Because we are a school of engineers, architects, and veterinarians, I would like to throw out some actual DATA for y'all to chew on regarding our football program.

I am not here to say we don't have areas of weakness that need to get better - I'm not blind. However, I think that many of us are prisoners of the moment, and need to take a step back and look at performance using numbers instead of emotion.

Also remember that the ultimate stat is on the last line - 4 vs. 7 vs. 8 (so far).

Notes: 2020 was weird, and lacked 2 games. Also an all-SEC schedule. Also obviously we have another game left in this season.

With that, here we go:

MSU 2020 2021 2022
Total Points 235 378 392
Points/Game 21.36 29.08 32.67
Total Ints 18 9 7
Rush TDs 8 10 12
Pass TDs 17 37 35
Total Off. 340.2 441.5 393.2
Avg./Play 5.5 5.6 5.2
RZ Scores 25/33 49/58 37/41
RZ TDs 18/33 36/58 32/41
RZ TD % 54.5 62 78
Defense 2020 2021 2022
Total Points 309 337 290
Points/Game 28.09 25.92 24.17
Total Ints 11 11 14
Rush TDs 11 16 19
Pass TDs 23 20 15
Total Offense 389.7 344.9 350.3
Avg./Play 5.5 5.6 5.2
RZ Scores 32/40 32/37 35/43
RZ TDs 22/40 22/37 24/43
RZ TD % 55 59.4 55.8
Overall Record 4-7 7-6 8-4

Discuss.