coastfootballfanman

Just saw on Twitter, Tim Lala is leaving St. Stanislaus after 1 season.

I honestly do not see State landing any of the high profile portal guys at QB. Take what you have and begin to build the best you can. Like you said, find some weapons to build around them. State is a team that should try and develop. Starkville is not a destination program that is going to attract the big portal guys. Development is going to be key for State going forward

He is a sophomore I believe.

I honestly believe he may be coming back to Pearl. He has a grandchild now and I believe his daughter is still in school at Mississippi State. Would be much closer to her and back in his home state. He does have a great thing with Nixa going so he may not want to leave that.

Hopefully that is the case. Although I am curious about the Biloxi hire because I was told they missed on the 2 big fish they wanted.

Seems a little odd that neither Biloxi or Petal have announced anything. Seems telling.

An interesting idea I have heard is to let the host site be determined by who is Home/Away that year. So if the South is home team that year, play it at USM. If North is home, rotate between Mississippi State and Ole Miss. Every other year would be at USM (which a lot of people like) and then every other year it bounces between two really great SEC stadiums.

I just hate the committee aspect now. The human element and making things about money ruin it. I wish they could mesh the BCS model with CFP. Let the algorithm determine the 12 best teams based on a certain criteria and then whoever is ranked 1-12 is in.

Benjie Merchant from Oak Grove? if I remember correctly, he is a Pearl graduate as well?

What is OG going to be like next year? Chance for another run or sort of reload?

You are correct there. Pearl popping open last night could throw a wrench in the plan of him to Biloxi too.

Well I read somewhere that it is a Gulf Coast crew calling this game and if so, it makes total sense. Gulf Coast officials were absolutely horrendous this year in my opinion. Every crew was horrible.

Not to take anything away from Reynolds and his staff, but if you gave Pierson this team in year one the results are probably the same. You’re talking about and all time great defense in state history in an era where offensive football usually dominates.

Stockstill is pretty much the guy at Biloxi I have been told. Obviously no sure thing right now but apparently he is the guy.

No way I could do that drive that often! No way.

You are definitely right, Dub. I just liked it being central for everyone to travel. I do not mind the rotating thing because honestly, it is more about/for the kids and while some of us may not like it, the kids I am sure truly enjoy playing in the Big 3 stadiums.

About like Hattiesburg, huh? Heck, you guys cannot even win a playoff game IN Hattiesburg. LOL. For Picayune it is roughly 3 hours and 45 mintues to Oxford and almost 5 hours to Oxford. Conversely, for a team like Biggersville, it would be over 5 hours to Hattiesburg for them. In my opinion, the games need to get back to the Jackson area. I do like Hattiesburg more than the others, but I feel for travel and all, it is best to play it somewhere in the Jackson area.

South Teams having to continually travel north 2 out of the 3 years is ideal though?

Just use their names for crying out loud! LOL

Is he a Stringer guy? Just seems weird to leave the factory he has built at Bay Springs for Stringer.

I hope not with Kennedy. Not a huge fan of his from what I have seen of his offensive line

Well inform us then, who are they? Bilderback, Causey?

I believe that is him. Was at Pratville when they were really successful I think?

I have heard a recently retired football coach from coastal Alabama with a few state championships to his name has applied for Biloxi job. Stockstill I was told was contacted by Biloxi very early in the process about his interest. Was also told a few local coast Head Coaches put in for the job as well.

Seeing Blake Baker's name pop up in discussion for Defensive Coordinator. He would be a good one in my opinion.