Spring "game" thread?

[bulldawg28]

Maybe if Whop gets the start it'll encourage Guidry to start catching the ball. As I recall, he dropped one in the breadbasket a few months ago to lose the bowl game.

At this point I'm ok with Whop taking over and not looking back. Guidry can give him a breather when Whop is tired. He's lost confidence which you can't do at WR. There is nothing a coach can do to fix that. He needs to sit and play a backup role. He can't handle being the starter. Whop is bigger, stronger, and not afraid of contact.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Wow. Shrader is one hell of an athlete. Better feet and quicker than Fitz.

Looks exactly like Matt Jones out there

Shrader missed 2 meetings. If he sees the field this year it means we are way ahead or way down with injuries

[BuckyIsAB****]

Defense will be similar to the best defense in the country? Come on mane

They will be top 15-20 unit again

[msstate7]

They will be top 15-20 unit again

And that would be great, no complaints about that for sure. That's not similar though... that's like saying #17 penn st and #1 Clemson has similar years last season.

[BuckyIsAB****]

And Shrader is 6'5" & ran a 4.4

Shotgun you are off with this. He isnt ready. His throwing motion has a long way to go its long. He isnt ready and probably needs a RS IMO. Talented kid sure but mentally (On the field) he's just got some growing up to do and thats fine he is 18 years old. He came from playing basically at East Rankin to the SEC

[BuckyIsAB****]

Where is the reach? Garrett is 6'5" and runs a 4.4 along with quick feet.

What exactly is a reach here from a talent stand point?

Idk where you got those numbers from but those are false. He is a big good looking kid but so was Nick Fitzgerald and most of you hated on him every time you got a chance

[BuckyIsAB****]

I think we will beat TN and KY. Win the out of conference and Ark and OM and its a good season

We could do all of that and not be very good. If this team goes 6-6 with this OL and this defense it will be a good reason to move on from Moorhead. I like Joe and I like what he is trying to do but football is about who can run the ball and who can stop it. Who can block and who can tackle. Execution. Its not about scheme and overthinking everything. I see not enough execution and too much overthinking from us on offense. Like I've said before this is 1 day in the spring and this wasnt a game it was basically a glorified practice but this is a 7-8 win team at the minimum

[BuckyIsAB****]

We have some talent, but it's not Day 1 talent like Simmons, Chris Jones, Josh Boyd, Fletcher Cox. All of those guys were really good as freshman. Our guys are going to be good, but I don't know if they are going to be good this season. A transfer is a must but who is that guy and can we get him? Really need a WR too. Guidry is the only guy who can separate and he has other weaknesses.

Deddrick Thomas is the best WR on the roster and he is better than a year ago and so is Whop. Im not high on Guidry at all. He plays and acts like a ''me'' guy to me. Williams has great hands and is scrappy but he will struggle vs man coverage

[BuckyIsAB****]

No he's not. Nix will not be the starter for Auburn this year and potentially next year. Joey Gatewood is the starter and is scary good and athletic. Nix is a Stidham clone.

Correct. I was surprised he went to Auburn. Not a good fit. He can sling the ball and if they do change their offense he will be damn good. He was extremely impressive throwing the ball at the MS/AL game and practices but he aint a runner in any sense

[BuckyIsAB****]

OM, ARK, and UK suck ass. We will win all of our OOC and win those three plus the TN game and finish at least 8-4. It?s not that hard. We have more talent then those 3 teams you named. Only games which are sure losses imo are Alabama, LSU, and A&M. I really don?t understand this negative taint you guys seem to have with Moorhead and this team.

LSU at home is far from a sure loss

[BuckyIsAB****]

You show auburn returning pretty much their whole oline and say that's a good thing for us? What? Simmons and sweat ain't lining up on them this year. Last year, we had 3 sacks (all by sweat) and no TFL. Auburn missed a wide open td in that game, fumbled at the goal line, and missed a fg. Everything went right for us

If Jimbo coached us though it would be the biggest win in the history of MSU football. I guess everything went right for us when we whipped his ass just like we did Auburns a year ago.

Im as mad as you are that we went 8-5 with a team that had a shot at 11 wins but thats not a reason to discredit what we did accomplish.

[msstate7]

If Jimbo coached us though it would be the biggest win in the history of MSU football. I guess everything went right for us when we whipped his ass just like we did Auburns a year ago.

Im as mad as you are that we went 8-5 with a team that had a shot at 11 wins but thats not a reason to discredit what we did accomplish.

Auburn and aTm were great wins last year. I just don't buy into you guys opinion that bc we beat them last year we'll beat them this year on the road

[BuckyIsAB****]

Auburn and aTm were great wins last year. I just don't buy into you guys opinion that bc we beat them last year we'll beat them this year on the road

Im not saying we win either game but neither of them are sure losses. Other teams have issues too not just us. I think we forget that sometimes

[Homedawg]

Auburn and aTm were great wins last year. I just don't buy into you guys opinion that bc we beat them last year we'll beat them this year on the road

We won't beat either of those on the road. Tenn is a toss up.

[Coach34]

We won't beat either of those on the road. Tenn is a toss up.

We have 4 sure losses- Bama, LSU, Auburn, and A&M.

Toss-ups are UPig, Kentucky, Kansas State, Tenn. Our D will help alot here but highly unlikely we sweep this bunch

We are a 6-6 team that may grab that 7th win or could mess around and end up 5-7.

[TrapGame]

I'm not getting worked up over a spring game. I've done that too much over the years.

[Walkerhill]

We have 4 sure losses- Bama, LSU, Auburn, and A&M.

Toss-ups are UPig, Kentucky, Kansas State, Tenn. Our D will help alot here but highly unlikely we sweep this bunch

We are a 6-6 team that may grab that 7th win or could mess around and end up 5-7.

I think we take a major step back this year unless the passing game comes around, which is not looking good. Even so, this take is overly pessimistic, no?

K-State at home as a toss-up? That is a should win. Kentucky at home rebuilding from their peak year is also a should win. U-Pig away is too hard to say right now - they could get some things together in year 2 but that still feels like we should be favored.

UT is a toss up away - agree with you there. They should probably be slightly favored until we get sure signs their head coach has continued his determined efforts to burn that program all the way to the ground.

And the idea LSU at home is completely off the table is far fetched also. That game is an unlikely W, but not a certain loss.

I think we win 7 pretty easily - kState, 3 other non-conference, Kentucky, ole miss, and Take one road game from Ark or Ut. Wins beyond that look hard to predict

[Walkerhill]

Honest question for insiders - what are the clues that Mayden is way behind Key?

That is posted as conventional wisdom, but aside from the pick Mayden looked the more assured passer and his spring stats see, to back that up over a longer course. It has not been a high bar, but how has he not at least put himself in a competition over the summer?

[BuckyIsAB****]

Lets just not even play the games and call it a season right now. 6-6 fire moorhead

[Todd4State]

Honest question for insiders - what are the clues that Mayden is way behind Key?

That is posted as conventional wisdom, but aside from the pick Mayden looked the more assured passer and his spring stats see, to back that up over a longer course. It has not been a high bar, but how has he not at least put himself in a competition over the summer?

Not an insider but the fact that he never throws it deep is probably a big part of it.