Dawg83 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The next two weeks are light on games. Only five games with SEC teams in them this week, four next week. But State and OM play both weeks so let’s keep the ball rolling. Ole Miss-LSU is suddenly more interesting than I expected it to be. LSU running for 300 yards on Florida last week was totally out of the blue. I was ready to call this an Ole Miss blowout and now I’m less sure. Here’s thing with LSU, you know they’re very talented and can flip the switch and beat 99.9% of the teams in the country on any given day. So you’ve got that risk if you’re Ole Miss. But as long as Corral is healthy, I do like the Rebs at home in what I’m assuming will be their best crowd of the year so far. I’ll say OM wins 41-34. State-Vandy is either going to be an uninteresting blowout or interesting in a bad way. State could really use a win by a sizable margin here. Vandy is really bad and playing their backup QB. This game should not be close. But State has struggled to break 30 all year so I hesitate to pick that here. I’ll say State wins 34-13. Bama hosts Tennessee. UT is improved but I can’t see them keeping it that close in Tuscaloosa. A&M should beat SC comfortably too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 OM over LSU - I think this will be the shootout that I expected last week. If Corral doesn’t play, I don’t know hat to expect. OM 45-31 State over Vandy - State needs a convincing win. I think they’ll get it. Vandy has a backup QB and they weren’t very good offensively to begin with. If Rogers doesn’t play, I don’t know what to expect. State 35-10 Bama big, A&M big, Clemson/Pitt could be good. I’ll go with Clemson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Pretty lopsided games expected in the SEC this weekend- other than Ole Miss/LSU. No line on Arkansas/Arkansas Pine Bluff due to no telling how big Arkansas wins. Bama favored by 25 over Tennessee. IF Hooker is healthy, MAYBE UT covers but Bama still wins by 14 or more easily. IF Hooker is out, I'll take Bama 42-0ish. A&M favored by 19.5 over USC. Which A&M team shows up? Closer than 19.5 if A&M plays like earlier in the season, but USC is just bad... I don't see A&M losing and it shouldn't be close. MSU favored by 20.5 over Vandy. Vandy whizzed away their best shot at an SEC win last week against USC. MSU wins easily, and should cover. Ole Miss is favored by 9 over LSU. OM should win, and I lean they'll win. However, I don't see Ole Miss winning by 9 or more. I suspect this game will come down to the wire. IF Corral isn't pretty healthy, bet the farm on LSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Scrolling midweek scores: #14 Coastal Carolina suffered their first loss last night at Appalachian State. 5-1 Louisiana is struggling with 1-5 Arkansas State 28-27 in the 4th quarter tonight. Are these possibly signs of unexpected scores this weekend ahead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1nglewing Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, rebmus said: Scrolling midweek scores: #14 Coastal Carolina suffered their first loss last night at Appalachian State. 5-1 Louisiana is struggling with 1-5 Arkansas State 28-27 in the 4th quarter tonight. Are these possibly signs of unexpected scores this weekend ahead? There seems to be one weekend every year where upsets abound. Vandy nearly won last week. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, s1nglewing said: There seems to be one weekend every year where upsets abound. Vandy nearly won last week. Just sayin'. I may leave the internet forever if State loses to Vandy. That might be the worst loss since Maine if it happens, definitely right up there with losing to Tulane a year after Katrina (man the Croom years were brutal, sincerely hope I’m not on the verge of re-living that). Edited October 22, 2021 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I disagree that the Croom years were brutal. Yes there were some epic failures in there but he had to do what he did. Which was to purge the program of the talented malcontents that were left over from the Sherrill era. I love Coach Sherrill but his last couple of years were bad. As a result we lost about 20-25 players between the end of 2003 and the start of 2004. Mostly really good players but ones who were not disciplined enough to make it under him. The program went through some painful years from 2004-2006 but I am convinced that the success that CDM had was because of the foundation and recruiting of Croom and his staff. That 2010 team was loaded with talent and in essence they were almost all of Croom’s recruits. Now to CDM’s credit he built on that and made it better. But he came in to a good situation because Croom left him a very good situation. I believe we will win tomorrow and win big. I completely agreed with Coach Leach in his assessment of the game last Saturday. We had individual players trying to do too much individually. I do believe it was a blip and a learning experience as well. We will play much better tomorrow as a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I see where State is wearing maroon pants tomorrow. Ugggghhhh I hate the maroon pants. The all white w/maroon trim road uniforms look awesome. Why can’t we just stick to that? I can see now that are going struggle in this game and probably win fugly , something like 23-17. Sigh…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Ole Miss is wearing "Sissy Blue", ha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I saw a crazy stat today. State and UGA are the only two schools in the country with multiple wins over teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25. That may need some fact checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Could be true Satch. State has wins over currently ranked #17 A&M and #18 NC State. Georgia has wins over currently ranked #15 Kentucky and #19 Auburn. Both of these are using the AP poll, add Clemson for Georgia if we're using the USA Today poll. It sounds good for MSU, but makes folks question even more... how did MSU lose to Memphis and barely escape La. Tech?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) Team is very inconsistent. Some of that is youth, a small part is coaching although I think our staff is good and are preparing the team well. It does leave you scratching your head. Probably the biggest stat is turnovers. Against NCSTATE and A&M, we played clean games and the difference was enormous. Against La Tech, Memphis, LSU and Bama turnovers were costly. Even against Bama, the two early turnovers led to an easy blow out. If we play a clean game , Bama still wins but the score is considerably closer. The next issue is against Memphis, LSU and Bama we did not convert in the red zone. Getting 0 points or 3 points versus 7 points will come back to bite you over the course of a game. Over the next 6 games those two indicators will most likely tell the tale on how State performs. We will see what happens. Edited October 23, 2021 by Bulldogs4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 #7 Penn State loses to Illinois in 9 OTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, rebmus said: #7 Penn State loses to Illinois in 9 OTs. By a score of just 20-18! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) LSU looked like they were going to run for 500 yards on their first drive, but since then OM has defended the run well. Edited October 23, 2021 by MSTSatchmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 Ole Miss has picked it up defensively the last two weeks. LSU looks like a rudderless ship. Florida losing to them last week is pretty inexplicable for Mullen. Vandy is BAAAAAD. I thought State played just an OK half and it’s still 24-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Just now, MSTSatchmo said: LSU looked like they were going to run for 500 yards on their first drive, but since then OM has defended the run well. First and second drive. LSU marched it down the field easily the second drive also, but then got stopped. For whatever reason, O went for it on 4th instead of taking an easy FG and OM intercepted. That began the defense playing pretty well (so far) today. Snoop and Parrish are showing some power today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Impressive win by OM. A lot of people expected LSU to put up a fight. OM looked good running the ball and on defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insideradvantage Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Score was closer than the game really was. I enjoy being able to say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Arkansas and MSU won easily, as expected. Ole Miss covered the spread and won by 14. LSU may start Nussmeier next week, he did pretty well in the 4th quarter. Agree Satch, I was happy with the Ole Miss running and defense today. Auburn will be a tough test next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 Vandy was just what the doctor ordered for State. Most offensive points scored in a game since Leach has been here. This is probably more about Vandy being awful than anything else, but it’s a big improvement from last year when State only won 24-17 with 200 yards of total offense against VU. Kentucky coming to town next week is HUGE. A win all but seals bowl eligibility, a loss means you need another road win or will have to win the Egg Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Just now, Dawg83 said: Kentucky coming to town next week is HUGE. That should be a really good game to watch, that's all I'll comment for now until you start the Week 9 topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 A&M is blowing out SC 28-0 at the half. Tennessee is hanging with Bama surprisingly. 21-14 Bama at the half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 1 hour ago, rebmus said: That should be a really good game to watch, that's all I'll comment for now until you start the Week 9 topic. LOL, I’ll probably start the thread on Tuesday or Wednesday but I’ll leave it to you guys to keep the conversation going next week. I’ll be out of pocket next weekend and probably won’t get to watch any games on Saturday, which is unfortunate because I find both AU-OM and State-UK really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 State wins a much needed game. Interesting stat. In the conference, State is 2-0 on the road and 0-2 at home. Just don’t see that too often in football. UK @ State is an interesting match up. Last years game at Lexington was probably State’s worst of the year. More on it later. Ole Miss @ Auburn is another intriguing matchup. I think Ole Miss wins this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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