If our record was worse than theirs the last 10 years, there would be a Bianco statue at Swayze.
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If our record was worse than theirs the last 10 years, there would be a Bianco statue at Swayze.
They were fine with Bianco from 2001-2013.' I wonder what happened?**Quote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
There must be some weird crossing of the magnetic lines in Oxford or something. It's like the area itself has something "off." I remember in high school a friend took me up to Oxford for the weekend because his grandparents lived nearby and we stayed with them. Went out to a fast food place Friday night with my friend -- no logo apparel or anything. Just minding our own business, eating hamburgers when these guys come up to us. "Wanna fight?" I have never experienced anything like that anywhere else.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZedFedder
Here is thier problem. We want to be good in baseball. They just want to be better than us.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
I disagree with this. We want to be great, the best. And they will never be that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
The title of this thread could not be more appropriate. I haven't read the whole thing, just pieces, but I think they're about to go full on Freeze level with the network in FB. This could be epic.
Yeah. I suspect that too. Ole Miss football is their "crown jewel" in their athletic department much like MSU baseball is the crown jewel in MSU's. The big difference is one is nationally relevant for MSU and their crown jewel is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randolph Dupree
They're completely melting down. I saw a guy on Twitter that actually told Tanner Allen that winning the Egg Bowl was better than winning the National Championship.
How long are they are repeat violator status?
Not listening to their fans. In fact the only reason they care is because we care. The only thing they truly want to be great at is being known as the best party school in the Nation. Just the fact the only reason students go to games is to throw beer proves it. If it wasn't for that the student section would be empty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randolph Dupree
The crazy thing about their frustration this year is that Bianco actually did one of his better coaching jobs. They had several SIGNIFICANT injuries and still hosted a Regional and got within one win of Omaha. But that has now been long forgotten by their fans after we went on our run.
Talent-wise the two programs are comparable, but our culture is significantly better than theirs. And it's not just one team or one group of players, this has been going on forever. How else do you explain them totally dominating us in the 2000's but us still making an Omaha trip in that decade while they made zero? Our program breeds a culture of toughness, resilience, and getting the job done in June. Their program breeds a culture of "look at our TikTok followers!" and expecting to be crowned for having a good nonconference weekend in February or for winning a few games in Hoover.
They had better teams in the 2000's but even then we did something during that time they did not do and that was get to Omaha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Falcon
Right, Polk 2.0 was a disaster that set our program back almost a decade, and it still resulted in as many Omaha trips as Bianco has in 21 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
I saw that same tweet and some of the die hard Ole miss fans I know are having a very hard time hiding their true feelings. I can only imagine how the big boosters feel. Not sure how long the repeat violator status lasts but I gotta think they're still in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
How can football be their crown jewel when it's no bettern ours last 20 yrs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The Ole Miss compliance staff better be on their Ps and Qs.
The fact that William Carey has one now puts a damper on that idea. Most DO schools attach themselves to private universities for whatever reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
They know Bianco ain't winning them a natty in baseball. I guess we will see all the eggs go into the football basket from here on out. Coot for croots and red duffel bags forever!
Pretty much has to be one of the big three or a dominant sport outside of the big 3 that's still pretty recognizable. They don't have a dominant sport. Basketball has been the least successful of the big 3. Baseball for them has been the most consistently good, but they've underachieved in the post season consistently and are clearly behind MSU. Football has been up and down, but they have had years where they are nationally relevant and while we have the edge over them over the past 20 years, it's pretty close. Plus it's the sport they have historically cared the most about by a large margin. So it's their crown jewel by default pretty much.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
IHL would likely never approve it because they would view it as encroaching on UMMC's turf. If we had pushed for that and were making any headway, I assume you'd have seen UM push to either expand UMMC to offer more spots or to offer a DO program also. Really sucks because the state could use more doctors and a DO program could have helped one of the state universities. With how short we are projected to be on healthcare providers, we should have expanded UMMC, started a DO school, a pharmacy school, and started an NP/PA school, and rather than offering in-state tuition, offered tuition rebates for those that practiced in state for a decade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
William Carey has a DO school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
Right, but the IHL wouldn't care about that any more than William Carey would care about what the IHL says.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21