pancho Posted August 13, 2025 Share Posted August 13, 2025 If Lebby can beat AZ State and start 4 and ) there is no reason they can't snag 2 more and get 6 wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasbeen67 Posted August 13, 2025 Share Posted August 13, 2025 You're pretty much playing all the Marshall players who had eligibility left and the best USM players. I don't know about the ones that transferred, but they had a pretty good season last year. So who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted August 13, 2025 Share Posted August 13, 2025 Lebby must have to O operating well and I figure the state D keeps USM under 20 points for the msu win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted August 14, 2025 Share Posted August 14, 2025 I think USM will be improved under Coach Huff and they are going to be successful. But playing State in the first game is going to be a tough way to start the season. And with Lebby being in his second season, State should be a more polished team. Even with the 11A start it should be a great atmosphere in Hattiesburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted August 14, 2025 Share Posted August 14, 2025 I assume the rock is already sold out for this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted August 15, 2025 Share Posted August 15, 2025 So Miss has absolutely no chance in this one. It would be the biggest upset of the college football season for the entire 2025 season. The talent gap is just way too wide. I do believe So Miss can have a winning season. Even the absolute worse team in a Power 4 conference (ACC Big 12 Big 10 SEC) would destroy the best team in the Sunbelt. I will say MSU 35 Marshall South (USM)10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David44 Posted August 15, 2025 Share Posted August 15, 2025 3 hours ago, Vott said: So Miss has absolutely no chance in this one. It would be the biggest upset of the college football season for the entire 2025 season. The talent gap is just way too wide. I do believe So Miss can have a winning season. Even the absolute worse team in a Power 4 conference (ACC Big 12 Big 10 SEC) would destroy the best team in the Sunbelt. I will say MSU 35 Marshall South (USM)10 you certainly may be correct about USM in this game. However, I don't think the worst of the power 4 would always beat some of the top Sunbelt teams. 2023 Marshall 26 Notre Dame 21 2022 Appalachian State 17 Texas A&M 14 2022 Georgia Southern 45 Nebraska 42 2024 Louisiana 41 Wake Forest 38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted August 17, 2025 Share Posted August 17, 2025 On 8/15/2025 at 10:00 AM, David44 said: you certainly may be correct about USM in this game. However, I don't think the worst of the power 4 would always beat some of the top Sunbelt teams. 2023 Marshall 26 Notre Dame 21 2022 Appalachian State 17 Texas A&M 14 2022 Georgia Southern 45 Nebraska 42 2024 Louisiana 41 Wake Forest 38 The question of the day is exactly how good is USM relative to other Sun Belt teams that have pulled upsets? I realize they brought a lot of guys over from Marshall including the QB. But it was roughly about 5 starters from Marshall, so not exactly the whole team that won the conference last year. USM will almost certainly be improved, but it was a 1-11 team last year. Are they improved enough to from that to beating an SEC team in Week 1? I’m skeptical on that front…. Unless State is the same or worse than they were last year, which I’m not expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted August 17, 2025 Share Posted August 17, 2025 It appears that USM has some good skill players but we know most often games are won and lost at the LOS. In this game, I believe State will have a significant advantage on both sides of the LOS. Emotion can carry you for a while but as 83 noted, State appears to be much improved this year. It is the first game of the year, so as always there are a lot of unknowns. An upset by USM is a long shot as anything can happen in a one game scenario. It would be unexpected but it would not be the most colossal upset of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted August 22, 2025 Share Posted August 22, 2025 Thoughts on the 9 game conference schedule. Obviously for State & Ole Miss, it adds one more tough game plus one P4 game to the schedule. Ten P4 games plus one G5 and maybe one FCS or possibly two G5 games. Expectations need to be aligned towards winning 6 games in an average season and 8-10 games every 4th or 5th season with those seasons having a shot at the playoffs. That is just being realistic. If they go to the 16 team playoff, then l look for the bowl games to be culled down to maybe 15-20 tops. But it may even be down to ten bowl games. IMO, there will be room for some of them to remain over the Christmas break to fill in between the playoff games. If they keep the bowl games, then the NIL agreements need to specify that the player must play in all of the games (unless injured) to receive their stipends. What say you all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted August 22, 2025 Share Posted August 22, 2025 I agree and ( games only makes Lebbys rebuild job even harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted August 22, 2025 Share Posted August 22, 2025 18 minutes ago, pancho said: I agree and ( games only makes Lebbys rebuild job even harder. It does. And even though Kiffin has got a good thing going at Ole Miss it is going to make his task more difficult too. Just not to the extent of Lebby’s. But even your top tier teams are going to struggle to win 10 games in the regular season. I can foresee multiple 8-9 win teams in the years ahead. 10-2 will be a great season in the year’s ahead (IMHO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted August 22, 2025 Share Posted August 22, 2025 I do agree. There are simply going to be very good teams who will end up with a 7-5 type record due to how competitive the league is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted August 24, 2025 Share Posted August 24, 2025 On 8/22/2025 at 12:25 PM, Bulldogs4 said: Thoughts on the 9 game conference schedule. Obviously for State & Ole Miss, it adds one more tough game plus one P4 game to the schedule. Ten P4 games plus one G5 and maybe one FCS or possibly two G5 games. Expectations need to be aligned towards winning 6 games in an average season and 8-10 games every 4th or 5th season with those seasons having a shot at the playoffs. That is just being realistic. If they go to the 16 team playoff, then l look for the bowl games to be culled down to maybe 15-20 tops. But it may even be down to ten bowl games. IMO, there will be room for some of them to remain over the Christmas break to fill in between the playoff games. If they keep the bowl games, then the NIL agreements need to specify that the player must play in all of the games (unless injured) to receive their stipends. What say you all? Why do A.D."s feel like its necessary to play a couple of easy non conference games? I see nothing wrong playing the sec schedule and your non conference games being against say clemson ohio st Kansas st and USC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 might go 0 for 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted August 27, 2025 Share Posted August 27, 2025 On 8/24/2025 at 3:06 PM, Vott said: Why do A.D."s feel like its necessary to play a couple of easy non conference games? I see nothing wrong playing the sec schedule and your non conference games being against say clemson ohio st Kansas st and USC. Because if you get that schedule in a down year you might go 0-12 and set your program back for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted August 27, 2025 Share Posted August 27, 2025 31 minutes ago, Dawg83 said: Because if you get that schedule in a down year you might go 0-12 and set your program back for years. But if you go 0-10 against all FBS opponents and 2-0 vs say Mercer and Tennessee-Chattanooga you still havent accomplished anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted October 7, 2025 Share Posted October 7, 2025 There's apparently some good news on Fluff. Don't know how much time he'll miss, but we will see him again it appears very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1nglewing Posted December 11, 2025 Share Posted December 11, 2025 Clown Show in Michigan today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted December 11, 2025 Share Posted December 11, 2025 they had this info and evidently waited til today to make it public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 12, 2025 Share Posted December 12, 2025 Maybe he and Cannizaro can compare notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted December 12, 2025 Share Posted December 12, 2025 I think this is worse than cann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Jackson Arnold to UNLV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Hey, wouldn’t put it past Mullen at all to figure out something with Arnold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Losing Boise on the schedule will do them wonders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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