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Well it is over now. Ultimately Lebby is responsible but this team is like the old Morton Salt Commercial…”when it rains, it pours” except it reads “if it can go wrong, it will.”

Can State just get this season over with?

I forgot about that being Labor Day weekend. I guess other than a Bowl game or Labor Day weekend, playing a Sunday game would be quite rare.

Ole Miss-Oklahoma is now Sunday 11A. I wonder when Ole Miss last played a regular season game on a Sunday? IMHO, the delay favors OK as the weather Sunday is supposed to be cold and rainy. With Lacy out this game might end up a defensive slugfest. And unfortunately I think that might favor the home team in this situation.

Brandon @ Meridian Part 2. On paper Brandon should have the edge after losing a close 40-34 game against Meridian two weeks ago. They are a very talented squad. OTOH Coach Vance has these kids playing with their heads on fire. They understand that they are the ground root of the renaissance of Wildcat football and have made Ray Stadium a tough place for the visiting team to win. That said, Brandon is very capable of winning this game. It is difficult to beat a team twice but in this case, beating Brandon the first time gave Meridian more confidence. This game should be a dandy, Ray Stadium will be electric come Friday night. Let’s Go Cats!!!

Hate to hear this. He is a good coach and I was hoping he would have stayed at East Central. They had a good year this season and he had some good seasons there as well.

I think at least one maybe two 3 loss teams get in based off the SOS of the SEC. The SEC eats its own. A huge key is going to be FL, SC, KY and GA all winning their rivalry games. That will have our OOC far and away stronger than any other conference. Do that and I think above is very possible. Now who those teams are remains to be seen. I think we are going to end up with several 9-3 teams at the end of the season.

Look for Ole Miss to bounce back in a big way with a convincing win over Oklahoma. 28-16. The Barn at State. The last five games State has easily outperformed the Barn in being terrible (sans the Georgia game). So I will take State to outworse The Barn by a losing score of 17-23. Texas@LSU. The SEC has designated that Texas is going to make the playoff this year so look for officiating to ensure that a repeat of last weeks TX-Mizzou game happens again. TX 24-20. Alabama has a let down after the big win at LSU. Vandy plays hard and well and gives Bama a scare before fading in the fourth quarter. Bama 32, Vandy 27. Missouri is a bad road team so look for Georgia to win easily 38-17. Mizzou has a couple of late scores to make the score more respectable. Florida-Kentucky. Weather is supposed to be in thirties for this game Saturday. Florida chills out and loses 25-14. SCAR-Arky. Arky has been improving and I look for this game to be more competitive than expected. SC pulls away late 35-24. Tennessee @ A&M. A&M salvages a disappointing season by upending an overrated Tennessee in spite of the officiating doing its best to ensure that Tennessee makes the playoff. A&M 18-Tennessee 16. All this speculation about Lebby will be put to rest now. Nobody in their right mind will fire the guy after what has happened this year on the injury front. I do agree that 2027 will be a playoff or bust season for State.

State playing well tonight. Leading JSU 51-29 at the half. Defense has been excellent so far. Good depth, lot of guys off the bench playing well.

I get both sides. If he is fired, then here we go again. Just a revolving door of head coaches. If he is retained then you have a ton of frustrated fans who are tired of losing and who will be okay with losing some more with a new coach because what is the difference if you lose with your current coach or you lose with a new coach?

It is a conundrum. I learn toward not burning down the program yet again. Do that and that will make 6 head coaches in nine years. We see where the coaching carousel has gotten Florida, Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee (to a certain extent) and even LSU. Every time you kick a coach to the curb it seems to get worse. Like throwing darts blindfolded. A program like State needs more stability at the HC position and have some patience to ride the downs with the ups. I do think he needs a shake up with the OL coach. Defense with Arnett looks good going forward. S&C coach may need a makeover to ensure our players are in the best possible condition.

And they both scored 23 points this weekend. Of course one team won and one team lost.

This may be one of those years where the division winner has a losing record and hosts a playoff game. Similar to that year when the Saints were like 13-3 and had to travel to Seattle who had 7-9 record but won their division.

Again it was a rivalry game. It was probably the best thing that could have happened to Georgia, they have been on another level since that game. Changing the subject. Not sure who has the ugliest offense, State or the Saints? Both are worse than putrid.

That game was after the Georgia-Bama game and Georgia was due for a let down. If you remember, Bama lost to Tennessee the next weekend as well. Plus that is a rivalry game and apparently Georgia forgot that. Throw in the fact they had four turnovers and a missed FG. And that added up to a loss. How is that for an explanation…

What a rough weekend for all three teams. USM & Ole Miss get blown out at home and State loses to a bad Vanderbilt team. A couple of games made the weekend a bit less worse … ND beating the Thugs and Michigan losing. Oh and not that I really care but Kiffin losing was okay in my book as well. Just an awful weekend overall.

This stretch of games coming up for Lebby remind of 2013 CDM. If you all remember he was on shaky ground at 4-6 going into the Arkansas and Ole Miss games. The much maligned Tyler Russell helped lead us to an overtime win on road against the Razorbacks and then we had the OT win over OM. Which led to the blow out of Rice in the Liberty Bowl. Which led into the 2014 season. These four games are really crucial for Lebby. He really needs to be 3-1 with a competitive showing in the Egg Bowl to create momentum going into 2027 (plus a bowl game with extra practices). Anything less will be a disappointment though 6-6 given the injuries would not be terrible. Any thoughts from you guys on this perspective?

Especially in classes 2-4. In your larger classes, often times a 4 seed can beat a 1 seed. You are correct in mostly you see blow outs in the first round games like last night.

I think State finds a way to scratch out a win. 24-10. Georgia @ Ole Miss. Tempted to take Jawja but Ole Miss has done a good job of rising to the occasion. So Georgia will lead most of the way before Ole Miss finds a way to win late. 35-31. LSU continues to break the hex that Alabama has had in Bryant Denny West. LSU 30, Bama 16. Kentucky breaks the Tennessee spell with a win over UT-Knoxville…21-18. Missouri over Texas 24-22. ND beats the Thugs in the Catholics vs Convicts game. 38-24. Utah wins the Mormon battle 28-17. Auburn over Arkansas in a really ugly game…20-17. SCAR continues their roll over a slumping A&M team. 42-17. Minnesota knocks the University of California at Los Angeles from the unbeaten ranks 27-24.

I may have been thinking about the Southern loss a few years back. But JSU is going to play hard and we cannot afford to overlook them.

Jackson State just beat Tulane last night and if I remember correctly, they gave us fits last year. So they may not be a cake walk. We better be ready to play. All games matter when it comes to the NCAAT.

I look for many school districts to be consolidated going forward. Not necessarily closing very many actual schools but there is so much flab in every School District Office that eventually the taxpayers are going to revolt and force the legislature to combine districts. There should be one per county. 82 total. There are currently 138. That is way too many. Money or the lack of will demand that this happen in the years ahead.

Well you still had to win your game and you did. To see our kids having fun again and obviously winning football games is great to see!!!

Brandon 34 Meridian 40 Final Tremendous win by the Wildcats!!!

Brandon 34 Meridian 40 4th Quarter 3 minutes