5 Days

Five days from kick-off.

I'm ready.

I'm tired of reading about the issues with the offensive line and I'm tired of trying to figure out how this team is going to score enough points to win. I'm ready to just watch happen.

The 2006 version of Mississippi State football is better off at every position, but defensive end and tailback, then any State team of the past three years, and that's a big, big plus. And it's not like the team is in dire straights at either position.

The Clarion Ledger officially says goodbye to Ian today. State fans will miss the coverage. Personally, I'm looking forward to the week of the Alabama game, where we can try to determine through Ian's writing whether or not he really had a soft spot in his heart for Starkville or not.

Tomorrow is the blog's one year anniversary, so pop the champagne. The staff at The Officially Unofficial Mississippi State Athletics Blog would like to thank you for reading. Hopefully we've made Mississippi State athletics a little more enjoyable (or bearable). This blog was founded because Travis quit blogging and I had way too much time on my hands. Well, Travis is back, and he's been back for a while now, so check him out, if you haven't already.

Cowbells are back in the news as well. The SEC has to come up with a new way to enforce the noisemaker rule due to a change in the NCAA's crowd noise policy. To all the cry-babies in the SEC, I say, "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Get over it. Let us ring our damn bells.