State-hater Mike Farrell is at it again!

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This imbecile Rivals.com National Recruiting Director wrote a big, one-sided hit-piece against us. For anyone who has read his stuff over the years, this shouldn't be a surprise. He has clearly had a hard-on for us for years.

"I wrote back in late March that I didn't think 2016 five-star recruit Jeffery Simmons should be given a second chance by Mississippi State after he was caught on video pummeling a woman. So you can imagine my disgust when it was announced he would be allowed to enroll in Starkville "under conditions" and would serve only a one-game suspension for his actions.

The justification by Athletic Director Scott Stricklin was all over the map in his interview at the SEC spring meetings, and he even admitted that there was some concern that another SEC school would grab Simmons up if State decided to jettison him.

Really?

After hearing the "punishment" for Simmons and then watching Stricklin try to justify his and the school's actions, I actually felt sick to my stomach. This was an amazing opportunity for a program to send a message to the world just after the Baylor fiasco, and Mississippi State dropped the ball in a big way.

I guess its OK to potentially endanger all of their female students by letting Simmons enroll, and I guess video evidence of beating a woman warrants the same suspension as an academic hiccup or even a targeting penalty?

Mississippi State could have stood up loud and proud and said "not at our university" and punted this kid like it was 4th-and-20, setting somewhat of a standard at least for circumstances like this one moving forward.

Instead, head coach Dan Mullen, Stricklin and President Mark Keenum essentially felt enrolling Simmons was a safe choice because, as Stricklin said, "this is not a sexual violence issue as defined by law."

OK, that justifies it. I am speechless and I'm honestly surprised female students aren't lodging protests right now outside the football office."