Not sure if any Mississippi St fans will stop by

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DuckInAPen said:
When we win our next championship, it'll be, as it ever was, "because the conference was down."
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It’s easy for an opposing fan to look at the year end results of a championship team and think it was all sunshine and rainbows all season. The truth is they had some bad games along the way and some breaks that went in their favor. There’s no smooth road to a CFB championship. Good teams just find a way to get it done week to week.
 
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volbound1700 said:
Another issue was the lack of running plays. I thought Tennessee would have an advantage running the ball but I rarely saw the plays called. It put a lot more pressure on Aguilar and passing game.
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State was loading the box most of the night. Hard to run against a loaded box IMO. The LB's were crashing down all night.
 
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I have talked to a couple of State fans since the game. They were excited that they hung with the Vols and look forward their future. I think most of us knew Lebby was a solid, well trained innovator of offensive football and feel confident he will return excitement to State. Nothing but respect for State today.
 
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tennrich1 said:
I have talked to a couple of State fans since the game. They were excited that they hung with the Vols and look forward their future. I think most of us knew Lebby was a solid, well trained innovator of offensive football and feel confident he will return excitement to State. Nothing but respect for State today.
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Lobby and Heupel are from the same coaching tree and close friends. Lobby even coached under Heupel at UCF.
 
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DC_Vol said:
It’s easy for an opposing fan to look at the year end results of a championship team and think it was all sunshine and rainbows all season. The truth is they had some bad games along the way and some breaks that went in their favor. There’s no smooth road to a CFB championship. Good teams just find a way to get it done week to week.
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There have been a few that broke that mold like 1995 Nebraska, 2001 Miami, and a few of the Saban teams. I also think 2022 Georgia was that way. Basically these teams went unbeaten and beat everyone soundly.
 
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UTwild82 said:
But if you do, you have a solid team. You got the right coach. You are headed in the right direction. Your team has a lot of fight. That was a hard fought game.
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The Vols ( coaches & players ) kept shooting themselves in the foot with muffed punts, IT'S, and HORRIBLE clock management. Clean that garbage up and we win by 2-3 scores. GBO.
 
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tennrich1 said:
State was loading the box most of the night. Hard to run against a loaded box IMO. The LB's were crashing down all night.
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Yep. It was actually a smart gameplan because they stayed in 3-3-5, but they’d disguise the coverage and bring two of the linebackers in once they saw it was a run. The final drive of the fourth completely gassed their defense and was the big difference maker.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
I just hope the Nega-Vols are willing to credit our lads with a significant road win for the first time in the history of Josh Heupel (if you squint enough to ignore LSU, Clemson, and all those other ranked teams we've beaten away from home).

Go Vols!
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Clemson was a neutral site game. People don’t say he struggles in neutral site games.
 
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