Coach Drinkwitz

[TrapGame]

Heard this morning on sports radio he is rumored to have thrown his hat into the Penn State ring.

If this has legs it could get interesting about the time we play them.

[Coach34]

lots of coaches will want it. Big Ten is partnering with an investment firm to infuse cash into the conference. They have turned into a progressive bunch the last 5 years or so

[msstate7]

To get the job, he has to win. More likely he runs it up on us than the team lays down

[TrapGame]

To get the job, he has to win. More likely he runs it up on us than the team lays down

What he has already done at Mizzou is more than enough. If he is the front runner by the time of our game he will be more concerned about recruiting and portal prospects for Penn State and buying a house in Happy Valley than running up the score on us.

[Tripp McNeely]

Have yall watched them play this year? Bama is the only team with a pulse that they've played. They'll be lucky to beat us...I don't see them having any chance at "running it up" on us

[msstate7]

Have yall watched them play this year? Bama is the only team with a pulse that they've played. They'll be lucky to beat us...I don't see them having any chance at "running it up" on us

We've played one sec road game this season and lost by 23. You guys seem to trick yourselves into thinking we're good before every game. We're a 9.5 pt dog facing a lame duck coach this week. Missouri is much better than Florida

ETA... they faced someone on our level already, South Carolina. And while the final score was only 9 pts different, they physically dominated that game...

Total yards - 456 to 293, mizzou
Rushing yards - 285 to -9, Mizzou

They're #1 in the sec (6th nationally) in rushing, and we're 15th in the sec (101st nationally) in rush defense. This is as bad a matchup for us as you can come up with. It's gonna be demoralizing how they run over us

[PGHBulldogBG]

I would think the majority of mid level program coaches would show interest in Penn State. It is one of the 5 best jobs in the Big 10. Also, the investment firm the BIG10 is partnering with is another motivating factor. Drinkowitz runs a really good offense and Penn State fans are tired of not having an OL or enough offensive creativity to beat OSU, Michigan and Oregon. I could see this possibly being a good fit for all parties.

[StarkVegasSteve]

We've played one sec road game this season and lost by 23. You guys seem to trick yourselves into thinking we're good before every game. We're a 9.5 pt dog facing a lame duck coach this week. Missouri is much better than Florida

Exactly. We are MILES better than last year but miles better still means we are a bottom half team in the league. It means we now can compete with the top half and pick off some wins against the bottom half but we still have a good ways to go. Mizzou is a top half of the league team. They have an incredible rushing attack and are pretty balanced. People are unfairly judging them on the game against Bama because they are still holding FSU against Bama.

Mizzou will be a 2 TD favorite over us. If you asked me right now, it is 31-10 Mizzou. Outside of the UGA game last year, we have scored 5 TDs in our other 4 road conference games in the Lebby era. We have to show we can be competent on offense in road games before I will ever pick us to win a road conference game.

[Coach34]

Yeah, Mizzou looks alot better than us right now. We're staring 0-8 in the SEC again straight in the face. Could we grab a couple- like this one Sat? Sure. But we are just as likely to go winless again

[Turfdawg67]

We've played one sec road game this season and lost by 23. You guys seem to trick yourselves into thinking we're good before every game. We're a 9.5 pt dog facing a lame duck coach this week. Missouri is much better than Florida

Nothing quite like that MSU optimism...

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yeah, Mizzou looks alot better than us right now. We're staring 0-8 in the SEC again straight in the face. Could we grab a couple- like this one Sat? Sure. But we are just as likely to go winless again

Right now I feel like we're the streaky 3 point shooter that needs to see one fall. If we get one Saturday, I could see us getting 3 this year. But I need to see one before I'll say we're getting any of the remaining.

[Santiago]

Drink may get an offer from "Flarda" also

[TrapGame]

Drink may get an offer from "Flarda" also

Only if Kiffin tells them no.

[Maverick91]

We've played one sec road game this season and lost by 23. You guys seem to trick yourselves into thinking we're good before every game. We're a 9.5 pt dog facing a lame duck coach this week. Missouri is much better than Florida

ETA... they faced someone on our level already, South Carolina. And while the final score was only 9 pts different, they physically dominated that game...

Total yards - 456 to 293, mizzou
Rushing yards - 285 to -9, Mizzou

They're #1 in the sec (6th nationally) in rushing, and we're 15th in the sec (101st nationally) in rush defense. This is as bad a matchup for us as you can come up with. It's gonna be demoralizing how they run over us

Is there anything that would make you think we are a good team?

[StarkVegasSteve]

Only if Kiffin tells them no.

He's probably going to tell them no. He has no reason to go there. OM can pay whatever FL can and he has unlimited autonomy at OM that he would not have at Florida. Also, he's shown he can win in Oxford just as easily as he could in Gainesville. NIL and the portal changed the game. You don't have to be at a traditional power or a traditional fertile recruiting ground. Transfers want to come play for programs that they can put up numbers and Lane has shown players can come there and do exactly that.

It's not like he has to go to Florida to work with DJ Lagway. He can just get him out of the portal. Hell he could get Florida's best players and bring them to Oxford.

[TrapGame]

He's probably going to tell them no. He has no reason to go there. OM can pay whatever FL can and he has unlimited autonomy at OM that he would not have at Florida. Also, he's shown he can win in Oxford just as easily as he could in Gainesville. NIL and the portal changed the game. You don't have to be at a traditional power or a traditional fertile recruiting ground. Transfers want to come play for programs that they can put up numbers and Lane has shown players can come there and do exactly that.

It's not like he has to go to Florida to work with DJ Lagway. He can just get him out of the portal. Hell he could get Florida's best players and bring them to Oxford.

LOL!

Can nobody on this board play along?

Absolutely no one on NAFOOM or Spirit would be defending one of our coaches no matter how much it was the truth. Remember they have Not A Fan sending Lebby to every open job right now bc he just hates Starkville and knows this program is nothing but crap. No one on their boards is giving Lebby any props for what he has done in year two.

I say Kiffin is going to Florida bc it makes them squirm like jilted little school girls. It makes them wait with bated breath bc this could be the rumor that happens to be true.

Everyone should be telling any ole miss fan they know - Well you know Lane is probably going Florida - just to watch that look they get when they realize it could be true.

**** them.

[viverlibre]

Drink would be good. If they land anyone other than Rhule, Cig or Drink, boosters will likely be upset. Kiffen ain't leaving Oxford until his kid finishes HS.

[msstate7]

Is there anything that would make you think we are a good team?

A good start would be winning a sec game. We've lost 14 straight sec games and 1 of our last 18 sec games. Why would I think we're a good sec team?

[msstate7]

Drink would be good. If they land anyone other than Rhule, Cig or Drink, boosters will likely be upset. Kiffen ain't leaving Oxford until his kid finishes HS.

Never say never. If lsu opens up, he would absolutely leave imo

[viverlibre]

Never say never. If lsu opens up, he would absolutely leave imo

LSU maybe, but BR is a huge shithole - it's trying to become Jxn.

TOSU and UGA certainly.