I think some of what we have to overcome is what MSU has to with Ole Miss. Ole miss thinks they are superior to us both. State fans are pretty cool but Ole miss fans will go up to you in public and come up with some kind of crazy reason about how a 2 game win season makes them better than us...
Don't act like MSU is head and shoulders above USM. We don't have the SEC card but we sure do put out a similar product in all 3 sports. Ole Miss, MSU, and USM are all pretty equal when you consider on the field/diamond/court performance. Let's just leave it at that.