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So in other words Enterprise was just lucky to win 43 times then? And now Lady Luck has switched over to the C Bulldogs. Okay, then in that case Enterprise’s luck will change back over in 2061. Gonna be a long wait for that next win over your biggest rival.

Clarkdale is 6-43 overall against Enterprise but three of the six wins have come in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Are we seeing a changing of the guard? Three straight wins over the school located only seven miles away.

Carrying cash is still a good idea these days. Well for State it is Van Buren and/or Parson at QB. Two Freshmen. I am not even sure we will beat UMASS now. Tough blow for him and State as he had played relatively well this year in spite of our shortcomings. We are now certainly candidates for the ole Morton Salt Commercial… In other news, Tenner just manhandled OK. Not a big surprise either. They are really good this year.

Yep. Ole Miss fans were complaining last week after a 34 point win on the road against a P4 team.

Vandy is not a bad team at all and they are capable. Arkansas beat Auburn which was not a surprise. Unless there is a colossal upset, State is going to be 0-8 in the conference. Though at least offensively, we made some progress today. But the only way we will win a game is to score 50+ points.

Being able to run the ball is about the only positive I have seen today. State lost the game today and Florida did not lose the game today. That about sums it up.

Well his Dad is one of State’s orthopedic doctors and for him to get to come back home and play in the SEC would certainly be something I could see happening. We will see what develops there.

Florida-State…I have absolutely no idea. Anywhere from a FL blowout to a State blowout would not surprise me but I think Florida most likely wins comfortably. Georgia Southern will back door cover at Ole Miss. But OM will win comfortably. TN, USC both win. Michigan is a terrible team compared to last year. They are parallel to State in that they both had zero starters returning and have a new HC. Utah and Arkansas win…

I agree. It is a combination of several different factors. We are on our 5th coach in 7 years. That of in itself is a recipe for disaster. Throw in the factors both internal and external and we find ourselves in a tenuous position. Stability is a must and we need to ride with Lebby & Co. for several years. And unfortunately we are in an instant gratification generation along with a fan base that got a bit spoiled by sustained success over a 14 year period. That is all bad news. The silver lining is that you can build a roster faster in the current day if you are savvy and make the right decisions in the portal and in recruiting. We will see how it goes.

The Cowboys and State get the woeful defense award for the weekend. Neither defense stopped the other team’s offense the entire game. Wake Forest pulling out of the Ole Miss game next year is pathetic. They were okay with playing Ole Miss at home. And while they are not a power house they are generally respectable year in and year out. Pitiful. Each college team should rise to the occasion of playing a difficult opponent on the road. Sure puts OM in a tough spot. Maybe they will be able to find a suitable opponent. And 83, I agree the timing of all this is the worst part of it. I mentioned that Florida and State play Saturday. One team will lose and the other team will not lose. There will not be a winner just a non loser in that game.

I don’t think we are on life support. But last night was and I think will be the low point. I get your frustration 83 and we are now at ground zero. Do you have any suggestion on what could have been done differently when Leach died? That created a conundrum of events leading to where we are today. 20-20 hindsight is perfect. I think Dr. Keenum did the most appropriate thing he could do at the time given the circumstances. Would it have been better to make Arnett temporary through the bowl game? Obviously given what we know now, the answer is yes. But at the time a great majority the fan base was on board with that decision. Unfortunately, that was not done. We need to keep supporting Lebby & Co. and give him the time he needs to develop his program. That is going to be longer than we all anticipated. But it is not impossible either.

Pretty simple. We got destroyed tonight. No ifs ands or buts about it. I do think Lebby will get us back in to a competitive state but we are going to be on the short end for the next couple of years. The damage done post Leach’s death has been devastating. Not making excuses but we are worse than any Croom team and rival 2002 State team that was the worst that we have been over the last 25 years. But as bad as tonight was, it is not even close to how bad we were in the late 1960’s. I was completely wrong about tonight and this season quite frankly. I had false sense of hope that we were going to be at least competitive this year. That is not going to be the case.

Have not seen a State team this bad since 2002.

The bogus PI call was the most egregious. Calling the bump against Nuss was a bit of a stretch even if it was technically correct.

Of course I think they said Curles was the White Hat and if so that is no surprise. State fans know all too well about him.

LSU should have showered the officiating crew with money and roses after that **** show. Just completely handed the game to Red Stick on a silver platter. About as pathetic as I have seen.

AZ State slipped by TXST 31-28. The big man only had about 50 yards. Certainly not a good look for State when compare the two performances.

Texas State is an up and coming football program. Certainly no slouch as they were favored in this game. ASU is improved as well but with game being at TSU it is no surprise that it is a close game. Regarding State. Until we prove otherwise our defense is just plain bad. If we win any games this year we will have to score N of 40 points to do so.

The other factor in this is Home Schooling. That has grown tremendously over the recent years. Public school enrollment is in a downward spiral with a very few exceptions. And I think it will continue spiral downward in the years to come. In turn sports as we know it today will not be the same in 10-20 years. Your minor sports will not exist in public schools i. e. Soccer, volleyball, golf, archery, tennis, softball, baseball, bowling, weightlifting, etc. Those will be entirely travel type teams that will compete outside the school structure. Football and basketball will probably be the only two sports that will survive in the public school setting. IMHO.

State, Ole Miss, Bama all cover USCe covers and maybe even wins the game. BC covers. Misery is good but BC is not a bad team at all. Oregon State covers and hopefully wins. Not really sure about A&M-Florida. That might be the ugliest game of the weekend. Look for a low scoring boring game. 13-10 type of game but I don’t know who is going to win it. Tulane covers the points at Okie. Another intriguing game is Washington State @ Washington. Sentimental favorite is the Cougs but I would like to see Rogers play well for Washington. Give the home team the edge but I would not be surprised by a Wazzou victory. And back to the State game. After seeing the stats of the Toledo-UMASS game, if State does not roll in this game, it will be disappointing. They don’t appear to be even close to the team they have been over the last two seasons.

The UMASS-Toledo stats are misleading. UMASS out gained TOL by over 100 yards. Only had one TO, dominated TOP 44 mins-16 mins, ran 88 plays to 45 plays but yet lost 38-23. Really weird to do that and lose by 15 points. They did have almost 100 yards in penalties though.

Toledo is no slouch. Hopefully we will have a good week of practice and play well. With all roster changes this year, there are going to be multiple games similar to the NI-ND game yesterday. Maybe we can avoid that fate Saturday. One thing is for certain, we will not suffer from being overconfident after last night.

For them it worked out but that is a hefty gamble to take late in the game. Showed that their coach had no confidence in his defense. And of course they generally torched our defense all night long as well.

And one year makes a difference. This is Dillingham’s second year at ASU and the overall improvement is quite evident. Coaching experience makes a tremendous difference. Coaching stability is a must for State and in turn the roster will improve. But as you alluded, it will take some time. That is why I am not too concerned about what Ole Miss is doing currently. They have got it going on right now but we just need to focus on ourselves.

We look soft. Like Moorhead soft.