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This game really deflates you. First, Florida said here we are giving you the game. And then we do everything right. until the last play. Plenty of time. I am just totally baffled. And I should correct myself. Kiffin several years ago. I think he has improved greatly over the last 2-3 years. And you are correct. Ole Miss just ran out of gas in the fourth quarter. But still a well played game nonetheless.

Run the ball Kick a FG Lebby pulled a Kiffin today and outsmarted himself. I knew when he dropped back to pass it was going to be a disaster. Run the ball to the left.

Very rare occurrence when all 16 SEC teams are playing each other on the same Saturday. Hopefully it will happen more often in the future. Just makes for a cool day of football. Louie-Ville beating Miami of Florida was not that big of a surprise. I don’t see any team making through unscathed this year. So here goes nothing: Ole Miss @ Georgia. I think Georgia has been living on borrowed time. They were a missed a FG away from losing to Tenner. Then the SEC officials gift wrapped them the win last Saturday. And I am sure they will do their best to ensure that GA wins tomorrow against Ole Miss. Ole Miss has the ability to beat Jawja. But I don’t really trust them to actually do so. All that to say, I think the Kirby cracks become a fissure tomorrow and their voodoo runs out. Ole Miss 29, Georgia 27. State@ Florida. This game has the same vibe of the 2010 game (that I was at) when we beat FL 10-7 in the Swamp. Florida’s situation can cut two ways. 1. Team comes out swinging and they land early haymakers against State and they win 31-20. 2. Team is in a bit of disarray because of all the rumors running rampant around the program. If that is the case, look for State to win an ugly game 20-16. 3. TN@Bama. Going to ride with the Tide in a shootout. Bama gets a few more stops and wins 42-31. 4. Louisiana State at Vanderbilt. Conventional wisdom says take LSU. But this year is different. This is not your dad’s or grandfather’s Vandy. I am going to take Vandy. 23-14. 5. Oklahoma @ SCAR … OK is in for a (oops I hit the send button accidentally) long night. SC takes an ugly but much needed win 25-12. 6. A&M at Arkansas…A&M dominant’s defensively and wins going away 38-14. 7. TX at KY. I agree with 83 that this will be a tricky game for TX. TX eeks out a win 17-14. 8. Missouri at Auburn. I am not sure about either of these teams. I am picking Auburn to lose and Missouri not to lose. nrubuA 16, iruossiM 28. And that is the way it is tonight October 17 , the night before the best Saturday of the season.

Saban ain’t coming out of retirement. Kiffin is staying at Ole Miss (Florida is not as good a job anymore). Lebby to OK State? Just don’t see the desire for him there. He is building a pretty good program at State. I look for him to ride that bus for a while. This microwave system of coaching changes is going to continue the downward spiral of college football. Mercenary players and new coaches every year and a half will combine to put a poorer product on the field. The only positive is the top teams will no longer be as dominant. Still at the top but winning 10 or more in a season will become less and less.

Now UAB has fired their coach. Which I always thought was a strange hire in the first place. Dilfer won a SB but had done nothing to show his ability as a HC on the collegiate level. I think the days of multi year coaching contracts may be coming to an end. Mississippi with the four year limit is actually ahead of the curve here. Why tie up so much money with a multi year guaranteed contract. Ridiculous and a waste of resources. Especially if you are going to fire him in the middle of the season.

As much I appreciated Cam for what he meant to the program, he was also a poor FT shooter. And I know he did everything else really well. But to be completely successful in basketball you have to be able shoot the ball from a distance and make FT’s at a 75+%. And that was his weakness. So how that position develops will be interesting as this season starts.

I guess just winning is not enough these days. Yes he has struggled against the best teams but his record there is 104-45 and 64-36 in the conference. Pretty impressive. Will be interesting to see who might be willing to take that task on. Penn State could find themselves relegated to Nebraska status if they are not careful.

But even Alabama is vulnerable. Yes they have won three games in a row. And yes they still have great talent. But unlike the Saban days, they lack the killer instinct of years past. A Saban team would have scored a TD in the second quarter to go up 24-7 and effectively win the game before halftime. But instead they get sacked, punt and Mizzou kicks a FG to make it a one score game. And then it was a dog fight in the second half. And they eeked out wins against Georgia and Vandy. I am not sure if any team gets to 10 wins this year in the regular season. A lot of parity. Georgia has two wins against Tennessee & Auburn that to be generous are fortunate at best. Very possibly there will be multiple 9-3/8-4 type seasons when it is all said and done.

Penn State lost. They were a top three team. Can’t be. They be the Big 10.

I can’t stand Hugh Freeze but that whole First Half was the worst ever officiating ever. Referees 3, Georgia 0, Auburn 24 Half time. i agree with him. No clue.

I called it. Ole Miss looking ahead to Jawja. Now they may blow it open in the fourth quarter but a 32 point win appears to be a long shot at this juncture.

Hopefully Coach Jans is happy at State. Honestly Auburn is not a better job than State. Pearl was kind of lightning in a bottle but I don’t see anyone duplicating his success there. Jans at State just seems like a good match. We are a blue collar program and he is a blue collar coach that is capable of doing some really good things. We have been on the verge each year but have just been a bit short on talent and a bit of fortune as well. I do think one of these years we are going to break through for a SS or EE type season.

They did it so quickly that it apparently was already in place for a long time before it was announced. Obviously it was done to prevent any player from realistically leaving the team. How his son coaches will be interesting to watch.

That has been an issue in Jackson for decades. Each school should have been built their own field/stadium. But they were cheap and did not do that. Newell Field back in the day was an excellent facility. Don’t know why it was closed but if it was updated it would be a better field to host High School games than what has been shown in this thread.

I think Ole Miss wins comfortably but they will not cover for a couple of reasons. 1. I do think they will be looking ahead. 2. This is obviously not a Mike Leach Wazzou team but you know they will play above their heads. Ole Miss wins but doesn’t cover 42-17. 2. Bama-Missouri is an interesting game. Historically it is difficult to play three straight great games. Can Bama do that? I agree with you 83. Missouri gets the big win. 24-21. 3. All the metrics point to TX but I think OK wins an ugly (agree with 83 there) game. 12-10. 4. Arky-TN- Did Petrino ride a motorcycle to Knoxville? Most likely a lot of points will be scored. Tennessee wins bigly. 56-28. 5. A&M hosting FL. A&M’s defense is legit good and I think they will clean up some of their issues from last Saturday. FL plays hard but comes up short. 24-17 A&M with the win. 6. While Auburn maybe due, it is hard to trust Freeze & Co. Georgia finds a way to win again but the cracks are getting bigger. 24-20 Jawja. 7. SC @ Louisiana State. LSU’s offense has been stuck between neutral and first gear all year. That continues but they do eke out a win. 23-21. Halftime-USF 21, 21 UNT Can you spell U*G*L*Y. Both with three turnovers in the first half. Neither team is playoff caliber. Period.

Doubtful Meridian wins another game. Again there is talent but Gandy is just not HC worthy. Sadly I don’t even seeing us being competitive with any of the Division teams at this point.

Long story there. Partially goes all the way back to desegregation days in the late 1960’s when almost cities starting see white people move out of the city. But in Meridian about 15 years ago, the Meridian High white enrollment was still about 25-30%. It was still a good solid number. Here goes: 1. Around 2009-10, The School Board hired a black superintendent from Chicago. Now there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a black superintendent. But this guy came in and immediately and deliberately alienated all of the white teachers at the high school. These were veteran teachers who were excellent instructors. Guess what, they either retired or went to the county schools. 2. When RD Harris retired the second time as Principal, they promoted the wrong person to be Principal. I will not mention a name but discipline started slacking combined with now inexperienced teachers and school started sliding down the slope. 3. The SPLC goaded the Justice Department into filing a suit against the school district accusing them of a school to prison pipeline with juvenile offenders. That dragged on for several years until it was finally settled. Now discipline was totally destroyed and the High School was dealt a mortal blow as far as the white community was concerned. The white % is now maybe 5%. 4. There are now a lot of good kids at the high school but having a balanced enrollment of white/black/hispanic etc. kids makes a school better IMHO. In the present day, you have a relatively few students who can be problematic and then the perception of the school becomes worse than the reality. In a nutshell, that is it. It would be my hope that one day there will be more white students back at Meridian High. Up until about 15 years ago, it was one of the best high schools in Mississippi. And there is potential to get back to that academically and on the football field. For now it is only a hope. And a distance hope at that

I am very much a fair weather Saints fan (really a bandwagon fan). I liked Brees but since he retired I have not followed the Saints much. But I was watching in the 4th quarter when the above play happened. Left me SMH. I have no favorite NFL team but I do follow our Mississippi kids in the NFL. From all of our colleges. I understand Ole Miss fans being Giants fans today and LSU fans being Burroughs/Daniels fans when they faced off against the Saints. Just like I had mixed feelings when the Saints played Brett Favre in the NFC championship game years ago. Unless someone was born with a fleur-de-les in their hand I can understand split loyalties on the NFL level. College fan loyalty goes much deeper than the shallow NFL.

Not college football but when did a simple QB tackle for a sack become ruffing the passer? They just need to put a red jersey on the QB and flags on both hips. Just let it be flag football for the QB. This is NFL related and if you are a Saints fan. TYK what I am referring to.

Certainly agree that A&M is good but not great. Their D is good but they certainly took advantage of our makeshift OL. More undisciplined than us. Reed is okay but inconsistent. Not that we would have won the game but that motion penalty at the half yard line really hurt. We needed to score a TD there. We had their D on their heels. That one play flipped the momentum with our offense and their defense. Off week much needed. Definitely need to get several guys healthy and just reset everything. Florida is a bit of crapshoot. They did beat TX but how good is TX? They are on the road against A&M this week. That will be an interesting game to watch. Don’t want to anyone to be injured but if they get banged up some it would not hurt my feelings any. That game may be similar to last night. Kind of an ugly physical game where the offenses each struggle some.

Nightmare finish. Just hope it is not a season ending injury.

Penn State lost. What else is shocking today?

State-A&M. I really want to take State here but while I think we will be competitive I just don’t think we will prevail. A&M 28, State 24. Texas-Florida-ugly game of the week. TX leads 3-0 at the half. FL scores late but misses the XP to lead 6-3. TX kicks FG to tie it 6-6 at the end and then wins in OT 9-6. Vandy-Bama. Every one thinks Bama is going to smoke Vandy in a revenge win. And that may happen. Bama wins but not by much. 30-28. Georgia by a bunch over KY. Which Florida State will show up? I think they eek out a win and blow up Miami’s NC hope.

Quote “State downgraded majorly in uniforms for this week. The Croom era W-W-M look has never worked for me.” Please don’t tell me we are wearing the god awful maroon pants. They are almost as bad as the black uniforms. Road uniforms need to be all white with possibly a maroon helmet. Makes me not even want to watch the game. Sigh…uggghhh.

Dub, There is a new police chief and they are making some progress on the crime issue in the present day. City actually has some forward momentum going right now on several fronts. Slick, you are correct. The football program can be good again. A good young coach who can engage with the kids can make us a good again. CC is correct that sadly most of the white community has moved out in the county or their kids go to Lamar/Russell Christian. Not sure if that can ever be reversed, unfortunately. But the football program with the right coach can be good again. Hopefully it will happen at the conclusion of this season. And Vott you are correct that Norman has done a good job with the basketball team. We will see.