re: Schedule question for MSU fans

This whole thread is pointless and discussing the past. The future holds games against top 25 teams. I'm confused why you are now discussing this.

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The future holds games against top 25 teams. I'm confused why you are now discussing this.

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Not in the next 3 years it doesn't.

I was just wondering the average State fan's perspective on past and near future schedules. Clearly you guys are fine with it. That's fine I was just curious.

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So you would rather schedule 4 Sun Belt teams and beat Vandy and Kentucky and go play a CUSA team in a December 27th bowl

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Yes.

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than play a name OOC school there is a chance you might lose to?

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An OOC school we "MIGHT" lose to? Do you remember watching the State teams that Croom fielded?


Dude, I know you're just trying to take a stab at us, but turn this question around for a little bit:

Since you're just a fan and have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Alabama has fielded an unbelievable football program for the better part of a century, think about how spoiled you are. Then think about what we went through watching Croom parade a "football team" out there for over 6 years. You tell me what your answer to this question would be if the roles were reversed.

No, it does not bother us. At all.

We play 6 traditional top 30 programs every single year. 4 traditional top 15. Sometimes more depending on the east matchups. Even with a loss to Bama, we would STILL arguably have the best overall resume in the country. Why do we want to make that more difficult on ourselves? What did playing Oklahoma St game 1 last year actually accomplish for us? I mean, outside of losing 3 starters for the season to injuries that don't happen when you start with a layup...

We went YEARS playing marquee noncon games -- with jack shite to show for it. You missed Ga Tech in 09 by the way. Why would we want to change an approach that's working great for us right now?

Seriously, this was not a dig thread. It was a legitimate question.

In case you forgot we were a joke for the better part of 10 years, including all 4 years of my years at Alabama. I still got really excited when we played UCLA in 2000 and 2001 (lost both) and Oklahoma in 2003 and 2004 (lost both). Was excited when we started scheduling tough again when Saban showed up (and we still weren't good) with FSU in 2007 (lost) and Clemson in 2008 (finally won).

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an away game that can bring fans and the team can travel by bus

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Generic poor joke

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Clearly you guys are fine with it. That's fine I was just curious.

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If you wanted an honest answer to this question, you should have started around 1990 and gone through 2022. I know that's too much work for a troll thread, but would actually show you the answer to your question before you begin.

Let me sum it up for you:

90's: We played Oregon, Texas, and I believe Kansas State. We had a good program that was winning games.

00's: We hire Croom and win ~3 games per year. We schedule cupcakes, and Ole Miss to get to said ~3 games.

10's: We hire Mullen, establish ourselves again as a good program, make sure we have good footing, then we start scheduling good OOC games to play.




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GFY

Wow.

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Not in the next 3 years it doesn't.

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Yes it does. Ask the question again in a couple of weeks. Unless you can't count to 4 for 2016 and 2017

Again, not a troll thread.

1990 - none
1991 - Texas
1992 - @ Texas
1993 - none
1994 - none
1995 - @ Baylor
1996 - none
1997 - none
1998 - @ Oklahoma State
1999 - Oklahoma State
2000 - @ BYU
2001 - BYU
2002 - @ Oregon
2003 - Oregon
2004 - none
2005 - none
2006 - West Virginia
2007 - @ West Virginia
2008 - @ Georgia Tech
2009 - Georgia Tech
2010 - none
2011 - none
2012 - none
2013 - Oklahoma State (Houston)
2014 - none
2015 - none
2016 - Tulane
2017 - none
2018 - @ Kansas State
2019 - Kansas State
2020 - @ NC State
2021 - NC State
2022 - @ Arizona
2023 - Arizona