Who here is a MS State graduate?

[StarkVegasSteve]

I know them also. Whole different league than us common folk.

That is putting it VERY lightly. Great people though.

[Commercecomet24]

Thank you! Four year battle with stage 4 colorectal cancer that had metastasized to her liver. She was a warrior, and a great mother, wife, daughter, & sister. Not a bad pharmacist either.

Man I'm so sorry to hear this! My condolences! That's tough!

[Turfdawg67]

Thank you! Four year battle with stage 4 colorectal cancer that had metastasized to her liver. She was a warrior, and a great mother, wife, daughter, & sister. Not a bad pharmacist either.

Sorry for your loss.

[NCMSTFAN]

I'm not a graduate, I left for the Air Force after attending EMCC for a couple years but was raised in Columbus and was a fan since elementary school. Been to hundreds of games growing up though

[Cowbell]

Graduate here

[woof]

Yes! I'm a proud MSU graduate w/B.S. in Software Engineering. My little sister is at MSU now in Nursing program...

[was21]

Yes! I'm a proud MSU graduate w/B.S. in Software Engineering. My little sister is at MSU now in Nursing program...

What nursing program would that be at State? Pre nursing?? Asking for a friend.

[Coursesuper]

Okay, it seems that my hypothesis is correct. We don’t have the walk on alumni that the bammers and confederates and tigahs do. We by and large have graduated, attended the or have a family tie that have bound us to the Maroon and White. That said why is it that we can not ever get on the same page with each other? We are a divided, ignorant a for some unknown to me reason entitled. In my experience we can get to the highest point of college athletics in both men’s and women’s sports. But, we have no sustainability in those highs. Even at the highest points we as a group are constantly bitching about some small issue or looking for something to be scared of.

We will never have the resources the majority of the other schools in our league have. But we have been competing and competitive. In this new era of the NIL and unlimited free agency the only way we keep up is to have a unified vision and voice.

I am very skeptical that we ever will, we are one of the most educated fan bases there is in FBS yet we continually act like the dumbest bunch of ticks on the block.

[TALL DAWG]

Add Tall Dawg, my wife, son and daughter (she graduated yesterday!) as MSU grads.

[Skydawg1]

Class of 96 here.

[RiverCityDawg]

I did

[Turfdawg67]

Yes! I'm a proud MSU graduate w/B.S. in Software Engineering. My little sister is at MSU now in Nursing program...

The troll just outed himself... lolz

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Okay, it seems that my hypothesis is correct. We don?t have the walk on alumni that the bammers and confederates and tigahs do. We by and large have graduated, attended the or have a family tie that have bound us to the Maroon and White. That said why is it that we can not ever get on the same page with each other? We are a divided, ignorant a for some unknown to me reason entitled. In my experience we can get to the highest point of college athletics in both men?s and women?s sports. But, we have no sustainability in those highs. Even at the highest points we as a group are constantly bitching about some small issue or looking for something to be scared of.

We will never have the resources the majority of the other schools in our league have. But we have been competing and competitive. In this new era of the NIL and unlimited free agency the only way we keep up is to have a unified vision and voice.

I am very skeptical that we ever will, we are one of the most educated fan bases there is in FBS yet we continually act like the dumbest bunch of ticks on the block.

So the fans of Bama and LSU pretty much all expect to have elite programs. The boosters provide big money and the ADs buy the big coaches to have elite programs. Thus, all the fans are happy.

At State, we have fans that want to be elite and so want us to behave like Bama/LSU. We also have fans that are happy to make a bowl game because they've been conditioned from the 70s-2000's that that's pretty good for us. Then we have fans in the middle (like me) who think anything from 7-5 to 9-3 is a reasonable expectation but don't expect to compete with Bama/LSU.

Point is, we have different expectations for our program and different ideas of how to get there, so we bicker about what direction to go in and how to use our precious money. But at the big schools, they just throw money at their problems and therefore make the fans happy

[Ranchdawg]

My dad graduated with a BS in 1949
My mother graduated in 1949 from LSU
I graduated 1979 with a BS
Wife attended two years returned to Jackson nursing school
Stepdaughter attended returned to Jackson nursing school. Was a cheerleader while at State
Stepson graduated with a BS
Daughter graduated with a BS and is now MD
My granddaughter is presently at MSU and co-Ed cheerleader
So my roots at MSU run deep!

[basedog]

I graduated at Dear Ole State.

[defiantdog]

Graduated in '05, ex wife as well. Oldest son is set to graduate from MSU in 2025.

[Turfdawg67]

Okay, it seems that my hypothesis is correct. We don?t have the walk on alumni that the bammers and confederates and tigahs do. We by and large have graduated, attended the or have a family tie that have bound us to the Maroon and White. That said why is it that we can not ever get on the same page with each other? We are a divided, ignorant a for some unknown to me reason entitled. In my experience we can get to the highest point of college athletics in both men?s and women?s sports. But, we have no sustainability in those highs. Even at the highest points we as a group are constantly bitching about some small issue or looking for something to be scared of.

We will never have the resources the majority of the other schools in our league have. But we have been competing and competitive. In this new era of the NIL and unlimited free agency the only way we keep up is to have a unified vision and voice.

I am very skeptical that we ever will, we are one of the most educated fan bases there is in FBS yet we continually act like the dumbest bunch of ticks on the block.

Sorry that you were unsure about all this. We don't have sidewalk fans. You have to win a lot of games and championships to have those. But I live out of state, and I'll tell you a quick story... in 2014 I was once walking in a grocery store wearing my MSU gear and this little boy, about 12 years old, pointed at my shirt and told his little brother (probably nine or 10), "That's my favorite team. That's the one Dak plays on". Of course we were #1 at the time but it shows that it can be done, even at lil ole Miss State.

[Coursesuper]

So the fans of Bama and LSU pretty much all expect to have elite programs. The boosters provide big money and the ADs buy the big coaches to have elite programs. Thus, all the fans are happy.

At State, we have fans that want to be elite and so want us to behave like Bama/LSU. We also have fans that are happy to make a bowl game because they've been conditioned from the 70s-2000's that that's pretty good for us. Then we have fans in the middle (like me) who think anything from 7-5 to 9-3 is a reasonable expectation but don't expect to compete with Bama/LSU.

Lived most of my career out of state well aware of that fact, the hypothesis is that we are well educated yet divided and ignorant of the facts that face our institutions ability to compete.

Point is, we have different expectations for our program and different ideas of how to get there, so we bicker about what direction to go in and how to use our precious money. But at the big schools, they just throw money at their problems and therefore make the fans happy

Well that’s a response I would expect from one of us.

[State82]

Graduate here. Along with my Dad and sister

[Coursesuper]

Sorry that you were unsure about all this. We don't have sidewalk fans. You have to win a lot of games and championships to have those. But I live out of state, and I'll tell you a quick story... in 2014 I was once walking in a grocery store wearing my MSU gear and this little boy, about 12 years old, pointed at my shirt and told his little brother (probably nine or 10), "That's my favorite team. That's the one Dak plays on". Of course we were #1 at the time but it shows that it can be done, even at lil ole Miss State.

I also spent the majority of my career outside of the state, the hypothesis is that we are a well educated base, yet we are ignorant of the facts of what it takes to compete and can never speak with a single voice or put all of our efforts into pushing something we need to forward. We fail mighty here and the confederates can do it well. We are to busy tearing ourselves apart.