Excitement Level for Football on a 1-10?

[Goldendawg]

That's an ongoing thread. Every time there is a new portal addition, there are new posts. Not the same thing.

But thank you for fandom over so many years. Good stuff!

All began with my late SuperDawg Dad who attended State in the early '60's driving round trip 4 hrs to day classes while spreading cloth at Blue Bell at night with myself and my younger sister at home. He got in on the Bulldog Club from Day One. He told me that the best college player he ever saw play was Jackie Parker. He was hardcore State and raised me the same way, as I have raised my 23 year old son. His later business success set the family up for this run in supporting MSU. I am proud and humble to say my nephew brought his 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son to their first games this past season, the 4th generation of our family. Dad died far too young at 59 in 1995. His favorite two teams, as mine, are State and whoever is playing OM! Hail State in all ways!

[WSOPdawg]

621 posts to date regarding the Baseball portal for 2025 & I am post #61 on excitement level thread for FB which kicks off end of next month. Losing Leach (loved the man, hated his boring short passing game, JMO), followed by the Arnett disaster, NIL and worse the portal has put a downer feel to many fans. Heck, ticket sales are so low for the E KY game you can get 4 tickets & a parking pass for $49 (got the email yesterday). Hardcore friend who has season tickets in FB, baseball, & MBB changed his seats in Section D from row 20 to get a little higher view of the field. He said it was unreal how many seats in section D were available at that time. We need to look exciting and score on O, be surprising on D & start off 4-0 to get people excited about Lebby and Co. asap! Hail State!

So we basically need to be the 2024 1st-month version of Deion Sanders 2023 Colorado Buffalos and crescendo into the 2nd half of the season and NOT fall flat.

I'm actually pumped to see Lebby and crew get on the field this year and put some points on the scoreboard.

[Goldendawg]

So we basically need to be the 2024 1st-month version of Deion Sanders 2023 Colorado Buffalos and crescendo into the 2nd half of the season and NOT fall flat.

I'm actually pumped to see Lebby and crew get on the field this year and put some points on the scoreboard.

Sounds like a plan! Hail State!

[Liverpooldawg]

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[bulldawg28]

A poorly attended game doesn't look good on TV, to recruits or bring needed ticket/gameday revenue to us. I wish we didn't schedule teams like this (JMO), but as per the last 55 consecutive season ticket years my family and I will be there. At least it's not a 11:00 am kickoff.

We'll have a great crowd though, watch

[Hot Rock]

3 --- I am not excited about football at all for the upcoming season. If Lebby's offense wins us 7-8 games and recruting keeps getting better then I could see it going up to a 7-8 by the end of the season but right now I am expecting 5 wins and that is it.

I give it a 3 becaue I do think Lebby could be a good coach and bring a lot for the future but 5 coaches in 7 years and then throw in the 2 stints by Knox as interim we have had 7 different coaches in 7 years. Get that? It's been a mess...

[mckeen]

I'm actually about a 8 to 8.5. Which is more than I've been in a few years. That's even though my expectations are low, just hoping for 6-6.
I think it's the expectation of being entertaining offensively.

My excitement is lower every year, since the advent of NIL and portal. I see the proverbial handwriting on the wall for our athletic programs. Won't be able to keep up. It's pro sports now.

[Jarius]

People were to busy bitching about Rogers, and Leach, and the OL, and the defense, and Cohen to notice we won 9 games and finished ranked

My excitement meter is a 10 for CFB every year, including this one. As for the b*tching about certain things that year you are talking about, Go check out Washington’s O/U for this year on the sports books. It’s 6.5. The ones of us b*tching about that had a legit gripe. It cost us a special season.

[Dawgface]

Lowest it's ever been. 2.

I can't name 3 players.

I can't either. I'll rate it a 3 and it's more about all the changes in college football that have affected my enthusiasm overall.

[Coach34]

As for the b*tching about certain things that year you are talking about, Go check out Washington’s O/U for this year on the sports books. It’s 6.5.

They have Rogers as their QB. 6.5 is about where it should be

[Jarius]

They have Rogers as their QB. 6.5 is about where it should be

That was my point.

[Jarius]

Also, in case anyone wants to know why OM is where they are and why we are where we are, take a look at this website. Half the damn threads are about an Olympic sport that no one outside 10 fanbases in the country give a damn about and it’s weeks before the start of college football. The priorities of this fanbase are all out of whack with our competition. We are more concerned about a half funded niche sport that we have sucked in for 3 years than we are the sport that everyone else in our neighborhood is cutthroat about. We need an entire mindset overhaul. I wish we could take baseball and throw it in the ocean.

[Goldendawg]

Careful there Jarius. This take might get you banned!*** i love State in all ways and would even watch us play tiddly winks, especially if against OM, but the first FB game is 8/31 & FB wags all the other Dogs except MBB $ wise. BTW, our first National Championship was Frisbee Golf, I am told.*****

[mckeen]

I'm less excited every year and will continue on that path as long as the present NIL/portal situation is as messed up as it is. NCAA sports are simply pro sports now. The esprit de corps that made college sports so special has been lost.

[MedDawg]

8 for State, expecting a good offense. I think we go 6-6, possibly 7-5.

But I'm an optimist and thought no way would 2023 State win fewer than 6. Lost a lot of money betting on that. If I could get State over 4.5 I'd put another bunch on it, but not going to chance over 5.5.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Also, in case anyone wants to know why OM is where they are and why we are where we are, take a look at this website. Half the damn threads are about an Olympic sport that no one outside 10 fanbases in the country give a damn about and it’s weeks before the start of college football. The priorities of this fanbase are all out of whack with our competition. We are more concerned about a half funded niche sport that we have sucked in for 3 years than we are the sport that everyone else in our neighborhood is cutthroat about. We need an entire mindset overhaul. I wish we could take baseball and throw it in the ocean.

Find an extra $15m a year we can spend on football (coaching salaries, off field staff, and NIL... you'd need more than 15m to compete on facilities) and then sure, let's expect to compete with the big boys.

Right now, as far as I'm concerned we have a program we can win nattys in and a program we can make the Gator bowl in. Personally, I am more interested in following the first even though the 2nd is financially more important to the university

[Jarius]

Find an extra $15m a year we can spend on football (coaching salaries, off field staff, and NIL... you'd need more than 15m to compete on facilities) and then sure, let's expect to compete with the big boys.

Right now, as far as I'm concerned we have a program we can win nattys in and a program we can make the Gator bowl in. Personally, I am more interested in following the first even though the 2nd is financially more important to the university

If our in state rival that we have been equals with for almost our entire existence can find the money, so can we. The problem is that we spent 60 million dollars (30 that wasn’t funded by donors) on a niche sport stadium and god knows how much on NIL that no one outside of a few fanbases give a damn about. Every other fanbase in the SEC would trade 100 baseball national titles for 1 football national title, but ours would rather worry about grilling hot dogs and feeding opposing players than actually putting forth the effort and financial commitment to compete in the sport that actually matters. Your opinion is a cancer to our athletics department and one day there are going to be super conferences that we have a real shot to get left out of and you guys can enjoy hosting southern miss and Troy every weekend in your big nice stadium.

[msugolf]

If our in state rival that we have been equals with for almost our entire existence can find the money, so can we. The problem is that we spent 60 million dollars (30 that wasn’t funded by donors) on a niche sport stadium and god knows how much on NIL that no one outside of a few fanbases give a damn about. Every other fanbase in the SEC would trade 100 baseball national titles for 1 football national title, but ours would rather worry about grilling hot dogs and feeding opposing players than actually putting forth the effort and financial commitment to compete in the sport that actually matters. Your opinion is a cancer to our athletics department and one day there are going to be super conferences that we have a real shot to get left out of and you guys can enjoy hosting southern miss and Troy every weekend in your big nice stadium.

Good luck trying to fight the fight. We have too many good ol boys with inferiority complexes in this fan base.

I would rather go to a CFB playoff game once every 10 years than win 5 national championships in a row in baseball. It wouldnt hurt my feelings if we only played Grandslam and perfect game tourneys in flowood every year instead

Fortunately Selmon gets it and is doing things to appease the baseball meatheads on the surface but his focus among big NIL boosters is football and basketball behind the scenes

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Good luck trying to fight the fight. We have too many good ol boys with inferiority complexes in this fan base.

I would rather go to a CFB playoff game once every 10 years than win 5 national championships in a row in baseball. It wouldnt hurt my feelings if we only played Grandslam and perfect game tourneys in flowood every year instead

Fortunately Selmon gets it and is doing things to appease the baseball meatheads on the surface but his focus among big NIL boosters is football and basketball behind the scenes

What's the point in being mediocre at everything? Id rather suck at one sport and be elite in another. Baseball is the only one that we have that potential in. Football we will NEVER be able to compete with the elite, never. Our history should make that clear

Your football only. Great, you have the right to be. But don't pretend like there's some rational reason you prefer to barely be relevant in football once a decade vs winning 10 nattys in another sport. It's just your personal preference because football is what you care about

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

If our in state rival that we have been equals with for almost our entire existence can find the money, so can we. The problem is that we spent 60 million dollars (30 that wasn’t funded by donors) on a niche sport stadium and god knows how much on NIL that no one outside of a few fanbases give a damn about. Every other fanbase in the SEC would trade 100 baseball national titles for 1 football national title, but ours would rather worry about grilling hot dogs and feeding opposing players than actually putting forth the effort and financial commitment to compete in the sport that actually matters. Your opinion is a cancer to our athletics department and one day there are going to be super conferences that we have a real shot to get left out of and you guys can enjoy hosting southern miss and Troy every weekend in your big nice stadium.

Yes. We should ban the LFL and suck in baseball and dedicate those resources to football so they can go from averaging 7-5 season to averaging 8-4.

Id rather be elite in something and suck at other sports than mediocre in everything