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10-19-2025, 08:45 PM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I just posted one that was cheap. Lane found one.

And if Lebby would have brought in a D2 kid people like you would have mutinied and said he had no clue what he was doing. You have made up your mind on Lebby just like you did on Jans.
10-19-2025, 08:48 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

And if Lebby would have brought in a D2 kid people like you would have mutinied and said he had no clue what he was doing. You have made up your mind on Lebby just like you did on Jans.

He has 5 more chances to prove me wrong. Maybe he will. Hopefully he will.
10-19-2025, 08:51 PM
Coach34

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Originally Posted by msstate7

What was the deal for Arnold that we had lined up?

We promised Arnold $1MM. Auburn doubled it
10-19-2025, 08:51 PM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

He has 5 more chances to prove me wrong. Maybe he will. Hopefully he will.

I believe he will. I think we find a way to 6. Lebby called a hell of a game yesterday and Shapen has shown the ability to hit the deep ball. Those will not be incompletions every time. I actually think our offense is going to give Texas all sorts of issues.
10-19-2025, 08:53 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I believe he will. I think we find a way to 6. Lebby called a hell of a game yesterday and Shapen has shown the ability to hit the deep ball. Those will not be incompletions every time. I actually think our offense is going to give Texas all sorts of issues.

Now that will be very surprising. This will be the best defense we've saw this season by far
10-19-2025, 08:58 PM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Now that will be very surprising. This will be the best defense we've saw this season by far

We gave them issues last year too and had far worse offensive line. And I think they had a slightly better defense. The deep shots were there last year, our receivers just dropped two of them.
10-19-2025, 09:01 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

We gave them issues last year too and had far worse offensive line. And I think they had a slightly better defense. The deep shots were there last year, our receivers just dropped two of them.

Better give him time. Texas gets after the qb
10-19-2025, 09:06 PM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Better give him time. Texas gets after the qb

They do. But I know Lebby will have a great game plan. Hell he had an incredible game plan yesterday, we just missed 3 throws.
10-19-2025, 09:08 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

They do. But I know Lebby will have a great game plan. Hell he had an incredible game plan yesterday, we just missed 3 throws.

And he handled tenn's pressure pretty well. aTm completed dominated us with their pressure
10-19-2025, 09:30 PM
confucius say

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

Dan Mullen won 7 SEC games in his first 2 years. If Lebby was on pace for that, we could forgive a few coaching mistakes and there.

He also took over a roster in 2009 full of nfl guys.
Lebby took over a dumpster fire.
10-20-2025, 01:30 AM
bulldawg28

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Originally Posted by msstate7

If only there were a way to get a different qb this past offseason

Lebby let our answer for Qb this year leave for LSU. The true freshman last year played better than our 6th year senior has this year.
10-20-2025, 01:31 AM
bulldawg28

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Originally Posted by Coach34

We promised Arnold $1MM. Auburn doubled it

Thank God because he's not worth it.
10-20-2025, 01:34 AM
parabrave

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Originally Posted by bulldawg28

Lebby let our answer for Qb this year leave for LSU. The true freshman last year played better than our 6th year senior has this year.

And Kelley keeps on trotting out a wounded duck every week who can't throw with any velocity nor run instead of MVB who has starting experience.
10-20-2025, 02:44 AM
Bothrops

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Originally Posted by Maverick91

Look I am not happy. We should be 6-1 right now and in the thick of SEC championship conversation. But we are not, and it sucks. We are 4-3 and it sucks. It sucks losing in a manner than you know you should have won. It sucks knowing what we had potential to do and seeing what we will probably become reality.

Those of you calling for Lebby to be fired seem to forget all the just stupid and ridiculous boneheaded things Mullen did. LSU in 2015 ring a bell, we just couldn't call a timeout. That's one ridiculous example that you guys would be railing Lebby for and Dan was 7 years into his head coaching career.

Yeah. I'm irritated and disappointed and frustrated.

But, what I see is a team that doesn't know how to put their foot on someone's throat and kick it in, what I see is a team that is tremendously hampered by a QB that for reason I don't know cannot hit his target like he should 7 games into the seasons. We should have gone into halftime 21/28-10. If not more, I think they would have quit.

What you guys aren't seeing is coaches putting the players in position to win and then just not winning. That's talent, focus whatever you want to put it on.

What you are seeing is the drudge of a roster still being turned over.

Did you guys forget that Mullen wouldn't play a younger player to save his life. And you guys are mad at a second year coach playing a guy that has won a lot of money to play, and you are mad at him for that.

What you are mad at is seeing a 2-10 team a season ago that is a few terrible plays away from being 6-1 and it sucks.

Sometimes it just sucks. We have to be better at QB moving forward. I hope and pray Shapen can land that long ball soon we can win some freaking games if he does.

Also, don't forget what Lebby and co have done on the defensive side of the ball. That's crazy.

Give it time.

I'm not giving up on Lebby yet, I just don't know if anyone can win here (that we could get) in post BCS college football. I have serious doubts. The money has already gotten retarded and the competition embraces that. We don't, and that's a problem. It's a cultural thing with us. It's reckless, it's flashy, and the whole NIL era is dishonest. We have to spend 25-30 million dollars for a bowl worthy roster every season now. I'm I wrong? Have you seen the high school recruits from Mississippi lately? Like the top 20? Yeah, they lost interest in us awfully fast.
10-20-2025, 09:27 AM
Maverick91

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

I'm not giving up on Lebby yet, I just don't know if anyone can win here (that we could get) in post BCS college football. I have serious doubts. The money has already gotten retarded and the competition embraces that. We don't, and that's a problem. It's a cultural thing with us. It's reckless, it's flashy, and the whole NIL era is dishonest. We have to spend 25-30 million dollars for a bowl worthy roster every season now. I'm I wrong? Have you seen the high school recruits from Mississippi lately? Like the top 20? Yeah, they lost interest in us awfully fast.

I don't disagree with you at all. To save the sport and honestly culture in general legislation has to be passed to rain this in. It's the Wild West. This is the type of mess that destroyed Rome, and is destroying college football. You can only ask middle income America to watch kids for so long who haven't proven anything, do nothing while earning more money than a lot will touch in our lifetime before the needs of the family and life itself overtakes the itch of dying enjoyment of Saturday sports.

There's a reason why John Adam's said our nation was only built for a moral and religious people. Not saying any of these folks are not moral and religious, but we have clearly flipped the table on its head for the purpose of college athletics, and it is only about money now. There is nothing in the education, coaches cannot really coach and teach these kids life lessons now for fear of jumping in the portal.

It is a disgusting destruction of what was the last beauty of amateur sports.
10-20-2025, 10:04 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by Maverick91

I don't disagree with you at all. To save the sport and honestly culture in general legislation has to be passed to rain this in. It's the Wild West. This is the type of mess that destroyed Rome, and is destroying college football. You can only ask middle income America to watch kids for so long who haven't proven anything, do nothing while earning more money than a lot will touch in our lifetime before the needs of the family and life itself overtakes the itch of dying enjoyment of Saturday sports.

There's a reason why John Adam's said our nation was only built for a moral and religious people. Not saying any of these folks are not moral and religious, but we have clearly flipped the table on its head for the purpose of college athletics, and it is only about money now. There is nothing in the education, coaches cannot really coach and teach these kids life lessons now for fear of jumping in the portal.

It is a disgusting destruction of what was the last beauty of amateur sports.

Players have been getting paid since the beginning of college athletics, and that includes at Mississippi State. Dak was paid a pretty good sum to stay his senior year. Chris Jones had a monthly allowance. Bear Wilson was paid and let EVERYONE know. The payments are just legal and above the table now. That's literally the only difference.
10-20-2025, 10:06 AM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Players have been getting paid since the beginning of college athletics, and that includes at Mississippi State. Dak was paid a pretty good sum to stay his senior year. Chris Jones had a monthly allowance. Bear Wilson was paid and let EVERYONE know. The payments are just legal and above the table now. That's literally the only difference.

Only difference, huh? Yeah, free agency every year is nothing new
10-20-2025, 10:13 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Only difference, huh? Yeah, free agency every year is nothing new

I mean players have always been able to transfer as well. And some were even paid to transfer. The immediate eligibility thing is where they screwed up. If they would just revert back to one free transfer and then you have to sit out I think things would calm down some.
10-20-2025, 10:17 AM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I mean players have always been able to transfer as well. And some were even paid to transfer. The immediate eligibility thing is where they screwed up. If they would just revert back to one free transfer and then you have to sit out I think things would calm down some.

They went from the following...

Players have leverage in recruiting and schools have leverage once you sign. Now players have leverage at all times. Unless you have a check on the players, the system will fail at some point
10-20-2025, 10:24 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

They went from the following...

Players have leverage in recruiting and schools have leverage once you sign. Now players have leverage at all times. Unless you have a check on the players, the system will fail at some point

None of what you've said is wrong. The pendulum swung far too much to the players side and they are not going to let it go back. Why would they? I wouldn't if before I was making a couple grand a month to know making 5-10K a month. We have PLAYERS living in the nicest subdivisions in Starkville.
10-20-2025, 10:28 AM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

None of what you've said is wrong. The pendulum swung far too much to the players side and they are not going to let it go back. Why would they? I wouldn't if before I was making a couple grand a month to know making 5-10K a month. We have PLAYERS living in the nicest subdivisions in Starkville.

You just make signings binding for both sides. Sign a player, keep a player for 2-3 seasons. If you get rid of said player, you lose that scholarship. If you leave before that period is up, well, you sit till it is.
10-20-2025, 11:45 AM
R2Dawg

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Originally Posted by Maverick91

I don't disagree with you at all. To save the sport and honestly culture in general legislation has to be passed to rain this in. It's the Wild West. This is the type of mess that destroyed Rome, and is destroying college football. You can only ask middle income America to watch kids for so long who haven't proven anything, do nothing while earning more money than a lot will touch in our lifetime before the needs of the family and life itself overtakes the itch of dying enjoyment of Saturday sports.

There's a reason why John Adam's said our nation was only built for a moral and religious people. Not saying any of these folks are not moral and religious, but we have clearly flipped the table on its head for the purpose of college athletics, and it is only about money now. There is nothing in the education, coaches cannot really coach and teach these kids life lessons now for fear of jumping in the portal.

It is a disgusting destruction of what was the last beauty of amateur sports.

Yep you nailed it. It is a catch 22 now too and a bubble that will burst. Fans demand a ROI for investment, coaches and players get paid results or not. So coaches get fired quickly, players leave quickly. It will collapse at some point.
10-20-2025, 02:10 PM
Maverick91

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Players have been getting paid since the beginning of college athletics, and that includes at Mississippi State. Dak was paid a pretty good sum to stay his senior year. Chris Jones had a monthly allowance. Bear Wilson was paid and let EVERYONE know. The payments are just legal and above the table now. That's literally the only difference.

And I understand that. But it having to be under the table at least gave room for the other aspect that are purposeful for college to have a seat at the table.
10-21-2025, 06:18 PM
Political Hack

When people define players, especially QBs, by a handful of mistakes instead of the 98% they make the right read and do the right thing, it makes me question their judgement. Tom Brady threw picks. Peyton Manning threw picks. Lamar Jackson throws picks. They all lost games. We're night and day better than last year. Progress. Moving in the right direction. I think we should keep building and quit trying to destroy progress.
10-21-2025, 06:23 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by Political Hack

When people define players, especially QBs, by a handful of mistakes instead of the 98% they make the right read and do the right thing, it makes me question their judgement. Tom Brady threw picks. Peyton Manning threw picks. Lamar Jackson throws picks. They all lost games. We're night and day better than last year. Progress. Moving in the right direction. I think we should keep building and quit trying to destroy progress.

Shapen is 15/16 in qbr among sec QBs. He's 79th nationally. Sorta weird to mention a senior qb in the company of those guys as if he's on their path. His football career is almost over.
10-22-2025, 05:35 PM
Political Hack

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Shapen is 15/16 in qbr among sec QBs. He's 79th nationally. Sorta weird to mention a senior qb in the company of those guys as if he's on their path. His football career is almost over.

QBR places a lot of emphasis on TDs, which is largely up to the skills you're throwing to. He's on pace for 3,000 yards, 250 completions (and 20+ TDs), but he's doing a great job distributing the football. 98% of the time.
10-22-2025, 06:50 PM
Maverick91

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Originally Posted by Political Hack

QBR places a lot of emphasis on TDs, which is largely up to the skills you're throwing to. He's on pace for 3,000 yards, 250 completions (and 20+ TDs), but he's doing a great job distributing the football. 98% of the time.

Yeah well if he was a little more accurate he would have had three other TDs this past weekend at least.
10-22-2025, 07:32 PM
Coach34

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Shapen is 15/16 in qbr among sec QBs. He's 79th nationally. Sorta weird to mention a senior qb in the company of those guys as if he's on their path. His football career is almost over.

He's also:

5th in completion %
10th in TD's passes
11th in yards passing despite us being very good on the ground
11th in yards per passing
10-22-2025, 09:11 PM
Cowbeller

Just catching up on this thread. If you think giving up on another coach that has showed immediate and exponential improvement in 1 year should be gone you are a 17ing moron. You have to let the guy build something and constant turnover is what gets programs in another mess. He has coached us to what at worst should be a 5-2 record. Execution on the field is the miss right now and mostly at the QB position. Lebby will have growing pains like throwing the ball in FG range but that is what comes with an up and coming coach.

Also interested in hearing the yalls bright ideas on a replacement. I remember half this board being thrilled with Arnett. I would love to see your takes on Saban in his early bama days lmao
10-22-2025, 09:15 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by Cowbeller

Just catching up on this thread. If you think giving up on another coach that has showed immediate and exponential improvement in 1 year should be gone you are a 17ing moron. You have to let the guy build something and constant turnover is what gets programs in another mess. He has coached us to what at worst should be a 5-2 record. Execution on the field is the miss right now and mostly at the QB position. Lebby will have growing pains like throwing the ball in FG range but that is what comes with an up and coming coach.

Also interested in hearing the yalls bright ideas on a replacement. I remember half this board being thrilled with Arnett. I would love to see your takes on Saban in his early bama days lmao

Just shut up using saban. Saban had a poor year 1, but signed perhaps the greatest class in history that offseason. Go look up his year 2.
10-22-2025, 09:28 PM
Cowbeller

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Just shut up using saban. Saban had a poor year 1, but signed perhaps the greatest class in history that offseason. Go look up his year 2.

It’s not apples to apples. Are you that dense? Everyone loves patting Selmon on the back for catching up our NIL, you think the head football coach doesn’t play a part in that. We are not Bama, it takes time.

I guarantee you are only an armchair genius once the clock is under 5 min. How do you think we keep staying in games, coaching is there. Be mad all you want but it aint getting better with a new staff, he has until next year minimum.
10-22-2025, 09:33 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by Cowbeller

It’s not apples to apples. Are you that dense? Everyone loves patting Selmon on the back for catching up our NIL, you think the head football coach doesn’t play a part in that. We are not Bama, it takes time.

I guarantee you are only an armchair genius once the clock is under 5 min. How do you think we keep staying in games, coaching is there. Be mad all you want but it aint getting better with a new staff, he has until next year minimum.

I'm not mad. Comparing Lebby, who has never won a sec game to Saban (already with a ring from lsu) was dumb. Compare him to vandy's guy, and hope he becomes him. Lebby shouldn't be mentioned with Saban imo.
10-22-2025, 09:49 PM
Cowbeller

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I'm not mad. Comparing Lebby, who has never won a sec game to Saban (already with a ring from lsu) was dumb. Compare him to vandy's guy, and hope he becomes him. Lebby shouldn't be mentioned with Saban imo.

Yes that is exactly what I meant. Lebby equals Saban, cmon man its a hyperbole about our whiny fans
10-22-2025, 09:54 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by Cowbeller

Yes that is exactly what I meant. Lebby equals Saban, cmon man its a hyperbole about our whiny fans

"I would love to see your takes on Saban in his early bama days lmao".

What did you mean by this then? Saban was 7-6 (4-4) in his first season and was in the sec championship game at 12-0 (8-0) jn year 2
10-22-2025, 10:10 PM
Bothrops

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Players have been getting paid since the beginning of college athletics, and that includes at Mississippi State. Dak was paid a pretty good sum to stay his senior year. Chris Jones had a monthly allowance. Bear Wilson was paid and let EVERYONE know. The payments are just legal and above the table now. That's literally the only difference.

There is a difference. The difference is the size of the money. It's way up in the hundreds of thousands and even millions now and costs are going up by the week.
10-22-2025, 10:16 PM
Cowbeller

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Originally Posted by msstate7

"I would love to see your takes on Saban in his early bama days lmao".

What did you mean by this then? Saban was 7-6 (4-4) in his first season and was in the sec championship game at 12-0 (8-0) jn year 2

That was my point. Our fans in that situation would have called for his head when he was even already a proven coach. Now come back to Mississippi States situation and realize that calling for a coach to be fired at 4-3 in year 2 of one of the hardest situations in the country is completely moronic especially when it is obvious that the scheme is not the issue.
10-22-2025, 10:22 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by Cowbeller

That was my point. Our fans in that situation would have called for his head when he was even already a proven coach. Now come back to Mississippi States situation and realize that calling for a coach to be fired at 4-3 in year 2 of one of the hardest situations in the country is completely moronic especially when it is obvious that the scheme is not the issue.

The only ones that are saying he should be fired are basing it on IF he goes 0-8 in the sec. 0-16 is pretty hard to defend. If he gets 1 (one) win, no one will have a problem bringing him back. 7-17 (.292) overall and 1-15 (.063) is a pretty low bar.
10-22-2025, 10:38 PM
Cowbeller

First off, thats not true. Second the record would be a sore spot admittedly but we need to use the eye test and it has shown nothing but upward trajectory.

Our own DC is a great example of how quickly things can improve.
10-22-2025, 10:43 PM
msstate7

Guess I can't speak for everyone; but if he gets another win this season, I want him back.
10-22-2025, 11:35 PM
Quaoarsking

It's completely irrelevant if we're better than last year. Compare us to how we were before Lebby got here. Otherwise, Lebby basically gets more credit because he lost a lot of games last year than he would if he hadn't.

Like, if Lebby went 5-7 last year and was generally competitive, and then 2025 so far was the same as in real life, would you feel better or worse? I'd sure feel better, even though the "we're so improved" argument wouldn't be there anymore.

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