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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Either way, they were done with Shula and they got what they wanted. They could've panicked and tried to hire Chavis when Rich Rod changed his mind.
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Chavis never expressed interest in a HC position like Bob Stoops and now Jeremy Pruitt. Other than that badazz, dead on analogy! 😉
 
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I’m going to address MSU one more time and then I’m going to drop it for a while. First off they don’t have a quarterback. Keytaon Thompson only threw 39 passes last year, 31 of those against Stephen F. Austin, and only completed 42% for the game. Tommy Stevens has only thrown for around 300 yards in his entire college career and he is a redshirt senior. They are both Fitzgerald-lite and stopping them on the ground will set us up well for stopping Bryant when we head over to Missouri. They are a one-dimensional offense and I don’t see that changing without a lot of growing pains. I seriously and genuinely doubt they’re going to be able to manufacture any sort of decent passing game this year with no prior experience whatsoever.

MSU lost both their starting center and backup center from last year. They also lost their starting right guard and starting Tight End. They lost 2 of the running backs in their rotation but have a good one returning in Kylin Hill. Their passing offense was only able to muster 129.5 yards per game against conference defenses.

The key to this game, imo, is stopping their run. We should have a pretty decent secondary so I don’t see their passing game as a threat at all. Perhaps one of the more significant data points to keep in mind regarding the MSU offense is that in regards to scoring against SEC defenses last year they SUCKED more than we did. Last year we played against 5 of the top 6 scoring defenses in the conference while they played against 3 of the bottom 4 and still they put up less points.

MSU won some games last year by relying on their defense. Their base is a 4-3 but play mostly 4-2-5. In our defense, our linebackers are the leading production guys followed by the defensive backs. In MSU’s defense, which was rated #1 in total defense in the nation last year, their defensive backs were their leading producers followed by the defensive line. Their linebackers didn’t do squat.

They lost 63% of their production from their defensive backs of last year and over 71% of the production off of their defensive line. We don’t get too many Eric Berrys or Derek Barnetts and neither does MSU. They just lost at least 3 such guys. They will not be replaced, not anytime soon. They lost 3 of the safeties out of their rotation including both starters and they lost one of their starting cornerbacks. Seven guys are gone from their defensive line rotation. Only their linebacking corps remains in tack and last year they basically only used a 4 man rotation.

That reportedly vaunted strength and condition program Mehlen had in place got them to a 5-7 regular season in 2016 and Savage had been there since 2014. The key to their recent success was the defense and the key to that was the exceptional talent of Jeffrey Simmons, Montez Sweat, and Johnathan Abram, all first round draft picks.

MSU fans have accepted Moorhead with a mixed reaction and that continued into this offseason. I think there’s a good probability many of the fans in Starkville are going to run out of mattresses to burn during the upcoming season. jmo.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
I’m going to address MSU one more time and then I’m going to drop it for a while. First off they don’t have a quarterback. Keytaon Thompson only threw 39 passes last year, 31 of those against Stephen F. Austin, and only completed 42% for the game. Tommy Stevens has only thrown for around 300 yards in his entire college career and he is a redshirt senior. They are both Fitzgerald-lite and stopping them on the ground will set us up well for stopping Bryant when we head over to Missouri. They are a one-dimensional offense and I don’t see that changing without a lot of growing pains. I seriously and genuinely doubt they’re going to be able to manufacture any sort of decent passing game this year with no prior experience whatsoever.

MSU lost both their starting center and backup center from last year. They also lost their starting right guard and starting Tight End. They lost 2 of the running backs in their rotation but have a good one returning in Kylin Hill. Their passing offense was only able to muster 129.5 yards per game against conference defenses.

The key to this game, imo, is stopping their run. We should have a pretty decent secondary so I don’t see their passing game as a threat at all. Perhaps one of the more significant data points to keep in mind regarding the MSU offense is that in regards to scoring against SEC defenses last year they SUCKED more than we did. Last year we played against 5 of the top 6 scoring defenses in the conference while they played against 3 of the bottom 4 and still they put up less points.

MSU won some games last year by relying on their defense. Their base is a 4-3 but play mostly 4-2-5. In our defense, our linebackers are the leading production guys followed by the defensive backs. In MSU’s defense, which was rated #1 in total defense in the nation last year, their defensive backs were their leading producers followed by the defensive line. Their linebackers didn’t do squat.

They lost 63% of their production from their defensive backs of last year and over 71% of the production off of their defensive line. We don’t get too many Eric Berrys or Derek Barnetts and neither does MSU. They just lost at least 3 such guys. They will not be replaced, not anytime soon. They lost 3 of the safeties out of their rotation including both starters and they lost one of their starting cornerbacks. Seven guys are gone from their defensive line rotation. Only their linebacking corps remains in tack and last year they basically only used a 4 man rotation.

That reportedly vaunted strength and condition program Mehlen had in place got them to a 5-7 regular season in 2016 and Savage had been there since 2014. The key to their recent success was the defense and the key to that was the exceptional talent of Jeffrey Simmons, Montez Sweat, and Johnathan Abram, all first round draft picks.

MSU fans have accepted Moorhead with a mixed reaction and that continued into this offseason. I think there’s a good probability many of the fans in Starkville are going to run out of mattresses to burn during the upcoming season. jmo.
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Those passing stats are unbelievable.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
I’m going to address MSU one more time and then I’m going to drop it for a while. First off they don’t have a quarterback. Keytaon Thompson only threw 39 passes last year, 31 of those against Stephen F. Austin, and only completed 42% for the game. Tommy Stevens has only thrown for around 300 yards in his entire college career and he is a redshirt senior. They are both Fitzgerald-lite and stopping them on the ground will set us up well for stopping Bryant when we head over to Missouri. They are a one-dimensional offense and I don’t see that changing without a lot of growing pains. I seriously and genuinely doubt they’re going to be able to manufacture any sort of decent passing game this year with no prior experience whatsoever.

MSU lost both their starting center and backup center from last year. They also lost their starting right guard and starting Tight End. They lost 2 of the running backs in their rotation but have a good one returning in Kylin Hill. Their passing offense was only able to muster 129.5 yards per game against conference defenses.

The key to this game, imo, is stopping their run. We should have a pretty decent secondary so I don’t see their passing game as a threat at all. Perhaps one of the more significant data points to keep in mind regarding the MSU offense is that in regards to scoring against SEC defenses last year they SUCKED more than we did. Last year we played against 5 of the top 6 scoring defenses in the conference while they played against 3 of the bottom 4 and still they put up less points.

MSU won some games last year by relying on their defense. Their base is a 4-3 but play mostly 4-2-5. In our defense, our linebackers are the leading production guys followed by the defensive backs. In MSU’s defense, which was rated #1 in total defense in the nation last year, their defensive backs were their leading producers followed by the defensive line. Their linebackers didn’t do squat.

They lost 63% of their production from their defensive backs of last year and over 71% of the production off of their defensive line. We don’t get too many Eric Berrys or Derek Barnetts and neither does MSU. They just lost at least 3 such guys. They will not be replaced, not anytime soon. They lost 3 of the safeties out of their rotation including both starters and they lost one of their starting cornerbacks. Seven guys are gone from their defensive line rotation. Only their linebacking corps remains in tack and last year they basically only used a 4 man rotation.

That reportedly vaunted strength and condition program Mehlen had in place got them to a 5-7 regular season in 2016 and Savage had been there since 2014. The key to their recent success was the defense and the key to that was the exceptional talent of Jeffrey Simmons, Montez Sweat, and Johnathan Abram, all first round draft picks.

MSU fans have accepted Moorhead with a mixed reaction and that continued into this offseason. I think there’s a good probability many of the fans in Starkville are going to run out of mattresses to burn during the upcoming season. jmo.
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Sounds like we will whoop them like we whooped Kentucky last year. They are pretty similar teams in my opinion. MSU probably has better overall talent though.
 
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I thought Pistons wanted Bone...guess I was right after-all, they just waited to see if anyone else wanted him.

I think Admiral is in the best & worst spot. He could actually earn a lot of minutes and be a contributor on that Wiz team, they aren't exactly covered with stars. Pretty good spots for all to land honestly, and in the Eastern Conference to boot!
 
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Anyone see that new show Steph Curry and Rob Riggle aired last night? It's like Most Extreme Elimination Challenge combined with Putt Putt. It's pretty awesome. hahahahahahahahahaha It's called Holey Moley.
 
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