Quote Originally Posted by CadaverDawg View Post
Yeah, me and a buddy were talking this morning about it, and this game (while not a likely win), would be such a shape shifter in our program right now. We have fallen into obscurity and we need someone to put the paddles on our program and give it a shock back to life. A win like Saturday could be that shock and a potential turning point.
Would it mean we are going to be a threat in the SEC....absolutely not. But it WOULD raise a few eyebrows and put Lebby and MSU back into relevance as a team that could potentially be back on the rise. Would also help recruiting tremendously, as well as support.
I will be glued to the game for the first time in multiple seasons, and if we win I'll be back on board the wool train. I/We just need someone hope and optimism.

As for Ole Miss....we shouldn't even be comparing ourselves to them at this time, and maybe never again. They are just in a different stratosphere in terms of money, support, and potential at this time. It kills me to admit it, but it's true. Wins like Saturday can help us get back on a path to that level, but as of now we are much closer to USM than we are to Ole Miss....so we need to find a way to win this game Saturday. To me it's the biggest game in years for State. (So I'm fully prepared for a bed shitting disappointment haha)
I don't really believe never again, because we can get there, but I do agree that right now we don't need to be comparing ourselves to them. Until we get everyone rowing in the same direction in terms of vision, donating, embracing NIL, etc then we can't compare ourselves to someone who understands what it takes to win and goes all in on the pursuit to win. They don't care about optics, they don't care about winning sportsmanship awards or if people say they have no morals because they hired [insert great coach who has a checkered past], and they don't care if people don't like them. All that matters is what the scoreboard says at the end of the game.