Long Beach Mike

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!

In all honesty I can't see us ahead of Arkansas. They have better losses.

As to 4-8, we should beat Southern Miss. And who knows. They could have a rare good day and take out A&M because we just seem like their kryptonite As good as Kentucky is, the home team has won that matchup every year for a while now. And an egg bowl win is always possible because Egg Bowl. So 6-6 is possible if unlikely.

"Biggest Concern: Will Rogers’ Continuous Poor Play Against Alabama" I don't think that is much of a concern going forward, unless Rogers somehow comes up with yet another year of eligibility.

Y'all know what they say about new coaches. Give them some time to recruit players who fit their systems. Been saying that in College Station for, what, ten or twelve years? PS: Agree with all of the above.

LSU will likely struggle against the MSU rushing attack but if moo-U hopes to pull off the upset it will need the O line to provide some decent pass protection. A few key chunk pass plays vs that LSU secondary could be enough of a complement to the State run game to pull out a very sweet home win. All that said, I would bet on the Tigers to win this road test.

I give Georgia more than a puncher's chance. I think they could lose a game, badly if early in the season or a close one late, and still make the final four. Once there, I like Kirby's chances.

The Number One question: How will Will Rogers perform in a more conventional offense vs. defenses that are built to compete against conventional offenses.

Make it four, Bro. To those complaining about how the SEC media based their rankings on future performances, well, that's what they were asked to do, predict the order of finish in 2023. I do think some really good MSU players got snubbed in the pre-season All-SEC voting though.

Good to see MSU last in the West on pretty much everybody's card. Most years when that happens it means good things for Bulldog football as they generally exceed those expectations. See 2014 for just one example.

No offense to Wright but when he transferred from Vandy to MSU the average IQ of both schools probably went up a little.

This Arnett guy sounds like a head coach. Clearly he is finding his new shoes very comfortable.

Nice job, Coach.

Well, well. Not one but two chuckle-worthy bits in one SDS column, i.e. the Mike Leach Bowl bit and "4. Staring at a blank TV for 4 hours". Keep up the good work, Adam.

If you haven't clicked the link to Saturday Out West blogger Jon Gold's hilarious answer to the Pac-12 question it is absolutely worth a click.

Ah, it's Mr. Mexico. The prince of darkness, the nabob of negativity, here to bash fans everywhere. Ron, plenty of USC fans care about USC. Fans of the sport may jump from bandwagon to bandwagon but fans of a particular school will follow and root for their schools teams through thick and thin. They will pay attention to tennis and golf and softball and swimming as well as the big three sports. USC may not ever win another national championship but that doesn't diminish the value of their athletic department, their student athletes or their fans.

Every once in a while it might be wise to look at decisions like this in terms of what is best for college football. At the risk of ceding an iota of power to an inept NCAA, maybe this is one of those times. The power of the SEC means less in a diminished college football world.

Rooting for Vandy. And don't count them out just because KY and FL have "more complete" teams. Two years ago Ole Miss barely made it into the NCAA tourney but won it all. MSU was just an ok team three years ago but got hot, got some timely pitching and won it all. Those kinds of stories are what make baseball so much fun to follow. Anchor Down.