*** MSU vs. Memphis - Revenge Game Thread ***

[memsu06]

This is 2008 Texas Tech with a better defense.

[BeardoMSU]

Definitely a running team now, lol.

[Tater]

Jett freaking Johnson

Did someone give Richie Brown a razor?

[KOdawg1]

Johnson and Marks are a hell of a 1-2 punch

[maroonmania]

No doubt our defense is much improved, but this appears to be the weakest Memphis offense in quite a number of years. Their QB is just average and they don't seem to have any real playmakers in the backfield or at WR.

[Commercecomet24]

I thought people were just blowing smoke in the off-season. But if he can block like this (BIG IF) all season, then he's a first round pick. The talent is there. We've been waiting on the technique. And he figured it out.

Coaching and hard work by Dolla Bill!

[SilentSteel16]

Did someone give Richie Brown a razor?

Very good comparison

[magrooder]

Ducking with the deep throw catch for the TD!!

[Statecoachingblows**]

Beautiful

[PMDawg]

Revenge.

[KOdawg1]

Wow that was beautiful

[BeardoMSU]

Money. Ducking!

[Mjoelner34]

Duck yeah!

[BeardoMSU]

Did someone give Richie Brown a razor?

Awesome comparison.

[maroonmania]

Nice catch by Ducking.

[Commercecomet24]

For an opening game this is awesome!

[thf24]

Wild. I could have sworn we were told this is a dink and dunk offense that doesn't care about big plays.

[SilentSteel16]

It is nice to see a real WR wearing 4 and not be a ??.

[preachermatt83]

Duckings hands impress me

[Dawgology]

Great pass and catch

[Commercecomet24]

It is nice to see a real WR wearing 4 and not be a ??.

Awesome!

[KOdawg1]

A TOUCHBACK

[magrooder]

Thank you for the deep kick

[Turfdawg67]

No doubt our defense is much improved, but this appears to be the weakest Memphis offense in quite a number of years. Their QB is just average and they don't seem to have any real playmakers in the backfield or at WR.

LOLZ. You be you, man.

[DesotoDog1967]

Will Sawyer see some time tonight?

[maroonmania]

For an opening game this is awesome!

Yea, really not that bad for this boring brand of offense.***

[Commercecomet24]

Yea, really not that bad for this boring brand of offense.***

Agreed I know I've been bored lol!

[Dawgology]

Will Sawyer see some time tonight?

I would have to think if we go up 42-3 here you will start seeing some of the depth get playing time

[preachermatt83]

Man this defense

[PMDawg]

The only bad thing about the defensive performance is that Memphis isn't running any clock. Lol. We may need 2 more scores to get the backups in, unless we run a ton of clock on this drive.

[Tater]

Very good comparison

The defense is playing a lot like the 2014 defense with the flowing to the ball. (2018 we were just better physically). This team just WANTS it tonight. This is proving a point. Cant tell me Leach cant inspire kids. This is as chip on the shoulder-y as I've seen someone from MSU not named Abram since 2014.

[maroonmania]

Man, Will missed that one bad.

[Commercecomet24]

The defense is playing a lot like the 2014 defense with the flowing to the ball. (2018 we were just better physically). This team just WANTS it tonight. This is proving a point. Cant tell me Leach cant inspire kids. This is as chip on the shoulder-y as I've seen someone from MSU not named Abram since 2014.

Great post

[MrCoachKlein]

I hope he goes for it. Even if it backfires in the worst possible way

Brass balls and revenge

[PGHBulldogBG]

Good news is that I doubt Leach is job searching the way Mullen did. Would be nice to have a similar team to 2014 with a coach who actually enjoys being here

[magrooder]

What happened on that play? We take the starters out?

[Tater]

Great post

2014 1Amazing and 1Bad

[Reason2succeed]

Kick off and punt coverage needs work. A better return will take it to the house if we don?t clean that up.

Dammit! We just gave up a TD.

[maroonmania]

Well, you knew our defense couldn't go an entire game without giving up at least one big play for a score.

[Activated Alpha]

Yeah what the hell happened on that play?

[PMDawg]

Well that sucked

[mparkerfd20]

What happened on that play? We take the starters out?

Holding sprung the runner outside.

[SilentSteel16]

Pretty sure that was 2s in the game

[maroonmania]

They just doubled their total yards on the night with that play.

[SilentSteel16]

Well he is ejected

[maroonmania]

Well, did we just lose our MLB for the Arizona game?

[KOdawg1]

Bookie is lucky he didn't get ejected there

[SilentSteel16]

Guess not but it certainly looked like a punch

[WhiskeyPirate]

Second team D for the most part

[Activated Alpha]

Not liking some of these play calls lately. I want us to keep scoring

[magrooder]

Don't need to stop playing hard now

[MrCoachKlein]

Holding sprung the runner outside.

RT 79 held charleton + Jett wasn't there to clean it up (page in)

[KOdawg1]

Don't let up guys.

[Dawgology]

Last couple offensive series have looked rough. Need to stay sharp

[MrCoachKlein]

Glad I never dealt with any bookies with his temperament

[BeardoMSU]

Wow...lucky us

[BeardoMSU]

Jett bringin' the meat. Hot damn!

[Tater]

Coach mcginty- "Heart. Miles and miles of heart."

[starkvegasdawg]

Damn, Jett. He has a family to think about.

[KOdawg1]

Jett said I dare you to run again

[magrooder]

Damn, Jett. He has a family to think about.

He better think about them before he runs again

[MrCoachKlein]

Sack was all on kam Jones. Didn't even look at will. Cmon man go pick up your qb and say sorry

[Tater]

it really is hilarious to think memphis has run one obvious 0 coverage play and it was an easy TD. this offense is so fun idc what EndGuardTackle34 tries to say about the "airbone"

[starkvegasdawg]

There should be some law one company can't be 90% of the commercial slots. So sick of seeing that Dos Equis commercial.

[BeardoMSU]

it really is hilarious to think memphis has run one obvious 0 coverage play and it was an easy TD. this offense is so fun idc what EndGuardTackle34 tries to say about the "airbone"

You have to call his name 3 times for him to appear.***

[SilentSteel16]

There should be some law one company can't be 90% of the commercial slots. So sick of seeing that Dos Equis commercial.

AMEN !!!!! That and seeing Dak in a Colts uniform

[BeardoMSU]

There should be some law one company can't be 90% of the commercial slots. So sick of seeing that Dos Equis commercial.

The Mayhem guy has bothered me for years. YEARS!**

[magrooder]

Dang, I thought that pass was going the other direction

[MrCoachKlein]

it really is hilarious to think memphis has run one obvious 0 coverage play and it was an easy TD. this offense is so fun idc what EndGuardTackle34 tries to say about the "airbone"

Give it up man, it's clear we should've hired 34. Another 140 years running up the gut and we'd be bama

[BeardoMSU]

Christ...

[KOdawg1]

Will is getting sloppy

[starkvegasdawg]

Gotten really sloppy late in this game.

[maroonmania]

2 straight passes there flirting with a pick 6 and 2nd ended up being a lateral turnover. Very dangerous playcalling.

[mparkerfd20]

What a bullshit call

[thf24]

Horrible playcall after they nearly jumped the screen on the last play.

[CadaverDawg]

Would like to see Sawyer the rest of the way. We aren't losing, and Will could use a little message sent about how sloppy he has gotten late. He's lucky the pass to Tulu for the long gain wasn't a pick 6 the play before that. Plus we'd get to see Sawyer a little

[magrooder]

Need to get some pressure on the qb

[Reason2succeed]

These are good mistakes. We?ve played pretty clean with pre snap penalties which are the most annoying. These mistakes give our coaches something to chew them out about and to teach off of without putting the game at risk.

[ZedFedder]

Offense has been haphazard. I put a lot of that on Leach and a lot on Rogers.

[Dawgology]

We look like total
Shit now

[mparkerfd20]

Just freaking sloppy

[starkvegasdawg]

Completely lost focus. They're already thinking about their post game blow job back at the apartment.

[ZedFedder]

Frustrating.

[PMDawg]

Why can't we play for 60 minutes? Dang we look like garbage now.

[maroonmania]

We won't even end up covering in this game.

[thf24]

Memphis is fighting harder to stay awake right now.

[CadaverDawg]

Of course, we have to find a way to leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth at the end of this

[magrooder]

Nobody near that guy

[maroonmania]

Why can't we play for 60 minutes? Dang we look like garbage now.

We had first and goal at the 5. Could have easily just run it in but no, we have to get cute with the backward swing pass and lose the ball.

[ZedFedder]

Why are these guys this wide open. Good grief.

[KOdawg1]

Disappointed in the effort we've shown this half. Completely let our foot off the gas.

We're gonna win, but we've gotta be better.

[maroonmania]

Both sides of the ball for us have quit.

[State82]

Turned a complete domination into a shit show.

[99jc]

total shit show last 15 minutes

[PMDawg]

As good as the defense has played, that was as close to a sack as we've been (on the TD) and it really wasn't even that close.

[BeardoMSU]

At least the flatness didn't come at the beginning of the game, lol**

[DJ55]

i do not have any confidence in Will he going to cost us and hope i wrong but we will not be OM with him at QB

[BulldogBear]

So much for elite defense. Sigh.

[CaptainObvious]

We have a defensive depth problem. The second unit couldn?t find the RB or the Receivers. So they picked up on that we had to play the Starters and sped up their game. Our defense is Dawg tired no pun intended. They are gassed!

[maroonmania]

Why are these guys this wide open. Good grief.

Because our players don't care anymore. Playing out the string.

[PMDawg]

We had first and goal at the 5. Could have easily just run it in but no, we have to get cute with the backward swing pass and lose the ball.

That's the Leach way. It's why no lead is ever safe, for his team or the opponent.

[CadaverDawg]

I'm still happy we won, but I still hate the offense. Too many things have to go right on every single play in order for this offense to be successful. And our redzone offense is total garbage.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well our team looks pretty bad. I understand the delay. I understand they are tired and ready to be done, but?. They basically had three lazy outcomes in a row. Let them run right down the field for a long TD. Then don?t secure the ball on an obvious backward throw. Then just lazy ass it until they scored in the back of the endzone.

This team hasn?t touched the QB this entire game.

Other than Jett, who is bringing the lumber in this game?

[TimberBeast]

We had first and goal at the 5. Could have easily just run it in but no, we have to get cute with the backward swing pass and lose the ball.

Get used to it.

[Westdawg]

Why in the *** is Duncan playing so much in this game? It?s like everyone on his side of the secondary plays out of position and get burned when he?s out there???

[Lord McBuckethead]

Disappointed in the effort we've shown this half. Completely let our foot off the gas.

We're gonna win, but we've gotta be better.

Yep. This is the same shit that lost us games last year.

[99jc]

This is why we get so frustrated. we should have totally beat them down but no we 17 around and let this shit ass team back in it

[Saltydog]

We look like shit in the second half. This team lacks killer instinct. Btw, I don't think our D has a sack tonight.

[Tater]

3 minute timeout.

1 play.

3 minute timeout.

Get me off of espn's dick pill selling spree. This is an absolute atrocity.

[PMDawg]

I'm still happy we won, but I still hate the offense. Too many things have to go right on every single play in order for this offense to be successful. And our redzone offense is total garbage.

We haven't won yet. A quick 3 incompletions here make it real interesting, real fast.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Get used to it.

Zero reasons to ever throw a backwards pass in this offense. Especially 1st and goal from the 5.

[TimberBeast]

This is why we get so frustrated. we should have totally beat them down but no we 17 around and let this shit ass team back in it

Same thing Mullen did every year. It?s like watching the same teams with a different coach.

[KOdawg1]

Will needs to relax and stop trying to force things.

[CadaverDawg]

Will still makes too many freshman mistakes. He makes some good throws, but he makes some terrible decisions and telegraphs those short passes to the point where it scares the hell out of me

[chef dixon]

We look exactly the same as last year

[SilentSteel16]

Is it poison ivy though?

[Lord McBuckethead]

We look like shit in the second half. This team lacks killer instinct. Btw, I don't think our D has a sack tonight.

They don?t have a touch on the QB before a pass this entire game. Not a single pinky finger and they have never even been close.

[Bothrops]

I figured we wouldn't have much of a pass rush, but we really don't have a pass rush. Against the SEC it will cost us. We miss those bell cows we used to have.

[Activated Alpha]

Now I am just pissed off at tonight?s performance no matter how well we looked in the first half. If we play like this every game we will be embarrassed come SEC

[State82]

Color me completely unimpressed.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Great, now we have to keep the starters in.

[PMDawg]

3rd down already. Geez

[CadaverDawg]

Should be getting our second string QB some work...but we can't step on anyones throat so the starters are forced to stay in.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Do we let Harvey run any other routes?

[PMDawg]

You gotta be kidding. First holding call of the game. LOL at these refs.

[BeardoMSU]

Finally an OL penalty, lol.

[thf24]

Rufus looks like the go to guy for the quick stick on 3rd down this year.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Should be getting our second string QB some work...but we can't step on anyones throat so the starters are forced to stay in.

Yep. I would have loved to see Sawyer get a quarter, but no. We ***** it up for 15 minutes straight.

[CadaverDawg]

RaRa should touch it every series

[magrooder]

Harvey gets the TD!!

[BeardoMSU]

Smooth...

[CadaverDawg]

There we go!

[thf24]

That's more like it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Do we let Harvey run any other routes?

I guess we do.

[KOdawg1]

Thank you. We're too talented to lose focus

[PMDawg]

Well, that puts it away at least. Frustrating 15 minutes there, but it's not the end of the world.

[SilentSteel16]

What are you kidding me, what a difference a day makes, that’s poison ivy and you have a giant pumpkin…. Did I miss anything for the next 15 commercials

[99jc]

end of the world is not the point. we looked like shit the 2nd half and that stupid spin of the football is ignorant. i would run his ass till he pukes.

[Tater]

What are you kidding me, what a difference a day makes, that’s poison ivy and you have a giant pumpkin…. Did I miss anything for the next 15 commercials

I'm close to storming the field everytime i see the 3:10 timer step out there. Jesus christ I've been in the stadium 5+ hours. Stop shoveling ads.

[ZedFedder]

Good thing is that we have really slacked some this second half and are still beating the mess out of them. We have played a B- game overall, and the game isn’t close.

Don’t be surprised if this Memphis team doesn’t end up winning 7 or 8, either.

[Tater]

3:20 on the commercial clock and Don't Stop Believing.

Anyone here willing to come put me out of my misery. Jesus Christ.

[CaptainObvious]

I used to love Journey. But playing that song for these crazy lazy hazy fans because they got upset at Friends in Low Places is the pits!

[preachermatt83]

We have the whiniest fans in America

[BeardoMSU]

This is making me want to never drink a DOSE ever again. Jesus.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Need to see more Banks

[Tater]

We have the whiniest fans in America

My only complaints tonight are that ESPN wants this game to stretch into the FSU - LSU game

[CaptainObvious]

Absolutely no depth on defense. These backups are bad.

[CadaverDawg]

Well, at least we'll have plenty to coach them up on this week.

[thf24]

Absolutely no depth on defense. These backups are bad.

It's also almost midnight before they got to come into the game after first getting fired up at 6:00. I'll cut the reserves a little slack tonight.

[mparkerfd20]

What a shitshow after such a good first half.

[CadaverDawg]

I don't like the way we just quit on D late. No ego...no "we're not letting these bastards ruin our stats with garbage points". Just bowed out and took our win, even if it wasn't as dominant

[maroonmania]

One thing about State, they will never leave you feeling too great about anything.

[KOdawg1]

Go down and score another TD

[PMDawg]

This is making me want to never drink a DOSE ever again. Jesus.

Their taste did that for me a loooong time ago. But yeah, this ad buy is ridiculous.

[CadaverDawg]

One thing about State, they will never leave you feeling too great about anything.

Amen

[Offshore Dawg]

What a shitshow after such a good first half.
Some of you people can be insufferable. Give it a rest.

[CadaverDawg]

Why not play Robertson here?

[magrooder]

Harmon is a big boy with good hands.

[Tater]

run up the score for that ****ing timeout. it's midnight. take your L and drive back to mempiss

[Tater]

Why not play Robertson here?

because Leach has Will on his DraftKings lineup

[CadaverDawg]

run up the score for that ****ing timeout. it's midnight. take your L and drive back to mempiss

Haha yep, throw it

[PMDawg]

I really hate this Memphis team and staff. Calling all the timeouts?

[Tater]

run up the score for that ****ing timeout. it's midnight. take your L and drive back to mempiss

thank you coach

[PMDawg]

Shove your last timeout

[CadaverDawg]

Call another timeout, Mempho! Haha

[BeardoMSU]

Call another timeout, Mempho! Haha

Yep, lol. Bitches.

[PMDawg]

Should have gone for 2

[KOdawg1]

That's what you get for calling a timeout douchebags.

I would've gone for two to make it 50.

[CadaverDawg]

That tastes a little better. End on a good note

[Tater]

really wish we woulda went for two. i wanted the 50 spot bad.

[ZedFedder]

Don’t give up a score here. I wish we would put the starters out there… kind of

[State82]

Really need a pick 6 to put the finishing touches on this.

[maroonmania]

At least they only have one TO left now.

[PMDawg]

Let's score again

[memsu06]

Lets score another TD.

[CadaverDawg]

Throw it deep!

[IMissJack]

I don't like the way we just quit on D late. No ego...no "we're not letting these bastards ruin our stats with garbage points". Just bowed out and took our win, even if it wasn't as dominant

Yep

[memsu06]

Imagine the score if we didn't let off the gas and kept going.

Lots to learn from this game and build on.

[magrooder]

Good to get the first one under our belts. Now let's go out to Arizona and kick their ass for 4 quarters!

[Reason2succeed]

Arnett and Leach will have plenty to chew the team out about this week. The rain delay got us ready to play PAC12 After Dark.

When we are locked in mentally we look good. It?s time to become great. HailState

[Bothrops]

Pretty much the same team as last year, but a couple more receivers in the mix. No sacks and no picks against Memphis comes out to about 2-6 in the SEC and we may lose in Tucson next week.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Imagine the score if we didn't let off the gas and kept going.

Lots to learn from this game and build on.

A lot of the mistakes out there were mental, Walley not running a timing pattern right leading to a pick. Busted coverages in the secondary, Watson forgetting about covering the back etc. Those are all correctable.

There definitely was a let down after we got way ahead. Second team D didn’t play well. Some of this may be sitting there for 5-6 hours and mentally checking out.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Pretty much the same team as last year, but a couple more receivers in the mix. No sacks and no picks against Memphis comes out to about 2-6 in the SEC and we may lose in Tucson next week.

That’s quite an extrapolation. I think the D showed what they are capable of the first half. What did Memphis have ? Two rushing yards and 27 passing yards ?

[BeardoMSU]

Pretty much the same team as last year, but a couple more receivers in the mix. No sacks and no picks against Memphis comes out to about 2-6 in the SEC and we may lose in Tucson next week.

Oh for ****s sake, lol. Stop it.

[trob115]

Pretty much the same team as last year, but a couple more receivers in the mix. No sacks and no picks against Memphis comes out to about 2-6 in the SEC and we may lose in Tucson next week.

Some get this man some antidepressants.


If you can't see the improvements on both sides of the ball, you're blind. Did we lose focus at the start of the 4th quarter? Sure. But we have way more talent on offense and Secondary is much improved.

[NCDawg]

Pretty much the same team as last year, but a couple more receivers in the mix. No sacks and no picks against Memphis comes out to about 2-6 in the SEC and we may lose in Tucson next week.

we definitely need to do a better job rushing the passer. If we don't, I can see a whole lot of problems ahead.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Harmon is a big boy with good hands.
He needs to tuck the ball after the catch. An SEC team would have just taken the ball from him on his catch over the middle.

[Commercecomet24]

This is one of the best opening games I've seen us play. Very disciplined, very few penalties. Sure we lost some focus after we got the big lead but that was about 5 hours into game that should've already been over. Yeah it sucked to see us give up some points at the end but all in all it was a great start to the season.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I must be blind then. Cause I saw a team that never touched their qb and never really played tight coverage. I also saw a team that couldn?t get home when we blitzed too.

We played really conservative on our throws tonight. Rogers is telegraphing his short throws too. They should have had 3 picks on short throws, and SEC teams will have those picks, two of them being pick 6s.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Jett Johnson is playing like an all conference player. He is always in the right position.

[Quaoarsking]

Pretty much the same team as last year, but a couple more receivers in the mix. No sacks and no picks against Memphis comes out to about 2-6 in the SEC and we may lose in Tucson next week.

If we're "pretty much the same team as last year" we shouldn't drop from 4-4 to 2-6

[msstate7]

No sacks is at least interesting considering they threw it 30 times and we had a big lead. I'm not gonna freak out about it after 1 game, but we will need to be better in that area for sure

[BrunswickDawg]

No sacks is at least interesting considering they threw it 30 times and we had a big lead. I'm not gonna freak out about it after 1 game, but we will need to be better in that area for sure

We may not have had any sacks but we had pressure on the guy all night. That's why the QB who was .4 yards from leading the AAC in yards per game as a true freshman last season went 18 of 29 with 162 yards - barely half of what he averaged last year.

[msstate7]

We may not have had any sacks but we had pressure on the guy all night. That's why the QB who was .4 yards from leading the AAC in yards per game as a true freshman last season went 18 of 29 with 162 yards - barely half of what he averaged last year.

We were credited with a sack

[BrunswickDawg]

We were credited with a sack

Good. I didn't check to see - point still stands

[BeardoMSU]

This is one of the best opening games I've seen us play. Very disciplined, very few penalties. Sure we lost some focus after we got the big lead but that was about 5 hours into game that should've already been over. Yeah it sucked to see us give up some points at the end but all in all it was a great start to the season.

This.

[Catfish]

I thought Ducking had a good game. Soft hands.

[Hambone]

Pickering had a sack. Did people just not watch the game but decide to bitch about things that didn’t happen, but yet, did?

[Tater]

This is one of the best opening games I've seen us play. Very disciplined, very few penalties. Sure we lost some focus after we got the big lead but that was about 5 hours into game that should've already been over. Yeah it sucked to see us give up some points at the end but all in all it was a great start to the season.

Best opener we've played since we 49-0'd USM in 2014. (2020 LSU was more about Bo Pelini being an idiot offensively and the bad throws by KJ were apparent. Silly me thought it meant the sky was the limit because he had a bad game passing for 600 yds.)

People on this board need to temper expectations. First games always have some kinks to work out. Imagine if we only threw for 150 yards against Troy. Imagine if we gave up 16 to an FCS team. Imagine if we let memphis actually hang around like arkansas did Cincy. Imagine if we threw multiple bad INTs to an FCS team.

The rest of the SEC West struggle bussed yesterday (outside of Tuscaloosa). By all measures, we looked like the second best team that played in our division.

[chef dixon]

At the end of the day we beat a team like 26 that beat us last year so I'll take it. Going to be a lot of close games this year

[Tater]

We were credited with a sack

We got a sack to stop the first Memphis drive of the game lmao.

[Tater]

Our first goal to go play call was a run for a 3 yd gain.
Our second goal to go play call was a tight window throw for a TD. Great timing / read by Will.

The ducking cross body throw is something where Leach just practices 4 verts all practice every 6 or so practices. I like it because I trust our guys more than most, but yea in a vacuum that's a bad throw. You don't make it on Sundays for sure. Probably not against Bama / Georgia. But tbh, we'll need plays like that to go our way to win those, so it's nice to see guys like Ducking and Robinson able to win deep "**** it he down there somewhere" passes.

Our third goal to go play call was a DPI.
Our fourth goal to go play call was a fade to Ducking, could have been DPI again.
Our fifth goal to go play call was an out to Austin Williams that was stopped at the 1 inch line lol.
Our sixth goal to go play call was a dive for a TD.

[Tater]

The punter for Memphis, Joe Doyle was a former Tennessee Volunteer. I don't know where it was in the thread but the announcer phrased it weirdly when he punted to Austin to make it seem like he was talking about Austin.

[Tater]

Our seventh goal to go play was a stick route our WR slipped on. Rufus makes an easy TD catch if he keeps his footing. (Here comes the rain doomer comment)

Our eighth goal to go play was a DPI.

Our ninth goal to go play was an overthrown fade (on 1st & 2 mind you). Just barely out the back where either we get it or no one does.

Our tenth goal to go play was the speed option lol. 1 yd gain. Memphis did their homework.

Our eleventh goal to go play was a 3rd & 1 dive TD run.

I'm not seeing where people should be mad about our goal line playcalling.

[Commercecomet24]

No sacks is at least interesting considering they threw it 30 times and we had a big lead. I'm not gonna freak out about it after 1 game, but we will need to be better in that area for sure

We actually had one sack last night.

[Commercecomet24]

We may not have had any sacks but we had pressure on the guy all night. That's why the QB who was .4 yards from leading the AAC in yards per game as a true freshman last season went 18 of 29 with 162 yards - barely half of what he averaged last year.

Yeah the guy was hearing footsteps all night because we did get pressure. He threw the ball way early on multiple occasions because we got pressure. Hence all the incomplete passes in first 2.5 quarters. He bounced and under threw balls because of the pressure

[Commercecomet24]

Best opener we've played since we 49-0'd USM in 2014. (2020 LSU was more about Bo Pelini being an idiot offensively and the bad throws by KJ were apparent. Silly me thought it meant the sky was the limit because he had a bad game passing for 600 yds.)

People on this board need to temper expectations. First games always have some kinks to work out. Imagine if we only threw for 150 yards against Troy. Imagine if we gave up 16 to an FCS team. Imagine if we let memphis actually hang around like arkansas did Cincy. Imagine if we threw multiple bad INTs to an FCS team.

The rest of the SEC West struggle bussed yesterday (outside of Tuscaloosa). By all measures, we looked like the second best team that played in our division.

Well said, sir! Great post!

[Tater]

The end of the first half we had 3 Timeouts and the flag happened. Then the refs ****ed up and ran the clock. Wish we would have pushed it down field to test adding a field goal. Just to practice.

That and Will's misread are my only two complaints from the first half. That was the best half of football on both sides we've played under Leach / Moorhead and in a while for Dan.

[Commercecomet24]

The end of the first half we had 3 Timeouts and the flag happened. Then the refs ****ed up and ran the clock. Wish we would have pushed it down field to test adding a field goal. Just to practice.

That and Will's misread are my only two complaints from the first half. That was the best half of football on both sides we've played under Leach / Moorhead and in a while for Dan.

Agreed. As good as Dan was our opening games were always full of false starts, stupid penalties, bonehead mistakes, etc...sans the usm blowout.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Yeah the guy was hearing footsteps all night because we did get pressure. He threw the ball way early on multiple occasions because we got pressure. Hence all the incomplete passes in first 2.5 quarters. He bounced and under threw balls because of the pressure

There were several plays where their q b got happy feet and threw the ball away because of pressure, receivers got alligator arms and either quit on routes or dropped the ball due to fear of going over the middle. The first half our D had a big chip on their shoulder and Memphis felt it. Really the level of domination the first half made Memphis look like a FCS team. CFN has them at 7.5 win total and a bowl team. Their q b had 25 tds last year and was a freshman all American. They brought in several players through the portal. They are a decent team.

[Tater]

Agreed. As good as Dan was our opening games were always full of false starts, stupid penalties, bonehead mistakes, etc...sans the usm blowout.

5 penalties for 55 yards. I think one of those was a late holding. One was a punt return hold. One was a personal foul celebration. One was a defensive hold. I can't remember / haven't seen upon rewatch the other one. So that means no false starts. Absolutely outstanding performance from the OLine. These guys do this for 11 more games and we've got a special season.

[Commercecomet24]

5 penalties for 55 yards. I think one of those was a late holding. One was a punt return hold. One was a personal foul celebration. One was a defensive hold. I can't remember / haven't seen upon rewatch the other one. So that means no false starts. Absolutely outstanding performance from the OLine. These guys do this for 11 more games and we've got a special season.

Yeah that's what I was looking for more than anything(besides winning). I wanted to see a prepared team that didnt commit stupid penalties, sloppy play, and the OL play well, and I liked what I saw.

[Catfish]

Yup, we played a good game. I thought Will and our receivers played good. Need to work on timing this week. I know timing was a little off because of it being the first game and playing against someone other than ourselves. Excited for Arizona.