Kneejerk pessimism is no more reasonable than kneejerk optimism.Lol you’ve seen these boards.....nope your not the only one.
There’s 10,000 of you
And like 50 of me who thinks MSU is going to run it down Tennessee’s throat.
MSU isn't a very good team. The difference is that they had the team maturity to take care of a couple of cupcakes while UT experimented with the JG project and gave two "gimmes" away.
Should be an evenly matched game. They're similar defensively from a statistical standpoint. MSU has had a little more success offensively but it will be interesting how Maurer does with a game plan designed for him against a D that is significantly worse than UGA... and how the O in general does against a D much worse than UGA or UF.
This is a winnable game. MSU isn't UGA or UF... If UT is improving and Maurer takes a good step forward after his first start then this game is very winnable. MSU will run right at UT and probably have success. OTOH, UT can probably do the same to them and has better receivers and possibly a better passing game. MSU is last in the SEC in passing O. Again... not UGA, UF, or possibly even BYU in terms of offensive balance.