re: Which other football program do you see as most similar to yours?

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Arkansas played in a relatively weak conference for most of its history, with only one real top-tier program to contend with--Ole Miss, by contrast, played in a severely competitive conference with at least a half-dozen top-tier programs to compete with.....

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year by year I have a hard time with the half dozen top tier programs comment... At least in terms of depth I don't think the SEC has ever really been close to as strong as they are now

Plus years ago the SEC conference schedules were different with fewer in conference games (even tho there were fewer teams you didn't play everyone)... something like 6 conference games was often fairly typical back when Ole Miss was good

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Who are some teams out of the SEC that you guys would compare Mississippi State's football program with?

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Northwestern, Indiana, Stanford, Rutgers, and Kansas come to mind.

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quote: ole miss fans are insecure because miss state might be their equal



very far from the truth



response: last 20 years... ole miss 10 wins, miss state 10 wins

miss state has won the west and gone to the sec championship game... ole miss never has

(and scoreboard this year)

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bump for fun

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I'll put it this way; every Ole Miss team that ever takes the field against an LSU team expects to win the game or, at the very least, come close......and you cannot honestly say that that expectation has not proven to be legitimate, given the results over the years, a few odd years nothwithstanding..

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And I'll put it this way, you haven't won jack shite since 1963.

Your whole frame of mind proves my point. You're just worried about the LSU game. We're worried about winning Championships.

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And I'll put it this way, you haven't won jack shite since 1963.

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And until Saban arrived, neither had LSU since way back in 1970, except for one measly SEC championship in the 80's in a down year (you barely even managed to finish the season ranked in the top 10 that year despite the "vaunted" championship)

Until Ole Miss actually wins the West outright and goes to Atlanta to play for the SEC, you can't consider yourselves on equal ground with anyone in the SEC West.

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And until Saban arrived,

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So the last 10 years don't count?

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neither had LSU since way back in 1970

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False.

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except for one measly SEC championship in the 80's in a down year

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86 and 88 equals one?

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(you barely even managed to finish the season ranked in the top 10 that year despite the "vaunted" championship)

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Lots of excuses. Who says it was down that year? you? Why? Because LSU won? Totally inconsistent and flawed argument.

I guess if Ole Miss ever finally wins that elusive post-integration SEC Championship, the SEC will have to be damn near comatose.

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That is not to say that it is embarrassing not to have been to the title game, but it is not the be-all that ends all..

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So the last 10 years don't count?

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You know what I meant...

Nick is a special coach.....

Now that his coattails have worn off, you are back to being pretty mediocre, with 4 losses last season and 5 the year before that.....

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You know what I meant...

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Yeah, that you're an idiot.

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Now that his coattails have worn off, you are back to being pretty mediocre, with 4 losses last season and 5 the year before that....

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Oh well, I still have seen my team win TWO more National Titles than you ever will!!


Thanks for the sig quote btw.