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09-11-2024, 02:40 PM
I get the trepidation with it. You are funding an athlete's shoe collection or their condo while you're having to drive to and from Starkville on...
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09-11-2024, 08:48 AM
In the midst of our fighting and bickering about NIL, our D Coordinator, and just MSU sports in general. Let's not lose sight of today. Thousands of...
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09-11-2024, 08:13 AM
By my count we are going to need out of the portal:
QB
at least 2 WR
3 OL
2-3 DL
1 LB
2 DBs
So we are AT LEAST going to need around 10...
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09-10-2024, 03:41 PM
Not talking about you specifically, but I have heard that exact statement from hundreds of State fans since NIL began. Money may not be our issue...
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09-10-2024, 03:10 PM
So you want to win first and then buy in, but if you don't get players then you don't win.......
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09-10-2024, 03:08 PM
Correct. The game Saturday was not lost because of athletes or NIL. We will lose games due to that this year, but this was not one of them. We were...
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09-10-2024, 01:58 PM
I will go to my grave saying that 08 class of HS talent was the most Mississippi has ever had top to bottom. Cox, Russell, Bumphis, Garrett, David...
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09-10-2024, 10:57 AM
I didn't count, Just going by what Lebby said in the presser yesterday.
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09-10-2024, 10:51 AM
Rumor is Taylor tried to shake down Lebby for NIL and then when we didn't budge he wouldn't practice and said he had a hurt ankle. Trainers taped him...
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09-10-2024, 10:12 AM
That's the problem. We tried to live off that DLU moniker too long and stopped going after top tier D line recruits. We had a hell of a pipeline of...
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09-10-2024, 10:07 AM
And hey, maybe that's your way. You brought 4 other families in and maybe they donate to NIL. Or maybe they brought someone in who donates. Would we...
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09-10-2024, 09:54 AM
Defensively maybe you are right. But I mean, Jeff was a flashy recruit and he hated the guy across from him. Wore a horse collar too. Chris was a...
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09-10-2024, 09:26 AM
And there's something to be said with that when the only quantifiable ROI is wins. The problem becomes what if one of those big boosters we have...
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09-10-2024, 09:19 AM
Not saying that you have to pay to earn the right to complain. I lost that fight about two years ago. All I am saying is when you complain, you know...
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09-10-2024, 08:54 AM
And that is why we will struggle in the new era. Our fans don't want to pay. Which is completely fine, no one should tell you how to spend your...
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09-10-2024, 08:30 AM
The problem is that we should have started with 7 or 8 on the line. The guy can't throw. That is the scouting report on him and was known before we...
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09-10-2024, 08:29 AM
It's apathy. Our fans have always been show us success and then we'll show up except for a couple of years in the Mullen era. It's also that our fans...
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09-09-2024, 08:17 PM
I will never bet against us when we are playing a G5 at home after the 2013 Troy game. Line was like -35 and we had struggled to score and were still...
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09-09-2024, 05:04 PM
I did not say we were paying 8 mil. I said that is what the fund is rumored to be at. You need strong NIL but you also need players that want to play...
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09-09-2024, 03:35 PM
Hey that we can agree on. I think it's asinine that the fans are being asked to fully fund this when the university is making money hand over foot in...
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09-09-2024, 02:55 PM
And look I do not like this just as much as some who are vehemently against it. I mean I worked in college to have some extra money on the weekends,...
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09-09-2024, 02:41 PM
No I'm saying ALL the money wouldn't go to that sport. For example, 80 cents of every dollar would go to women's basketball. Then 15 cents to...
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09-09-2024, 02:39 PM
That makes complete sense and I see where you are coming from. You want to get something out of your payment. Do you think us doing something like an...
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09-09-2024, 02:30 PM
The scheme,3 down lineman, was not great but there were times we were there and let the RB drag us 4-5 yards. We also missed 25 tackles in the game....
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09-09-2024, 02:28 PM
I wouldn't have a problem doing that with football and men's basketball because they turn a profit. However, baseball barely brakes even(and...
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09-09-2024, 02:25 PM
But they can't do that at the present moment. It's illegal. So I guess my question is, why would you be ok with them doing it but are so against...
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09-09-2024, 02:10 PM
$10 million would buy you a playoff berth out of all likelihood. From what I've heard, again take it fwiw, but our NIL for football is around 8 mil....
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09-09-2024, 02:04 PM
I think you are right. I think he is taking the Lane approach. Picking HS recruits here and there but mostly focusing on transfers. And honestly, if...
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09-09-2024, 01:44 PM
Again though, if he committed to us, why would we be bidding against ourselves? I mean if he came to us and said "Hey FSU offered X amount, I'm going...
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09-09-2024, 01:36 PM
We are. We, a lot like OM, have to rely on smaller donations and more of them. The $100-$500 donations are paramount to our success. It's like I've...
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