So we all acknowledge that 4-8 with a more competitive team is improvement but still not acceptable.

How did we get here? Why do Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt have more talent than Mississippi State? Why are we so far behind Auburn and Tennessee?

I know some blame Leach for only recruiting offensive skill players and some say Arnept dropped the ball completely. And others blame Cohen for not taking NIL seriously.

But there has to be a deeper dive into what pushed Mississippi State all the way to the bottom of a 16 team league.

Please help me understand why we had to go from 5-7 to 2-10 to 4-8 before we can start digging out of this hole.