Gary Danielson

[shoeless joe]

unless we schedule and play ourselves, our schedule won't be tough enough.***

But once we beat ourselves we won't get credit because we'd then be having a down year

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

It does seem like the longer we hang around, the narrative of who the best team is constantly changes. If our schedule is so weak, how did we go from un-ranked to the #1 team in the country in the shortest of amount of time in the history of CFB?

[maroonmania]

Because we're not good for business in their eyes. Finebaum built his kingdom off of bama and auBarn fans and Danielson is just going with what he is familiar with.

I would be willing to bet that before this season started Danielson could not have named more than 3 players on our entire roster.

[I seen it dawg]

It don't matter. 2 touchdowns.

[sandwolf]

Well, that's good to hear. I'm amazed someone doesn't say "Yeah, they played UT Martin, but they also played 1) @ LSU, 2) Auburn, 3) @ Bama, 4) @ Ole Miss.

NO TEAM IN THE COUNTRY (outside of the SEC) plays 4 tougher opponents!! Not one.

Don't leave A&M off that list....everybody is discounting that win because they got their ass handed to them by three top 10 teams in a row, but they are 7-3 (including a road win against #3 Auburn) and ranked #24 in the latest CFP poll.

[mewrite]

The narrative changes because people get bored with the same team atop the polls, week after week. Fans want turmoil and debate. Media outlets especially want it.

State was the hottest thing ever right after the Auburn game, but now we're old news and "haven't played great" in the eyes of everyone who hasn't watched us and doesn't know our team dynamic.

Anybody remember how tired we got of FSU last year? It was awful. How about Notre Dame a few years ago? Every not-#1 fan base in the country wants the top team to be "not as good as the polls say" because they want to believe their 1-loss team has a shot at getting in. It's only gotten worse this year with the playoff –*which was the intent all along. Make more money by making fans crazier.

[Coach34]

It don't matter. 2 touchdowns.

He Seen It

[maroonmania]

The narrative changes because people get bored with the same team atop the polls, week after week. Fans want turmoil and debate. Media outlets especially want it.

State was the hottest thing ever right after the Auburn game, but now we're old news and "haven't played great" in the eyes of everyone who hasn't watched us and doesn't know our team dynamic.

Anybody remember how tired we got of FSU last year? It was awful. How about Notre Dame a few years ago? Every not-#1 fan base in the country wants the top team to be "not as good as the polls say" because they want to believe their 1-loss team has a shot at getting in. It's only gotten worse this year with the playoff –*which was the intent all along. Make more money by making fans crazier.

Well, they also want to see us beat any unranked team we play by 20+ points (given we are #1) and we just aren't really built to do that. We just don't have so many top talented players that we can come into a game that we aren't fired up for and walk all over someone.

[I seen it dawg]

Well, they also want to see us beat any unranked team we play by 20+ points (given we are #1) and we just aren't really built to do that. We just don't have so many top talented players that we can come into a game that we aren't fired up for and walk all over someone.

Actually we are built that way and we can and have walked over people. There is a plan in place to win the whole thing and it takes a whole season to do that. Winning by 70 every Saturday does not give us the best chance to reach our goals. Besides Auburn we haven't played anyone yet that we couldn't beat as absolutely as bad as we wanted to. And Auburn will be the only team we play this year that falls into that category.

[Bubb Rubb]

Well, they also want to see us beat any unranked team we play by 20+ points (given we are #1) and we just aren't really built to do that. We just don't have so many top talented players that we can come into a game that we aren't fired up for and walk all over someone.

Which is why I like this playoff committee. They actually watch games and grade teams on the eye test. If you look at our games, we haven't really been tested in any game. We dominated LSU, even if the score didn't reflect it. A&M wasn't as close as the score. We beat Auburn by 15 points. We have been dominant, and the committee has seen that. I believe we will be dominant again Saturday.

[ShotgunDawg]

Which is why I like this playoff committee. They actually watch games and grade teams on the eye test. If you look at our games, we haven't really been tested in any game. We dominated LSU, even if the score didn't reflect it. A&M wasn't as close as the score. We beat Auburn by 15 points. We have been dominant, and the committee has seen that. I believe we will be dominant again Saturday.

Arizona State was beaten by 35 points at home this year and is ranked 6th... Eye test?

[FlabLoser]

Heck Finebaum said if we win we should be ranked something higher than 1.

First round bye. No pressure to win the SEC CG.

[maroonmania]

Actually we are built that way and we can and have walked over people. There is a plan in place to win the whole thing and it takes a whole season to do that. Winning by 70 every Saturday does not give us the best chance to reach our goals. Besides Auburn we haven't played anyone yet that we couldn't beat as absolutely as bad as we wanted to. And Auburn will be the only team we play this year that falls into that category.

All they see is we didn't put a beatdown on KY or Ark. Yes, we have a plan, but we can't give our 2nd teamers meaningful reps and blow people away. We just aren't that talented from top to bottom on our roster.

[FlabLoser]

Actually we are built that way and we can and have walked over people. There is a plan in place to win the whole thing and it takes a whole season to do that. Winning by 70 every Saturday does not give us the best chance to reach our goals. Besides Auburn we haven't played anyone yet that we couldn't beat as absolutely as bad as we wanted to. And Auburn will be the only team we play this year that falls into that category.

I seen that too. I seen every national sports writers write stuff about us up to about 2 weeks ago. They wrote stuff going to lengths to describe that were aren't a fluke and that we've been kicking the shit out of everybody we play right up to the point were we let our scrubs have some practice. The whole country was saying in unison, "Mississippi State is not only good, they are dominant, and they are for real".

[Bubb Rubb]

Arizona State was beaten by 35 points at home this year and is ranked 6th... Eye test?

That one loss was to a highly ranked team (at the time) and they have two really good wins. But we all know sixth is as high as they are going to go because their resume just doesn't compare to the teams above them, and it's likely that they get jumped, even if they win out. But yes, the eye test probably has more to do with where they are than anything else. If they just looked at scores, ASU wouldn't be sixth.