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I think we should start a thread about which SEC Fan bases that don't bitch. For logical reasons, UGA & Bamer wouldn't be good qualifiers. (At this time of course, let Saban or Kirby blow a few and see what happens.)
Life must be miserable for a bunch of yall.
I think it?s ok to be both negative or positive as a fan. Any fan should be ?allowed? to be upset about a loss and have serious questions when your team loses to an inferior team. On the other hand it?s ok to be happy and hopeful after a good win. What I get tired of is those that are eternal sunshine pumpers or non-stop negative Nancy?s. They both like to lecture. Opposite sides of the same coin.
My expectations are as follows:
Beat FCS teams 100% of the time. No Maine's!
Beat G5 teams at a Dan Mullen level. With some context. I can tolerate losing to Memphis the way we did more than say losing to Tulane at home.
Beat P5/SEC teams that are non blue bloods a majority of the time at a Dan Mullen level. Obviously there will be years where Arkansas and Kentucky maybe have a really good team so some context is needed here as well.
Beat Blue Bloods a decent amount of the time and have a chance to beat them at a Jackie level.. In other words don't get blown out.
I guess sometimes I'm guilty of wanting State to win at a high level, so once I see that a coach isn't going to be able to do that, it's hard for me to get too optimistic about the future. Doesn't keep me from getting pumped during games, but it also makes me point out how certain things will hold us back from ultimate success if we dont fix them or change them altogether.
I feel like Leach can have some success here, but not the type of success we're all yearning for. Could he surprise us with a 9 win season....maybe. But how many 5-7/6-6's will we have to endure to get one? And is that our goal now? I thought we wanted to propel from the Mullen years if possible. That would be achieving similar or worse success (worse actually).
I guess I have always been that way. When I dated someone when I was younger, as soon as I saw a flaw that couldn't be changed and annoyed me, and I knew I couldn't live with that forever, I went ahead and ended it instead of dragging it out and hoping something changed when I knew it wouldn't.
So anyway, I like all you guys, and hope I'm not overly negative all the time. I'm just wired to want to see State win at the highest level. I thought that's what everyone wanted
Brother, I am the same way. I will never buy into the thought that we cannot get to a high level of sustained winning. As many folks have stated, I do feel like it is our own culture that has gotten in the way. Booster not buying in, athletic department not really caring to change the status que. I would love to see what we can achieve once that takes place.
SPOT ON!
Jefferson is 5th in the SEC in QB rating, Arkansas just doesn't hardly pass the ball much at all.
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ating/dir/desc
I think MSU/Arkansas is going to be a good game. It all depends on Barry Odom to me. He's an elite DC & has the creativity to give Leach problems. At the same time, Arkansas is a good matchup for MSU because we stop the run pretty well.
Last year's game is irrelevant because we were incompetent against the 3-8 at that point. Odom will have to take some chances this year