Opinion

[Rick Danko]

I know this is a MS State board but just wanted your opinions on this matter. Talked to a friend this morning, he asked me my opinion of the game and what I thought. I explained I thought Ole Miss had talent but were young, and Vandy gave them the game. Too many missed oppurtunities for turnovers and then playing too timid at the end cost them the game. When asked what my opinion was of the two teams, I stated both are in the bottom half of the league, probably bottom third.

He then tells me he talked to his buddy this morning (Ole Miss fan) and asked him his opinion. To paraphrase what he said, "That was 2 great teams and it came down to the wire, but the better team won out. I expect both in a bowl game this year."

Now don't get me wrong, the last part of the statement is most likely true, but to call that display 2 great teams, am I missing something here. Maybe it is my maroon glasses, but they both looked the part of mediocre football teams.

What are some of your opinions.

[msstate7]

If he thought vandy was good, wait till 5 straight teams hang 40 on them starting in 2 weeks

[smootness]

We won't really know until we get later into the season. Maybe Vandy's defense really is as good as we saw in the first half. Maybe Ole Miss' running game just finally came alive at the end. Or maybe they both have serious flaws.

The bottom line is, I hope we stop talking about Ole Miss so much. I know it's never going to happen realistically, but it gets so old worrying about them all the time. Who cares if they put a good team on the field? That doesn't impact us in any way. It's been shown through time that in-state recruiting will be a war no matter what; we just need to keep doing what we're doing and worry about us. I think we have a chance to have a very good team this year; if Ole Miss has a very good team, ok; if they don't, ok. But it really doesn't affect us outside of one game in November.

[hacker]

We won't really know until we get later into the season. Maybe Vandy's defense really is as good as we saw in the first half. Maybe Ole Miss' running game just finally came alive at the end. Or maybe they both have serious flaws.

The bottom line is, I hope we stop talking about Ole Miss so much. I know it's never going to happen realistically, but it gets so old worrying about them all the time. Who cares if they put a good team on the field? That doesn't impact us in any way. It's been shown through time that in-state recruiting will be a war no matter what; we just need to keep doing what we're doing and worry about us. I think we have a chance to have a very good team this year; if Ole Miss has a very good team, ok; if they don't, ok. But it really doesn't affect us outside of one game in November.

I dunno about you, but for me, the rivalry makes it so that the second most exciting game every week is the Ole Miss game. I cheer them losing almost as avidly as us winning. I don't know where that mindset came from, but that's why I care about what Ole Miss is doing.

[msstate7]

I dunno about you, but for me, the rivalry makes it so that the second most exciting game every week is the Ole Miss game. I cheer them losing almost as avidly as us winning. I don't know where that mindset came from, but that's why I care about what Ole Miss is doing.

Me too. Trust me their fans are huge okla st fans also.

[Rick Danko]

We won't really know until we get later into the season. Maybe Vandy's defense really is as good as we saw in the first half. Maybe Ole Miss' running game just finally came alive at the end. Or maybe they both have serious flaws.

The bottom line is, I hope we stop talking about Ole Miss so much. I know it's never going to happen realistically, but it gets so old worrying about them all the time. Who cares if they put a good team on the field? That doesn't impact us in any way. It's been shown through time that in-state recruiting will be a war no matter what; we just need to keep doing what we're doing and worry about us. I think we have a chance to have a very good team this year; if Ole Miss has a very good team, ok; if they don't, ok. But it really doesn't affect us outside of one game in November.

Fair enough, it is wrong to talk about them. But bottom line, you could not be more wrong with that statement. 8 hours ago they played a ballgame on national TV and won in the closing minutes with the announcers drooling over them from the time the telecast started. You can live in a bubble of not thinking this affects us, but this is our in state rival that we go head to head recruiting with on 75% (total guess) of our players and hype/namebrand matters. What happened last night, if repeated very often, will affect us tremendously.

That said, back to the original question, I think they both are not very good and I hope to hell I see what I want to see Saturday to reinforce my opinion that we beat them in November. As of right now, I still believe that happens without a doubt.

[smootness]

You can live in a bubble of not thinking this affects us, but this is our in state rival that we go head to head recruiting with on 75% (total guess) of our players and hype/namebrand matters.

It doesn't matter nearly as much in Mississippi. The most important thing for our in-state recruiting is relationships, and Mullen was smart enough to go about building those the second he was hired. Obviously it helps us if we keep winning, but my point is that as long as we do that, we're going to do well inside the state. Ole Miss will always get their share, and we will always get our share.

I just get so sick of hearing about them. We have our first game tomorrow, in a very big, nationally televised venue, and all we can talk about is how lucky Ole Miss is to have won last night.

Yeah, that was a crazy game. Yes, I wish they had lost. But it just doesn't affect us all that much that they beat Vandy.

[smootness]

I dunno about you, but for me, the rivalry makes it so that the second most exciting game every week is the Ole Miss game.

Then you and I just differ. For instance, to me, by far the second most exciting game this week is UGA/Clemson.

I did go to UGA, but that has nothing to do with it; I'm not a UGA fan and never have been. But that is a big game nationally with two teams that should be fun to watch. I have interest in what Ole Miss is doing, but not to the extent that I watch their games every week.

[Todd4State]

It doesn't matter nearly as much in Mississippi. The most important thing for our in-state recruiting is relationships, and Mullen was smart enough to go about building those the second he was hired. Obviously it helps us if we keep winning, but my point is that as long as we do that, we're going to do well inside the state. Ole Miss will always get their share, and we will always get our share.

I just get so sick of hearing about them. We have our first game tomorrow, in a very big, nationally televised venue, and all we can talk about is how lucky Ole Miss is to have won last night.

Yeah, that was a crazy game. Yes, I wish they had lost. But it just doesn't affect us all that much that they beat Vandy.

If Ole Miss is down, it's easier for us. It's as simple as that. It does affect us- at the very least somewhat. The same is true for Ole Miss. That's why whenever we have any shred of momentum and a decent class, they try to get us on probation.

Had Ole Miss lost last night, I think their momentum is probably gone- staring at Texas, at Alabama, etc. right down the road in the near future.

Yes, we do have to worry about ourselves and with a good showing against Oklahoma State, we will probably feel as good if not better about our team. But to act like they don't matter at all- well, ask Houston Nutt where it gets you.

[smootness]

I realize we will talk about them, and I do, too. It's just that there are clearly times among our fanbase when we seem far more concerned about them than we do our own program, which makes no sense to me.

6 of the top 7 threads on this board right now are about Ole Miss directly, and the other is a generic thread about one of the announcers from the Ole Miss game last night. Yes, they played last night so it's fresh on everyone's mind. But our game is tomorrow, and I think it would be far better in a lot of ways to focus more on us.

[biscuit]

why the ole miss love? **** em

[Coach34]

I dunno about you, but for me, the rivalry makes it so that the second most exciting game every week is the Ole Miss game. I cheer them losing almost as avidly as us winning. I don't know where that mindset came from, but that's why I care about what Ole Miss is doing.

This is me also.

[Dawgfan77]

I don't get the love for the bears. I thought Vandy was bad and undersized. Robert was not a game changer has no moves just bull rushed all night. Poor tacklers on the bear defense Paidwell looks the part but shit they were just dinking the ball to him with the db's giving him 6 to 8 yd cushion. My opinion vandy is a 4 to 5 win team Rebs are a 5 to 6 win team. A pysical team will beat them up and down the field. I just don't get how everyone is loving this team. They are far from a contender

[War Machine Dawg]

Vandy isn't as good as last season. Their QB and D are hot garbage. Especially their QB.

[Johnson85]

I realize we will talk about them, and I do, too. It's just that there are clearly times among our fanbase when we seem far more concerned about them than we do our own program, which makes no sense to me.

There are a handful of games to talk about right now. I worked through the interesting parts of the USCe game, but even if I hadn't, there doesn't seem to be that much to talk about from that game. We knew USCe was going to be good and be better than UNC. UM versus Vandy was a good game between evenly matched SEC teams that are going to be fighting to get into bowl games. The UM talk gets annoying at times, but what else can really be said about our game at this point?

[dparker]

The bottom line is, I hope we stop talking about Ole Miss so much. I know it's never going to happen realistically, but it gets so old worrying about them all the time.

+ infinity

[Delta]

I think it is hard to judge OM and Vandy based on this game alone. The only thing that we know is that they are pretty evenly matched. They could both be good, fair, or terrible. Until they face a couple of teams, they can only be compared relative to each other.

[cheewgumm]

Ole Miss looked really good to me. And I think they will get better.

We gotta figure out their offense...simple as that. Though not so simple.

[Coach34]

Ole Miss looked really good to me. And I think they will get better.

We gotta figure out their offense...simple as that. Though not so simple.

To disrupt their offense- your DL has to whip their OL's ass and play assignment football.

[RougeDawg]

I wouldn't shed a tear if those lucky, stuck up pricks lost every game until the day I die. They talk shit when they suck, and they really talk shit when they reach the 6 win plateau. I cannot stand even setting foot in that town. What they do effects what we do and vice versa. If you cannot see this, I suggest you schedule an optometrist visit very soon.

Strange thing is that we aren't the only fan base who feels this way about them. Living in New Orleans I come across just about every SEC fan base, and they all have the same opinion and hatred for OM. You still have the AU/Bama, AU/UGA, Bama/UT, LSU/Bama hate, but they all hate OM in common. I think this is very telling on what type of people they are. Not all of them, but most are stuck up, better than you, arrogant pricks. They never admit anything negative even when its staring them in the face. I never heard a State fan talking shit during the dark years of Croom. Talk to an OM fan after a 4/2 win season, you'd think they had 65 NFL draft picks and just picked up their 18th consecutive BCS crystal ball. Both exaggerations, but you get my point. They have a reputation and one that I'm glad I'm not a part of.