I’d rather go 7-5 and beat Ole Miss in football over a baseball championship, if I had to choose one over the other.

[onewoof]

The ignorance of not realizing the astronomical costs today to win 4 SEC games... And the cost goes up 20-30% YoY

Let's drop $25M each year and miss the playoffs like they do up in Oxford. Smart move if you have a pretentious fanbase that truly believes they can compete with Georgia, Texas, Bama, Ohio State, etc.

 

[L4Dawg]

Go suck start a shotgun

and we aren’t paying 2.9 you ill informed idiot

at least for anything less than a natty

ETA: geez mother 17ers at least PRETEND to have the facts

Actually we are.

 

[L4Dawg]

2.9 million for a baseball coach while your football team sucks total *** is retarded.

It’s insane.

 

[85Bears]

The ignorance of not realizing the astronomical costs today to win 4 SEC games... And the cost goes up 20-30% YoY

Let's drop $25M each year and miss the playoffs like they do up in Oxford.

No we’d drop 25 million to go 5-7

 

[bulldoghair]

The ignorance of not realizing the astronomical costs today to win 4 SEC games... And the cost goes up 20-30% YoY

Let's drop $25M each year and miss the playoffs like they do up in Oxford. Smart move if you have a pretentious fanbase that truly believes they can compete with Georgia, Texas, Bama, Ohio State, etc.

I’d gladly take their football season and success against us over any baseball or soccer championship.

 

[onewoof]

I’d gladly take their football season and success against us over any baseball or soccer championship.

Anyone would but at what cost. Easy to say when others are paying large and we as fans just say go win more or I'm leaving

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

2.9 million for a baseball coach while your football team sucks total *** is retarded.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

I’m pretty sure that even women’s college basketball gets more viewers than college baseball. Hell three times as many people watched the Iowa/South Carolina women's basketball game as the MLB World Series.

Not so fast. The 2024 women's game was seen by 18.5M but it was a one-off because of the hype around Catlin. The 2025 women's championship was seen by 8.5M. The 2024 MLB world Series was viewed by 15.8M. My math doesn't seem to agree with your 3 times viewers you claim. Check your facts first.

 

[mcdawg22]

I will say we did pay Toledo 1.2 million dollars for one of those losses last year and Arnett 1.4 million to not coach in it.

 

[bulldoghair]

Not so fast. The 2024 women's game was seen by 18.5M but it was a one-off because of the hype around Catlin. The 2025 women's championship was seen by 8.5M. The 2024 MLB world Series was viewed by 15.8M. My math doesn't seem to agree with your 3 times viewers you claim. Check your facts first.

Compared to the 2024 college baseball championship series averaging 2.6 M viewers. Just edging out the girls softball championship at 2 million. Nobody cares about baseball like you think they do.

 

[G-Dawg]

I never see anyone post this so I’m going to assume most know this…these numbers are PER YEAR! How Selmon got people to commit that much cheese for multiple years is impressive. What if that dries up? Anyway, if donors can pony up, I have no right nor does anyone else not giving big $ to say what we do with it.

 

[ClangaCrusader1]

I’m ok with it if we are still trying to improve football and I think we are with the investment into the indoor football facility , a program that is “punting on football” doesn’t start the construction of that

If we have boosters who want to spend their money on baseball , go right ahead , spend as much as you want. But I hate the thought process of “ screw football out it into baseball” I hear from some friends recently. That is suicide for an athletic program. Also I have seen some claim that baseball is growing as of recent , if you think we can’t compete in football but can in baseball, “ we can’t compete with Georgia so put it into baseball” ok , in NIL , with the growing interest in baseball if Georgia , bama , auburn, oregon , kentucky start putting more into baseball since they have good head coaches , that would knock us down in the pecking order because we don’t have their money right?

With that being said , amazing baseball hire but looking foward to trying to win a few sec games in football this year.
Hail state

 

[Dawgbite]

7-5 is NOT 2-10. I saw last season. Most miserable thing I’ve seen in over 35 years.

But your perspective is based on the last 35 years. Most of which consists of a college football world that no longer exists. None of us really know what the post NIL/ transfer portal world is going to look like after 35 years. The first few years aren’t looking too good for all but a handful of insanely rich teams.

 

[The Peeper]

The majority of fans do. You go at least 7-5 consistently and best Ole Miss most of the time and see who cares. We suck monkey balls and still had 50,000 a game.

Which equates to maybe 30,000 to 35,000 in seats? I must that string of sellouts we had when the Yankee was here

 

[bulldoghair]

But I hate the thought process of “ screw football out it into baseball” I hear from some friends recently. That is suicide for an athletic program. Also I have seen some claim that baseball is growing as of recent , if you think we can’t compete in football but can in baseball, “ we can’t compete with Georgia so put it into baseball”

Not to mention, it’s going to discourage fans and alumni from contributions and financially supporting the football program, because they might feel if the school is favoring baseball more, then any support they have to give is spitting in the wind, a waste, and not valued. Thus this is an athletic suicide, but with everything banking and hoping we still get the SEC football welfare check after we’re dead and buried. This strategy and focus is not going to end well for all.

 

[The Peeper]

My biggest complaint about the baseball conversation is “We can’t make money on baseball.” Maybe. But we can sure as hell lose money on it. UGA is paying their coach 1.3 million dollars and have a 4,000 seat stadium. If we pack ours (and sorry raise ticket prices) it’s a solid return on investment.

LFL boxes are going up another $800 this season after just having gone up $800 this past season. There was a graphic on the scoreboard last night advertising pre buying season tickets and Flex tickets for baseball before Sept when they will also increase.

 

[gtowndawg]

Give me a baseball national championship over a hundred Liberty bowls. I would actually rather be great at something than mediocre at everything.

The 2024 AutoZone Liberty Bowl between Texas Tech and Arkansas averaged 4.2 million viewers on ESPN, according to ESPN Press Room.

The 2024 College World Series finals, featuring Tennessee and Texas A&M, averaged 2.82 million viewers across ESPN platforms.

A lot more people watch the Liberty Bowl than the national championship in baseball. Obviously comparing viewership for the national championship in football to baseball isn't comparable. It's not even in the same universe. Heck, more people watched us in the Armed Forces Bowl (against Tulsa) than our national championship in baseball. Baseball is fun, I hope we're good, but football and basketball are what matters if we want to remain relevant in the college sports landscape.

 

[bulldoghair]

Go suck start a shotgun

and we aren’t paying 2.9 you ill informed idiot

at least for anything less than a natty

ETA: geez mother 17ers at least PRETEND to have the facts

You’re dumb. And foolish.

 

[Hot Rock]

The majority of fans do. You go at least 7-5 consistently and best Ole Miss most of the time and see who cares. We suck monkey balls and still had 50,000 a game.

if they really cared, then come up with the 15-20 million more or shut up. Baseball donors did their job and now do yours.

 

[Hot Rock]

I included, and beat Ole Miss most of the time. Beating Ole Miss in baseball is not even close to the same as what it means to beat them in football. I would rather be pretty good at football than win any championship in baseball. As do most fans in this country. There’s a reason why we’re paying the baseball coach the second highest salary in the nation. And it’s not because we’re the richest.

Then donate more to football and make it different. I can't.

I’m pretty sure that even women’s college basketball gets more viewers than college baseball. Hell three times as many people watched the Iowa/South Carolina women's basketball game as the MLB World Series.

again, Baseball lovers paid for this. Football lovers need to step up or shut up.

 

[golferdog]

7-5 is 2-10. This is the CFP era. Who cares about non-CFP bowl games?

I care more about winning seasons and qualifying for bowl games than possibly the bowl game. Bowls are fun matchups with other P4 teams you don't normally play. That said, they're losing their value if more and more players opt out for them. I just want to win.

 

[The Cooterpoot]

We will always go cheap on everything but baseball. It's why we aren't good at much. And we've got one national championship ever to show for that baseball investment. The truth is we'd rather beat our chests over attendance and the baseball stadium than win in football or even basketball. It's our DNA.

 

[Chesusdog]

Shut up man. You’re just being butt hurt. That is a loser mentality.

I was told it was a loser mentality to want to win at baseball rather than lose slightly less at football.

 

[golferdog]

I’d gladly take their football season and success against us over any baseball or soccer championship.

When you have an elite program in ANY sport, you should invest in it. It's great pub for the school. We have invested more in football than in any other time in our history (fact). We're doing both. It's not the $$$ that the blue bloods can invest, but we're continuing to grow that. Again, we're climbing out of a massive hole in football due to a stroke of bad luck. We'll be back.

 

[GloryDawg]

We poo Missppi State. We no have money***********.

 

[paindonthurtDCD2]

2.9 million for a baseball coach while your football team sucks total *** is retarded.

You are 17ing retarded.

 

[Perd Hapley]

So why spend $5.5 million on football staff plus big money on football NIL then? Why spend $4.3 of that on the head coach alone?

Because we have to continue to field a football team, so that we continue to receive the $55 million per year from the SEC TV contract that is ultimately 99% paid for by fans of other schools that live outside of Mississippi.

And in order to continue to field a football team, we have to have a head coach, and coaching staff…..none of which are going to be willing to get their shít pushed in every SEC Saturday for much less than the market rate for the league that they are in.

Even welfare checks require the front end investment on gas money that you need to drive to the DHR office to fill out the paperwork.

 

[paindonthurtDCD2]

Go suck start a shotgun

and we aren’t paying 2.9 you ill informed idiot

at least for anything less than a natty

ETA: geez mother 17ers at least PRETEND to have the facts

we are paying $2.9 million.

 

[paindonthurtDCD2]

Can you do math?

I see you are missing a key element. That’s all I’ll say. Very easy now to see who knows and who goes by media talking heads.

Ole double digit goat @OG Goat Holder doing some common core math!!

 

[paindonthurtDCD2]

The ignorance of not realizing the astronomical costs today to win 4 SEC games... And the cost goes up 20-30% YoY

Let's drop $25M each year and miss the playoffs like they do up in Oxford. Smart move if you have a pretentious fanbase that truly believes they can compete with Georgia, Texas, Bama, Ohio State, etc.

They aren't paying $25 million a year in oxford for NIL.

 

[Called3rdstrikedawg]

2.9 million for a baseball coach while your football team sucks total *** is retarded.

Wrap a towel around your neck because your head is going to explode when we spend $4-$5 million in the 2026 baseball roster!

 

[onewoof]

They aren't paying $25 million a year in oxford for NIL.

Count the coach salaries and the total spend for the results. Way upside down

 

[paindonthurtDCD2]

Count the coach salaries and the total spend for the results. Way upside down

I mean if you are gonna add in all that stuff do their entire football budget and compare to ours. It isn't that far off.

The point is we should try and win at all sports.

 

[The Cooterpoot]

Wrap a towel around your neck because your head is going to explode when we spend $4-$5 million in the 2026 baseball roster!

More like $3-3.5MM

 

[onewoof]

I mean if you are gonna add in all that stuff do their entire football budget and compare to ours. It isn't that far off.

The point is we should try and win at all sports.

Let me break it down.

Football = way upside down and getting substantially more upside down every year.

Baseball = upside down but getting less and less upside down every year.

Winning at all costs in football is now officially unsustainable and outright stupid.

 

[bulldoghair]

You are 17ing retarded.

There’s a reason why we’re paying the baseball coach the second highest salary in the nation. And it’s not because we’re the richest. It’s because no one else cares about baseball, and you and your friends are retarded.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

2.9 million for a baseball coach while your football team sucks total *** is retarded.

And you’d rather do it running the wing-t!

 

[cadawg26]

I would rather a national championship over anything!!!!!!! Yes, even a stupid bowl game that doesn’t matter.

 

[85Bears]

Let me break it down.

Football = way upside down and getting substantially more upside down every year.

Baseball = upside down but getting less and less upside down every year.

Winning at all costs in football is now officially unsustainable and outright stupid.

Yea, it’s not only unsustainable, it probably doesn’t help when your incompetent administration shoots the football program in both feet.

The true cost of the Arnett blunder is probably more than 25 million

 

[Podgy]

Compared to the 2024 college baseball championship series averaging 2.6 M viewers. Just edging out the girls softball championship at 2 million. Nobody cares about baseball like you think they do.

And State football isn't really a big draw nationally. You prefer football. Fine. I think paying $2.9 mil for a baseball coach is a bit much but if we win I'm cool with it. We went all in on a stadium. We need to make that investment matter.