True Maroon

Thanks for removing all doubt, Shizzle.

Unless we have a great year this year, 2 of the 4 games would probably not even make national tv. Miami for sure wouldn't, and I'm pretty sure Florida State wouldn either. USC could very well not either.

I think some of you are so focused on six wins and beating Ole Miss that you don't think of the big picture. Everyone hypes up how Mullen will get MSU to the promise land, but no one thinks about what it will take. Winning games on the national stage help with that. There are a lot of people that have no clue about what MSU is about or Mississippi for that matter.

I don't know how many of you watch Necessary Roughness, but they had an athlete from East Mississippi State University. He talked about how he grew up around cows and cornfields. Horrible job of disguising the name, but it spoke to the perception of Mississippi. I think playing games on a national stage would help with that perception. there is a chance MSU enters the 2013 season ranked in my opinion. I think a game versus a top-15 would be huge to start the season. No they don't want to get blown out the water, but I don't think they will.

So we'll just buy Ole Miss' 2013 game at Texas to open the season.

I am against playing tough non-conf games. But anyway...you couldn't be more wrong. Any time any SEC team plays a name brand non-conf opponent, TV is going to be all over it. Ratings are going to be huge for a regular season game.

We aren't Boise State. Fortunately for us, our conference schedule is chock full of national stage teams.

There is no need to make one of the nation's hardest schedules even harder by adding tougher non-conf opponents.

How much does a clue cost these days? J Sizzle needs some donations.