First of all, I want to say I LOVE playing the in state SWAC schools and if I were the AD that's pretty much all we would play as far as FCS teams go. I think it's just good for the state of Mississippi. And yeah, I'm OK playing USM every now and then too. Like twice every six years is good enough for me.

Now, that said this is another opportunity for MSU to build perception. And what I want to see MSU do is score at least 60 on Alcorn. This is a page from the Ole Miss playbook of perception. Blow someone out that is a smaller school and put up a ridiculous number of points and then have everyone talk about how explosive your offense is. That's how we need to follow up our win over Arizona State was of course massive for perception in and of itself.

The gaudy offensive numbers help with recruiting and it makes it look like fun to play in if you are an offensive recruit.

So, let's not be "rational" MSU fans and talk about how "yeah, we scored a lot of points but it was Alcorn- we should score 65." And I don't want to see "We really ran it up on Alcorn- was that necessary?" if we are so fortunate enough to be able to play well enough to score a ton. Because the answer is yes, it is necessary for perception and Alcorn is getting a nice check from MSU so they will be fine.

Now- and I'm being really random here I know- I used to LOVE watching the SWAC highlights from Rob Jay on Sports Journal on Channel 3 in Jackson. Especially when Steve McNair was at Alcorn. Absolutely incredible stuff! I wanted him to win the Heisman so bad even though I knew it wasn't going to happen. He was a special talent.