That assumes we would not have scored on offense had the special teams or defense not scored though. Football is sequential.
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No offense with Tyson Lee should be better than any offense with Will Rogers, and I'm not a Will Rogers hype guy as everyone knows. That's a very large difference in the most important position on the field. Our OL has a whole bunch of older guys on it, many which were signed to play in a Moorhead scheme or have played in other balanced schemes prior to MSU. The 2023 WR room is also much better than the 09 room.
You don't have to assume after the fact and with us leading the league in defensive and ST scores. We also have the facts of an offense that stalled during significant portions of games. If you go that route, then the defense also had to shoulder more than their share of possessions during games, with limited rest that effected their overall performance and stats.
Bumphis and heavens and Chris smith were young. McRae and berry were old. Marcus green was a 3rd year guy and way more proven than any TE we have now.
I agree this group is better, but not much better. None of them are impact guys or have sniffed all sec despite us throwing the ball 50 times a game. I hope Zavion and creed can be impact guys.
McRae was basically a nonfactor after his injury. He would not play on this team. Heavens washed out. Chris Smith did almost nothing as a freshman. This group is ten times better than that one. Now, when bump and smith grew up they made the group better but as true freshman they were not ready to play as much as they had to play. The is really isn’t saying our current group is all world. The 09 receiver room was just very bad by SEC standards. There were some players on the 09 team that ended up being pretty good, but in that particular year they were not.