When the school officially became Mississippi State College in 1932, the teams adopted the nickname "Maroons," as that was the color of their uniforms.

[1] In 1935, Mississippi State head football coach Major Ralph Sasse acquired an English Bulldog in an effort to inspire his team.

[3] After Tol's arrival, Mississippi State defeated both Army (a college football powerhouse during that era) and Alabama.

[3] Ptolemy's littermate became the first mascot called "Bully" shortly after Sasse's team beat mighty Army 13–7 at West Point that same year, perhaps the greatest victory in MSU football history.

Parker of West Point in March 1942, but little information exists as to his tenure as mascot, as he is never mentioned again after the July 1942 edition of The Reflector.

[4] Bully V was a brindle bulldog purchased in July 1945 from a Greenwood resident by then-student body president David L. Cline.

Mississippi State Athletics purchased one of the dogs ("Bully VI-A") from Sid Parker of West Point in September 1947 to serve as the mascot for the varsity football team.

Photos from the Reveille yearbook show this Bully pulling on his leash, lunging toward opponent mascots including LSU's Mike the Tiger, the Baylor bear, and Alabama's live elephant Alamite.

Bully VII ("Mr. Muggs") was a white bulldog provided in September 1953 by student Billy Underwood, who lived in Philadelphia.

Bully VIII was a dark brindle bulldog donated to Mississippi State by Alex Dittler of Atlanta through the Mack Trucks company.

[4] He also presided over the Bulldogs' 1963 Liberty Bowl victory over North Carolina State, which was also the first nationally televised game in school history.

After it had been discovered that predecessor Bully VIII suffered a history of neglect, the fraternity assumed responsibility in taking care of the mascot and would oversee these duties until 1974.

Sissy served as mascot from 1974 to 1975, but would continue making infrequent appearances on the sideline with her grandson, Champ ("Bully XIV"), through 1977.

[4] The dogs that represented Bully XIII presided over State's 1974 Sun Bowl win over North Carolina.

He presided over an upset of then-#1 ranked Alabama in 1980, a trip to the Sun Bowl, and a victory in the 1981 Hall of Fame Classic against the Kansas Jayhawks.

"[2] Unlike his predecessors, Tonka was the first bulldog mascot owned by the university and trained into the role from the time he was 8 weeks old.

In 2006, he sired Bully XX ("Champ"), who took over his father's duties as MSU's mascot in September 2009 and served until April 18, 2015.

In late March 2023, Mississippi State University announced the next English Bulldog in the line of live mascots.

Taking his name from previous Mississippi State quarterback & current Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, "Dak" (Bully XXII) took over mascot duties from the current mascot "Jak" (Bully XXI) on April 15, 2023, at halftime of the 2023 Spring Football game during Super Bulldog Weekend.

[21] Bully gained national attention in 2013 after being struck by an ESPN cart during that season's Egg Bowl game between Mississippi State and Ole Miss.

The student wearing the suit had to be carted off the field on a stretcher and subsequently underwent two surgeries for a compound fracture.