I'm not a big leach fan and don't think he deserves praise. I just dont understand why Pittman is praised when he has the same talent profile as leach and an easier scheme transition and both are 7-10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgfan77
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I'm not a big leach fan and don't think he deserves praise. I just dont understand why Pittman is praised when he has the same talent profile as leach and an easier scheme transition and both are 7-10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgfan77
Last year was an All SEC schedule. This year through 3 SEC games we're avg the same amount of points. I'm hopeful by the end of the year we avg a TD more against SEC comp.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
McElroy is right....Leach is obviously on the defensive
If you wing games you don't have to be concerned about the media...it takes care of itself
That's why Leech should have never been hired.
Yea we will see where we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
I think nc state defense should be included too since it's defense is 6th in the country. Not that it would improve our average much.
Bc he refused to take a question from a CL reporter? We've been clamoring for CL access to be cut off for yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by was21
He's 3-3 with wins over two teams currently ranked in the top 20. Let's let the season play out.Quote:
Originally Posted by was21
Yep the offense was bad against NC St too. We only scored 17 points & only had 316 yards. The defense & Tulu really played well.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
Cut dat common sense out!! We need mo bitchin up in here!!Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
The offense is clearly better than last year. Game 1 last year was complete fools gold and those stats skew the numbers to make our offense look less terrible than it was for most of the year. Unfortunately we have not had anyone stupid enough to repeat Bo Pelini’s game plan this year. I was as disappointed as anyone with the Alabama game but some of you are acting ridiculous. We have 6 games remaining and have a decent shot at winning most of those games if we simply play clean. Having our kicker back is huge. He is the difference in a couple of games (and our offense averaging about a TD more than it did last year so far even with the LSU stats from 2020). We have a good shot to finish between 6-6 and 8-4. If we choke and end up 5-7 then we will have to back up and reevaluate but damn. Chill out.
Yep. Fools gold with Leach's first game. Biggest Buzz Kill EVAH with what followed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarius
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Originally Posted by Jarius
6-6/8-4 is all possible. But so is 5-7. 5-7 definitely gets me straddling the fence on Leach. Hell, looking like ass against Vandy this weekend might get me there quicker than 5-7.
Both of which are more than that defense gives up on average.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
And if you're only going to count points scored while the offense is on the field, then the jump in offensive points from last year to this year is higher bc we scored 4 defensive/ST TD last year and only 1 plus a safety this year.
No doubt. I’m anxious about Will’s arm because it’s already not strong and now it’s injured. That is a recipe for disaster against good defenses. Luckily we only play 1 or 2 more good defense this year so hopefully it is just a minor sprain that he can shoot up for the game and be fine. If we finish 5-7 I promise I will be raising hell with everyone but right now I don’t see that as being a very high possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
Does anyone else find the constant bullshit questions way off topic from football to be a huge issue? Like, are we all really tired of our reporters continuously asking Leach about pirates and other bullcrap?Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
Can we all agree that 95% of the questions should be about our team, our obstacles, or preparation, personnel, etc.
If I have to hear one more question about something stupid........
Vanderbilt played South Carolina close last week-end. Not saying much because I don't think South Carolina is very good, but South Carolina had to score in the last minute to win. They won 21-20. Overall, I think Vanderbilt is probably about as good as Memphis. Of course, we got robbed by the referees in the Memphis game,but it shouldn't have come down to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
We are certainly capable of losing to Vandy.
And beating multiple top 20 teams. Wild.
That was 1 of the things our fans loved about him coming in. I heard plenty of times about how entertaining the press conferences was going to be because you never knew what Leach was going to talk about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
This being a true statement tells you where we are as a program. We haven't said anything like that since Croom left. That's frustrating & depressing to me that a game against Vandy isn't a for sure W.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
Dan Mullen had a close call with a g5 team many times and lost to South Alabama. Joe Moorhead almost lost to ULL. We are 3 touchdown favorites to Vandy Saturday. If we lose to hem it will be a huge upset. You are acting irrationally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
We were capable of losing to a garbage south Alabama team that didn't have a winning record that year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
FCS samford gave us all we wanted. Very capable of losing that.
We were capable of losing to a 3-9 uab team in 2011. Had to come from behind in the second half.
Vandy has two wins and lost on the road to Usce by 1. They suck but they aren't all time bad. Most years we've been capable of losing to the worst team in the sec.
We also have two wins over teams that are top 20 and will finish top 20 or better.
We didn't go into any of those games thinking it was possible we'd lose.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
We didn't think going into any games we'd lose. Ok so Vandy is 2-10 bad this year not 0-12 bad. Does that make it better?Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
The Latech and Memphis games did it for meQuote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
If stating that the fact that we could lose to Vandy is a sad state of affairs is acting irrationally then so be it. I've been called worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarius
You should also mention our losses and where those teams rank...Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
We literally lost one of them. Therefore we obviously were capable of losing it, just like we are capable of losing to Vandy Saturday. If you didn't think we were capable of losing, that's on you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
If you didn't think we were capable of losing a game that we actually lost, that's on you. I absolutely knew it was possible, but I'm just wired that way, prob bc I've been there done that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
I was also the only person on the Memphis prediction thread who didn't say we would win. Granted I didn't say we would lose, I just said it would be a 3 point game and either team could win.
Shouldn?t our AD or SID keep this reporter from even being present for this press conference if the reporter did not follow protocol? Why does Leach have to be the bad guy?
I already did. I've had a whole thread on this. It's why I picked us to beat a top 20 nc state but didn't pick us to beat Memphis. We are capable of losing to anybody on our schedule and beating anybody on our schedule. It's the mike leach way. He had years where he lost to an fcs team and beat a top 10 team. It's a roller coaster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
For the record, I do think we beat Vandy. But that doesn't mean it is outside the realm of possibility we could lose.
Our admin hasn't stood up to the CL for years despite constant mistreatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by IMissJack
Lol you cant be a state fan go into games thinking its impossible to lose. Jackie had his share of awful losses as has most every state coach. Acting like its new for state to be able to crap the bed at any time is a bit unrealistic. In any sport for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
We have fielded teams every year outside of 2 or 3 since Croom left where we could possibly lose to a team of Vandy’s caliber yet you weren’t on here talking like this about how you were not sure about the game being a sure win. We are 3 touchdown favorites and it’s highly unlikely that we don’t win the game. You are 100 % acting irrational.
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Originally Posted by Jarius
Not sure but I think it's close that this Vandy team may be the worse it's had in a long time. We may be a 20 plus favored but I'm a little concerned going on the road and the situation we have a QB. I sure we had a player like "I will let you catch catch a pass IF you will do my homework"! LOL, I went to that game and the radio talk in Nashville was overwhelming with Vandy fans thinking and saying how they would beat us.
Yes, Siiiir.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
The difference is that he is asked a football question, which is what they are supposed to do. And Leach himself turns that into something completely random, which is what he is supposed to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
I think we win but would be very surprised if we cover the 20. I think it's more of a 10 point game.Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog
Remember that well. Glorious. Vandy paper did a piece before game picking at the jucos and academic standards at STATE. We beat the shit out of them. Did Smoot ever let dude catch a pass ? Did Smoot get any free homework?Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog