re: The Battle for the Golden Egg - Official thread

Y’all gotta snap out of the doom and gloom.

Yeah, lane is almost certainly leaving us for a rival, but what’s done is done. And guess what, state’s biggest weakness (rush defense) is our biggest strength. Unless you think Lacy is going to trip and fall, we could just run the ball 50 times and get a win.

Against OU and USC, Lacy had more yards than Ahmad Hardy. And Hardy went for 300 yards against MSU.

Lane sucks, but acting like an egg bowl win, 11 win season, and playoff berth are meaningless just because we have to hire a new coach makes 0 sense to me.

The portal doesn’t open until January so there is no reason to expect players to opt out of a playoff run. Don’t think anyone ever has. We are still a team with a chance to beat anyone on the right day.

Aight, I’ll get off the damn soapbox now

Just looked it up: state is giving up 189 rush yards per game!! That is 17th worst in the nation. Even if you take out Hardy’s 300 yards that only moves them up 8 spots just behind Troy and Delaware.

The only teams they have held under 100 yards are Alcorn State, Arizona State, and Texas (lmao). 4 of the last 6 teams they face have rushed for 230+ and 3 have rushed for 299+

For once, CWJ run up the middle every time might just work