State has a lockdown secondary that gives them a chance against Tennessee

We haven’t played much of anyone except AZ state. Tenner will test this.

Arizona State ran for almost 300yds... and i doubt moo state has played against a QB that seems to be as good as the Aguilar. So worse case is TN runs for over 350.

State may win the game because our defense is absolute garbage, however Tennessee is the only team that has played three competent quarterbacks. MSU has faced arguably one and three absolute scrubs. It will likely be a high scoring game

I think Neal is too high. No one on hogs defense is worth a shite

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Tennessee has the second worst scoring defense in the SEC while State is fourth and should be able to slow Tennessee down a bit. That No.1 passing offense at Tennessee has not faced a passing defense anywhere close to what State will be Saturday night.

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Looking at this statistically.

Mississippi State is allowing 129 yards per game passing.

Tennessee is producing 337 yards passing per game.

In their matchups so far, Mississippi State's defense has held opponents to:

Southern Miss - 84 passing yards below their season average
Arizona State - 105 passing yards below their season average
Alcorn State - 52 passing yards below their season average
Northern Illinois - 28 passing yards above their season average

In their matchups so far, Tennessee's defense has held opponents to:

Syracuse - 80 passing yards below their season average
ETSU - 33 passing yards below their season average
Georgia - 43 passing yards above their season average
UAB - 51 yards above their season average

In their matchups so far, Mississippi State's offense has gained:

14 passing yards above Southern Miss' season average allowed
40 passing yards above Arizona State's season average allowed
40 passing yards above Alcorn State's season average allowed
30 passing yards below Northern Illinois' season average allowed

In their matchups so far, Tennessee's offense has gained:

50 passing yards below Syracuse's season average allowed
166 passing yards above ETSU's season average allowed
154 passing yards above Georgia's season average allowed
16 passing yards above UAB's season average allowed


Mississippi State's defense held opponent's offense to:

0.25 passing TDs below Southern Miss' season average
0.5 passing TDs below Arizona St.'s season average
0.33 passing TDs below Alcorn State's season average
0.33 passing TDs below Northern Illinois' season average


Tennessee's defense held opponent's offense to:

3.0 passing TDs below Syracuse's season average
0.25 passing TDs below ETSU's season average
0.33 passing TDs above Georgia's season average
UAB's equaled their season average

For passing touchdowns, Opponent's defense held MSU to:

Southern Miss - 1 passing TD below MSU's season average
Arizona State - 1 passing TD above MSU's season average
Alcorn State - 1 passing TD above MSU's season average
Northern Illinois - 1 passing TD below MSU's season average

For passing touchdowns, Opponent's defense held Tennessee to:

Syracuse - 0.5 passing TDs below UT's season average
ETSU - 0.5 passing TDs above UT's season average
Georgia - 0.5 passing TDs above UT's season average
UAB - 0.5 passing TDs below UT's season average

For passing touchdowns, Mississippi State's offense scored:

0.5 passing TDs above Southern Miss' season average allowed
1.0 passing TDs above Arizona State's season average allowed
0.66 passing TDs above Alcorn State's season average allowed
0.33 passing TDs above Northern Illinois' season average allowed

For passing touchdowns, Tennessee's offense scored:

0.75 passing TDs above Syracuse's season average allowed
1.5 passing TDs above ETSU's season average allowed
3.0 passing TDs above Georgia's season average allowed
0.5 passing TDs above UAB's season average allowed


So, what does that mean? I don't know...but it sure is a lot of numbers...

We need the DL to step up and get a little bit of pressure though

state is going to need to settle into a 4 man front for this one. if our secondary is good, rely on them. maybe it isnt as good as it appears, maybe it is, but we have to focus on not losing at the line of scrimmage and that means no 3 man fronts.

Tenner is going to run it down our throat for 60 minutes and there won't be a damn thing we can do about it.

Won't matter what the secondary does, they're going to gash us.

Like Hadad said on the radio: 4-0 is as good of a start as you can get, but by no means does it mean State is about to make a run. We have glaring issues, not the least of which is our defensive front. I think this year will be worse than last year. Tenner will quell our spirit a bit after Saturday. They can't lose.

Tennessee is going to get plenty of yards. Going to be a matter of if State can hold them to FG’s or get 4th down stops.

That’s the thing I will give this State D credit for..:. They’ve been susceptible to the run but it hasn’t really translated to giving up a lot of points. That goal line stand against ASU at the end of a 95 yard drive was probably the difference in State winning and losing the game.


NIU ran pretty well on State, but only 10 points and the lone TD was on a drive that started inside State’s 30.

Certainly the Vols are the best offense State will have seen. But the hope is you can force just enough mistakes from a UT team playing in their first true road game (yes I’m aware there will be plenty of orange in Starkville, but it still should be a predominantly State crowd).