PPP Polling adds to MSU Hype

[BrunswickDawg]

From Public Policy Polling -

-Mississippi State continues to lead the way when it comes to college sports loyalties in the state. 34% say they pull for the Bulldogs to 25% for Ole Miss and 16% for Southern Mississippi. Both major schools have fan bases that are happy with their current football coaches. Dan Mullen has a 60/9 approval rating with Bulldog fans, and Hugh Freeze is at 59/7 with Rebel fans. Mullen's net approval is up 21 points from mid-November when it was 48/18- beating Ole Miss and winning a bowl game emphatically to close the season did a lot to help his standing.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2014/07/mississippi-miscellany.html

My question is - Does Kellenberg write a column about how polls don't matter, or does he focus on PPP being part of the "leftist agenda"?

[Political Hack]

opinion polls don't throw passes. (neither do crappy clarion ledger beat writers).

[Johnson85]

From Public Policy Polling -

34% say they pull for the Bulldogs to 25% for Ole Miss and 16% for Southern Mississippi.



That's a much bigger discrepancy than I would have expected. There is as much distance between us and Ole Miss as there is between Ole Miss and USM. We ahve 36% more supporters in the state. I'm guessing it would look a lot closer if you included Memphis and Birmingham, but that's still surprising. MSU athletics really have been incredibly poorly managed for a long time.

ETA: I wonder how much of that is real support and how much of the difference is driven by winning the last 4 out of 5 egg bowls.

[War Machine Dawg]

That's a much bigger discrepancy than I would have expected. There is as much distance between us and Ole Miss as there is between Ole Miss and USM. We ahve 36% more supporters in the state. I'm guessing it would look a lot closer if you included Memphis and Birmingham, but that's still surprising. MSU athletics really have been incredibly poorly managed for a long time.

ETA: I wonder how much of that is real support and how much of the difference is driven by winning the last 4 out of 5 egg bowls.

I'd imagine a large chunk of that is real support. We've been the bigger school, thus putting out more alumni, for a long time. It's basic math. We have more supporters than them and the gap should continue to widen.

[dawgs]

My question is - Does Kellenberg write a column about how polls don't matter, or does he focus on PPP being part of the "leftist agenda"?

Why wouldn't it be the conservative tea party agenda?

[BrunswickDawg]

Why wouldn't it be the conservative tea party agenda?

Because depending on what you read, many times you see the polling company referred to as "Democratic leaning Public Policy Polling..."

[curmudgeon]

That's a much bigger discrepancy than I would have expected. There is as much distance between us and Ole Miss as there is between Ole Miss and USM. We ahve 36% more supporters in the state. I'm guessing it would look a lot closer if you included Memphis and Birmingham, but that's still surprising. MSU athletics really have been incredibly poorly managed for a long time.

ETA: I wonder how much of that is real support and how much of the difference is driven by winning the last 4 out of 5 egg bowls.

But it adds to a problem we have in Mississippi. 25% identify with an out of state college football team. Put it this way - there's as many fans of out of state teams as there are one of the two premier teams. What that tells the academic in me is this:

There is a significant amount of people who do not identify with a Mississippi university. The vast majority of a number as high as 25% is bandwagon - not moving in. So, a big national run and a Heisman campaign can pick up a good amount of fans - maybe up to a quarter of that 25%. Once you get them in, MSU does a great job of making all fans feel welcome.

Quite simply, a 10-2 or better season with Prescott in New York and a good bowl game could mean a lot for us, this season.