Watching the replay on CBSsports just now.

What an incredible game, I honestly did not realize how good of a team the bulldogs had last year. They had great RB's in #27 & 28!

We are going to have our hands full, we better bring our A game every damn game or else it wil be a looooong season!

auburn's defense was also not so great. MSU has a talented team though -- i think the Ags handle them without too much issue though

"i think the Ags handle them without too much issue though"

There's no SEC team that I would take for granted, other than maybe Vandy.

It was hard to stomach losing that game...we should have won. It really shook us up for the LA Tech and UAB games, which were just pitiful/painful to watch. We came really close to beating South Carolina, too. We only lost to LSU by 13, which, if you look at the margins by which they won their other games, only AL lost by less. The SEC, and specifically the SEC west, is a very difficult conference to recruit, play, and win in. It's frustrating when we only win one or two conference games. But when your losses are to Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, and Auburn, it kind of keeps it in perspective. One thing I can say is Bulldog fans are loyal fans; we will cheer our team and ring our cowbells no matter what!

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There's no SEC team that I would take for granted, other than maybe Vandy.

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Vandy had a good team last year...

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ring our cowbells no matter what!

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I think I speak for all college football fans when I say please stop with the cowbells

Sorry, but that's our tradition. The polite fans only ring them in our own stadium, and only during times when we are allowed per SEC rules. Most of the SEC teams have some annoying thing that the fans do...you get used to it.

Don't take msu for granted, just think the Ags can match and best them on the field

@andyv94, the Mississippi State RBs names are LaDarius Perkins #27, Vic Ballard #28. Perkins is from my hometown, he went to St Joseph HS. Quentin Groves and Golden Tate ( the father) from there too, they went to Greenville High! Quentin Groves is a monsta man, he was a DE at Auburn #54. He got drafted in 08', now he's a LB for the Cardinals.

@Buck Turgidson, Vandy has a good team, last year they went 6-7 overall. Five of those losses games vs Arky, Georgia, Tenn, Florida, and Cincy (bowl) came down to the end and Vandy had a great chance to win them. They could have won 11 games! The other 2 losses were out of their hand.

Hell, I'm worried about LA Tech. Tons of returning talent and they gave Southern Miss, Miss State, and Coug all they could handle.

That's the big difference between the Big Fail and the SEC, there are absolutely no gimmy games in the SEC and everybody brings their A game to every game!!! Not so in the Big Fail, you could take off games vs ISU, Baylor and Kansas!

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Hell, I'm worried about LA Tech. Tons of returning talent and they gave Southern Miss, Miss State, and Coug all they could handle.

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Yep.

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That's the big difference between the Big Fail and the SEC, there are absolutely no gimmy games in the SEC and everybody brings their A game to every game!!! Not so in the Big Fail, you could take off games vs ISU, Baylor and Kansas!

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Only KU was a gimme. Big12 was actually rated as the toughest conference last year by Sagarin. It was very strong top to bottom. That Iowa St team beat Ok St who finished #3 in the nation

Most people who don't watch the SEC closely overlook teams like State.

State is rarely an easy out lately. They just happen to play in the SEC West, which is brutal. They have a good program.

State qb should have stretchched out for goal line and it was over. Poor effort.

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State qb should have stretchched out for goal line and it was over. Poor effort.

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If by over, you mean over-time, I feel like this point is forgotten in analysis of this game. That TD was to tie, not win

State lost to LSU in similar fashion in 2009.

FFWD to 6:30 to watch the goal line stand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6jkYXHJXUc

Hands full every week in the SEC. Probably comes down to the team with momentum that time of year. I'd feel better if it weren't in Starkville.

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Come on last year was an aberration for Baylor. Most of the time they are a horrible team!! Same with Iowa State,the ONLY reason why they beat OSU was because of the accident with the 4 coaches that died days prior to the game, OSU's head was absolutely not in the game!!!
Kansa, well they just suck!

Baylor has a good coach. As long as Briles is there they will be decent. And they are putting a lot of emphasis on athletics lately with a lot of success. Time will tell how much staying power they have.

Iowa St has a good coach also. They werent a great team but very solid last year. Just like MSU and Dan Mullen the last 3 years.

Just giving credit where it is due.

And KSU was pretty good last year.

SEC is obviously better but not by the margin Ags portray. It's not the NFC. Yet.

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Baylor has a good coach. As long as Briles is there they will be decent. And they are putting a lot of emphasis on athletics lately with a lot of success. Time will tell how much staying power they have.

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If they don't get their program hamstrung. They don't have the pull of OU or Auburn or whoever else, and they've been racking up the violations lately.

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There's no SEC team that I would take for granted, other than maybe Vandy.

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Yes Mississippi State is the real deal, they gave LSU and Bama fits last year. I remember back in 08' 9th ranked Auburn played at Miss. State and the score was 3-2 with Auburn winning and that same year Ole Miss went into the Swamp beat Florida.

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@Buck Turgidson, Vandy has a good team, last year they went 6-7 overall. Five of those losses games vs Arky, Georgia, Tenn, Florida, and Cincy (bowl) came down to the end and Vandy had a great chance to win them. They could have won 11 games! The other 2 losses were out of their hand.

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That sounds very familiar.

Although you won't find any of our formal rivals have this kind of perspective about us.

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9th ranked Auburn...we finished 5-7 that year. Hardly impressive performance by MSU

SEC-W teams Mullens has beaten ever - Ole Miss

SEC-W teams Mullens has never beaten - Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Arkansas.

I know which group I want to be in

Hey Rusty...I'll come back and talk to you after Coach Mullen gets done with your vomitous Defense on 11/03. This will be great. You have no clue what is coming for you. I hope your coaching staff and players are this confident.

I have no doubt you can score 28 on our D. I also have no doubt we'll score 35+ on yours.

I grew up an LSU fan and still follow them closely. Don't assume I haven't been watching the SEC as long as you. Unless you actually suited up or coached in the SEC you have no more knowledge of the league than me

But I do know what's coming for MSU under Mullen. A finish in next to last in the SEC-W. The same they've done every year with Mullen.

And you're happy with it! Please shut our program down when we are happy with next to last place

Mullen took over a program in 2009 that was in complete shambles after the Croom disaster. His first 3 years:

2009 - 5-7 (3-5)
2010 - 9-4 (4-4)
2011 - 7-6 (2-6)

We've won 2 consecutive bowl games (Gator, Music City) and have had 2 consecutive winning seasons for the first time since Sherrill ('99,'00)...our stadium has had 16 consecutive sellouts and we are recruiting very well.

Our record against the SEC West under Mullen is not good thus far, but surely you understand who we have had to play? 3 National Champions (LSU, Alabama, and Auburn)...and Arkansas has been a top 10 team every year. While we haven't beaten those teams (Ala/LSU) we've given them a better game than any other team in the SEC. Mullen is in his 4th year now and his first recruits are Seniors this year...I'll be pissed off if we don't win 9 or more this year. But continue on with your uninformed banter, and we'll give you a friendly welcome into Starkville with a Cleveland Steamer and send you packing back to Aggieland.

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2009 - 5-7 (3-5)
2010 - 9-4 (4-4)
2011 - 7-6 (2-6)

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I can see where the trend you listed is encouraging. Have you given Mullen his raise and extension yet so nobody steals him?


And AU was trash last year and they beat you. Don't act like every one of those schools was in championship caliber mode when you played them.

Face it. You're a bottom feeder. When's the last time you won an SEC title? 1941! And it's your only one.

Get outta here, child. You might think A&M will be irrelevant in the SEC but we know you are.

Good luck with your season. We'll find out how much of a "bottom feeder" we are this year. You've been warned about what is coming for you.

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You've been warned about what is coming for you.

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Good luck with your season. We'll find out how much of a "bottom feeder" we are this year. You've been warned about what is coming for you.

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So, let's exclude A&M and Ole Miss. Which SEC-W teams are you going to beat?

*praying he says Bama or LSU*