SEC football opening day lines...

[HancockCountyDog]

Yep. We have to turn that back into more of an auto win than a 50/50 game if we are going to get back to end of Mullen tenure type success. I'm not scared of their quarterback but we have completely shit the bed the last few trips over there. We need that to be an 11 am game.

Honestly, we are not in complete control of that. Kentucky gave Stoops time to build a program, he has done a good job recruiting Ohio and creating a culture that works there.

If I was drafting teams from the East for MSU to play over the next five years, id have Kentucky as one of the last to play, with only Georgia and Florida behind them.

[FISHDAWG]

Thats going to be one to watch. Their QB came back and they have recruited the trenches well. We havent won there since 2014.

and I think we barely won that one .... If I remember correctly Kendrick Market made a game saving shoestring tackle late in the game to prevent the winning touchdown ... this game will indeed be interesting

[HancockCountyDog]

I think we beat Memphis pretty easily.

Kentucky will be extremely tough.

[RiverCityDawg]

It's hard to argue with this. Dan gave a half assed effort.

I don't think he was half assed any until we lost to bama in 2014. I think he thought/knew he had peaked with us at that point and it would only be downhill from there. After that I think his effort was more inconsistent.

[TrapGame]

I don't think he was half assed any until we lost to bama in 2014. I think he thought/knew he had peaked with us at that point and it would only be downhill from there. After that I think his effort was more inconsistent.

Dan was always looking for the next job but his arrogant attitude turned a lot of folks off. He would have left us in 2010 for Miami in a heartbeat. Fortunately for us Miami's AD thought he was a pompous dick.

[Todd4State]

One thing about Kentucky and MSU is I expect our defense to be pretty good against the run this year because we basically return our entire DL/LB minus Brule. I'm assuming that Kentucky is going to be run heavy again this year.

[Coach34]

It's hilarious how Miami turned him down once, then the next time he thought he had it locked down and Richt snaked him at the last minute. Then he gets an even better job and refuses to recruit enough to keep it.

[Commercecomet24]

It's hilarious how Miami turned him down once, then the next time he thought he had it locked down and Richt snaked him at the last minute. Then he gets an even better job and refuses to recruit enough to keep it.

And most of us with any sense said he wouldn't last 5 years at uf, and he didn't, lol.

[TrapGame]

It's hilarious how Miami turned him down once, then the next time he thought he had it locked down and Richt snaked him at the last minute. Then he gets an even better job and refuses to recruit enough to keep it.

Dan Mullen is Dan Mullen's worst enemy.

[Commercecomet24]

Dan Mullen is Dan Mullen's worst enemy.

Absolutely no question about this!

[PGHBulldogBG]

Mullen needs to go to the NFL and be an assistant so he doesn?t have to worry about recruiting. No school is going to just simply recruit itself without putting in effort. As a college coach, you still need to be able to recruit players and relate to their families. He was really good at evaluating under developed talent, I just think his attitude got in the way of him being a great coach because he was too stubborn and too busy looking for his next job

[Coach34]

Mullen needs to go to the NFL and be an assistant so he doesn?t have to worry about recruiting. No school is going to just simply recruit itself without putting in effort. As a college coach, you still need to be able to recruit players and relate to their families. He was really good at evaluating under developed talent, I just think his attitude got in the way of him being a great coach because he was too stubborn and too busy looking for his next job

He hates the selling part of coaching- kissing ass during recruiting. Thats why they worked so hard breaking down film and grabbing potential projects. Didnt have to work hard to sign them. As Mullen said himself- he outrecruited Middle Tennessee State for Fitz and he loved that.

[FISHDAWG]

Mullen needs to go to the NFL and be an assistant

do NFL assistants make $6 million a year ? I have no idea

[TrapGame]

Mullen needs to go to the NFL and be an assistant so he doesn?t have to worry about recruiting. No school is going to just simply recruit itself without putting in effort. As a college coach, you still need to be able to recruit players and relate to their families. He was really good at evaluating under developed talent, I just think his attitude got in the way of him being a great coach because he was too stubborn and too busy looking for his next job

I think Mullen pops up as an analyst on CBS or Fox. He loves to hear himself talk. After a couple of years of that he's going to get back into coaching at some small university where he can push around the AD like he did Strick at State.