Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
We are better this year.
They are better this year.

But the game isn't played in a vacuum.
We were at home last year.
They are at home this year.
We are coming off an emotionally and physically draining game.
They are off a bye.
If they were at home last week and lost in OT with numerous injuries while we were on a bye and the game was in Starkville, I'd have it closer.
They lost a pretty physical game to Auburn last week. They aren't coming off a bye.
Their home turf is about as scary as a dead 🐭. It holds a tone of folks but they just wait for them yell leaders to tell them when to make noise.

I'm not looking at it in a vacuum. I see us how we played last year it was within ten. To how we are playing this year and we are 10 times better as a program. And they look about the same.