re: Rants view on Ole Miss players

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Ok,first this isn't a troll thread. It's only to get opinions from others. Anyways, do you see the players mailing it in early and not caring, or come out with a chip on their shoulders and try to play spoilers? We do have a decent offense, jury (pun) is still out on the defense. And still most could be waiting for the punishment. I'm just a big football fan and ready to watch some.

So what is y'alls opinion since some have had to deal with problems from the NCAA. Thanks

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It will be very, very hard for them to not fold and just mail it in once the first bit of adversity hits.

You've got NCAA issues that may come to a head during the season. That isn't good. It's distracting from both the players and the staff for sure. Having said that, staring down that gun could be a rallying point for a team but I don't see it happening at OM this year for a couple of reasons.

First, you've already self-imposed a post season ban so there's not a lot to play for in that regard.

Second, you've got a lame duck staff. To a man, they're already thinking about where they'll be working come January 2018 and the players know it. Virtually nobody on the sidelines or between the lines is going to put out the extra effort. They're all going to be ready to just get the year over and move on to the future.

See 2012 Arkansas and 2016 Baylor for reference. Both entered the year with an interim HC but intact assistants and pretty solid rosters and yet both spun in.

So, in a nutshell, get ready to bite the pillow.

Agree with you both. All it takes is one valuable player or coach to hang his head and the rest say forget it and just go through the motions. I'm not expecting a big year or even for a few years.

Too many of the SECr and Tr denizens just parrot the prevailing story line without stopping to actually think about the issues. Ole Miss is not a destitute program, looking for anyone from the student section who wants to play football in order to field a team. They remain a SEC school full of paid scholly athletes from well regarded recruitment classes.

They do have a lot of positional question marks, but so do a lot of SEC teams this year. They might have no more question marks than ... say ... LSU or Arkansas. Plus they have a favorable home schedule for games that are potential tossups.

Whoever is interim coach will probably do a decent job, perhaps as good a job as "O" did at LSU and USCw. The complete failure of an interim coach such John Smith (I'm almost positive this uncommon name was an alias) as at Arkansas a few years ago, would be an anomoly. And the new coaches will bust their hinny to make a name for their next job. It is unlikely new coaches will shirk.

I think Ole Miss will be 7-5/8-4 give or take one win. There are an uncommon lot of potentially toss up games this year because of the uncertainties with each SEC team.

Win - Sat, Sep 2 vs South Alabama 5:30 PM

Win - Sat, Sep 9 vs TN-Martin 10:00 AM

Win - Sat, Sep 16 @ California 8:30 PM

Loss - Sat, Sep 30 @ Alabama TBD

Loss - Sat, Oct 7 @ Auburn TBD

Win - Sat, Oct 14 vs Vanderbilt TBD (home game)

Tossup - Sat, Oct 21 vs LSU TBD (home game)

Tossup - Sat, Oct 28 vs Arkansas TBD (home game)

Tossup - Sat, Nov 4 @ Kentucky TBD (away game)

Win - Sat, Nov 11 vs LA-Lafayette TBD

Tossup - Sat, Nov 18 vs Texas A&M TBD (home game)

Loss - Thu, Nov 23 @ MS State 5:30 PM (away game)

Yea this isn't going to be a slap on the wrist punishment. It's going to be spread over years and then take years after to get any type of depth and coach. And players definitely see it. Along with a coach that should be living out of a suitcase.

Yea I also see toss ups with that schedule. Plus egg bowl being away usually goes to that team. Like you said, we have a few skill players but it only takes one to hang his head. The coaches are going to have to stay on top of that 24/7. And I'm not convinced our interim is the one, when he will be looking over his shoulder. If we pull off 7 wins I will call it a decent season. I mean WAOM for a reason. No one should ever think championship until it miraculously happens.

Honestly I can't name hardly anyone recruited the right way. And the ones who were would probably be starters in juco somewhere. Not the depth for SEC.

You're correct on when they come out, but i have a feeling most know it's not going to be pretty.

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They won't know the result of the 9/11 meeting until probably late October at the earliest.

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I think the timeline says 8-12 weeks for the report.

Season will be over, but looming the entire time. This season might break OM more than future sanctions.

Exactly! And to the other guy, we will have just a few looking to improve tape for the NFL. Others may play hard just for other teams to take note. The ones who play with heart I believe are ones that don't have a legit future or wanting that scholarship or just to be recognized.