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I believe in Lebby. I think we’ll 100% be in the 24 team playoff next year if Kamario stays healthy. Was just pondering at some other names that came out of that 2024 carousel Twitter and Facebook is already calling for Lebbys head. He’s certainly improved from each year, and I expect us to be better next year also. But the reality is State currently doesn’t have the resources to be able have depth. So what do these people expect when our key players go down? It is difficult to recruit here meanwhile Lebbys hit on a couple guys in the portal, and have increased their value substantially (Brenan Thompson for ex). He’s doing what he can, just dealt an extremely unfortunate hand at an already difficult job. Most State fans need a reality check on how limited their program is in the current era. Kamario going down has taken an effect on whole team’s confidence. That’s not out of the ordinary for a team’s overall performance to drop after losing their Star Qb. But I saw what we were when healthy, and that was a really good football team. And guess what, even if Kamario doesn’t play this year, we’re gonna get another go at it next year with him again. So don’t torch the whole thing right now and screw up a very good playoff opportunity next year. If next year plays out the same way, then I guess I could see why people are losing patience. But it’s still too early for that talk

People were saying Fritz was too old, he probably has 5-6 more years left in him. I would consider 8 years a pretty long stint in the SEC. Should’ve thrown at the bank at him Cignetti wouldn’t have the gonads to be in the SEC. 11-2 in your 1st year will never happen at a low-tier SEC job, and he knows it Sumrall would’ve been a great pickup. Psycho defensive guy from the South would fit perfectly in Starkville Jamey Chadwell randomly went 4-8 last year, but has the ball rolling again this year at 6-1, he’s another big what-if

Wonder where State would be if Willie Fritz stepped out of that airplane in 2024 instead of Lebby

Minnesota got a top 15 win. And to think…..

Tough task for Lebby going up against Venables with a young QB. I think it will be a close game, depending on who wins the turnover battle. Kamario will probably struggle with the pressures Venables is about to bring. Have to rely on Fluff and Kamario’s athleticism to win this one. I’ll take the Dawgs 21-18 Ole Miss has looked phenomenal lately. This is a very talented team capable of winning it all. But Golding lays a few eggs every year even going back to his Bama days. Texas is struggling offensively and Sark is fighting for his job at this point. I’ll go OM 28-24

I think Bamas loss was more Jim Knowles and his front 7 being lights out. Arguably the best defense in the nation after that game. If Heupel gets his Qb settled in, they’re certainly a national title contender

What a statement

Indiana is very physical, and Jeremiah Williams is phenomenal. But outside of that, neither Indiana or Ohio State look very impressive. Right now I think the 4 big guys are 1. Georgia 2. Miami, and Notre Dame / Bama interchangeably at 3 and 4

Still can’t really tell how good Ole Miss is. A&M is terrible, and Mizzou was a stylistic nightmare for Florida. So I don’t believe Mizzou is worth the hype they have. OM should be about 10 points better than Mizzou if both teams play perfect. Mizzou’s offense is designed to repeat Florida’s game plan on Ole Miss. But I think Golding is seasoned enough to adjust to this run style. Ole Miss 31-21

Losing your 2 best players on an already thin roster. No realistic path to victory against a team much more talented than you. Tough situation for Lebby. Hope these B2B losses won’t make the fan base lose their minds on him

Bama and Georgia looked like an early 2010s matchup from a physicality standpoint. Despite the bad call, Georgia seemed to be the better team last night. Bet we'll get that game again this year. IMO the 2 best teams in the nation right now.

Was not expecting the wheels to fall off that quickly for Florida

Florida is about to go from #8 to likely 4 straight losses. They travel to Texas next week and have Georgia following a bye week

Ole Miss -9.5 @ Vandy: Won’t be surprised if this is close. The Louisville win and Florida loss haven’t aged well. I can’t pinpoint how good Ole Miss is yet. But, I believe OM’s concerning run defense is better suited for Vandy’s style. Offensively Ole Miss needs to find ways to reduce Kewan’s usage. He’s not Derrick Henry. He’s 5’11 205. Get the backup more involved, he’s not Kewan but he’s solid. Ole Miss wins a sloppy one 21-17 Georgia @ Bama(-2.5): Both teams are legit. Georgia isn’t going to bully Bama in the trenches like they did last year. Deboer & co have done a phenomenal job in evaluating the new guys they’ve brought in. Even if you stuff Bama’s run game, they have a Heisman QB with elite weapons, and a few more coming off the bench. I take Bama winning just off the offensive firepower alone 35-28 LSU -9.5 @ Kentucky: I think Kentucky is a good ball club. Sam Leavitt is already untrustworthy, and now he’s going on the road into a pumped up crowd. If there’s an upset this week, this would be it. I’m still going to take LSU to win, but Kentucky covers the spread. LSU 28-24 SC @ Florida -10.5: This game could get weird. You rarely ever see good teams with first year head coaches be consistent, as shown last week. Beamer is fighting for his life at this point. Florida OC Buster Faulkner will likely be playing against his first head coaching job next year. Florida 35-28 A&M @ Mizzou -4??????? Vegas is onto something. I wouldn’t touch this game with a 10 ft pole. I have Mizzou 28-14, but there may be some black magic here Tennessee -13.5 @ Arkansas: Blowout here. Tennessee rushes for 250+ and wins 42-14 Texas (-7.5) @ Oklahoma: This could be weird too. Muschamp has the best defense in the nation, and the Mateer led Sooners are pitiful offensively. Texas wins in a low scoring slugfest 14-7 Also, if you love football, get a peak of the Northwestern Wildcats. Chip Kelly ran the Wing-T against Penn State and rushed for 413. They also played Indiana tough. America’s team!

Mizzou matched up well against Florida and Austin Simmons had a career day. They’re probably a #14-22 rank by the time it’s all said and done. The B tier for the SEC is stacked this year, State, Mizzou, Florida, Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee. Going to be a blood bath in the SEC. We may have 5 teams in the playoffs this year

Minnesota beating Michigan also helped us out. The Minnesota thrashing could age very well throughout the year. That was a good B10 team

Bama may not score under 40 this whole year. There was a lot of times Keelon and the receivers made a play, and you just gotta throw your hands up and say “nothing you can do there”

Inherently one of those “I’ve seen how this plays out” moments as a State fan when the lead was blown

Great move by Sark bringing in Muschamp. That defense is full of dudes

I actually do agree that Lebby has had some tough, resilient teams. Even when we were bad I saw effort and intensity all 4 quarters. That’s something that can be the difference maker in close games when we’re competing amongst the best. I always look at Georgia when I think of teams that can handle adversity, they’re never out of a ballgame. We’re not far behind them in that aspect

Mizzou is certainly good enough to beat us. My concern is the hype we’ve generated probably has developed overconfidence by now. Guys like Saban and Kirby have a pessimistic temperament that killed complacency. I don’t just don’t see that in Lebby as of now. There’s always a good chance of hitting the “mount stupid” peak in the Dunning-Kruger chart when a recently bad team finally gets momentum going. But as you said, this game being a home helps us out substantially

I called for Florida to upset someone this year. Out of Ole Miss, Georgia, and Texas, Ole Miss coming off an emotional win into the swamp is 100% the safest pick out of those 3. But at the same time I never expect #6 to play anything other than flawless. I’ll take the underdog Rebs 21-20 in another classic Mizzou @ State. I just hope we’re not looking forward to Bama. I think we’re the better team and should win. Not having Ahmad Hardy, Mizzou is significantly handicapped this year. I’ll take the Dawgs 42-28 Texas @ Tennessee. Haven’t watched Tennessee this year. Texas will be more talented than everyone on their schedule this year by significant margin outside of OSU. I’ll take the horns 28-21 OU @ Georgia. OU has an offensive problem. The Mateer-Arbuckle experiment has not panned out. Meanwhile, Georgia is kicking people’s teeth in. I’ll take Georgia in a thrashing 30-7 Bama @ SC. SC typically gives Bama fits as of late. Bama takes a while to get going also. Wouldn’t surprise me to see Bama down by 2 TDs at half. But Keelon is an absolute nightmare to defend. Bama wins 42-34 in a tale of two halves Vandy @ Auburn. Despite losing, Auburns offense got clicking which seemed to be a concern against Baylor. I think this program will take small strides into ascension the next few years. Auburn 28 - Vandy 17 A&M @ LSU. Not calling an upset here. Lane will get better offensively now that he’s 3 games in with a new QB. LSU bounces back 35-17

Jon Sumrall spoke very highly of Will Hall after he took the Florida job. Also, UConn has been a solid program as of late

Ole Miss was America’s team tonight. Beating Georgia without Kiffin earlier this year and now this? What a time to be a rebel ran. Kamario had a rough start but it was expected for a young guy in a tough environment. We were already pretty thin at DT and Trevion’s injury looked season-ending. Happened last year to Whitson and his absence was definitely felt. Sucks to have that happen when the game was pretty much already over. Both teams are probably top 25. We may have a # next to our name tomorrow. Mizzou didn’t look great against Troy today, and they’re also without Ahmad Hardy so another very winnable game next week

I think every one still has PTSD from DeSean Jackson’s punt return. Even though it’s your best bet in that situation