Mississippi State University's Bagley College of Engineering hosted a Cowbell Challenge competition Friday on the historic Drill Field. Teams of engineering students created machines to automatically ring a standard Mississippi State cowbell in the most spirited way possible. Presenting his team's winning design to the judges is senior mechanical engineering major Neil Pierce of Ocean Springs. Judges included (with clipboards, l-r) Kevin Heggie of Aurora Flight Sciences; Bob Carskadon, HailStateBEAT Digital Media Reporter; Vann Stuedeman, head softball coach; and Amy Tuck, vice president for campus services.