re: ANOTHER LOOK: LSU's costly penalties vs. MSU

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Times are changing, Bill.

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Long term, big picture, I'm not so sure. There are some inherent disadvantages to being in a small state with another SEC team as competition and Alabama, Auburn and LSU next door. At a minimum, to become a frequent contender in the SEC, State would have to basically kill off Ole Miss as a factor, which seems like it will be difficult at least for a while.

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the 14 in a row years are over

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Probably so. 14 wins in a row is very uncommon in an annual series, so I would not expect it to happen again any time soon.

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That being said, LSU has the goods to win it all and I know we had our chance to win and didn't . Your dbs may give up some catches but no YAC, very talented. Beckwith stays healthy and you're in the final four IMO.

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I hope you're right about that, and I do think we might have just won our 3rd or maybe 4th toughest SEC West game (Alabama, Ole Miss and maybe Texas A&M are the ones that I think should be tougher), and under circumstances that were unusually unfavorable to us with regard to the cancelled opener, hostile crowd, probably best QB we will face, etc.

Good luck to both teams as the season progresses.