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2013 LSU game vs 2014 MSU game
Posted on 10/13/14 at 12:50 am
Posted on 10/13/14 at 12:50 am
Am I the only one that thinks these comparisons are ludicrous and is being done by our fans in order to give us something positive to think about for the next 2 weeks? Sure the game started out the same in terms of looking like the Keystone Cops, but that's where the similarities end IMO.
- Last year was NM's first SEC road start and he'd been on campus for about 6 weeks
- It was still early enough that we didn't know our identity
- That team had been on an emotional roller coaster for years and had no confidence
- We learned that Mason was a baller and our guys had gotten over giving up on games like 2011 and 2012.
Comparing those circumstances to where we thought this team and program was is like comparing apples to midget porn.
- Last year was NM's first SEC road start and he'd been on campus for about 6 weeks
- It was still early enough that we didn't know our identity
- That team had been on an emotional roller coaster for years and had no confidence
- We learned that Mason was a baller and our guys had gotten over giving up on games like 2011 and 2012.
Comparing those circumstances to where we thought this team and program was is like comparing apples to midget porn.
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Posted on 10/13/14 at 12:59 am to ever43
They're not the same for all of the reasons you said.
But if this loss causes Gus to revamp the offense thus again changing our identity to suit what he has rather than what was. And then if they play Roc and figure out he is a baller and we start gashing teams with the run and Duke pass and dazzling them with Coates near catches, well then. Oh and if this Msst loss causes Auburn to continuously be flagged for PI, then they're similar.
If all of that happens, then they're similiar except we're now ranked in the top 6 vs unranked at the revamp phase.
So I agreed with you until I convinced myself otherwise. Posibarner force is strong with me.
But if this loss causes Gus to revamp the offense thus again changing our identity to suit what he has rather than what was. And then if they play Roc and figure out he is a baller and we start gashing teams with the run and Duke pass and dazzling them with Coates near catches, well then. Oh and if this Msst loss causes Auburn to continuously be flagged for PI, then they're similar.
If all of that happens, then they're similiar except we're now ranked in the top 6 vs unranked at the revamp phase.
So I agreed with you until I convinced myself otherwise. Posibarner force is strong with me.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 1:01 am to N97883
Seriously though, I thought Gus was the genius who figures out what he's got first and then makes an offense around it. Seems like we're trying to run last years offense without some very key players. Time to put the round peg in the round hole instead of the triangle one.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 1:22 am to ever43
Everything said on this board is 100% serious and 100% accurate.
That being said this years MSU game was the exact same as last years LSU game.
That being said this years MSU game was the exact same as last years LSU game.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:39 am to ever43
My main concern is in the 2 years Gus has been coach we have opened our SEC play on the road by spotting the opposing team 14 points and falling behind 21-0. For some reason both times we come out incredible tight and make horrid mistakes that lead to us getting buried and early and having to play from far behind the whole game
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:44 am to N97883
we are doing a lot of different things offensively than we did last year... we're using more spread formations and fewer FB/HB formations... we're throwing the ball more, even on early downs... we're using a lot more intermediate passing routes. Our issues stem from not being able to run inside... until that gets remedied, it's never going to click like it did a year ago.
As for the comparisons to 2013 LSU, there are some, but the 2014 team's ceiling isn't near what 2013 was.
As for the comparisons to 2013 LSU, there are some, but the 2014 team's ceiling isn't near what 2013 was.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:47 am to lowspark12
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fewer FB/HB formations
That's what happens when you don't have an HBack
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we're throwing the ball more, even on early downs
That's what happens when you have 2 All SEC Caliber WRs (even if Sammie doesn't play like it) and don't have a All SEC RB
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we're using a lot more intermediate passing routes.
Something we should have done last year
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Our issues stem from not being able to run inside
Our issue stem from not being able to block for runs inside
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:50 am to ever43
I think our 2013 team found its identity last year during the second half of the LSU game. I think this year's team is still looking.
We are not who we were last year, we know we have talent, we don't have the chemistry yet.
I haven't watched the entire game thru again, but I did like our rhythm and our fire when Roc was running the ball. I don't know if that's the missing spark or not, but I think I'm in the Roc fan club now. Artis-Payne is underwhelming.
We are not who we were last year, we know we have talent, we don't have the chemistry yet.
I haven't watched the entire game thru again, but I did like our rhythm and our fire when Roc was running the ball. I don't know if that's the missing spark or not, but I think I'm in the Roc fan club now. Artis-Payne is underwhelming.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:52 am to slacker130
Roc 4 Heisman
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:53 am to GenesChin
my post was in response to Gus molding the offense to fit his personnel and strengths... so far, I think he's doing that... we're going more wide b/c we have more talent at WR and less talent at FB/HB.
you can only mold it so much... some of the playcalling i didn't necessarily agree with on Saturday, but for the most part, even though we couldn't run inside (or outside for that matter), the offense was still put in positions to score... redzone failures, missed chipshot FG, a horrible OPI, and coates stepping out of the back of the EZ cost us at least 14 points, maybe more.
you can only mold it so much... some of the playcalling i didn't necessarily agree with on Saturday, but for the most part, even though we couldn't run inside (or outside for that matter), the offense was still put in positions to score... redzone failures, missed chipshot FG, a horrible OPI, and coates stepping out of the back of the EZ cost us at least 14 points, maybe more.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:58 am to lowspark12
I think we really should run Nick Marshall more on designed runs instead of reads. CAP is solid, not explosive. Grant is explosive, not solid. I see more natural ability in Roc and Barber. They need more touches.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 3:04 pm to ever43
Only comparison that I saw was that when you spot a good team a couple of TDs then it is hard to dig out of that hole. At the end of the day though, Miss St is a good team and capitalized on mistakes.
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