John Clay’s Sidelines

For those who don’t want to participate in the liveblog, we’ll have updates from tonight’s Kentucky-Mississippi St game here.

• State 31, Kentucky 24 is the final.

• Anthony Dixon has 32 carries for 248 yards for Mississippi State, holding 31-24 lead over UK with 6:47 left.

• Mississippi State leads Kentucky 31-24 at end of third quarter.

• Mississippi State has burst four runs for 25-or-more yards and thanks to another Dixon score, leads UK 31-24 with 59 seconds left in third.

• Tyson Lee hits Wilder for 67-yard touchdown pass and MSU has tied UK 24-24 with 6:56 left in third quarter. That was a 47-second drive.

• Kentucky answers MSU touchdown with an 8-play, 65-yard touchdown drive. Randall Cobb did honors 3 yards out and 24-17 lead with 7:49 left in 3rd.

• MSU recovers fumble, then drives 47 yards in six plays to tie Kentucky 17-17 with 11:48 left in third quarter. Dixon 157 yards on 23 att.

• Mississippi State had runs of 53, 37 and 25 yards in first half. Take out those three and Bulldogs rushed for 86 yards on 21 carries.

• Mississippi St outgained UK 242-134 in the first half. State rushed for 201 yards. Dixon had 116 yards on 19 carries.

• Randall Cobb’s 46-yard punt return sets up a 38-yard Lones Seiber field goal and Kentucky leads MSU 17-10 at the half.

• Chris Relf’s 53-yard run sets up a 1-yard TD run by Anthony Dixon and MSU answers back, cuts UK lead to 14-10 with 3:43 left in first half.

• Randall Burden interception sets up 41-yard drive with Morgan Newton going 11 yards for TD and a 14-3 Kentucky lead with 5:16 remaining in 1st half.

• Sam Maxwell intercepted Tyson Lee’s fourth-and-goal pass in the end zone to kill State drive.

• State outgained UK 144-77 in the first quarter. Officially, Dixon had 82 yards on 10 carries.

• Dixon rushes for 81 yards in first quarter, but Kentucky leads Miss State 7-3 after one.

• Derrick Locke scores on a 10-yard run and Kentucky goes ahead of Mississippi St 7-3 with 1:28 left in first quarter.

• Anthony Dixon has seven carries for 56 yards with 4:23 left in first.

• Anthony Dixon’s 37-yard run sets up a 33-yard field goal and MSU leads Kentucky 3-0 with 4:23 left in first quarter.

• Kickoff is scheduled fo 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports South is providing the TV coverage.