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My mistake…mind fails occasionally….i had forgotten about the COVID outbreak… Thank you for the correction. But the main point remains.

Same thing happened to State two years ago when 10 starters quit and we were embarrassed by TT 34-7 in the Liberty Bowl. I love having the bowl games but with the playoffs starting next year, I would look for the remaining bowls to be culled to about 15 or 20 at the most. At least that would knock down the number of teams playing to about 30-40 (outside the 12 playoff teams) lessens the impact of the players that quit.

Embarrassing for FSU that 16 starters quit the team before the bowl game. Opt out is such a pathetic term. Everyone those players QUIT THEIR TEAM. And not just Florida State’s but any and all who did so.

Part of that was it was the Egg Bowl and the State defense played really well. More credit there and in a rivalry game, those kind of games happen. Ole Miss folks were critical of the offense but each team had three scoring opportunities and Ole Miss cashed theirs in for 17 and State only had 7. Both defenses dominated that game.

Oh the horrors, Ole Miss has let Penn State score 25 points. That must be a record output for that offense…. Sarcasm noted I hope….

Breck Tyler transferred from State to Ole Miss in 1978 after Coach Tyler stepped down at State. Which was understandable being his Dad coached at OM when he was a youngster. And when he suffered an excruciating broken ankle in the 1980 State -Ole Miss game, it was his former State teammates who carried him off the field. That said, I thought I would never see that happen again but with the unrestricted free agency these days I suspect there will be plenty more players who will go from State>Ole Miss>State in the years to come. Not sure what to think about it as it is disappointing to see a player transfer to your rival. But that is the players discretion.

Oh he is a good player and a good pick up for Ole Miss. Penn State has the number 1 defense in the nation yet a bad State team held Ole Miss to 17. Just thought I would throw that out there.

As I suspected Ole Miss is running the ball better the longer the game goes. Ole Miss reminds of those old Florida teams that were known for passing but were great fourth quarter running teams.

These announcers are so pro Penn State that should be an embarrassment to ESPN. To counter the supposed SEC bias, it appears they instructed them to slant the broadcast for the B1G.

What a joke of a commercial. A football means everything to a college football player? Sadly not anymore with these players quitting their teams these days…before the season is complete.

Still not bad for OM. Basically a lucky bounce for Penn State led to that TD. Those kind of things tend to even out over a game.

Talk about luck ugggghhh

In the first quarter Kiffin >>> Franklin

Penn State is stupid for just not running the ball. Throwing the ball is great for Ole Miss. i hope they keep throwing the ball.

This is what is pathetic about TV. Great play on special teams and then they go to a commercial. Kills all the momentum. ESPN is for Penn State along with the officials.

Ole Miss got royally screwed there. Should have a TD Then that should have a PF on PSU on the center for OM. Pathetic officiating. Must be B1G refs.

Great play calling by PSU for Ole Miss by calling two pass plays there… If they had kept running the ball it would be 7-0 Nice break for OM. Hopefully the offense will settle down now and remember how to block.

Ole Miss needs to crowd the box. 6 in the box is not going to get it. Trust your CB’s to play Man and stop the run.

Well uggggghhh… not a good start by Ole Miss three plays with a loss of three , incomplete pass and all an almost interception…

Certainly a great win for Mizzou. And a great season at 11-2. They very well could have beaten LSU. That was one heck of a game. Played tough at Georgia as well. But projecting them to be 11-1 in the SEC in 2024 is a bit of a stretch. Or even 10-2. They are a very good team but next year they are going to have a target on their back and they are going to get everyone’s best shot. They are going to probably lose a game or two that they expected to win for that very reason. I will say 8-4 with a chance of 9-3 and an outside chance of 10-2.

AZ with a 38-24 convincing win over OK. Lot of my State friends derided me back in September because I said AZ was a really good team at that time and the win would look good at the end of the season. Depending on who wins and loses above them, that team may finish in the top ten in the final poll. Matt Wyatt accurately pointed out back in September before the game that AZ had done well in the portal and was now in their third year with a good HC. Now obviously AZ would have smoked State later in the year but it was fortunate for us that the game was played early. I have not watched much of the bowl games just because I have been busy but yesterday during the Rutgers game the commentators were discussing a player who told his HC not to play him anymore because he had played in 4 games and did not want to lose his FR status because he had already decided to enter the transfer portal during the season. That is so ridiculous. Imagine a player telling his coach “don’t play me.” College football is headed toward a dark age because the quality of the product is going go down, down, down.

That is the conventional wisdom. But it depends on how a team with lots of new players gels. This year, Ole Miss hit the jackpot but there is no guarantee that will happen again. If it does, then 10-2/11-1 is very possible. If it doesn’t, then things could unravel. IMO, the latter is not likely but it is possible. This is the future of college football. Potentially high ceilings but if the bottom falls out it could be messy.

Really good win against a good Rutgers team in what was basically a home game for them. And as I mentioned before with Tolu and Bell that really gives Coach some inside beef. I doubt very many teams have two inside guys with their level of experience and talent. Would be good if he can play some minutes in this next game before we start conference play.

That is interesting. Conventional wisdom says it is probably Bama but his Dad played at State and with Lebby at State now his opportunity to play early and often is certainly much higher at State. Barring injury, he will play on Sunday’s down the road regardless of which college he goes to.

Nice comeback win in the 4th quarter for the State women over a good Colorado State on the road. Down 8 at the start of quarter number 4 and then won by 7. Looks both State & Ole Miss have solid hoops on the women side and I was going to add USM in there but after beating OM recently they have promptly lost two straight to drop to 7-2 on the season.