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#1 Bear Jim Shute not happy...lol
This is hilarious and has a little truth to it to.
But how can they claim to be the Flagship University, just because you say it doesn't make it true.
Ole Miss Football: Rebels are in Critical Condition and need To Wake Up!
by Jim Shute 1 hour ago Follow @DFWLANDSHARK
Nobody likes being at a crossroads, but there is no denying Ole Miss and Ole Miss football is at an intersection which could help or hinder.
Ole Miss and especially Ole Miss football is at a crossroads. With the recent departure of Athletics Director Ross Bjork, all the leaders involved in the recent NCAA mess are now gone. Former Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze, Chancellor Jeff Vitter and now Ross Bjork have departed Oxford.
Don?t get me wrong. Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks and Interim AD Keith Carter are doing good jobs and keeping the ship afloat in troubled waters, but Ole Miss is in trouble and needs a strong leader to take the helm as Chancellor at Ole Miss. The ?Titanic? known as Ole Miss is heading straight towards an iceberg and if we aren?t careful. The ship will sink to a level that will take decades to rise up to the surface.
Chuck Rounsaville is a long-time friend, owner and writer for ?The Ole Miss Spirit? now called https://247sports.com/college/ole-miss/. On May 24th, 2019 shortly after Ross Bjork announced he was leaving for Texas A&M, Chuck wrote a scathing but truthful post about the problems at Ole Miss. He notes that it?s not just football or athletics in general. He says it?s much deeper and there is a systemic problem at Ole Miss that simply has to change.
Chuck notes that Ole Miss has focused so much on out-of-state students that we?ve allowed Mississippi State to take hold of Mississippi in and out of the classroom. The Bulldogs have parlayed that into a political advantage at the state and local level.
Chuck has given me and www.olehottytoddy.com permission to share his post that he made to his subscribers. If you are a subscriber, you can click on the link below. I?ve also cut and pasted it with Chuck?s blessing. Please read this with an open mind. The truth hurts but it will also set us free.
The decision on the new Chancellor and subsequent Athletics Director roles are the most critical decisions in the history of our beloved University. Let?s hope the best surgeons will come in and make Ole Miss healthy again!
It is time for Ole Miss ? us ? to wake up ? Written By Chuck Rounsaville
?We have been in a semi-slumber for too long on what has been going on around us, not really resting on our laurels, but being complacent in our approach to a lot of things ? internally and externally.
Before I delve any further into this, there are some things I want to note.
One, I hate saying publicly some of the things I will say, but I don?t think it can be avoided any longer. This has been weighing heavily on me for some time, but I can?t stand washing dirty laundry in public, so to speak.
Two, while I?m going to be somewhat critical of how I feel we ? Ole Miss ? has become a little stagnant, I still believe it is a wonderful place with many pluses and an abundance of untapped potential to unveil and capitalize on.
Having said that, we ? those who love her ? have to open our eyes and wake up and there is no better opportunity than now with the search for and the naming of a new chancellor on the horizon.
In my humble estimation, it is the most important hire of my lifetime, and I don?t think that is an exaggeration at all. In fact, I don?t know if that is stated strongly enough.
Don?t look now, but with all due respect to the powers at Ole Miss now, and with respect to interim Chancellor Larry Sparks, we have been rudderless for too long, mired in controversy and turmoil, and getting outdistanced in several areas by our in-state rival.
While I am not going to toot their horn too loudly, and still believe Ole Miss has an edge being the flagship university of this state, former Spirit Editor Jeff Roberson tried mightily to warn all Rebels a few years back about the Bully Block PAC and how it would affect politics in Mississippi in years to come. He was right ? we have been outflanked politically in our state on many fronts.
While we concentrated on enrolling out of state students, MSU was/is steamrolling us recruiting Mississippi kids who have Mississippi pride and will go back home to live and prosper in this state while talking up the virtues of Mississippi State.
I get emails weekly from UM alums stating how their children or grandchildren receive regular correspondence from MSU and have never heard from Ole Miss.
The growth, prosperity, cooperation and vision of the leaders of the Golden Triangle has dwarfed our home base in recent years. I can?t tell you how many people have told me how much better and more welcoming the business climate and environment is around Starkville than it is around Oxford.
One of their missions is to ?out do? Ole Miss in everything and they have taken advantage of a down time in our leadership and a down time in our athletics to move ahead in certain areas. Athletics are cyclical ? that is a historical fact at just about every school, but for the time being, we are behind in many athletic areas.
While we want to say LSU is our chief rival, MSU makes no bones about it ? they want to beat Ole Miss, and it is that attitude that has allowed them to catch up with, and in some instances surpass, us.
My bottom line is that this is no time to be bashful. We need to get involved politically and we must do whatever we have to do to make sure a dynamic chancellor is hired, one who will lead us out of this stale period in our history and restore some positive energy to our alumni base and students. Ole Miss has got to wake up.
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Praise The Lord and Go Dawgs!!!
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To sum it all up, Chuck is begging his readership/flock to do whatever it takes to stop the nefarious, Machiavellian juggernaut that is Mississippi State.
Ah, the broken-hearted, defeated bleat of a sheep in retreat.
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It’s still hilarious to me that they try to call LSU their rival. I don’t know a single LSU fan that considers ole miss their rival.
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Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
It’s still hilarious to me that they try to call LSU their rival. I don’t know a single LSU fan that considers ole miss their rival.
That'd be like us calling Alabama our real rival. LSU beats them year in and year out.
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Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
It?s still hilarious to me that they try to call LSU their rival. I don?t know a single LSU fan that considers ole miss their rival.
Flagship my ASS! That's the problem those dumb bastards still believe that. LSU their true rival dumb 17s.
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So let me get this straight. After 150+ years of having a virtual lock on the political structure of Mississippi, a strangle hold on leadership within the IHL, and a virtual lock on Mississippi's congressional delegation, their institution was still so shitty that we passed them by years ago. And when they finally realized that they were no longer the center of the MS universe their solution is wanting to put more of their inept leaders in control so they can further their efforts at being excellent in ineptitude. Sounds like a winning formula to me.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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They just got a commit from a 4* QB that had offers from Florida and Auburn. The Network is still going strong!
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
So let me get this straight. After 150+ years of having a virtual lock on the political structure of Mississippi, a strangle hold on leadership within the IHL, and a virtual lock on Mississippi's congressional delegation, their institution was still so shitty that we passed them by years ago. And when they finally realized that they were no longer the center of the MS universe their solution is wanting to put more of their inept leaders in control so they can further their efforts at being excellent in ineptitude. Sounds like a winning formula to me.
Never seen it put so succinctly. Bravo.
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Ole Miss produces the kinds of fans who rent movies from the “lie-berry.”
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Originally Posted by
TrapGame
They just got a commit from a 4* QB that had offers from Florida and Auburn. The Network is still going strong!
Neither of those schools would’ve taken his commitment. Big difference between an offer and commitable offer.
CAN'T PUT A SADDLE ON A MUSTANG
Quit Your Bi$&$&?!, He's Not Going to Run the Ball More
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Member
"Chuck Rounsaville is a long-time friend, owner and writer for ?The Ole Miss Spirit? now called https://247sports.com/college/ole-miss/. On May 24th, 2019 shortly after Ross Bjork announced he was leaving for Texas A&M, Chuck wrote a scathing but truthful post about the problems at Ole Miss. He notes that it?s not just football or athletics in general. He says it?s much deeper and there is a systemic problem at Ole Miss that simply has to change."
Afraid to say anything until after he was gone, toed the company line prior.
"So let me get this straight. After 150+ years of having a virtual lock on the political structure of Mississippi, a strangle hold on leadership within the IHL, and a virtual lock on Mississippi's congressional delegation, their institution was still so shitty that we passed them by years ago. And when they finally realized that they were no longer the center of the MS universe their solution is wanting to put more of their inept leaders in control so they can further their efforts at being excellent in ineptitude. Sounds like a winning formula to me."
Always wanted to maintain the status quo, they had no interest in progress. Their fiefdom was in place. In my mind, explains many of the issues Mississippi has struggled with, recent changes in power though has broken their stranglehold though and now new leadership is moving this State more in the right direction. Still a lot of hurdles to cross, as other States are not sitting idle. Without kicking off a large political debate, I do think you will see some historically successful States regress as they try to balance their business climate and quality of living with Economic realities.
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Originally Posted by
fishwater99
This is hilarious and has a little truth to it to.
But how can they claim to be the Flagship University, just because you say it doesn't make it true.
Ole Miss Football: Rebels are in Critical Condition and need To Wake Up!
by Jim Shute 1 hour ago Follow @DFWLANDSHARK
While I am not going to toot their horn too loudly, and still believe Ole Miss has an edge being the flagship university of this state, former Spirit Editor Jeff Roberson tried mightily to warn all Rebels a few years back about the Bully Block PAC and how it would affect politics in Mississippi in years to come. He was right ? we have been outflanked politically in our state on many fronts.
While we concentrated on enrolling out of state students, MSU was/is steamrolling us recruiting Mississippi kids who have Mississippi pride and will go back home to live and prosper in this state while talking up the virtues of Mississippi State.
News Flash: State has always had more Mississippi students than OM. At least since the early 80s. It didn't just happen because they recently focused on getting out-of-state students.
Among high school students in Mississippi, the ones that know both MSU and OM and their students, more have chosen MSU over OM for decades.
I think they are giving the Bully Bloc WAY too much credit. While I think it's a good idea, I don't know of anything political yet that State has received over OM. On the OM 247 board they talk about the Bully Bloc A LOT, and some even go so far as to blame their current troubles on the Bully Bloc. Ridiculous. And they rail against Tate Reeves, a Millsaps grad, as his getting elected governor would be the worst thing that could happen to Ole Miss. Again, WAY overblown.
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Originally Posted by
TrapGame
They just got a commit from a 4* QB that had offers from Florida and Auburn. The Network is still going strong!
Why is it when they get a 4* it's because the network is up and running but when we get one it's clean and legit? They will get their fair-share of 4 stars. They should and will recruit about the same as us. It's best to just accept it and trust that our coaching is better.
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I feel that the same old connections that have caused them much trouble over the years are much too strong still and nothing will change over there in groveland. Too many of em simply feel that they are a better class of folks simply because they went to that school.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg-gone-dawgs
Why is it when they get a 4* it's because the network is up and running but when we get one it's clean and legit? They will get their fair-share of 4 stars. They should and will recruit about the same as us. It's best to just accept it and trust that our coaching is better.
They should have been beat down like the sniveling little ass wipes they are but I guess the NCAA is going to cut the SEC slack. I doubt much happens to LSU either. This is a billion dollar business and I'm afraid the NCAA president might wind up with a horse's head in his bed if he ever tried to lower the boom to the SEC.
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Originally Posted by
TrapGame
They just got a commit from a 4* QB that had offers from Florida and Auburn. The Network is still going strong!
If Auburn wants him they will get him. They have a bigger and stronger net work. Also they have not been clipped yet.
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Originally Posted by
ShotgunDawg
Neither of those schools would’ve taken his commitment. Big difference between an offer and commitable offer.
He had an MSU offer too.....but we took the Rogers kid and haven't looked back.
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