Its almost August and I don't think I can remember

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Well, he did do it so the trend still applies. Really the only thing that stopped us from 8+ wins in 2021 was not having a kicker. And the fact that with his "bad recruiting" he was able to land a QB that is up the Heisman at Baylor right now that Arnett ran off for Mike Wright and his goofy hat, plus our renewed improvement in NIL I feel pretty safe in saying that the trend would have continued. And he certainly would have won more than Arnett did in 2023 with a group of mostly seniors running an offense they were recruited for. Trends are a lot more accurate and reliable than biases such as "powder puff football" especially when he was winning with it.

It didn't matter if Dillion Johnson left or not- he played the most expendable skill position in the game. That's why Leach didn't care if he left or not.

And to show that you are just making up BS- we were 7th in the SEC in TOP in 2022. Right in the middle. The team with the lowest TOP was Tennessee by a good six minutes more than MSU. They also led the SEC in PPG that year. Poor defense right? There was no way they could ever rest their poor darling hearts. Nope- their defense allowed fewer PPG than Arnett's that year.

Also, I guess the 40+ points against Arkansas and MSU cult hero Kendall Briles, 40+ against Texas A&M, and 39 in back to back games is "not scoring"? Oh wait because we had to go to overtime to bail out the defense which completely choked against Auburn.

Leach did a great job maximizing the talent recruited for him and bringing in some WRs. I mean even Rogers was recruited by JoVester. He left the program bare in recruiting with the younger guys. The fact we were so devoid of talent in 2024 is directly on Leach's shoulders