Long Beach Mike

How about my Bulldogs. No? OK. I'll make a prediction. MSU wins at Open Date 3-0 in overtime.

Yeah, I hate it too but I can't blame the kid.

Plenty of surprises this weekend. It's what I love about college football.

Meet the new Vanderbilt, except without the gaudy SAT/ACT scores.

I did not watch the second half. Did the MSU defense adjust? I see they held ASU to as field goal while scoring 24 points and threatening a fourth quarter comeback.

Good for Vandy. Hope their season continues to surprise and impress. As for us...well, nowhere to go but up.

Got a feeling this deck will get shuffled a good bit as the season goes on.

I think it's sad that the ACC has fallen so far they don't have their own SDS channel and have to hang out here in SEC land.

I think it's sad that the ACC has fallen so far they don't have their own SDS channel and have to hang out here in SEC land.

Nice to see MSU with an SEC caliber offence. Lower half of the SEC but still. Ditto, Vandy. They certainly looked better vs. Va Tech than SC did vs. ODU. Florida was just a mess vs. what could be a solid Miami, but they better show up next week. Lose to Samford (and I can see this happening) and heads will roll.

Are we even going to get a full game report?

As did fellow "celler dweller" MSU.

It may be a long time before we see a relevant MSU football program thanks to NIL. It will probably take a couple of lucky play-maker recruits from in-state along with some decent defensive recruiting. That or a huge lucky hit on a head coaching hire that attracts some sec-worthy recruits. Of course after 3 or 4 years of ever increasing success, a bigger program will snatch away said head coach followed by a massive exodus of talent in the portal.

Briefly. Nice of O'Gara to throw us a bone.

Will ring the bell slowly in memory of the senior Coach Kiffin.

Why ACC, I apologize. I forgot you were there. You may go now.

I feel ya, Rebel. We had two tough years after our CWS championship. Here's hoping both teams improve next year.

So I guess the SEC is about to consume the ACC. Might help during basketball season. And it would add more teams that Vandy could beat now and then.

Not me, GeauxTigers8. And probably no one else who regularly checks in on SDS. Only reason I even opened this blog was to post this complaint.

Carr has only been QB in NOLA for one year? Seems longer than that, somehow. *sigh*

"Mississippi State — Offensive tackle is the only offensive position to produce a first-rounder in the 21st century" Odd, indeed. MSU does have six first rounders currently playing defense in the NFL. So maybe Mullin and Leach didn't produce any first rounders on offence but they apparently had some coaching talent on their defensive staffs. I do think a few QB-hungry NFL teams wish they had grabbed Dak Prescott.

I have no idea who will be the next coach at Alabama. But I'm looking forward to watching Saban offer his thoughts about college football on ESPN.

Will will always be part of the maroon and white family. All the best to you, Cowboy.

So based on the results of Carter's "long talk with...god" [sic] it appears that maybe the Almighty is not be an MSU fan. That explains a lot.

I have to agree with most of your comment, ehopkins. Olson got carried away with the whole "flip" narrative. But our recruiting ranking is much better than you suggest. Per another sds blog: "Mississippi State...class of 2024...sits at No. 40 nationally, according to 247Sports Composite rankings." Way better than 45. ok. Maybe not that much better. As you were.

Lot of Ole Miss fans commenting in this MSU blog, and showing all the class and style we have come to expect from the land of the peeing dog and the thrown shoe.

The Fisher buyout makes aTm look like one of those wildly overpriced "vintage" clothing boutiques. But I guess that makes MSU the Dollar General of the SEC.

Look. We all know Georgia will elevate their game enough to get a W over a really good Mizzou. That's what Georgia does and what they have done for the last three years. They play down to weaker opponents but ball out vs really good teams. Given that, Bama-LSU outcome won't matter as far as playoffs go. Winner will face Georgia and that will be that. Playoffs? It's Georgia. It's always been Toretto...er, Georgia. (Meanwhile I give the edge to the Tide at home this weekend but an upset wouldn't shock me in what should be a really fun match-up.)* *This entire post may age poorly because college football.

Tell that to K J Jefferson.

"Even when the Bulldogs were trying to run the clock out late in the fourth quarter, he [Marks} wasn’t seeing the ball a lot." Did you even watch the game? Marks wasn't getting many carries in the fourth quarter because he was on the sidelines wearing a boot to protect his aggravated ankle injury. Talk about lazy reporting!