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dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
39,523
19,176
113
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
 
OG Goat Holder

OG Goat Holder

Heisman
Sep 30, 2022
12,438
11,476
113
1: Baseball, but it almost died in June 2022, now I'm moderately back;
3: Football, it did die after Leach, only way I'm coming back is if we go on a playoff run, I hate our culture, but it is football and we can't ignore;
3: Basketball, I just want us to be average, still have fond memories of the 90s and early Stans era, much better culture than football.
 
Guy From Gulfport

Guy From Gulfport

Junior
Jul 10, 2009
699
318
48
  1. Baseball
  2. Football
  3. Basketball
Not a lot of separation in between. But when I was in school 35-40 years ago, the order was the inverse.
 
CochiseCowbell

CochiseCowbell

Heisman
Oct 29, 2012
14,404
11,839
113
1) Football
1a) Baseball
3) Basketball

Football is still king and easier to follow from afar. The internet and the SEC Network have made it possible for me to keep up with baseball in ways I just couldn't previously. I used to follow basketball more closely than baseball. Again, it was easier to access games and information on the sport.
 
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L4Dawg

All-American
Oct 27, 2016
10,426
7,264
113
dawgstudent said:
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
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1. Football
2. Men's Basketball
I pay a little attention to baseball as a pass time when we are doing well. It doesn't bother me nor do I pay any attention at all when we aren't doing well.
 
floristgump22

floristgump22

Freshman
Aug 5, 2025
69
76
18
1. Baseball
2. Football
3. eSports

Football used to be #1 but like someone before said, after leach’s passing and the fiasco following really made it not that enjoyable anymore.
 
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dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
39,523
19,176
113
DesotoCountyDawg said:
Football and basketball are 1a and 1b

Baseball is just whatever to me and I freely admit to being a fairweather fan.

I will support anything MSU from softball to tennis to volleyball to soccer, etc.
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I agree on the last line. I'll pay attention if they are doing good. With baseball, I'll at least check the score during the game regardless.
 
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Dawgbite

Dawgbite

All-American
Nov 1, 2011
8,898
9,559
113
1. Baseball
2. Football
Big gap
3. Women’s basketball, at least they try
4. Rugby
5. Soccer
6. Softball
7. Golf
8.
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10. Men’s basketball, waste of money
 
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johnson86-1

All-Conference
Aug 22, 2012
14,408
4,898
113
dawgstudent said:
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
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1.) Football
2.) Basketball
3) Basketball

There's no real 4th. I would care about men's soccer if we added it and probably put it fourth.

I actually like basketball more but I have been much more checked out on it. I think it's just that fall weekends revolve around football but basketball is hardly talked about.
 
HailStout

HailStout

Heisman
Jan 4, 2020
5,426
15,286
113
1. Football
2. Baseball
3. Basketball


I have pretty much soured on ncaa basketball as a whole for a while now, combine that with our lack of recent success and there you have it

I’m aware the past three years weren’t awful, but I had already kind of fallen off by then
 
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Predestined

Junior
Dec 5, 2008
2,516
386
83
Baseball
Basketball
Football

Basketball/football flippable depending upon success - although I find myself enjoying football much less as I get older.
 
Puppers

Puppers

All-Conference
Oct 1, 2022
595
1,353
93
Football
Basketball
Baseball

But I love all 3 and I hate being bad in any of them. I enjoy being good at Football the most.
 
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Bulldog45

All-Conference
Oct 2, 2018
1,218
1,763
113
Baseball
Basketball
Football

football used to be #1 by a mile but as someone mentioned the older I get the less interest I have in football as a sport.
 
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Mjoelner

All-Conference
Sep 2, 2006
2,686
1,160
113
MStateDawg said:
1a. Baseball
1b. Football
>>>LARGE GAP<<<
3. Men's Basketball
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Mine is the same but my gap is probably a lot larger. I only know we're playing basketball when I see it posted on message boards. If nothing else is on, I usually turn it on if we're winning but not always.
 
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Willow Grove Dawg

All-Conference
Nov 3, 2016
7,428
4,493
113
Football - I was numb to us being bad in the 80's & probably developed some unrealistic expectations during the Mullen years. I am beginning to numb to it again.
Men's Basketball
Baseball
 
The Peeper

The Peeper

Heisman
Feb 26, 2008
15,599
10,863
113
1. Baseball
2. Nothing
3. Distant 3rd, football
For about 50 years football was ALWAYS #1 and #2, then basebalI. I didn't go to my first baseball game until about 1980 and was a casual fan until I came to school here in '82, then I was hooked.

About 5 years ago I lost interest in college and pro football. I will still watch State on TV and tailgate every game in the Junction but I'm not paying them a salary from my salary.

I live 15 minutes from the Hump and wouldn't go to a basketball game in a free limo ride on Unlimited Free Beer Night, or any basketball game for that matter including college or pros
 
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Drebin

Drebin

Heisman
Aug 22, 2012
21,709
25,394
113
dawgstudent said:
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
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The answer to this question depends entirely on:

1. The time of year it is
2. The relative success/failure of each sport at the time the question is asked

If I'm being honest, my ranking is similar to yours, but given current state, I can't wait for baseball season.
 
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PBRME

PBRME

All-Conference
Feb 12, 2004
10,966
4,727
113
1. Football
2. Whichever is doing better at the time.

Baseball is what drew me, but football is king.
 
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Theconnormead

Senior
Jan 26, 2023
310
481
63
dawgstudent said:
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
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At this point, I’m completely apathetic toward anything MSU sports.

I tailgate during football season purely as a social event — seeing friends, hanging out with my kids and their friends. Basketball has totally lost me. Jans clearly thought this was a quick pit stop job, that didn’t work out, and now he’s coaching like a guy who wouldn’t mind a buyout and a moving truck.

I’ve got a little hope for baseball, but I’ve been a State fan long enough to know hope is usually just the first step toward disappointment. At this point, I’m trying to figure out how to become a walk-on Bama fan without buying a doublewide, growing a goatee, or sacrificing any remaining teeth.
 
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DesotoCountyDawg

DesotoCountyDawg

Heisman
Nov 16, 2005
27,781
21,019
113
HailStout said:
1. Football
2. Baseball
3. Basketball


I have pretty much soured on ncaa basketball as a whole for a while now, combine that with our lack of recent success and there you have it

I’m aware the past three years weren’t awful, but I had already kind of fallen off by then
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If I’m going to watch a random basketball game that’s not the Grizzlies or State I’m going to choose an NBA game 90 percent of the time. College basketball in general is pretty awful to watch.
 
HailStout

HailStout

Heisman
Jan 4, 2020
5,426
15,286
113
DesotoCountyDawg said:
If I’m going to watch a random basketball game that’s not the Grizzlies or State I’m going to choose an NBA game 90 percent of the time. College basketball in general is pretty awful to watch.
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This pretty much is the same for me, just replace Grizzlies with Celtics
 
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Badon

Junior
Jun 12, 2006
702
272
63
I’m still how I was when I was a kid:

1a Football
1b Basketball
1c Baseball

All #1’s when they are going on, of course. All other university sports are way down.
 
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Dawg Raid

Senior
Jun 14, 2021
489
851
92
1a - football
1b - baseball
3 - softball
4 - tennis
5 - soccer
6 - volleyball
7 - track and field
8 - hockey
9 - disc golf
10 - fishing


25 - basketball
 
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maroonmania

Senior
Feb 23, 2008
11,167
843
113
1) Football
2) Baseball
3) Basketball (Mens)

Mens Basketball is significantly behind Baseball for me and everything else is way behind that. Really only paid attention to WBB during the good Schaefer years but thats long gone now (Thanks Cohen).
 
BTCMoonBoy

BTCMoonBoy

Sophomore
Dec 4, 2024
235
187
43
dawgstudent said:
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
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1) Team that is winning and on TV
 
Maroon Eagle

Maroon Eagle

All-American
May 24, 2006
18,056
7,874
102
These sports have provided so much joy that I jumped the fence or stormed the court multiple times:

1. Baseball
2. Men’s Basketball

No Joy. No Storming the Field. The True Sport of Sadness:

5674. Football
 
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FormerBully

FormerBully

All-American
Sep 2, 2022
4,441
7,341
113
I am a sicko. I follow it all equally. If we are playing and I can watch, I will have the game on. Football, basketball (Men and women), soccer, softball, golf, etc. I live in Tupelo, and when my kids get older, we will be in Starkville all the time. Heck, I am thinking about going to the golf match we host in the spring.
 
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KentuckyDawg13

KentuckyDawg13

Senior
Aug 15, 2006
1,913
541
113
1) Basketball
2) Football
3) Women's cross country
4) Women's volleyball
5) Women's basketball
6) Baseball
 
POTUS

POTUS

Heisman
Sep 29, 2022
3,976
10,455
113
1. Football
2. Men's Basketball

Grand Canyon + Marianas Trench + Distance to the Moon

3. Baseball if and only if we're in Omaha

(Grand Canyon + Marianas Trench + Distance to the Moon) x 10

Regular Season Baseball and any other sport
 
BrunswickDawg

BrunswickDawg

Junior
Aug 22, 2012
314
240
43
1. Baseball
2. Football
3. Basketball

Basketball used to push for #1 in the 1990s - but the college game has changed so drastically (negative) and is such a bad product, I hardly even watch March Madness anymore.
 
ckDOG

ckDOG

All-American
Dec 11, 2007
10,044
5,912
113
20 years ago
1a Football
1b Basketball
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2 Baseball

Now
1 Football
2 Baseball
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3 Basketball

Basketball is just a bad product at the college level outside of the NCAAT. That plus our lack of competitiveness makes me completely uninterested in basketball now.

As I've gotten older I've enjoyed baseball more. The sport itself + our competitiveness in it.
 
horshack.sixpack

horshack.sixpack

All-American
Oct 30, 2012
11,393
8,312
113
dawgstudent said:
1. Football
1a. Basketball
3. Baseball

I can easily not pay attention to baseball when we struggle even though it's our most successful sport. Just didn't grow up around it. Now that my son plays it - I do follow it more.
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  1. Football
  2. Basketball
  3. Baseball
 
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