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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Our offense looks like crap too. This is a weak ULL team.

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Yeah only 300+ yards this half and on pace to score 42. Turnovers have made us look just ok. Defense needs to tighten up a bit. We'll see if Shoop adjusts.

I have actually seen a young DL that has created some pressure on passing downs and several hits where they simply didn't fully wrap up. And this is a really really good OL. And this will be one of the shiftiest and quick QBs we will see this year

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Originally Posted by MarketingBully

Where was Fitz in his first ever start? What game was that in the schedule? These things matter. That half of football looked more like a first game. The ULL game last year was what the 3rd or 4th game on the schedule?

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Fitz first start wasn’t as a SR.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Fitz was 14/21 243 yds 2 td 0 int vs ULL last season. Not sure what you base this on.

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Last year's ULL team was completely different.

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Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead

On the good note, everything I see right now is pretty much coaching. Hill, Mitchell, and Stevens looks like they are here to work. Get a little bit of tempo and get into a groove and we pull away.

On defense, we have sucked so far. People out of position. People not tightening their coverage. People not tackling. That is coaching and players. Shoop should adjust at half.

Lets go.

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The scheme is sound. I’ve seen a shit ton of missed tackles.

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Originally Posted by maroonmania

There hasn't been a lot about that half of football to be happy with given the competition. That is just the reality of things. Gotta love the MSU board police fans though.

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Yep, I’m sure they are a real joy live and in person.

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Originally Posted by MarketingBully

Where was Fitz in his first ever start? What game was that in the schedule? These things matter. That half of football looked more like a first game. The ULL game last year was what the 3rd or 4th game on the schedule?

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That's fair. Stevens was supposed to be infinitely better in this offense though according to most of this board.

KT!!

A play before 2 seconds on the clock. Let the O get in rhythm

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Fitz was 14/21 243 yds 2 td 0 int vs ULL last season. Not sure what you base this on.

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Quit comparing last year. Last year don't mean shit for either team. Just like Mullen used to say, it's a new team every year.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

That's fair. Stevens was supposed to be infinitely better in this offense though according to most of this board.

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He is better but he will be infinitely better as we go through the season. He definitely is a better passer and I think he will he as good a runner as we get through the season but we won’t be running our QB nearly as much as we did last year.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

I feel better since I hit the 10 beer mark.

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Good. I like this version of you. Have some rep.

Maybe give him a solid 8 drives at game speed. He is atleadt targeting the correct guys every play. Just hasn't gotten his internal clock set and timing yet. You have to admit, those throws looked pretty. Timing will get there.

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Originally Posted by Bdawg

Quit comparing last year. Last year don't mean shit for either team. Just like Mullen used to say, it's a new team every year.

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Well, that was in response to a comment saying we look more complete on offense. Context matters

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Originally Posted by msstate7

That's fair. Stevens was supposed to be infinitely better in this offense though according to most of this board.

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I'm not gonna "sing his praises" but if you can't see that he is seeing the field better in this offense than Fitzgerald, then I'm not sure you understand what you're seeing. Yeah, you can tell that tommy has not gotten rid of it a couple times when he should have, but he's going through the second and third reads. The only thing I would say he's not done passing that I wish he would recognize is that Hill has been open several times and he could have simply dumped it off and gotten positive yards.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

That's cool if you put us in Kentucky and OM's level, but you yourself said there's a better chance we go 12-0 than 6-6. That seems to imply we are on another level than Kentucky and om

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We're the only 3 teams in our conference playing right now and we're actually winning our game looking competent. I didn't put us on their level. I gave context as to how the conference is doing on noon kickoffs in week 1.

Florida looked worse on offense than last year with the same QB too. TAMU played basically FCS level competition and took a bit to put it "out of reach".

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Originally Posted by defiantdog

Last year's ULL team was completely different.

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This! ULL is a much better team game #15 under Napier than game #3

So no Williams and Parker for second half. Ouch

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Originally Posted by Dawg61

This! ULL is a much better team game #15 under Napier than game #3

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MSU is not a much better team in game 13 of Joe Moorhead.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

That's fair. Stevens was supposed to be infinitely better in this offense though according to most of this board.

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Ok - compared it to how Fitz looked against KSU. Pretty sure that game caused a meltdown and calls for KT to start.