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09-27-2025, 08:01 PM
#461

Originally Posted by
msstate7
I think the freshman if he took over now would be better than Shapen by game 10. Shapen has a big part in this lost, and if he isn't elevating us, why is he a better option? Take the lumps this season, not next
Yeah. Because QB's "taking lumps" has worked so well for us in the past. I remember when we did that with Dak- oh wait no we didn't.
KT can't read a defense period. Not as well as Shapen at this point. Shapen gives us a much better chance to win. Yes, Shapen's pocket awareness sucks. His offensive line also sucked tonight. His receivers and tight ends sucked too for the most part. His pick six was because of a TE who ****s up majorly at least once every game tipped the pass he should have caught.
Right now KT is Mike Wright with actual upside and without that stupid hat he used to wear.
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09-27-2025, 08:02 PM
#462

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
I do not disagree about the discipline thing. We have far too many penalties, and back breaking ones at that, but Shapen is not going to get us 6 unless he elevates his game to a level we have never seen from him. He is what he is at this point, a game manager. He would be the perfect QB for the 2015 Bama team, but he is not for the 2025 Mississippi State team.
And I am not trying to come down on Shapen. I said earlier he is the better QB right now. But play the potential. You are not making the playoffs and you are going to win 5 no matter what. Play Shapen next week at A&M and let him have his swan song and then make the switch in the bye week.
38 seconds. 58 yards. Brenen Thompson. Win. Shapen has the wherewithal to win a game.
Last edited by EdwardDrayton; 09-27-2025 at 08:04 PM.
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09-27-2025, 08:02 PM
#463

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
We are beating ole Miss in Starkville.
We should beat Arky and be in play for every remaining game.
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09-27-2025, 08:02 PM
#464

Originally Posted by
Thick
You must be drunk!
We really have fans that honestly think that there is no difference between playing QB at Nocubee HS and in the SEC. It's the only logical conclusion I can come up with at this point.
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09-27-2025, 08:04 PM
#465

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
We are beating ole Miss in Starkville.
Not with Shapen
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09-27-2025, 08:05 PM
#466

Originally Posted by
Thick
Exactly Todd! If we don?t miss a fg or Thompson doesn?t drop a TD pass in the bread basket, guess what. We would be celebrating a W! Shapen is not perfect, but the dude throws a great deep ball, and we ran the ball tonight vs a much more talented defense that we have faced this year. We should have won this game! Don?t go after Shapen though, bc KT would not have done ANY better!
KT wouldn't have done worse. Shapen spotted them 14 points and couldn't make the plays he wanted with his feet. Shapen isn't throwing anyone open and is only throwing to wide open guys. Lebby does a fabulous jobs of putting defenses into a crisis and man coverage. I honestly think KT would produce similar results with this scheme.
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09-27-2025, 08:07 PM
#467

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
We are beating ole Miss in Starkville.
I'm on board Down.
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09-27-2025, 08:07 PM
#468
One thing all of yall will agree on is this. Pulliam has Punter locked up. 5 punts with a 50.6 avg.
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09-27-2025, 08:07 PM
#469

Originally Posted by
EdwardDrayton
38 seconds. 58 yards. Brenen Thompson. Win. Shapen has the wherewithal to win a game.
So when a team blows coverage he has the wherewithal to take advantage of the mistake. Congrats. He is a FBS QB. No one is saying that RIGHT NOW Shapen is not the better QB. But if you are going to win 5 anyways, you are not going to the playoffs, and you have what most believe to be the QB of the future right there you take your lumps and play him. He is going to make some mistakes? Yep. Is he going to be perfect? Nope. But he will not take away anything from the offense and he gives you a legit dual threat guy.
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09-27-2025, 08:08 PM
#470

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
I do not disagree about the discipline thing. We have far too many penalties, and back breaking ones at that, but Shapen is not going to get us 6 unless he elevates his game to a level we have never seen from him. He is what he is at this point, a game manager. He would be the perfect QB for the 2015 Bama team, but he is not for the 2025 Mississippi State team.
And I am not trying to come down on Shapen. I said earlier he is the better QB right now. But play the potential. You are not making the playoffs and you are going to win 5 no matter what. Play Shapen next week at A&M and let him have his swan song and then make the switch in the bye week.
Shapen is just streaky. He might get hot next week for all we know. Playing KT right now would be a bad idea. We need to put some kind of simple pass plays in for him. We can't just run the ball every time and win.
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09-27-2025, 08:08 PM
#471

Originally Posted by
bulldawg28
KT wouldn't have done worse. Shapen spotted them 14 points and couldn't make the plays he wanted with his feet. Shapen isn't throwing anyone open and is only throwing to wide open guys. Lebby does a fabulous jobs of putting defenses into a crisis and man coverage. I honestly think KT would produce similar results with this scheme.
You must be drunk!
Let's be drunk together and go with the freshman
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09-27-2025, 08:09 PM
#472

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
We are beating ole Miss in Starkville.
Agree. We beat them to give them loss number 3 and keep them out of thr playoff. Then we will all migrate to The Hump?..for hoops?.and watch us beat SMU by half a hundred.
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09-27-2025, 08:13 PM
#473

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Shapen is just streaky. He might get hot next week for all we know. Playing KT right now would be a bad idea. We need to put some kind of simple pass plays in for him. We can't just run the ball every time and win.
It is deep ball or check down for Shapen. He was 18/29 for 180 yds today. And if you take away the one deep ball to Ayden he is 17/28 for 131.
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09-27-2025, 08:20 PM
#474

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
So when a team blows coverage he has the wherewithal to take advantage of the mistake. Congrats. He is a FBS QB. No one is saying that RIGHT NOW Shapen is not the better QB. But if you are going to win 5 anyways, you are not going to the playoffs, and you have what most believe to be the QB of the future right there you take your lumps and play him. He is going to make some mistakes? Yep. Is he going to be perfect? Nope. But he will not take away anything from the offense and he gives you a legit dual threat guy.
Blown coverage against the fastest guy in football. The definition of perspective.
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09-27-2025, 08:24 PM
#475
What happened? Did we win?
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09-27-2025, 08:26 PM
#476
We are still a work in progress. Much improved and so is our coaching stuff. Yes we made mistakes but big thing is keep recruiting and get some talent.
Positive was we didn’t quit, negative we looked really tired the last 5minutes of the regulation. Injuries played a part of us losing tonight.
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09-27-2025, 08:29 PM
#477

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
So when a team blows coverage he has the wherewithal to take advantage of the mistake. Congrats. He is a FBS QB. No one is saying that RIGHT NOW Shapen is not the better QB. But if you are going to win 5 anyways, you are not going to the playoffs, and you have what most believe to be the QB of the future right there you take your lumps and play him. He is going to make some mistakes? Yep. Is he going to be perfect? Nope. But he will not take away anything from the offense and he gives you a legit dual threat guy.
doesn't make sense with where we are. We HAVE to get to a bowl this year after starting 4-0. We HAVE to be competitive in all our games and put points on the board so we can get back in the portal and recruiting game. Putting KT in there to "learn" as a true freshman doesn't get it done.
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09-27-2025, 08:30 PM
#478

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
How the **** is this a lost season? We're 4-1 and we have Florida and Arkansas left. And we just gave away a game to a top whatever team and gave them everything they wanted.
Just bullshit comment by you.
We're winning 3 more after what I saw today.
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09-27-2025, 08:36 PM
#479

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
We're winning 3 more after what I saw today.
^^^^^
Florida, Missouri, Ole Miss, Arkansas all in play
We just need two
Last edited by EdwardDrayton; 09-27-2025 at 08:40 PM.
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09-27-2025, 08:49 PM
#480
Quick question for the board. Did you see the amount of orange on the east side of DWS? It looked like a neutral site game. What are we doing with ticket sales? You want?em, we sell them to you. Way too many visitors in our house! That crap needs to stop. Don?t know how, but it needs to be addressed asap!
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