/Miss football Read ’em and weep

Miss football Read ’em and weep

Read ’em: Alabama 48, Ole Miss 43. LSU 23, Mississippi State 20. Troy 37, Southern Miss 31, Arkansas Pine Bluff 45. Alcorn 43. Grambling 34. Jackson State 14. Texas Southern 31, Mississippi Valley State 0. West Georgia 34, Delta State 24. West Alabama 38, Mississippi College 13. University of Chicago 35. Millsaps 16. Huntingdon College 65. Belhaven 21. Mississippi has 10 college football teams that are four-year. Each of them played last week. Each of them lost. This has not happened before. It is not something I can recall ever seeing. There were some great efforts. It’s not shameful to lose to Alabama or LSU. Ole Miss and State both had their moments. Southern Miss, which was its worst enemy, tried to win the game by throwing in the endzone at the end. Two years ago, Mississippi’s teams (State and Ole Miss), were ranked among the top three national teams. But Mississippi lost the game. Ten games played, 10 games lost. Murphy’s Law was our law for one weekend in Magnolia State. It can be viewed in two ways by optimists/realists: 1. At the end of it all, it’s just football. 2. It will get better. After all, it can’t get worse. Rick Cleveland is Mississippi Today’s sports columnist. Check out his columns as well as his Sports Daily blog.