Beefing Up College Football Teams
The Associated Press just released their preseason college football rankings and no surprise defending national champion Ohio State was the unanimous #1 team. The Southeastern Conference featured eight teams in the ranking with two just outside of the rankings (#26 Mississippi State and #27 Texas A&M) in terms of votes. A couple of those programs from the SEC got a boost to their protein intake this preseason thanks to their local cattlemen’s association feeding them beef.
Football players at the University of Mississippi dined on beef and learned about its importance to their diets during the Beefin’ Up the Rebels event:
Members of the Lafayette County Cattlemen's Association, Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association and Mississippi Beef Council kept the #17 ranked Ole Miss Rebels well fed with steaks:
Lafayette County Cattlemen's along with MCA and MBC cooked for the Rebels. Thank you to the sponsors who helped make... Posted by Mississippi Cattlemen's Association on Monday, August 10, 2015
The Ole Miss coaching staff even got involved with a little grilling since they don’t have time to tailgate in The Grove during the season:
A special thank you to The Mississippi Cattlemen's Association for Beefin Up @CoachHughFreeze & The Rebs! #TAKEASTAND pic.twitter.com/rU7d5t8N2J — Branden Wenzel (@CoachBwenz) August 8, 2015
Just down the road in Starkville members of the #26 ranked Mississippi State University Bulldogs got their own serving of beef thanks to the Mississippi Cattleman's Association:
Beefing Up The Bulldogs courtesy of the Mississippi Cattleman's Association! #HailState Posted by Mississippi State Football on Sunday, August 16, 2015
The team learned about the beef industry during Beefin' Up the Bulldogs:
Mississippi Cattlemen's Association 1st Vice President Paul Whitlock from Tishomingo county addresses the Mississippi State Football team during 2015 Beefin' up the Bulldogs. Posted by Mississippi Cattlemen's Association on Monday, August 17, 2015
They dined on steaks, too:
Thank you @MSCattlemen for a wonderful dinner and your never-ending support of @HailStateFB #HailState pic.twitter.com/0v7mYnE1TZ — Kyle Niblett (@KyleNiblett) August 16, 2015
And the Bulldogs even got to interact with livestock and throw some hay bales:
The Beefin' Up the Bulldogs event was hosted last night by @MSCattlemen! Lots of good food, hay tossing and goats! pic.twitter.com/cc17GWmaiH — MSU Extension (@MSUExtService) August 17, 2015
If you need any help loading square bales defensive tackle Nick James might be willing to lend a hand…as long as you feed him beef:
Nick James, ladies & gentlemen! #HailState Posted by Mississippi State Football on Sunday, August 16, 2015
