Mississippi State Bobblehead Collection Featuring Bully XXII Unveiled for Back-to-School

This morning, to celebrate the start of the 2024-25 school year, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled an officially licensed Mississippi State Bulldogs Bobblehead Collection on Friday in conjunction with the start of the new school year. The collection features Mississippi State’s three mascots including the first bobblehead of Mississippi State’s live Bully mascot, Bully XXII as well as the school’s costumed mascots Bully and Belle.

Over the next two weeks, we are unveiling our back-to-school bobblehead collection, and we’re excited to have Mississippi State included. Last week, we unveiled the first bobbleheads of Juice Kiffin from Ole Miss. The officially licensed bobbleheads are being produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, an official licensee of Mississippi State University.

• The bobbleheads featuring Mississippi State’s three mascots, Bully XXII, Bully, and Belle, are now available in the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Online Store at this link.
• The bobbleheads featuring Mississippi State’s costumed mascots, Bully and Belle, are expected to ship in September and are $35 each, while the bobblehead featuring Bully XXII are scheduled to ship in December and are $30 each. There is a flat-rate shipping charge of $8 per order.
• Each bobblehead is individually numbered to 2,024.
• This marks the first bobblehead for Mississippi State’s live English Bulldog mascot, Bully XXII.
• Previously known as the Aggies and Maroons, Bulldogs became the official nickname for Mississippi State teams after the school was granted university status in 1961, but the use of the nickname dates to at least 1905. In 1935, Mississippi State football coach Major Ralph Sasse acquired an English Bulldog to inspire his team. The dog, named Ptolemy (and affectionately nicknamed “Tol”), became a good luck charm as the team defeated Army and Alabama. The following season, Joe Rice Dockery, bought a bulldog named Bully, a littermate of Ptolemy, and presented him to the school as a gift.
• Retroactively named Bully I, he became the first mascot after Sasse’s team beat mighty Army, 13-7, at West Point – perhaps the greatest victory in MSU football history. There have been 22 live mascots who have served as Bully. Bully XXII, who goes by “Dak” after former MSU quarterback Dak Prescott. Bully XXII took over mascot duties on April 15th, 2023, at halftime of the 2023 spring football game during Super Bulldog Weekend. The ceremony included the passing of the harness and blessing ceremony. The first costumed mascot appeared at Mississippi State during the 1964-65 school year.
• “We’re excited to unveil this new Mississippi State Bulldogs Bobblehead Collection including the first bobblehead of Bully XXII in conjunction with the start of the new school year,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “This bobblehead will be the perfect way for Mississippi State fans, alumni, students, faculty, and staff to show off their school pride!”
• The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is located at 170 S. 1st. St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, opened to the public on February 1st, 2019. The HOF and Museum also produces high quality, customized bobbleheads for retail sale as well as organizations, individuals, and teams across the country.