re: Looks like Ole Miss is the new flavor of the month....

Thanks to all you Tigers that posted in response to my question. Sorry if it came off as a flame because that was not the intention.

I was just a little intense because I saw so many posts that thought OM just couldn't do it because ... well they are OM.

I equate that retardation of thought to people who say you can't do something because i.e. you're black or you're a girl. Outright statements such as these come from pure ignorance.

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I agree with you, never say never, but the comparison to LSU is not a good one and no its not because I'm an LSU fan.

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Yeah what I meant with that was y'all had down years and y'all came back from that because you found the right coach.

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As others have mentioned, La is a larger state, that produces more SEC and NFL caliber plaeyrs, plus LSU does not have another SEC team in the state or even a mid major with some history like USM.

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Absolutely one reason you will always have the edge to OM I can't argue this at all and won't

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so while I agree OM could certainly put together a better program and even make a run like USCe, I'm not sure they have the resources to be a consitent contender at a high level. Maybe like a Texas Tech type program, usually 7-8 wins, put together a special team every so often.

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I certainly don't think we can become a Bama/LSU but I don't think its as absurd as some would come to believe that we couldn't become a USCe of the west and kick Awbarn or tFlagship out of that third/fourth positition with at least a shot to compete with the likes of You & Bama.

TIA for responses just wanted to discuss these points with y'all since I noticed you were already talking about some of these things amongst yourselves

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Although, purely on a per capita basis, this is true of Louisiana over all states (but Mississippi is right there with us in second place).

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I meant in relation to Ms, the overall population of La is larger and we produce more total D1 players, Ms might have the edge per capita, I think it fluxuates. As it is, La is top 10 regardless of size.

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This is far more of our advantage that the first factor

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The 2 go hand in hand, LSU has a larger pool to draw from and no one to compete with. That's why I don't think OM could get to the level as LSU, unlike TAMU, who can. I think the Texas Tech analogy is a good one. They could certainly get to that level and have more winning seasons than not and occasionaly put together a special team that can make noise a la TTU in 2008. They may just do that in 3 years.