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Wow. I am really glad for Dillon Johnson. It was a shame in the way his time at State ended last year. 28 carries, 152 yards tonight. He was the MAN on that field. If they win the NC , it will be fine with me!!!

Wow. I am really glad for Dillon Johnson. It was a shame in the way his time at State ended last year. 28 carries, 152 yards tonight. He was the MAN on that field. If they win the NC , it will be fine with me!!!

Quote “Just wait until that field looks like a disced horse pasture by tomorrow night” “Rain will do that but still better looking than that Coe pasture in Starkville. Then there is a difference of 30,000 seats.” Did you just fall off a turnip truck? The cow (not sure what a coe is) pasture in Starkvegas is easily the best field in Mississippi and in the nation. It will handle the rain just fine as there are pumps under the field to drain the water. 30,000 seats? Both stadiums seat just over 60K with Oxford Jr. college being just slightly larger.

For 7A schools, there should plenty of students to fill out your various teams and still excel at all of them. I get it that today is all about specialization. But even with kids not playing multiple sports, there should be plenty of kids to fill the void in the bigger schools.

Very good win for Ole Miss. NCSTATE is typically a good BB team. A good confidence boost for the squad.

I would not put too much into this one game. You never want to lose a game but every once in a while you need to experience failure so you can reset and play better. It is still early in the season and basketball is still one of those games where on a given night you can be beat by a team not as a good. I went to the game against Nicholls and though we won I got the sense that we were playing a bit lackadaisical during that game. As if winning was a given instead of being earned. And if I noticed it I suspect Coach Jans did as well. He can use this game as a good coaching opportunity going forward.

Players like playing time so the portal could be a good thing this year just based on the fact that we have so many seniors on the team and a lot of positions are going to be open.

I hope he keeps some of the current staff such as Knox, Turner, Hughes and Bumphis. Those four are solid coaches who are good recruiters. Plus there would be some continuity with the returning players. I do like the hire. I am sure some people will criticize it because he is not a sitting HC. So there is some risk here but that is a given. Hopefully we can turn a new page and put the last twelve months in the rear view mirror. I can envision Lebby being similar to the AZ situation where they struggled in year 1. Continued to struggle in year 2 but in the second half of the season, saw some improvement and now this year, they have blossomed in to a very good team. I can see him doing that at State.

When I hear he gets three years I cringe. This microwave way of hiring and firing coaches and players for that matter these days is making college football much worse IMO. If Lebby is indeed the new coach, I would like to see him have at least 5 years (through ups and downs). I know State contracts are maximum 4 years but as a State fan and alum for over 60 years, I would like to see some stability in the football program. We need someone in place for a while going forward. At least that is my opinion. And I know with NIL and the transfer portal, that constant turnover is here to stay. Leaves me disheartened about the current state of college football now and going forward. The overall product is going to decline precipitously.

Let me introduce you to the 1985 Meridian High defense. Outscored the opposing team’s offenses for the entire year (37-34), had nine shut outs on the year, held Starkville’s RB David Fair to under 100 yards both times they faced them (the only team do that in his high school career), led by DT Demetrius Hill (father of Daniel Hill) who was the BEST high school defensive player I have ever seen in my life. He was unblock-able. Teams double and triple teamed him and still did not matter. All that to say I understand WJ has a great defense and I believe they will win the State championship next week.

OG wins over Starkville 42-31 WJ wins over Grenada. 28-21 Laurel in the SC is a surprise and WP should roll here but I am going to pick an upset here. Laurel outscores WP 37-35. Don’t really know much about the lower classes but here goes: 4A-Louisville 28, Columbia 10 3A-Nox County 35, Winona 28 2A-Charleston 21, Heidelberg 27 1A-VJ 35, Biggersville 29.

If both teams play their A+ game then Oak Grove wins. Starkville has played well down the stretch but OG is another level this year. Just feels like it will be their year. OG 42-31.

My Dad was a classmate of Archie’s dad back in the 1920’s and he said the Manning’s were originally State fans. That would be ironic if Arch went to State. However, the chance of that happening is about the same as Biden getting reelected next year.

I would suspect the kids playing are excited to play in a SEC venue. I do agree that the atmosphere is better at USM because it is a more intimate environment for the fans. I think a six year rotation among the big three is the best set up. The following would be one example of how it could rotate: 2023-Oxford 2024-Starkvegas 2025-Hattiesburg 2026-Starkvegas 2027-Oxford 2028-Hattiesburg It could be done like this as well: 2023-Oxford 2024-Starkvegas 2025-Hattiesburg 2026-Hattiesburg 2027-Oxford 2028-Starkvegas Personally I enjoyed the games in Jackson at the Vet but like State & Ole Miss playing games on campus since the 1990’s, I now prefer them on the college campuses these days. Travel time is certainly difficult for the S teams/fans going to Oxford and the N teams/fans going to Hattiesburg. But that is unavoidable because MS is 340 miles in distance from the TN line to the coast.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you as well!!! Tough Egg Bowl result last night but saw State win a basketball game today in the renovated Hump.. It is very nice!!!!

He has one year left and I wish him all the best. The change in offense neutered him and then the injury was very unfortunate. Last night he played with great effort but you could tell he was not 100%. Something not mentioned but that I think is worth a mention is that the State fan base last night was awesome and crowd was electric all the way until the end. It could have been easy for people to throw in the towel but these last two games showed up and were loud. Now on to a fresh start with a new coach and some much needed stability in the program.

Yes you are right. The bowl win was good. The AZ win was good but beyond that the has been a devastating year for State football. Tonight each team had three scoring opportunities. Ole Miss scored all three times and State scored once. What happened to Walley? One of our best players and he was hardly on the field at all this year. Marks is a good player but unfortunately he has been injury prone most of his career. The offensive coordinator hire was definitely a bad hire though at the time it seemed good. Defense was very inconsistent but played much better in the last two games.

Defense easily played the best game of the year. Rogers just had no arm strength at all. Have to cash in on scoring opportunities and we failed to do so. Ole Miss did so. And That effectively tells the tale.

Game was closer than I thought and unfortunately two missed FG’s kept it from being closer. Great call by Ole Miss on their second TD. Questionable Offensive PI called on State was biggest play of the 4th quarter. Instead of having a first down inside the 20 we were backed up with a third and 19. But credit to Ole Miss for persevering in a tough win. Proud of the State guys for a great effort. Especially the defense. To hold that offense to 17 points was remarkable.

This game should be a slam dunk for Ole Miss. But where rivalries are concerned it is generally not a slam dunk. State, for whatever the reasons, has not played any game this year up to the perceived potential of the team. Ole Miss OTOH, has really played well all season save two quarters against Bama and three quarters against UGA (and that says more about those teams than it does about Ole Miss). How the State coaching situation plays in to this is hard to tell. It can easily cut two ways. So I am going to go with conventional wisdom and say Ole Miss wins 38-17. Bama beats Auburn 28-14. Florida over Free Shoes 42-35 Clemson 30 SCAR 27 UGA 40 Tech 17 A&M upsets LSU 35-34 Arkansas shocks Missouri 35-27 Tenn 24 Vandy 7 Kentucky 28 Louieville 20 other rivalry games Winners: Ohio State, Washington, AZ, Oregon, Virginia, And I have no idea who is playing NMSU but I am picking the other team to win.

I like Oak Grove to beat Brandon. No particular reason other than I think they are the better team if both teams play their A game. I know the game is at Brandon but OG is road tested so I don’t think that will be a huge advantage to Brandon. Starkville beats MC in a tough game. That will have us with a State-USM rematch to be played at Ole Miss in a bit of irony…

Quote “How bout Jackson State beating Missouri yesterday?” They almost beat us last year. Anything can happen on a given night in basketball. Mo Williams has done a good job over there.

Wow. I just watched the condensed version of the NW and State game. We were down 11-0 right out of the gate. And were down by as many as 12 in the first half to a very good team. Hubbard looks like a modern day Chris Jackson. Incredible range and fast as lightning. After the early flurry of turnovers I thought we played well and then the second half, we really dominated overall. An excellent weekend for the hoop dawgs!

The fact that NMSU beat Auburn was not that surprising. Those upsets happen from time to time. But the fact they totally dominated the game makes it rank up there with the Maine win over State has one of the worst defeats in the history of the SEC.

He will either come back or transfer. He is not a NFL QB. I actually thought looked decent today. Certainty not a poor kid who is scared of his own shadow. He was a bit tentative early but settled in nicely as the game moved along. The fact that we have receivers with brick hands hurt him today. At least six or maybe more very catchable passes were dropped.