Spring "game" thread?

[bulldawg28]

Does Guidry get a catch or just 2 drops on 5 targets.

I didn't see a catch. Whop should take his spot. Guidry fears the moment.

[Todd4State]

Id love to agree w you, but who are we gonna start? We have very little talent there. It's sad.

Whop and Austin Williams, Deddrick, and either Dontae Jones or Spivey at TE. I agree that's not a deep group but at least Whop and Austin appear to have some rapport with Key. Green had a bad day IMO but he has at least proven that's not the norm for him. I'd try to get a grad transfer in at WR too. Starting that group I'm hoping would cause Guidry to wake up. It might not but at least we have some guys that look like they can at least catch the ball somewhat consistently.

[bulldawg28]

Id love to agree w you, but who are we gonna start? We have very little talent there. It's sad.

Whop and Payton

[Todd4State]

Whop and Payton

I want to see Payton in person first. We almost need him to be good right away.

[Bothrops]

I'd be pretty shocked if we won one of auburn, LSU, and aTm

LSU will beat us by at least 4 touchdowns. Auburn is on the road, plus better than us, and aTm is on the road.

[HoopsDawg]

Whop and Payton

Payton was the 3rd WR on his Juco team.

[HoopsDawg]

Whop and Austin Williams, Deddrick, and either Dontae Jones or Spivey at TE. I agree that's not a deep group but at least Whop and Austin appear to have some rapport with Key. Green had a bad day IMO but he has at least proven that's not the norm for him. I'd try to get a grad transfer in at WR too. Starting that group I'm hoping would cause Guidry to wake up. It might not but at least we have some guys that look like they can at least catch the ball somewhat consistently.

You want to start Williams and Whop on the outside?

[Todd4State]

You want to start Williams and Whop on the outside?

Not ideally. But if he is better than Guidry and Osirus- yes. If Payton steps up and can play the other outside WR or Guidry gets his head out of his ass it would change my opinion.

[Homedawg]

Whop and Payton

So a guy who is behind the guy and a guy who hasn't stepped on campus. And we start 3 wr. It's like the backup qb theory when next guy is bound to be better. Fact is we don't have much talent there. Fact. Until proven otherwise. But wait til next year.....that's what I've heard forever.
ETA- Payton might be the answer however, it's nothing more than a hope or a guess. He comes in w way less accolades than Guidry at the same point in his career

[Todd4State]

Payton was the 3rd WR on his Juco team.

He was also the number three rated JUCO WR in the country and had Tennessee and Kentucky trying to steal him from us and was committed to Ole Miss at one point. Don't listen to that sevendust bullshit.

WR's are stat dependent partially on their QB and when they are the top guy every team is going to scheme against them so that they don't get beat by him. He also had a higher average per catch than their "top two" receivers.

[HoopsDawg]

He was also the number three rated JUCO WR in the country and had Tennessee and Kentucky trying to steal him from us and was committed to Ole Miss at one point. Don't listen to that sevendust bullshit.

WR's are stat dependent partially on their QB and when they are the top guy every team is going to scheme against them so that they don't get beat by him. He also had a higher average per catch than their "top two" receivers.

We almost dropped him after he visited UT.

[Todd4State]

We almost dropped him after he visited UT.

But we didn't. And a lot of that was just spin. Because if we really didn't want him or didn't think he was worth the time we would have dropped him. Even the announcers on TV said that Joe was expecting him to come in and contribute right away.

[MarketingBully]

College football schedules are LOL. Especially ours. Is there another team in the country with such disparity. I mean we play Louisiana, USM, and Abilene Christian and we also play Alabama, AU, and LSU. No balance.

We can be a below average team and still win 6 games. And if Moorhead wins 7, 80% of the fanbase will want to give him a big raise.

Well you guys are pumping it up like it would be a miracle if we won 8 when fact of the matter is the only game we will get outclassed in is the Alabama game. We beat Auburn and A&M last year and LSU still has O. A&M hasn?t beaten us since 2015 and Auburn lost a lot off a meh team last year. I think everyone just had such a bad taste in their mouth from a coach who went 8-5 last year that they don?t think he will do just as well with a softer schedule. Meanwhile, four of our losses were to 3 NY6 teams and a the best UK team in 40 years. UK also lost everyone of consequence off that team as well. I think we will be okay and finish 8-4 and the negative nancies who are predicting gloom and doom will still bitch and complain with that result.

[MarketingBully]

LSU will beat us by at least 4 touchdowns. Auburn is on the road, plus better than us, and aTm is on the road.

LSU still has O. I doubt they score 4 touchdowns.

[Homedawg]

But we didn't. And a lot of that was just spin. Because if we really didn't want him or didn't think he was worth the time we would have dropped him. Even the announcers on TV said that Joe was expecting him to come in and contribute right away.

And I pray he will. But the same people were saying Guidry would too. So there's that.

[HoopsDawg]

Well you guys are pumping it up like it would be a miracle if we won 8 when fact of the matter is the only game we will get outclassed in is the Alabama game. We beat Auburn and A&M last year and LSU still has O. A&M hasn?t beaten us since 2015 and Auburn lost a lot off a meh team last year. I think everyone just had such a bad taste in their mouth from a coach who went 8-5 last year that they don?t think he will do just as well with a softer schedule. Meanwhile, four of our losses were to 3 NY6 teams and a the best UK team in 40 years. UK also lost everyone of consequence off that team as well. I think we will be okay and finish 8-4 and the negative nancies who are predicting gloom and doom will still bitch and complain with that result.

We aren't going 8-4. If we do, no one should complain. 8-4 in 2019 is a different story than 8-4 last year.

[Homedawg]

Well you guys are pumping it up like it would be a miracle if we won 8 when fact of the matter is the only game we will get outclassed in is the Alabama game. We beat Auburn and A&M last year and LSU still has O. A&M hasn?t beaten us since 2015 and Auburn lost a lot off a meh team last year. I think everyone just had such a bad taste in their mouth from a coach who went 8-5 last year that they don?t think he will do just as well with a softer schedule. Meanwhile, four of our losses were to 3 NY6 teams and a the best UK team in 40 years. UK also lost everyone of consequence off that team as well. I think we will be okay and finish 8-4 and the negative nancies who are predicting gloom and doom will still bitch and complain with that result.

No I won't. I'll be tickled. But I'll still be pissed we screwed away the best defense in the country but I'm willing to bet you we don't go 8-4. Name your price.

[MarketingBully]

We aren't going 8-4. If we do, no one should complain. 8-4 in 2019 is a different story than 8-4 last year.

We have a better chance of going 8-4 then 5-7 or 6-6 imo.

[MarketingBully]

No I won't. I'll be tickled. But I'll still be pissed we screwed away the best defense in the country but I'm willing to bet you we don't go 8-4. Name your price.

Getting to 7 wins with our schedule is a cake walk (4 easy OOC games and beating shitty Ark, OM, and Kentucky). Those imo are all wins which means we only have to beat Tennessee to get to 8-4. So you’re saying that’s impossible? The stars aligned for Kentucky last year and they don’t have anyone like Allen or that RB on their team in 2019. Florida was a NY6 team who won their bowl and we were a dropped pass away from beating them. They are replaced by a meh Tennessee team that is being led by an O-like moron in Pruitt. We were two dropped passes from finishing 10-3 on the season. We will be okay in 2019. A lot of teams on our schedule have a hell of a lot of deficiencies as well minus Alabama who basically has the number 1 recruiting class every year.

[DancingRabbit]

We aren't going 8-4. If we do, no one should complain. 8-4 in 2019 is a different story than 8-4 last year.

Three years ago we went 5-7, so you never know.

But if you know something, Vegas says bring it on.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-.../story/1963735