Its now officially football season

[MSTSatchmo]

Everyone is pointing to the brutal October for State, but it doesn’t set up well in September either.  Three toss up games that are vital to their season and two are on the road.  As far as on the field, the defense doesn’t have the talent they used to, but Armett does seem to get the most out of what he has.  I expect them to be better on that side.  On offense, they have enough playmakers and Lebby is supposed to be good at getting them in the right spots, BUT I don’t know if they improved the OL any.  They have to keep Taylor healthy. State was so close to some huge upsets last year.  They’ll need several just to get to 6 wins. 
State 4-8  
 

Has a first year head coach been more set up than Golding.  Is there any way he can mess this up.  Having a new OC is huge, but they have the QB, RB, and OL to be successful while working out the kinks.  Kinda like State, we will have a good gauge on how the season is going after the first 3-4 games.  Louisville should be a decent matchup, but I expect OM to win by 10 or more.  On the road at FL after the huge LSU matchup is key.  OM has several close wins last year.  Can they pull off the close wins this year?   
OM 9-3 

[Dawg83]

19 minutes ago, MSTSatchmo said:

Everyone is pointing to the brutal October for State, but it doesn’t set up well in September either.  Three toss up games that are vital to their season and two are on the road.  As far as on the field, the defense doesn’t have the talent they used to, but Armett does seem to get the most out of what he has.  I expect them to be better on that side.  On offense, they have enough playmakers and Lebby is supposed to be good at getting them in the right spots, BUT I don’t know if they improved the OL any.  They have to keep Taylor healthy. State was so close to some huge upsets last year.  They’ll need several just to get to 6 wins. 
State 4-8  
 

Has a first year head coach been more set up than Golding.  Is there any way he can mess this up.  Having a new OC is huge, but they have the QB, RB, and OL to be successful while working out the kinks.  Kinda like State, we will have a good gauge on how the season is going after the first 3-4 games.  Louisville should be a decent matchup, but I expect OM to win by 10 or more.  On the road at FL after the huge LSU matchup is key.  OM has several close wins last year.  Can they pull off the close wins this year?   
OM 9-3 

I lived through Joe Moorhead 2018 and can confirm that no situation is too good for a crappy first year head coach to mess up.

 

Now, I think there’s reason to believe Golding is far more competent than Moorhead. But you never know with these things. Everyone thought Moorhead was a great hire until one fateful night in Lexington, Kentucky.