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Ummm Ocean Springs is certainly favored over Meridian and to add a qualifier for them to have any chance is a bit of gamesmanship. They have earned the position as being the favorite based on their play this year. Gulfport winning over Pearl would not be an upset.

I have said that this year’s Ole Miss’ team reminds me of the ‘99 State team. Obviously this OM team is much better offensively than that State team but lots of parallels in the teams found/finding ways to win close games. That State team was 10-2 and Ole Miss is headed towards a 10 or possibly more win season this year.

Arkansas beats Florida in OT. Florida deserves it for wearing black uniforms… They are so ugggggghhhhh.

Ballgame unless does the Ole Miss/State usual dumb thing to let them back in it. Which we have seen both teams do far too many times.

But leave it to Ole Miss to open the door by allowing a blocked FG to keep completely turn the game around. And then Kiffin leaves a point on the board that hopefully will not bite him in butt. First drive of the third quarter extremely important. If Ole Miss holds then I think they go on to win comfortably. But if A&M scores, then it will be a dog fight to the end.

Brandon, Oak Grove and Pearl all win. The only game that has some intrigue (IMO) is Meridian at Ocean Springs. Ocean Springs is the clear favorite but the game may not be a gimme. Usually the number 1 seed has a an easy first round game. This one will not be a cake walk for OS though they should win. This is an interesting dynamic in that historically Meridian would be the team to beat and OS would be the underdog. Completely opposite now. Lotta pressure on Ocean Springs whereas Meridian has nothing to lose. Think OS wins 42-35 but an upset is not out the question. Should be a fun game for the fans to watch.

Wonder what he and Leach talking about? Who was better at throwing chairs/benches? LOL…

He has done an excellent job in a short time here at Meridian. He has taken a very limited team and improved them tremendously. And yes we are still very flawed but he has proven that coaching does matter and when kids buy in good things happen. There are only 5 Seniors playing. Now granted, one of them is Daniel Hill. But one great player can’t carry a team by himself. Coach Boyles has been able to spread the ball around and use him in a productive manner but not to the extent of overusing him. The overall future looks bright. Pearl is a good team so we will have our work cut out for us tonight. Hopefully we can get the win and go into the playoffs with a lot of momentum and confidence.

True but it also represents a great opportunity… to be the best you have to beat the best. This A&M game though first for Ole Miss has me worried.

I have an uneasy feeling about A&M and Ole Miss. Ole Miss should win but I have had nagging feeling about this game all week. I am going to go with Ole Miss 24-23 in a nail biter but it could go the other way very easily. We now what State is and that is not going to change now at least from what I have seen. Kentucky breaks the losing streak and wins for the first time at State since 2008, 20-14. Bama 38, LSU 35. But LSU scores late to make it look closer than it will really be. Georgia 40, Misery 12. Mizzou is going get drilled. Florida wins an ugly game over Arkansas 31-26. Turnovers lead to more points being scored. Auburn plays flat against Vandy and loses a game they should win…20-17. OK, Washington and KState all win. Southern Miss finally plays a team worse than themselves. Eagles win big over NE Louisiana err Louisiana-Monroe…48-30. UCLA @ AZ. AZ is quietly putting together a good season. Look for the Wildcats to slash the Bruins 34-17.

Georgia also plays at Tennessee later in the month. If they sweep the next three they will have earned it.

Doubtful but if all the SEC teams end up with two losses, the conference could be left out of the playoff this year. The rest of the country would have an org**m if that were to happen. The conference is definitely a bit down this year so it is not out of the realm of possibilities.

QB’s don’t throw 72% in practice…LOL

State with a tough 60-54 win. Obviously it was an exhibition game but still was a good win on road against a good team.

1988 Tech & 10. Maine was 2004. Ironically that same State team beat Florida & Kentucky. Also lost to UAB and Vandy as well. In fairness, that was Croom’s first year and he had purged the team about 20 talented but extremely undisciplined players off the team. People can debate his approach but at the time, it was needed. I love Coach Sherrill but he had completely lost the team in 2002-03.

USM is very over matched. This is not the USM team of the early ‘80’s with Collier, Winder and company. If USM plays way over their head and State sleep walks, State will still win an ugly game…35-20. USM’s defense is not the nasty bunch from 1981. They would have trouble stopping a good Juco offense. The last two games they have given up 100+ points to two average Sunbelt teams. State has won the last five games against USM. It will be six in a row after November 18th. All that to say, that is not saying much about State but on the contrary of far the USM program has fallen since 2011.

And Bo Nix is playing very well. Oregon could still get into the playoff depending on how the rest of the season goes.

Meanwhile USM played a gritty game at App State but came up a smidgen short.

And a lot depends on how this UK-UT goes in the second half. This is a big emotional game for UK and next week maybe a tough sled for them depending on how this tilts in the third/fourth quarters.

Watching UT-UK right now, if Marks is back and healthy next week I think we can run the ball successfully against them. Now that doesn’t necessarily translate into a victory. Just an observation from me.

While KY is a decent team, that is a game that State is capable of winning especially if a healthy Woody and Rogers are back. Wright did not necessarily play bad today but it was not winning football. He had the one bad pass for the INT. And of course we missed a TD in two different plays by mere inches.

Every State conference loss has seen the other team jump out to a multiple score lead early. Defense played well in the second half to give us a chance to get back in the game. Just did not take advantage of our opportunities. Simple as that.

Well scratch that thought.

And just like that. If State scores here, it is a game. And you know Auburn’s a** crack will tighten up if the game gets down to a TD lead.

We are playing better football. I listened to Coach Boyles before the game last night and he was talking about our OL being very inexperienced at the beginning of the year and that they have jelled during the season. Part of that might coach speak but in this case I think he was being honest. So yes I think we will be a problem for any team on the coast that we get matched up with. Even Ocean Springs as well even though they would be clearly favored if that match up came to be.