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Posted on 1/4/26 at 9:31 am to Gifman
According to the google, the Bulldog Collective had $20.5 million for 2025; they budgeted $6.5 million towards football.
By comparison every other SEC school committed over $10 million towards football. Six schools spent over $15 million. LSU and Texas each spent more than $20 million.
And all of that pales when compared to how much Ohio State, Oregon, and Texas Tech spent.
States problem is their total NIL fund is less than what many other schools are spending on football alone.
By comparison every other SEC school committed over $10 million towards football. Six schools spent over $15 million. LSU and Texas each spent more than $20 million.
And all of that pales when compared to how much Ohio State, Oregon, and Texas Tech spent.
States problem is their total NIL fund is less than what many other schools are spending on football alone.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 9:33 am to captdalton
Between Cohen and Leach, State probably had the worst combination of leadership for the beginning of the NIL era. Cohen thought it would be over quickly and Leach didn't believe he needed elite players to win. Being at the forefront is important because you get to see the results of your actions (or inactions for State) which motivates the money to keep coming in. Two conference wins in 3 seasons isn't motivating anyone and State is having to spend a fairly large percentage of their budget simply retaining players that have won 2 conference games in 3 years.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 9:47 am to Quicksilver
The most encouraging thing for State fans is that Cohen is no longer the albatross around their neck.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 9:49 am to Maroonster
"Just fire Lebby and hire a Cignetti": football-ignorant State fans.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 9:58 am to Maroonster
It's evident that he is in over his head as an SEC head coach.
Some people need to check their egos and give Dan Mullen a call. Mullen would immediately have State playing 7-5 ball. Hell, he won 9 games with Chris Relf as QB in his second season.
KT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Relf
Some people need to check their egos and give Dan Mullen a call. Mullen would immediately have State playing 7-5 ball. Hell, he won 9 games with Chris Relf as QB in his second season.
KT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Relf
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Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:23 am to captdalton
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According to the google, the Bulldog Collective had $20.5 million for 2025; they budgeted $6.5 million towards football.
By comparison every other SEC school committed over $10 million towards football. Six schools spent over $15 million. LSU and Texas each spent more than $20 million.
That’s not true. We spent a little over 12 million on this years team. We have just under 20 million raised for 2026 football but tbh a lot of that is commitments and not cash in hand yet. Some may get pulled due to not believing in Lebby. We will see.
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Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:30 am to Maroonster
I really wanted to see Lebby covered in mayo.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:49 am to Gifman
Keenum should have been out a while ago. He doesn’t have what it takes to lead the university to be excellent in either athletics or academics.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:17 am to AllbyMyRelf
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Keenum should have been out a while ago. He doesn’t have what it takes to lead the university to be excellent in either athletics or academics.
Keenum was the #2 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture under Bush. He was hired for political connections, which is the only thing he has been good at (getting money from DC), and that's enough for the state government to look the other way at his ineptitude. Throw in that he politicked his way to the College Football Playoff Board of Directors and the average person thinks he's an incredible leader.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:10 pm to Maroonster
Crowing about past accomplishments is an odd flex for a state fan. The 90’s? Okay, we dominated you for about thirty years, from the late 40’s through the early 70’s and again in the 2020’s, ongoing.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 8:11 pm to Maroonster
We are incredibly poorly managed. Small minded simple folk wiling to accept whatever crumbs we receive. I fricking hate our administration.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 8:16 pm to Maroonster
You forgot to put on your list of cons"
- Looked like jackasses in our all black uniforms.
- Looked like jackasses in our all black uniforms.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 8:39 pm to Maroonster
quote:It's just money. Fix it. You just bitch but can't fix it.
The state of MS State and Lebby Ball.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 8:41 pm to Diamondawg
CFB got a lot more complex in some ways but a lot simpler in others.
Money always ran things behind the scenes…..now, it openly runs things.
MSU needs to hire money people. People that know how to bring in the money and how to properly make the money work. We were lucky enough to have guys like Walker Jones already in the building.
Money always ran things behind the scenes…..now, it openly runs things.
MSU needs to hire money people. People that know how to bring in the money and how to properly make the money work. We were lucky enough to have guys like Walker Jones already in the building.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:45 pm to OU_Fan
LOL! What.
With Lebby, you had a top 5 offense and won 10 games. Post Lebby, 113th ranked Offense and this year 90th!
You issue was not Lebby nor his offense. It was your trash defense ranked 77th.
With Lebby, you had a top 5 offense and won 10 games. Post Lebby, 113th ranked Offense and this year 90th!
You issue was not Lebby nor his offense. It was your trash defense ranked 77th.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:48 pm to captdalton
I read where Lebby won the support of boosters due to the improvements and have put the money in.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:06 pm to YieldDawg
quote:can confirm
Remember, it’s never as bad as it seems. Until it is.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:19 pm to BCreed1
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With Lebby, you had a top 5 offense
Yep, not all OU fans wanted him gone. I’d love to see his offense with our defense now. The situational awareness and tiring out the defense were big issues for sure, but I think they could have been resolved with more experience. A lot of our fans hated the “gimmick” offense. I think 6 teams will be running the same offense next year in the SEC.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:33 pm to Brisketeer
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The situational awareness and tiring out the defense were big issues for sure, but I think they could have been resolved with more experience.
Solved with deeper talent and conditioning. Arbuckle is an Air Raid guy. Generally TOP is a problem there too. So in looking it up, TOP under lebby was 29:03 vs Arbuckle's 29:44.
That suggests that it was simply a defensive issue. You have Lebby's #3 offense with this years #7 defense and nobody is beating you.
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