Welp. Saturday night was another disaster for Coach Arnett and his Mississippi State Bulldogs with another embarrassing outing against a team they would have beaten last season. Mississippi State came out on Saturday night with no fight and looked like a team that had quit on the university they represent. Needing two wins to return to postseason play, the Mississippi State Bulldogs came out flat despite having a kick-off return to start the game; the Bulldogs rolled over and let the Aggies embarrass them, sending them back to Starkville with no hope for the remaining two games.

For the sixth time this season, Mississippi State falls embarrassingly. The only loss this season that was not an utter embarrassment was the early September loss to South Carolina, where the Bulldogs came from behind and lost with dignity. However, as the season progressed, Mississippi State got worse by the game. Since defeating Arizona in week two, Mississippi State has declined and continues to show an ugly reality of the Mississippi State Football program under Coach Arnett.

Here’s the deal. Mississippi State has gone from a nine-win season with an Egg Bowl and a bowl victory to a season where the ceiling is 6-6, with the reality likely being 5-7. With the same guys on the roster from the year before, the Bulldogs were so productive and produced a product that Mississippi State fans could be proud of. Sure, the program went through an unimaginable tragedy with the sudden passing of Coach Leach last December. Coach Arnett took over a Mississippi State Football program in the best position to succeed for a future of winning.

However, instead of keeping what worked in tact, Coach Arnett fired the old staff, hired his guys, and brought in an offensive system, doomed to fail from spring practice. Coach Arnett and his staff had the pieces on the roster to run an Air-Raid, up-tempo offense. Instead, he hired somebody who specializes in what worked for the Bulldogs. Kevin Barbay got brought in to implement a system that might work in some places but will never work with the personnel on the roster at Mississippi State. Mississippi State went from lighting up the scoreboard to not scoring an offensive touchdown in several weeks. From spring practice to now, the offensive system that Kevin Barbay put into place has not worked, and for whatever reason unknown, the coaching staff refused to tweak it to position Mississippi State for success.

Not to mention, Mississippi State has failed to the point on the recruiting front, with guys backing out of their commitments to come to play for the Maroon and White. You can take that for what it’s worth, but as of right now, the future rosters are looking to be behind the eight ball; when it comes to talent for next season, the cupboard is bare.

What’s the solution? Nobody knows.

Something has to give.

Do you clean the house and start over? Or do you give Coach Arnett another season with the stipulation of an overhaul to the staff? In fairness, Arnett will likely get another season, but the offensive minds behind Mississippi State will need a complete makeover to keep the fans in Starkville subdued until next season.

Mississippi State will return home next Saturday as they welcome Southern Miss to Davis Wade Stadium for an in-state matchup.