We're very similar to Auburn and Texas A&M.....
I know alot of Auburn people and they have the same struggles within their state as we do within ours. They have a little bigger population their therefore more money. And, opposite of Mississippi, Auburn is actually the 'regional' brand while Alabama is the 'our state' brand. Football players may come from all over, but I'm talking more fanbase and alumni. Auburn has a good many 'real' fans in Georgia and Florida as they do in Alabama. Alabama fans really tend to just be Alabama, with areas of overflow like the edges of MS, FL, TN and GA.
Texas A&M is probably more like us, although double in size, due to the state they are in. They have to struggle with an elitist flagship school as well, that will stop at nothing to obtain power and hold them back.
Then there's the Ag angle for both, obviously. Auburn does have pharmacy, which we don't have. I wish we'd pick up another school like that, really wanted the W for the nursing.
Now, if you're asking what school I'd be a sidewalk fan of, if say I went to school at Nowhere State? Florida. And honestly, school wise, they aren't too far off from MSU. They are the Ag/Engineering school in Florida.
