Quote Originally Posted by Coach View Post
1- Yes, we competed in a very down time in the SEC. Saban took the job in 2007 (for a contract of 32 MILLON btw)

2- the last 2 year were into a down cycle for MSU.

2009:

lost by 25 to Auburn
Lost by 20 to UF
lost by 28 to Fl
Lost to Ark by 21


Not seeing the competed part there.

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Hang on, Auburn was a bad loss in Dan Mullen's very first SEC game. But we lost by 10 to #1 UF, by 4 to No.7 LSU, 11 to #25 Georgia Tech, and by 7 to a 10-win Houston team. That Arkansas game was a one-score game in the 4th, and Arkansas' last TD came with 2 minutes left in the game. There were very few times when the game was basically over before it started that year. IMO a big part of the excitement from 2009 to 2010 was not just because of the Egg Bowl win but because our team was playing hard every week. That's not a comment on what we have or haven't seen this year, but that 2009 team was pretty competitive with a talent deficit.