I have been a state fan for a little over 20 years now. During that time period, the pendulum swung a bit each way between State and Ole Miss. Overall, they were a bit better than us in football and we were a bit better than them in baseball. We were always able to recover from times we were down by hiring 2 good coaches (Leach and Mullen). The true downfall of Miss State football was Leach's passing. Leach helped us recover from the Moorhead disaster and had us in prime position to go 9-4 again in 2023. Not only did his death impact us significantly, but so did Cohen's inability to comprehend the importance of NIL. From what I understand, we started way behind the 8 ball, but that is not surprising because State in general likes to be the last to the party on things due to the nature of our fanbase and unwillingness to make changes. This is the first time I do not have confidence the pendulum will swing back our way. They have passed us big time in football, they are getting ahead in basketball because they have better coaching and talent overall than us, and baseball is probably about the same even though they are better this year. I legit have no idea what to think of Lebby and I gave him a complete pass year 1, although I would feel better if we had not gone blown out at home by Toledo. An SEC program should never lose to a MAC program unless it is some type of crazy good team like Marshall had in the late 90s with Randy Moss and Byron Leftwich. Toledo only won 7 or 8 games so they were not some exception to the rule. Also it is concerning we lost every single SEC game by double digits. If he does not win more than 4 games I will probably be ready for change, although barring something unethical, he will get year 3.