Jackson Jambalaya

By all means lets throw another pile of money on Mississippi collegiate athletics.

I guess it's as good as any other black hole.

AHEM. Green hole.

"I want to commend MSU Athletics Director Zac Selmon for leading a very comprehensive and thorough national search that produced Coach Jeff Lebby as our new head football coach at Mississippi State University," MSU President Mark E. Keenum said. "Coach Lebby is one of the most innovative offensive minds in college football and I look forward to him leading our football program to the standard our loyal Bulldog fan base wants and deserves."

Fire the head coach Monday and announce his replacement by following Sunday - the week of the Egg Bowl??? "Very comprehensive and thorough national search" my ass...

Chuckles @ 9:41 who would rather distribute a pile of money among liberal professors. We rubes pay dearly for the proper indoctrination of our children.

College is supposed to be an institution of higher learning where one goes to get smarter. The teachers, professors and admins are considered to be highly intelligent. Maybe I have all that wrong? TX A&M is the dumbest with their 76 million buyout. Arnett buyout 50% of 9 million but if he gets new coaching job, the buyout is waived. I am a college graduate - not MSU or Ole Miss. I learned a lot in college but did not learn how to figure out how coaches are payed millions to coach a game and paid to leave when they are fired. Hiring another line coach doesn't seem "smart" to me. I have been fired one time and was not given a huge buy-out to leave. I should have majored in coaching. Negative Nancy here is expecting MSU to be looking for new coach again if Lebby doesn't win an Egg Bowl soon.

@11:05 PM

"Fire the head coach Monday and announce his replacement by following Sunday - the week of the Egg Bowl??? "Very comprehensive and thorough national search" my ass..."

Rest assured the coaching search was begun long ago. This didn't happen over just a few days.

Keenum said, "Coach lebby is one of the most innovative minds in college football.

"He has garnered national praise as one of the brightest offensive minds in college football". WAIT! That's a quote from when Joe Moorhead was hired.

In the early days of college football, it was scandalous when a team was caught using a ringer, a good player with no real ties to the school. Nowadays coaches openly and blatantly form virtually their entire teams with ringers, and NIL and the transfer portal have made it even worse. A bunch of mercenaries in Ole Miss uniforms defeated a bunch of mercenaries in MSU uniforms Thursday night, and the highest paid employees at each university are the coaches overlooking that silliness, while grown fans of both teams let the outcome of that meaningless game affect their mood for the holiday season. (Sounds of footsteps and creaky knees from my days playing as I step down from my soapbox)

It seems that some people can't distinguish the state supported university from the private booster clubs. Maybe they should consider that they didn't learn everything from their time in university, and continue learning after their indoctrination.

"Institutions of higher learning" (and actual systems of health caring) are a thing of the distant past. Today they are cost centers for the state to re-distribute billions in state and federal financial aid dollars throughout any given state.

"College", "Public Education", and "Healthcare" have been the biggest scams in American history used to fleece the taxpayers from their cradle to their grave - and regardless if you have children or not - you're going to be garnished for it big time.

There is more palm greasing in college football than in Jackson city hall. Chowke is very jealous.

1:42 am. I do not disagree that the Texas A&M buyout was dumb. But, people get to do as they wish with their own money. And people do dumb stuff, myself included, with money all the time. Although admins certainly make the decision on this stuff, the luxury of those decisions is funded by private money. And for A&M, $76 million from their foundation comes pretty darned easy. I might disagree with the notion that an institution of higher learning having the capability of making one smarter.

Hank at 5.45 AM is right I am afraid. I have always loved college football but this NIL/ transfer portal is broken. I can't imagine taking money from my family/church and giving to a player I don't know to play sports for my school. Players right now having uncles broker deals for their new team next year. Wild west. Also, while not meant as a compliment, Ole Miss is way better at this than State.

Lebby is a solid hire, and a refreshing change to the coaching musical chairs game going on in the SEC.

A lot of people on here seem overly concerned about what individuals (boosters) do with their own money. I agree, it is stupid, but it is their money to burn as they please. None of this is taxpayer money.

NIL is just an extension of the stupidity. But again, not my money, not my problem.

I'll see your Lebby and raise you a Kiffen-

This is just another mediocre hire by MSU. He will go 50% and everyone will be happy with it. Mike Leach was by far the best coaching hire in years. If you want Nattys, You are gonna have to spend the money, and get a Natty coach. Right now, you cant get a top 5 SEC spot.

“”Deep State”. Dude, that’s crazy. Dj’you catch the game last night?”

8:36 - How quickly you forget the thousands of fans and boosters screaming for Leach's head October a year ago. The 'air raid' with its 7 yard passes was being called the most stupid thing to have ever raised its head in Starkville. Every MSU related smack page was inundated with 'fire Leach' posts.

Was his death untimely and tragic? Of course. Does everybody now consider him to be a hero-pirate and icon? Of course. We wonder if he would still be at State had he not died.

I miss his humor.

Ole Miss. won that one. If I'm going to make a case against Daniels for Hiesman, that game is it. When game on line in second half of FSU and Ole Miss games, he didn't produce. He's not a stat monster like Carr or Eric Crouch, but until the Aggie game, he hadn't won a game in the fourth quarter this year.

Next question is does Kelly fire House and who does he get to replace him if he does.

stankte went from Blackbeard to neckbeard

Here is an outstanding example of sportsmanship, Ole Miss trying to help out a dog eared program like State College. Let’s all clank a cowbell in salute

Um 11:05 Arnett was fired on the 13th and Lebby hired on the 26th.

Can’t wait for Lebby to bring in a high powered offense to State. It’s a new era in Starkville and Old Piss bout to get put back in their place where they belong. Hail State! GTH Old Piss!!!

Is Art Briles still Lebby's FIL?

Is he allowed on the field yet?

Hey Fish why you hating on Daniels LSU had the toughest schedule in the county this year. He played in the toughest conference by far. Nix left the SEC to go to an easier conference . House is done ! Aren’t is looking and can recruit too.

@9:57. The point is, that Mike Leach was the best hire in years. Mediocre State University never goes for the good ones like Leach. Leach and Loudmouth Dan Mullen, at least Mullen got results. Should have hired him back. Its a revolving door of mediocrity. People can say what they want about TAMU, but their boosters aren't scared to buy them a coach, even if he does loose. State needs to come off money and get a top 10 coach.

Poor state...they try and copy everything Ole Miss...from our Grove (Yep...their tiny patch of dirt to tail-gate & fight on came years and years later), our Walk of Champions (yes, copied that too), Rebel jerseys with stripes (Check...copied that too in maroon glory), our coaches (just hired a former Ole Miss assistant for their Head Coach...Ole Miss would NEVER do that in reverse and you can bet your life on that) and on and on and on it goes.

The Flagship Ole Miss was founded 20 some odd years before state was formed in "the land that fun forgot"...that's starksville and they have been trying to keep up ever since. One of the things they can't copy are all of the various bowls the Rebels have been to, especially the Sugar Bowl...of which they have never been to and won't in the foreseeable future, IMO, or the success in those victories at years' end.

Yes, they hired their assistant coach to be their Head Coach as everyone else turned them down. Lebby thought about that too...but thought "if I can just string the rubes along for 5 or so years, well...I'm set financially for life!" He will say all of the right things starting with, "I've ALWAYS loved maroon 'cause the color is so close to Oklahoma's color...yeah right...and then he'll smile and gleefully say, "ring 'em if you've got them!" while secretly playing the game and detesting the rubes' illegal noise-makers. Yep, wool all over the poor, little sheeps' eyes. Play it again, Sam, and state does...over and over and over again.

What fun to watch....hahahahaha!

you old miserables are funny. get a life.

@ 2:41 - Your jealousy stems from two things:

1) The fact that a tailgate in the Grove amounts to a boiled possum and making out with what amounts to a drunken corpse while a tailgate at MSU revolves around campus made cheese, quality bourbon, beautiful women appropriately dressed and comfortable shoes that don't have a slot for pennies.

2) The fact that it took State's bus drivers three weeks to teach your bus driver where to turn to get to Omaha.

But, keep on chugging the mimosas, dude and screaming the most hated chant this side of Rocky Top.

Gross hire, dude still reeks of the Baylor scandal and probably always will. Hope MSU fans enjoy Art Briles hanging around the program. Love the idea that they conducted a nationwide search and just happened to hire the OC from the school MSU's AD just came from, I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

The handwringing over NIL in these comments is hilarious, though. Players have been paid to play for decades, NIL just puts a portion of that money above the table instead of under it.

@ 2:14 Ole Miss hired Matt Luke solely because he played at Ole Miss, Hated MS State, and beat MS State in the Egg Bowl once and his goon squad broke Nick Fitzgerald's leg and was chest bumped on the sidelines for doing so. Also, to get you through sanctions because your holy one Hugh Freezus got caught paying hookers and players. Such a Flagship move!

Nice baseball stadium by the way. I am certain MS State isn't going to copy the (made up) "tradition" of pouring beers on our buddy's heads.

Proof is in the pudding. State has a terrible record of hiring coaches.
Coach Wins Losses
Bob Tyler 21 44
Emory Ballard 37 42
Rocky Felker 21 34
Jackie Sherrill 75 75
Sylvester Croom 21 38
Dan Mullen 69 46
Greg Knox 1 1
Joe Moorhead 14 12
Mike Leach 19 17
Zach Arnett 5 6
293 315
This guy is no better. Should have hired Dan back. At least he brought enthusiasm. At least Ole Miss got a guy with experience.

@ 2:14, hmmm, inferiority complex to the largest University in the state? I say obviously so. Pull your argyles up and chill.

One of the things I really enjoy about long road trips is listening to sports call-in programs on AM radio stations. The callers almost always say some of the dumbest things I've ever heard, kind of like most of the commenters on this post.

@2:14 Of the original teams in the SEC West, only one team has not played in Atlanta for the SEC championship, guess who? Clue: It’s a Mississippi team not named Mississippi State……….bwaaaa, ha, ha, ha……

Congrats to Mississippi State!

Lebby….Lebby….why does that name sound familiar? Oohhhhh…(1970’s advertisement) ifffffff youuuuuu seeeeeee Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s on the label label label, you will like it like it like it on your table table table, when you see Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s on the label label label. Brings back some good memories and good memories of when college football wasn’t a damn business. This new way of college football sucks. These guys don’t play for the love of the game….they play for the love of the money. Case in point. You have a gal from New Jersey on the gymnastics team at LSU who is worth a fortune. This is a sad state of affairs we are in.

Watch out Mississippi you on the Lane Train, A&M’s alumni is probably to much for him to stomach, I hear he likes to golf and don’t be surprised if a team in Florida is looking for a coach soon!

My Old Mess buddies mentioned today that Libby was who they were going to hire if Lane Train
left for Burn or whoever. So, all u Old Mess folks coming on here dogging Libby can just have a seat and
be quiet.

It would be embarrassing if someone from out of state were watching all of these grade school level insults being hurled back and forth.

2:14 got MSU living in his head rent free

@ 3:29 - Remind me which part of 'the scandal' Briles or Lebby were charged with, found guilty of and sanctioned for. I tried Google but can't find it.

Meanwhile: What are the odds your boy Hugh will be able to resist 'the temptation' for more than a year? I'm actually betting on him. I think he can hang for a year and a half.

State hires an assistant from Oklahoma that use to coach at Ole Miss. Ole Miss hired an assistant from Alabama. I think Ole Miss wishes to emulate Alabama. Just basing this on the provocative thoughts of poster 2:14.

@8:28, not interested in playing the goalpost-moving game, but operating under the assumption that you're incapable of googling this yourself:

Art Briles was fired for cause. Baylor subsequently disciplined an unknown number of unnamed assistant coaches and other staff but the full report remained private. At least one student claims to have reported abuse directly to Lebby.

https://casetext.com/case/lozano-v-baylor-univ-1
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/baylor-university-football-turmoil/204863/
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/baylor-football-keeping-assistants-after-scathing-report/2018200/
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/title-ix-lawsuit-naming-baylor-art-briles-ian/story?id=103730587
https://baylorlariat.com/2023/10/24/jury-awards-former-student-270000-for-negligence-in-lawsuit-against-baylor/

The former Hugh Freeze Burner Phone clan (now of the Fainting Goat Fake-Injury Brigade) think they are the moral high grounders and in a place to condemn this coach for the actions of his FIL?

That is rich.

Most hold no diploma from Northern Mississippi. They have nothing else to grasp onto so they grab on to the one their divorce lawyer attended law school. Hot air at its best!

You read it here first. Lebby the Loser….when he goes 3-9 for the next few years each

A new AD from Oklahoma hires an Oklahoma connected coach. Lazy hire. Such is the way of college football these days. Just hire the coach that you knew from the school you were working at prior to coming to your new school.

Agree with Hank. Money makes everything meaningless.

Reading the comments from 2:14 about Ole Miss make me feel sad for a person with such little perspective and exposure outside of the state of Mississippi. Ole Miss is not even the oldest school in the state. Mississippi College is. Ole Miss is a low tier public state school that is not even in the top 100 universities. No school in Mississippi is.

For a grown adult to find so much of their worldview and meaning from their average university they attended is just cringy and sad to watch.

I’m an Ole Miss grad who is excited about this hire. Contrary to a lot of mouth breathers here who think ridiculing the other school elevates theirs, the better one school is, the better both are. Dan Mullen (grrrrr!!) raised the level of both schools. Lebby will have a fun offense to watch. It’s a game, folks, lighten up with those negative vibes.

@4:28. As a State guy, agreed!

Funny. State fans can't celebrate hiring one of the brightest young coaches in college football without invoking their big brother. There really is something to this birth order syndrome.

I haven't moved any goal posts, November 28, 2023 at 10:30 AM.

If you were blessed with the gift of figuring shit out, you'd know that Briles' firing was not due to any wrong-doing or involvement in the Baylor matter...but was entirely a termination of convenience and saving face for the university.

In other words, he was the fall guy. Should he have been fired? Probably. There is always a quick search for a fall-guy when any institution is being spotlighted. Briles was that guy.

But, please save your whiney chant that he was fired for cause. For Cause, as determined by a handful of lawyers, can be about as little as wearing tennis shoes not sanctioned by the Athletics Director.