Reason2succeed
03-20-2017, 06:54 PM
When Mullen offered those prophetic words after that Egg Bowl it sent OM into a fury. They retooled the Network and doubled down with their Forward Rebel initiative to "take back their State". We now know what happened. They went "all in" in cheating and are now about to be mercilessly crippled by the NCAA.
This will leave Mississippi State in a position we have rarely if ever been in: as the only viable college football program in Mississippi. We usually think about our SEC brethren when we talk about this subject but we often forget that not too long ago Southern Miss was siphoning off some legit D1 talent. We also forget that before desegregation and even for a few decades after the Swac teams were still finding players like Jerry Rice, Steve McNair, and Walter Payton right up under our nose.
This time. Not only is OM going to be hobbled but USM is a non-factor and the SWAC schools are in a different division of football. I don't see why State could not and should not be able to get the extra three or four players per year that are normally bound for OM and increase our talent profile tremendously.
This will leave Mississippi State in a position we have rarely if ever been in: as the only viable college football program in Mississippi. We usually think about our SEC brethren when we talk about this subject but we often forget that not too long ago Southern Miss was siphoning off some legit D1 talent. We also forget that before desegregation and even for a few decades after the Swac teams were still finding players like Jerry Rice, Steve McNair, and Walter Payton right up under our nose.
This time. Not only is OM going to be hobbled but USM is a non-factor and the SWAC schools are in a different division of football. I don't see why State could not and should not be able to get the extra three or four players per year that are normally bound for OM and increase our talent profile tremendously.