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This was explained to me a decade or so ago. Take someone like Jimmy Rane (Yellawood guy). He's a billionaire and his company makes $1 billion a year in revenue. He has a lot of influence at Auburn. At Mississippi State, there is a group of guys (The Cigar Boys). These are guys that have net worths of a million or so and run small/mid-size companies that together wouldn't have $100 million in revenue. Sure you have your Davis Wade's (founder of AFLAC) but they are making one time donations. Hell, one of State's richest alums has a SEC rival coach in their commercial. Those guys don't GAF about Mississippi State football. But the Cigar Boys do. But they don't have FU money to throw around. Need $25k, sure we can get that together. Need $5 million? Aint going to happen. The Cigar Boys love them some baseball too. So if they are going to play the NIL game, its going to be baseball. They hated Mullen because he wouldn't kiss their arse. They hated Moorhead because he wouldn't kiss their arse. They hated Leach because he told them to kiss his arse. Arnett did what he was told. He was told to shed the Air Raid and he did. It ruined any chance of us having a decent season. This is the first coaching hire for our AD. He's an Oklahoma guy so he's been around a good football program. But the Cigar Boys are going to be way too involved in this hire and we are going to screw it up.

You went through all this drivel to not even mention Richard Adkerson? Uhh… the guy the school of accountancy is named after? Paid for a ton of Humphrey Coliseum renovations? Has his name on the court?

Nothing about the Bryans?

Not to mention all the others you missed.

Take your pathetic pity party back to the Croom days. Damn.