Mississippi State Trajectory

LSU with the pirate would be scary. Dude would have by far the most talent he's ever had.

If you ask 10 different State fans, you may get 10 different answers. I’m a huge fan and think he has us headed in the right direction. We’ve already made massive strides since last year, and even more since week 1. I’ve seen a few things on twitter.com from Texas Tech and Washington State people saying it usually takes between 2-3 years for it to start clicking.

It's not about record, it's about feel

Morehead was fired for his starting QB getting his jaw broken by one of his defensive players. No discipline, no appeal to fans.

Feeling like a State guy is more important than necessarily being the best. State will never be the best in football, so it's more important to just fit in.

Winning is for baseball.

We were on the cusp of tanking under Moorhead. On paper his records don't look that bad, But when you consider the context, it was teetering on the verge of disaster. State had no business losing 5 games with the roster it had in 2018, it's for sure one of the two or three most disappointing seasons in school history. 2019 was a nightmare off the field, and not much better on it. Moorhead had to go, he had totally lost the fanbase and might have gone 0-10 or 1-9 in the COVID year last season had it been allowed to continue.

I am fine with Leach's trajectory at the moment. You kinda know what you are getting with this guy. He is going to infuriate you with some stupid losses but then find some surprise wins here and there, and that's exactly how it has played out so far. Last season was essentially a throw-away, the roster was in major transition and State was playing multiple conference games with fewer than 50 scholarship players. They have shown clear improvement so far this season, both statistically and based on the eye test.

As long as he gets to 6-6 this season I don't foresee any hot seat talk going into next year. 5-7 might cause the seat to get a little warm, any worse than that and it obviously would be pretty hot, but that would require a loss to either Vandy or Tennessee State. If Leach follows his pattern from Tech and Wazzu or a similar pattern to what Mullen did at State, he will be in Starkville until he's ready to retire.