I just Love Coach Mullen.....

[bully90]

And this little snippit of what he said about *@#!:

<font size="2">"I just don't like referring to them by name," Mullen said. "I think it adds more. You could call them 'Mississippi.' I heard that one a lot. But I think we represent the people of this state, the people's university, the state university, so don't want to give them credit for that. Really, (I) took it from something that I've used at different places I've been that goes back to Woody Hayes." That's the former Ohio State coach, who referred to Michigan as "the school up north."</font>

This was in the CL and is getting under *@#!'s skin. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bully90]

And this little snippit of what he said about *@#!:

<font size="2">"I just don't like referring to them by name," Mullen said. "I think it adds more. You could call them 'Mississippi.' I heard that one a lot. But I think we represent the people of this state, the people's university, the state university, so don't want to give them credit for that. Really, (I) took it from something that I've used at different places I've been that goes back to Woody Hayes." That's the former Ohio State coach, who referred to Michigan as "the school up north."</font>

This was in the CL and is getting under *@#!'s skin. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bully90]

And this little snippit of what he said about *@#!:

<font size="2">"I just don't like referring to them by name," Mullen said. "I think it adds more. You could call them 'Mississippi.' I heard that one a lot. But I think we represent the people of this state, the people's university, the state university, so don't want to give them credit for that. Really, (I) took it from something that I've used at different places I've been that goes back to Woody Hayes." That's the former Ohio State coach, who referred to Michigan as "the school up north."</font>

This was in the CL and is getting under *@#!'s skin. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Roscoe.sixpack]

[No message]

 

[Dawg in Caintuck]

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[KurtRambis4]

Eddy O mannerisms!!!11! /

 

[Roscoe.sixpack]

[No message]

 

[Dog in the Know]

Line up and play good teams like MSU then come talk your smack.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

,

 

[thatsbaseball]

nm

 

[Dawg in Caintuck]

Look's like something a kid would have.

 

[Roscoe.sixpack]

You guys had a tough schedule but what's the point but we've beat some of the teams that beat you so that doesn't work.

 

[MEDawg]

that Mullen has done an exceptional job in his first year. To come here with the talent that was here and compete in almost every game says a lot. The game atmosphere has been so much more electric than years past. I looking forward to the games to come.

 

[bully90]

It seems like the stadium has so much more energy from the fans and it is just "ELECTRIC". Cheesy but there is so much excitement now and it shows with the sell outs we have had. Even when we lose, our fans still are out there supporting our boys because we all know that the future is very bright and we have GOT to keep up this momentum into next year!

 

[hotdigitydog]

with him or should I say engorged.........

 

[8dog]

you are a terrible poster with horrible points.

 

[AssEndDawg]

The problem isn't that you are an Ole Miss fan, or that the Rebels are having a better year than us. The problem is that you are a dick. A complete dick who shouldn't be here. Good natured ribbing is fun but you are just an *******. This is a place for reasonable people. There are some unreasonable MSU fans here and that is fine, it's our board after all. But your refusal to come to terms with the fact that your Heisman candidate went down like a $2 hooker and that your #4 in the nation, Atlanta in a lock team is praying to beat MSU to get to a decent bowl is a somewhat disappointing season is kinda sad.

I'm glad the mods here give you a lot of rope. You are exactly what we all hate so much about Ole Miss. You are that shining beacon of "Ole Miss pride". So keep it up brother. We all know you are just a slightly older Hudec who was lucky enough not to have a camera around during your hey day. I hate dicks like you, which is why I hate Ole Miss.

 

[Roscoe.sixpack]

Not much of your post made sense but my posts usually are good natured. It just gets a little silly, after a while, to act like the only reason Ole Miss is better is because we played an easier schedule. My point was that it doesn't matter if you play a hard schedule, if you lose to every good team. While our schedule is easier, we did beat some of the teams that beat you guys so that's not a valid argument. Ok I'm done with this discussion now.

 

[Dawg in Caintuck]

Is that an inside joke?
Here's a suggestion:
Change your username, avatar, and that saying, 'I'm every woman'. Ditch all that and start using a new username. And when you start doing that, make sure it is on the MISSISSIPPI message board, not Mississippi State,

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

it is kind of childish and looks like an inferiority complex. In fact, most on this board said it was dumb too.

Please, feel free to keep it up. It's so dumb that you can't even type it on here.

 

[codeDawg]

That's funny.

 

[jackstefano]

but, given some really lopsided losses to some very average teams, I don't really get where you're coming from with that attitude -- especially this late in the year. After last week, I would've been totally pissed if I was an MSU fan. 11th game of the season and you can't stay within 3 touchdowns of an unranked team. I don't see where that shows any progress whatsoever. Close losses to good teams in the middle of the year don't really mean much to me when my team is playing. I think Mullen has the potential to be a good coach, and is certainly much better than Croom ever was. However, he needs to be more consistent in getting his team mentally prepared to win each week in what is roundly accepted as the toughest conference in the country. Nutt has the same problem, which is why he'll never be considered a great coach, but he's produced for years. I think Mullen has the potential to do it, but the blowout losses late in the year would be disconcerting to me as a State fan. Now watch y'all lay the wood to us Saturday and ruin my entire theory.

 

[VirgilCain]

His post was full of short, concise sentences.

As for the harder schedule argument, which part is silly? I don't necessarily agree with the argument but it makes sense. If you play a top 25 team (current #1, #2, #7, #15, #23, and #25) for half of your games, along with the rest of the SEC schedule, it wears a team out mentally and physically. If we had, say, 2 div-IAA opponents (essentially a bye-week scrimmage) instead of a #7 or #23 team, it would be easier to play better/harder for an SEC foe (ranked or unranked). Not to mention we had all of our "unwinnable" SEC games at home, and we played all of our "winnable" SEC games on the road. I'm not saying that we would have won any more games if we had a few cupcake games in the mix, but the argument makes sense. Which point do you get lost on?

I eagerly anticipate you 130th post in two days... I hope you keep it "good natured."

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[HippyDawg]

Pretty important position on the field. Some would even go so far as to say the most critical position.

 

[rugbdawg]

Torbush for what he is: A horrible defensive coordinator.

Most educated fans knew he was bad before these two games but those two games opened everyone's eyes. Expect the same defensive performance against the Rebs.

 

[jackstefano]

7 TD's against only 5 picks in '08. Going into this year I thought your biggest problems were a bad O line, bad receivers, and an inexperienced secondary. I thought Lee could drive the bus based on what he showed last year.

 

[HippyDawg]

If you notice, that offense averaged a little over 200 yards and 10 points per game in the SEC. Not hard to drive a car that will not and cannot go over 15 miles an hour. Mullen's offense is a F-1 in comparison.

 

[FlabLoser]

but, given some really lopsided losses to some very average teams, I don't really get where you're coming from with that attitude -- especially this late in the year. After last week, I would've been totally pissed if I was an MSU fan. 11th game of the season and you can't stay within 3 touchdowns of an unranked team. I don't see where that shows any progress whatsoever. Close losses to good teams in the middle of the year don't really mean much to me when my team is playing. I think Mullen has the potential to be a good coach, and is certainly much better than Croom ever was. However, he needs to be more consistent in getting his team mentally prepared to win each week in what is roundly accepted as the toughest conference in the country. Nutt has the same problem, which is why he'll never be considered a great coach, but he's produced for years. I think Mullen has the potential to do it, but the blowout losses late in the year would be disconcerting to me as a State fan. Now watch y'all lay the wood to us Saturday and ruin my entire theory.

I don't know if you've watched our games or not. These blowout losses (except Auburn) are not like Croom's blowout losses. We were still in the game in the 4th quarter. Then the refs job us and kill our momentum, we shoot ourselves in the foot, or we just start pressing too much and we get hit for a couple TDs as a result. No these aren't moral victories, but they are not moral destroyers either.

The only think that bugs me about the Arkansas game is the lack of passing. It wasn't like we executed poorly and couldn't complete anything. We just didn't try. Surely the game plan was to eat clock and keep Mallet off the field. But at some point, you have to move the ball quicker to catch up at the end and we just didn't do it.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

but, given some really lopsided losses to some very average teams, I don't really get where you're coming from with that attitude --

We've had two lopsided losses this year to unranked-Auburn and Arkansas. Both passed us silly because we have horrible defensive backs. We played Florida hard to the end of the game. We should've beaten LSU, and could've beaten Houston and GA Tech (both Top 15 teams). Alabama has made a lot of teams look bad (they beat Mississippi schools 53-6).

Saturday is going to be an interesting test. I think the spirit of Nathan Bedford Forrest will rise up and help you win another one (like he did last week against LSU), but I still like the direction The Mississippi State University and its future. Once we start scheduling D 1-AA cupcake patsies for our non-conference games, we'll be going to New Years Day bowl games.

 

[VirgilCain]

We thought going into the last 3 games that we had a "chance" to win 2 and go to a bowl game.... we were wrong. But if you follow state, and you do judging by your presence on this board, everyone felt our least winnable game out of the 3 was Arkansas. We just didn't match up with them at all and it was in arkansas. Low and behold, we had no idea that Alabama was as good as advertised and they stomped us in the ground.

Our record is right in line with what most fans with half a brain expected this year. The difference is that we could have beaten LSU and Houston (currently #15 and #23 respectively). And we were in game for the long haul with Florida and Georgia Tech (#1 and #7 respectively). No one EVER expected that.

If you look strictly at our record, then you are correct in your assumptions. But if you have been to or watched the games like I have you would have seen how close we are. In years past, we said we were close when Croom would lose by 3 points but that was deceiving. For instance in our 3-2 game with auburn, we never had a chance to win offensively. Now with mullen, our close games come down to singular offensive plays/miscues (i.e. LSU goal line and the erroneous penalty with houston) and not broad generalizations about being "a field goal away from winning."

I am in no way a moral victory kind of guy. We lost the games we lost, and we won the games we won. The difference is that we are scoring points and are going toe-to-toe with the big boys (except Alabama). It is exciting which is evidenced by our home game atmosphere.

I am positive that i have had no influence on your line of reasoning but can I ask one thing of you....... Please go back to being a good rational sports fan and not a douche-bag. Are you going to put your rational mask back on after the eggbowl or is this a long-term thing?

 

[gringodawg]

but you must of forgot it wasn't 2 years ago that you didn't win ONE SEC game.... and don't worry next year your team will return to their sucky ways.....

 

[VirgilCain]

your better than that.

 

[Rebels7]

nm

 

[hotdigitydog]

nt

 

[DirtyLopez]

a fan base that tries to elevate themselves by mentioning lsu or some other "bigtime" program as being their rivals, as if little 'ol MSU isn't worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with the rebels. When back in the real world, the rebels are the ONLY team from the west that has not played in the SEC championship game. Yes, i give you the new year's bowl game last year and going bowling more consistenly. But it must really be frustrating to have dickie scruggs as team owner, byu online courses, backup running backs driving escalades (goldie), etc. etc. and still be pretty average. Hell, at least we can blame our sucktitude on L.T. and crooms.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

it's amusing hearing people say that thinking it's so mean or whatever it's supposed to do

 

[VirgilCain]

.

 

[jackstefano]

and I assume you'd rather beat LSU than OM. Why is that strange to you?

 

[Coach34]

every Rebel fan I know hates that...hell, Jackie still runs people out of rooms with it...

I like Mullen and all, but Mississippi it is for me like it has been the last 15 years

 

[biguglyjoe]

That can't help.