🏈 For those of you who don't knw...Jax State beat Ole Miss!

[Big_Fan]

Go Gamecocks!

JSU won the halftime show...and the game too!

 

[SpecThis]

As a marching southerners allumni I couldn't be happier. Go cocks and Blow Southerners!

 

[planomateo]

Go cocks and Blow Southerners!

talk about bad choice of mascot and name....

 

[Oiler99]

Ole Miss was like the kid that plays second french horn in the school band. They must play better!!!

 

[BigAl]

It really did me good to see ole miss take it on the chin. It made my day.

 

[THROWITDEEP]

Nutt in his third year is always interesting.

 

[Oiler99]

Nutt's wife will not be going to church with him tomorrow. She doesn't go out with losers!

 

[JoshB]

yea my boy, i grew up with and played football with in High School, LaRay Williams, had a great game and i sent him a text congratulating him and saying loved seeing them whoop ole miss.

 

[Big_Fan]

yea my boy, i grew up with and played football with in High School, LaRay Williams, had a great game and i sent him a text congratulating him and saying loved seeing them whoop ole miss.

At JSU, it is "Whup."

:td:

 

[BamaCore]

You called that one all the way Big_Fan.

 

[Big_Fan]

You called that one all the way Big_Fan.

It really wasn't that hard. JSU is not a bad team, they just had to overcome coaching. Had Crowe not pulled Blanchard in the first half, I think JSU would have won the game without OT.

Ole Miss was overlooking JSU, from their coaches to their players, to the sports writers and even fans. I read the Ole Miss rivals site article "The Edge" which does an abbreviated unit comparison like I do with the Trickle Down, and they didn't do any real research - what little they got right, they looked at through homervision...

Examples:

JSU Secondary:

Led by All-America cornerback T.J. Heath, Jacksonville State is quick and athletic in the secondary. It's a good test for the inexperienced Ole Miss passing game. Heath has BCS-level talent, and the Jacksonville State secondary starts three juniors and one senior.

v/s

Ole Miss QB (written when Masoli was ineligible)

Ole Miss' passing attack is one of the keys to watch Saturday, with Nathan Stanley making his first start and Randall Mackey likely to get looks in certain formations. UM has wide receivers in new roles, and --barring an NCAA reversal -- Jeremiah Masoli won't be eligible.

They called this match-up even. Think about that...JSU starting ALL AMERICAN corner. All other match-ups they did were in Ole Miss' favor. The one that really got me was their look at JSU's ground game:

Jamal Young is a 175-pound scat back that will handle the majority of JSU's carries Saturday. He's a senior and will run behind senior fullback Alphonso Freeney, who has more than 20 starts. Darius Barksdale will play but isn't expected to have much of an impact.

One problem...JAMAL YOUNG WAS 3rd STRING. The Starter was (and has been forever) Calvin Middleton. Tig Barksdale was 2nd string.

It was obvious that the writer didn't take JSU seriously - at least not serious enough to do any research like READING THE PRESS GUIDE!

Then there was the Ole Miss fans...the stadium emptied at halftime when it was 31-10. How big of a difference would it have been in overtime if JSU would have been having to deal with an endzone full of rowdy Ole Miss fans? Instead, they had no problems hearing the snap count and getting plays off. The fans could have made a difference - but they didn't take JSU seriously.

I will make another prediction and hope I am wrong.

JSU, as talented as they are, will not do what Appy state did when they beat Michigan. Appy state won the D1AA NC that season after dropping 2 games (Wofford and Ga Southern) in the regular season.
With Crowe as HC, JSU will lose to a crappy team or two in the OVC (a crappy conference), and if they make the playoffs, they will get blown out by Montana or Delaware or someone like that.

I really hope JSU proves me wrong. They have an upgraded stadium that is probably among the nicest in D1AA and designs on moving to the FBS. That is probably a good idea - there is a lot more money to be had with a conference tie in and FBS schools being able to schedule you without losing a bowl counter. I just think they need to ditch Crowe and call Bower or Tommy or Terry Bowden...even Coach DuBose would be a step up.

 

[TerryP]

I thought about you that entire game Darren...knew you would be pleased.

 

[tidentrue]

Ole Miss was like the kid that plays second french horn in the school band. They must play better!!!

so..how many threads did you put this line on???

 

[kc]

When DuBose is a step up...wow.

 

[jdpas29]

yes. it was great to see Troy's former punching bag beat Ole Miss.

 

[Big_Fan]

yes. it was great to see Troy's former punching bag beat Ole Miss.

You have the roles reversed. Troy was the female dog.

The difference in JSU and Troy is, Troy sucks. They sucked in D2. They sucked in 1AA. They still suck in FBS. Win, lose or draw, like Auburn and UT, Troy Sucks. In fact, Auburn and Tennessee could take lessons on how to suck from Troy.

From their marching band and Tommy Long who spent his career trying to make the band big, loud, and nasty, to Larry "Keep it down home cuz" Blakeney, to that oversized high school stadium they play in...all that is Troy produces and extremely high level of vacuum. If you have ever seen the area around the base of a tornado...they call it the suck zone...and I am talking about one of the big F5 monsters, not a wimply little F1...it pales beside the epic suckage that is Troy. Troy suckage is hide the women and children suckage...I am talking atom smashing, building imploding, planet destroying, bloody center of the universe light can't escape black hole suckage..

JSU will start the move to D1 next year, so maybe Troy and JSU can play again real soon...renewing a series that JSU LEADS 32-29-2. It was a larger lead but they played a number of times after Troy moved to D1 and had more scholarships.

 

[jdpas29]

wow! looks like i touched a nerve. go trojans!

 

[russb8903]

You have the roles reversed. Troy was the female dog.

The difference in JSU and Troy is, Troy sucks. They sucked in D2. They sucked in 1AA. They still suck in FBS. Win, lose or draw, like Auburn and UT, Troy Sucks. In fact, Auburn and Tennessee could take lessons on how to suck from Troy.

From their marching band and Tommy Long who spent his career trying to make the band big, loud, and nasty, to Larry "Keep it down home cuz" Blakeney, to that oversized high school stadium they play in...all that is Troy produces and extremely high level of vacuum. If you have ever seen the area around the base of a tornado...they call it the suck zone...and I am talking about one of the big F5 monsters, not a wimply little F1...it pales beside the epic suckage that is Troy. Troy suckage is hide the women and children suckage...I am talking atom smashing, building imploding, planet destroying, bloody center of the universe light can't escape black hole suckage..

JSU will start the move to D1 next year, so maybe Troy and JSU can play again real soon...renewing a series that JSU LEADS 32-29-2. It was a larger lead but they played a number of times after Troy moved to D1 and had more scholarships.

lol, nice!

 

[GivinEmTheBusiness]

Why is it Troy is already FBS & JSU isn't?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Why is it Troy is already FBS & JSU isn't?

Troy wanted to big, both from a school standpoint and athletics, and had the financial backing in the latter. Troy has been able to exploit its Montgomery tie-in with the military to expand. Big financial backers, including Sanders Trucking and Lead and the formerly solvent Movie Gallery advanced the football plan. Darren, based on the number of aubrun tie-ins, I can't take issue with your analysis.

I'm not familiar enough with JSU dynamics to know who the potential deep pockets are there.

RTR,

Tim