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Did not see that coming. But Florida is a much better team today than they were in September. For Ole Miss, the failure to cash in on your opportunities cost you all three games. I said at the beginning of the season, you usually have three games you can win on emotion and three stinker games a year. The key for Ole Miss was to find a way to win those three stinker games. They failed to do it. Most years an 8-3 record heading into the State-Ole Miss game would be welcome. Unfortunately for Ole Miss, not this year. Will be interested to see how OM plays Friday. They should be able to name the score against State and because it is a rivalry game, they should not be flat. We will see what happens.

The play with about 40 seconds left when were up by only one when Matthews fed Kugel for the slam was an ESPN top ten play of the night. Lots to like about this team so far. Hopefully we can continue to build on this early season success.

Ole Miss could be on a slippery slope @ Florida but not this year. Ole Miss wins a solid game 24-13. 83 called for State to win. It sure would be nice to see. I can envision this game being a high scoring wild and wooly game. State finally gets a bit of luck and some timely turnovers to win 41-38. Auburn’s JH voodoo has evaporated over the 3-4 years. A&M wins going away 28-17. Bama over Okie 42-16 Vandy beats LSU and it will not be an upset. 31-20. Can Kentucky pull one more road upset? Yes. Texas is flat and KY wins 20-17 as TX misses a late FG. Ohio State handles Indiana but it will not be easy 30-28. Army beats Notre Dame for the first time since 1958, 16-14 and the Cadets storm the field at Yankee Stadium. NCAA fines Army but a flood of GoMe donations cover the cost and more.

Big road win for State at SMU 84-79. Down as much as 13 in the first half. This game will look good on the resume later in the year.

Not really. Michigan is paying $10 million to a high school kid who currently plays or just completed high school football. Let that sink in. Great deal for him. He is set for life now.

Maybe 2-3 Maybe a couple No question that Georgia is a very good team but comparing them with teams in another conference is at best a crap shoot

Georgia has lost two games (two quality losses but nonetheless two losses). So as of now they are looking up the hill. If they keep winning all will take care of itself.

They will honor the players scholarships if they want to remain in school (and obviously not play football) until they graduate. I know Mitchell Butler transferred from USM to MC to play football last year so I hope he can find a home somewhere. He is a good football player.

I said last year he was a star in the making. And Kugel seemed to always kill us when he was at FL. I think he will be a good addition as well. Lot of good pieces with this team. We will see how they develop. Tough road game coming up that will tell us a bit more about this team.

Yep. As Al Davis used to say “Just win baby.” Florida will be a challenge but is a very winnable game. And though the State-Ole Miss game is a rivalry, it would take a colossal failure on Ole Miss’ part to lose that game. 10-2 gives you pretty good shot at making the playoff depending on what else happens.

Good second half by State for the win.

Hopefully bigger than 1,600. Utah is a quality opponent and this State looks to be good. Yesterday was tough being a football day (even with Ole Miss having an open date).

Kansas’ record of 3-6 was a bit deceiving as they played better football than the record indicated. Plus they had been playing better as of late. Not a surprise to me but that at least eliminates BYU unless they win the Big 12.

Ole Miss @ Florida has suddenly become a potentially dangerous game for Ole Miss. I think Ole Miss wins because it is often difficult to duplicate what Florida just did two weeks in a row. Plus Ole Miss should be at full strength. This will be a tricky road environment as well. I can envision this game being similar to the SCAR game but a bit closer for Ole Miss. The SEC is a jumbled mess right now. TX, A&M, TN, GA, AL& OM all have a chance to go to ATL. Will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

LSU has been a suspect team all year. And if not for some luck they would 4-6 right now. Florida has improved through the year.

I am guessing players don’t even have to attend classes anymore or maintain a GPA. Or presumably it is one of those (wink, wink) deals? With the money they are receiving what is the point of even taking classes?

ASU-BYU depends on the officiating. If they allow the BYU OL to bear hug the defense the whole game (like they did at State when BYU was undefeated in 2001, and they gifted them the win 41-38), then BYU wins. If not, then the Sun Devils will notch a win. Simple as that.

Teams/players are going to make mistakes/commit penalties but Ole Miss did a good job of not letting them affect the next play or series last night. That is a big key to play winning football.

I think there are some parallels between this game last night and the Bama-State game in 2017. Ole Miss aced it last night and it could certainly help not just this year but the future as well. After the 2017 game, it was apparent that Mullen he could not quite get there and decided to move on (to what can now be described as not greener pastures). I always maintained that Mullen left a year early. The 2018 team was set up for great success had he remained in place. I think Florida is just trying to get to the end of the season (same as State). Obviously anything is possible but Ole Miss would have to really f**k things up really bad to lose one of these two games. A couple of other observations: don’t look now but Bama is playing some good football. UGA, while still a really good football team, is not quite the juggernaut they were 2-3 years ago. Missouri has to be luckiest team west of the Mississippi. SCAR is quietly playing some good football (that win for Ole Miss is looking good now). LSU, who I have had as a suspect team all year, is very fortunate to be where they are today as they were gifted two wins (SC & OM).

A college player making more than most NFL players make in a season… The death knell of college football as we have known it will happen over the next decade if this continues like it is right now.

Mullen also inherited a very talented roster (except at QB) and a defense that had a number of NFL players on it. And if we are comparing first year coaches, Mullen’s 2009 team should have been 7-5 except his inexperience cost us a couple of games (HOU & LSU). Lebby inherited a gutted roster and on defense has had to try to make lemonade without any lemons (or at best a few). On similar notes the 2024 team is playing with similar effort/energy as the 2009 team did. My wife and I went to the UMASS game at Gillette Stadium in 2016 (a 47-35 State win). They don’t have a lot of talent but they are well coached and play hard. Now going forward Lebby will have to correct our defensive woes. I think we all know the offense will be good but we will see how we develop on the other side of the LOS. And that will tell the tale.

Woody playing Will tonight in a competitive game. Washington up 26-21 in the 4th quarter. Know it must seem strange to those two to be on opposite sides of the field. Kentucky is very much a Jekyll-Hyde team. Beat Ole Miss and lose to Georgia by 1 but turn around and look like crap at Florida. Tonight playing competitive against Tennessee at least to this point.

Maybe but Vandy is a tough out.

Since we are talking Juco football, congratulations to East Central on winning the South Division. First time in many years that has happened. HC Jonathan Webster looks to be a star rising in the coaching ranks. The Warriors have not been a very strong program but in two short years he has them playing very good football.

What purpose would the AD publicly speaking on this matter accomplish? It is evident that we are poor on defense. And 83 noted that back in the spring. The roster was gutted after last year especially on that side of the LOS. It is easy to blame the coaching staff as they are ultimately responsible. But until and hopefully this will start to get corrected with this recruiting/transfer cycle, we get SEC caliber players, it will not matter who the Defensive coaches are. We knew coming into the season that to win games we would have to outscore teams. Obviously we have failed to just that, to this point. The effort of the team has been a plus and hopefully we can win Saturday and maybe steal a win over the next three games.