Started By
Message
re: On a scale from 1-10 how excited for football are you
Posted on 7/20/22 at 8:24 am to Hailstate15
Posted on 7/20/22 at 8:24 am to Hailstate15
I posted something to this affect somewhere:
People are really not excited about Mississippi State football this year but why?
State returns more than almost anyone, record setting stuff happening on offense, defense had issues last year and that seems to be better with Davis coming back from injury and the influx of talent in the secondary. This team should be better than last year and it beat 2 teams that finished ranked a feat that took Mullen 9 years to accomplish.
Then, it's year 3 for Leach. His teams have always taken lots of time to get better due to the execution level this offense requires. His offense does not out athlete you but out execute you.
Easily two more wins last year with better kickers and that Memphis botched play. If WR's could have caught passes, OM game would have been different too.
So why so down?
Lackluster finish with losses to Ar, OM and the Bowl game no show.
People just don't like to watch the air raid, it can be boring watching dump pass after dump pass.
Lack of superstars. You just don't see any 1st round talent on this team. NO Jeffery Simmons types.
Swapped easy win Vandy for GA
A&M had #1 recruiting class
But:
Better special teams play, Leach has typically had good special teams and he has addressed it.
Older wins and this team is getting more mature. Our 19 year olds are not going to beat Alabama's 19 year olds but our 23 year olds might.
We should be excited to see what can happen, but we aren't. Maybe this is what is best. We always seem to do better when we have lower expectations.
People are really not excited about Mississippi State football this year but why?
State returns more than almost anyone, record setting stuff happening on offense, defense had issues last year and that seems to be better with Davis coming back from injury and the influx of talent in the secondary. This team should be better than last year and it beat 2 teams that finished ranked a feat that took Mullen 9 years to accomplish.
Then, it's year 3 for Leach. His teams have always taken lots of time to get better due to the execution level this offense requires. His offense does not out athlete you but out execute you.
Easily two more wins last year with better kickers and that Memphis botched play. If WR's could have caught passes, OM game would have been different too.
So why so down?
Lackluster finish with losses to Ar, OM and the Bowl game no show.
People just don't like to watch the air raid, it can be boring watching dump pass after dump pass.
Lack of superstars. You just don't see any 1st round talent on this team. NO Jeffery Simmons types.
Swapped easy win Vandy for GA
A&M had #1 recruiting class
But:
Better special teams play, Leach has typically had good special teams and he has addressed it.
Older wins and this team is getting more mature. Our 19 year olds are not going to beat Alabama's 19 year olds but our 23 year olds might.
We should be excited to see what can happen, but we aren't. Maybe this is what is best. We always seem to do better when we have lower expectations.
1
Posted on 7/20/22 at 8:53 am to HotRock
quote:
People are really not excited about Mississippi State football this year but why?
I would also add that we haven’t had any MSU sports going on for 2 months which is a factor. Also, seems like our marketing department is lagging over where they’ve been in the past. No hype videos or updates from summer workouts, at least that I’ve seen. Maybe it will pick up when fall camp starts. I had some sort of email a couple of weeks ago from either the BDC or the alumni association about a free yard sign promoting football season. I thought that’s pretty cool so signed up to get one. Then I get an email Wed of last week telling me they’d be available to pick up at MSU night at the MS Braves game Thursday of last week. First, had no idea it was MSU night and 2 didn’t realize I’d have to drive from Madison to Pearl on a specific Thursday night and pay to get into the Braves game to get the sign. Not to mention I was out of town anyway. All that to say the thought behind it was good but the execution was poor.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News