Its not him that thinks that, it's the model he runs. I am guessing the model does not account for injured starting QB's either. So this is a prediction based on a full strength Levis.
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It's been a home series, but it's mostly just that UK sucks on the road, not that we havfe inexplicably sucked on the road. We have just had problems every other year since 2015. 2016, we were dealing with leadership issues after Dak left and mainly dealing with Sirmone being our DC. We lose a close one on the road.
2017, we have Grantham, and FItzgerald is established, and we roll at home.
2018, we have JoMo showing us why he can't be a head coach and we still hang close until our defense just gets worn out.
2019, even with JoMo and a screwed up team, UK manages to lose to us.
2020, we are dealing with installing air raid in a shortened off season. They win b/c we suck. We also suck at home mostly though.
2021, we show competence off and on throughout the season and beat them at home.
So I would say it's really hard for them to win in Starkville, but when we are at Lexington it's mostly been about us being shitty. Certainly home field matters, but I don't think we have really underperformed in Lexington.
The crowd may be a little lighter at Kroger Field too. A lot of UK folks putting their tickets up for sale. The USC loss really spoiled their season.
18 was Joe with his head up his....
If CML had not shown ability to adapt like he has since LSU I'd be less optimistic. Also the fact that UK is not as good up front as they have been in years past. This game should be back to business as usual for MSU teams beating UK.
Could we lose, sure. No MSU fan is saying we can't lose to anyone. But it shouldn't happen this year.
Also, remember last year Will had one of his best games ever against Kentucky. I think this completion percentage was insanely high.
On the surface it appears that way if you look only at the locations and the scores but it really isn't.
2016: Peter Sirmon. We gave up 40pts.
2018: Shit-show Joe tried to turn Fitz into Dan Marino on a cold, wet night.
2020: 3rd game in the air raid plus 6 ints. UK only had 157 yds of offense. We outgained them almost 2-1. They scored on a pick 6 (of course), a VERY short field after an int and a short field after a long run.
They may win Saturday but they would have beaten us at home in 2016, 2018 and 2020 with Sirmon, Shit-show Joe and the lack of experience running the air raid.
What?s your thought now?
Didnt think we would completely crap a brick. Again! My mood on the current skill of this team has changed and hinged on how we did in this game.