re: Just how bad is the denial?

Here's the facts from an outside perspective:

MSU beats Ole Miss 4 outa 5 years and 3 in a row...starts putting up billboards all over the state mocking Ole Miss. Dan Mullen is king of the state.

Ole Miss alum gets tired of hearing it every day. Factual details below:

Yr Rec Rank MSU Score (prior year)
2008 29th 17-14 MSU 2007
2009 19th 45-0 Ole Miss 2008
2010 23rd 41-27 MSU 2009
2011 20th 31-23 MSU 2010
2012 5th 31-3 MSU 2011 (FREEZE HIRED AFTER THIS)
2013 8th 41-24 Ole Miss (2012)
2014 15th 17-10 MSU OT (2013)
2015 17th 31-17 Ole Miss
2016 5th (probably the NCAA dagger here)
2017 30th

One might assume that Ole Miss Alum went out and hired a coach with 2 years HC experience...who had some rather strange ties to OM already through Michael Oher...since Freeze got hired along with Oher signing.

There aren't many reasons why top recruits would suddenly start signing and most would argue that a new, unproven HC probably wouldn't be enough reason. As to Freeze supporters claims that he was such a strong Christian (not mocking or judging that here) that kids gravitated to him. Tunsil's behavior and Treadway's rep don't argue for that angle exactly....

soooo....

From an outsider's perspective...ya'll got tired of the billboards and getting that butt kicked..brought in a naive guy as coach...and started cheating like crazy.

And Ole Miss STILL can't beat Arkansas. That must really sting.