back to the regional championship, just to lose to the Bulldogs. In both of the two road regionals, 2017 in Hattiesburg and 2018 in Tallahassee, State actually lost its first game and had to four straight elimination games to advance, eliminating each of the other three teams along the way.
In total, the Bulldogs have won regional games over fourteen different schools over the past five postseasons: SE Missouri State, Cal State Fullerton, Louisiana Tech, Illinois-Chicago, South Alabama, Southern Miss (x2), Florida State, Samford (x2), Oklahoma (x2), Southern, Central Michigan, Miami, VCU, and Campbell. The only two teams to hand State losses during that stretch are South Alabama and Oklahoma, both of whom were later eliminated by the Bulldogs in the subsequent days. Currently, Mississippi State has a 10-game winning streak in regional games, dating back to Elijah MacNamee's walk-off win over Florida State in 2018. The Bulldogs will officially take that streak into 2022- and hopefully will extend it even farther into the future.
For more on Mississippi State's postseason baseball uniform history, check out the page dedicated to that very topic.
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