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Honestly, I don’t think he is any trouble this year. Hopefully AJ Swann can play going forward. At least he is a player with game experience. I know some of our fans have the patience of a gnat but I don’t think Lebby should be fired this year. Of course I am from the old school that feels like you should give a coach at least 5 years or even more before considering a change. We all talked about having some stability at the HC position after having 4 HC’s in six years. We are only three years into Lebby’s tenure. Give him a chance to succeed. Regarding Taylor, when I first heard turf toe, I was of the mind that he was probably done for the season. It is an impossible injury to recover from quickly. Again I am interested in seeing how we play Saturday.

You make some valid points but Stoops had recruited well at KY and left a pretty good roster for Stein (so he came into a good situation) similar to Sherrill in ‘91 and Mullen in ‘2009. Don’t know much UCLA and Indy seem to hit the jackpot with Cignetti. Give credit where credit is due. 2024 State team does not beat Minnesota or SCAR. Improvement has been uneven with last year and now this year starting fast and then fading. Though we will see how these last five games go. Certainly a player of Kamario’s caliber elevates everyone and unfortunately for us we don’t have a way to replace him adequately. That is squarely on Lebby. It is definitely on him to improve the depth of the roster going into 2027. I think we all understand that this process was going to be painful and slow. And at the end of the day you are judged by wins/losses. And that will eventually be his fate one way or another.

You can play the What If scenario until you are blue in the face. People have microwave expectations today and Lebby has and will continue to face criticism. That is the nature of coaching. Win and all is good. Lose and the pendulum swings the opposite way. Just looking at State objectively. He has measurably improved the team from the beginning of 2024. Our first 22 are good. Depth is still an issue and in the SEC is a must because of injuries. Regarding the QB position, I was under the impression that we had a transfer from Florida State (did he leave unexpectedly or did I miss something there?). If any of those other guys were our coach and had suffered the same injuries, then I suspect our record would be the same as it is right now (or possibly worse). So let’s see how this season finishes out before we starting cutting off our nose to spite our own face. Obviously recruiting and getting the right pieces in transfer portal along with the keeping our key players will be of the upmost importance. I certainly share the same frustration that you guys feel as well. Regardless of what the score maybe, I am interested to see how we perform at Texas Saturday.

I am going to go with my Wildcats. While we do need to get better with respect to penalties/turnovers, I like our physicality on both sides of the LOS. I would venture to guess that this is most physical Meridian team in well over 10 years. Obviously that does not guarantee a win. And I know Petal is playing good football as well. Coach Boyles is an excellent coach. Like everyone else I was disappointed when he left after one year but I hold no ill will towards him. Our kids have developed well during the season and have confidence now. I think they will get it done despite being on the road. Go Cats!!!

As Lee Corso would say “not so fast my friend.” Would be the epic choke of the season if Ole Miss comes back and wins this game.

I would agree that Gulfport is the team to beat. We (Meridian) are vastly improved but we still have some weaknesses. A very big game at Petal next week. We really need to win that one. I know many will make it about Boyles but he was only at Meridian one year and that was three years ago. It now just represents a game we need to win for playoff purposes. Congrats to Wayne County. Your team like Meridian is playing its best football right now and ceiling is up there for further improvement.

Puckett has actually looked okay. Made a poor decision to keep the ball. Give it to Fluff or pass the ball. That hurt. Ole Miss getting waxed by TX tonight. Just a poor day for our two teams. Kudos to USM for the win over ULL. That is a big shot in the arm for the Golden Eagles.

Puckett has actually looked okay. Made a poor decision to keep the ball. Give it to Fluff or pass the ball. That hurt.

Quote ”Oak Grove is the best team in the south” Well as Lee Corso would say “not so fast my friend “ And Brandon said hang on a second before you crown Oak Grove the best team in the South with a 43-28 win October 23rd.

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I am kinda with you guys , State wins with a reasonably healthy Taylor and Bothwell. If not then Okie wins. I like Ole Miss to beat Texas. The Texas team that beat the ohio state & Tennessee has gone into hibernation. Ole Miss 28-17. LSU as much as I dislike saying this, seems to be getting their act together. Auburn will be flat after the Georgia win. LSU 27-14. Tennessee lays an egg after TSIO and South Carolina is playing much better football. SC for the win 24-16. A&M @ Bama. Bama is trending down and A&M is in the abyss. That said, look for an ugly game, that Bama wins 28-20. Vandy @ Kentucky. Wildcats are playing very well but they are due for an off game and this is the type of game that Vandy can sneak up on people. Look for KY to struggle mightily but eke out a win 21-18.

Yesterday was one of those where three teams were coming off emotional rivalry games went into their games, thinking we got this. Florida picked up the pieces and Texas was still hung over from the RRSO. Georgia forgot that Auburn is technically their oldest rival and is the classic , you can throw out the records type game, plus they were due for a let down after the Bama game. Bama let Georgia beat them twice. Kind of received their own medicine along with the fact TSIO is also a rivalry game. This time Tennessee got to fire up the stogies. Plus KY carried their momentum over to an emotionally spent Okie team to pick up the win. So going forward I agree, I have no idea what will happen. This is a product of the new era of college football. Nobody will go undefeated and week to week you will have results like yesterday. The overall product on the field is worse which helps the mid level teams be able to beat an upper tier team more often in the present day.

Missouri-Ole Miss. OM seem to right the ship at Vandy. Missouri has played well since the State game. Missouri is very physical. If they get OM to play old school SEC football, this could be a close game. Simmons could be too hyped up for this game and will make some mistakes. Ole Miss makes it a track meet and wins comfortably 38-21. State-LSU. I have no idea. But here goes. LSU sleep walks an 11A start. They play very sluggish and State plays inspired football with the second string QB. Ultimately, LSU will win but not cover the 15 point spread. 24-17. I am going to ride Kentucky one more week. Oklahoma is flat after rivalry win over Austin. KY steals another road win over OK. 25-19. Alabama is flat after the deflating loss to Georgia. But Tenner will be unable to take advantage of Alabama’s ineptitude. Bama struggles to a 22-17 win. Florida-Texas maybe the ugly game of the week. Texas wins but Florida covers in a 16-10 final score. Georgia beats Auburn but does not cover spread: 34-17. Vandy over Arkansas but I have no idea what the final will be.

I will always remember 2006. We played GC in the playoffs and no business being even in the game. But we were Meridian and GC did not really know how to win a big game. We kicked a FG late to win 17-14. Next year in 2007, we hosted GC for the South State in Ray Stadium and GC had learned their lesson and took us to the woodshed. They had 30-0 lead in the second half before letting off the gas and we scored a couple of garbage time TD’s to make the score look respectable. Meridian would not lose another game in Ray Stadium for four years after that beatdown. I have always thought George County underachieved over the years as they always seem to have good athletes and big linemen on both sides of the LOS.

I think it is probably too much to ask for but Meridian has not beaten OG in about 10 years. Doubtful it happens but it sure would feel good. And most of the games have been blowouts save maybe 2-3 games that were close. OG is much the better team but we have cut the gap somewhat this year. How much remains to be seen. Go Cats!!!