You boys be honest about Saturday.

[ShotgunDawg]

Despite passing more this year, our sacks allowed are down from 1.77 a game last year to 1.44 this year.

Yeah, it's interesting how this gets lost to everyone that attempts to analyze our team. We absolutely can't run the ball, but between adequate blocking & Dak knowing where to go with the football, pass protection hasn't been a huge problem

[WinningIsRelentless]

Not gonna lie...there was way too much "Shump" & "Holloway" in your post. It sounds like a good plan otherwise.

If we win it will be because Dak has a good game throwing the football 40 plus times and our best blocking back is Shump. So screw the williams and lee shit this game because we aren't going to run the damn football between the tackles. Holloway can be a huge threat once we wear those big lbs down in both the passing game and some quick hitters.

[Blackout]

Chad Kelly beat them. We can

[Liverpooldawg]

Chad Kelly beat them. We can

Kelly didn't beat them. They beat themselves in that game.

[msstate7]

Kelly didn't beat them. They beat themselves in that game.

Chad did make plays though

[shannondawg]

It's our house and we protect it with a win. And I get to tell some of those elephant worshiping bastards on the way out, "Y'all all ways play us a good game"

[Coach34]

It's our house and we protect it with a win. And I get to tell some of those elephant worshiping bastards on the way out, "Y'all all ways play us a good game"

You gonna be at the basketball game Friday night?

[Msujd164]

Dak will cement his legacy. He will be remembered for this win. Game winning TD with less than a minute left in one of the best victories we will ever see.

Hey, One can dream.

[blacklistedbully]

Dan is going to shock the world, take the extra prep days to install a few triple option plays, perhaps from Diamond formation, perhaps Flexbone or both, and mix those in with 4 and 5 WR sets, spreading Bama across the field. Might even let Fitz run a few.

Truth be told, I haven't yet got a feel for this one. I waffle between feeling like we're the biggest challenge, matchup-wise that Bama will have faced all year, with Dak, Bear, Freds, Hutch, Johnson, Dear carving up their secondary, to worrying Bama's D-line will maul our O-line, taking Dak out of the game.

Guess I'll have to let you know later. Gun to my head now, I'd say 50%. But I reserve the right to change my mind before kickoff.

[djaymsu5]

I feel like if Jenkins is back to play LT our OLine has a shot at holding the front 7. If we have to play Malone there again due to injury he will get destroyed and Dak will get sacked from behind all night. If we can get Dear involved early along with Ross and Wilson I think Dak will give bama's secondary all they can handle. Need to come out guns blazing like the LSU game last year and make them play from behind so Coker will have more pressure to make bad decisions.

[mic]

State ML..... Bet it and enjoy ....

[ShotgunDawg]

Do we have to play better on defense in this game than we did against LSU?

If so, why?

I'm seeing lots of "MSU will have to play the game of their lives to win." or "MSU must hold Henry & Drake under 150 yards" or "MSU's defensive line will have to play the best game evah to win."

Why?

I just don't see Bama as an offensive juggernaut. Our defense is just as good if not better than LSU's & better in most every statistical category.

LSU gave up 21 to Auburn, 22 to Eastern Michigan, 24 to South Carolina, 28 to Florida who couldn't score against Vandy this weekend, & 20 to Western Kentucky.

I think if our defense plays their normal game, we'll give up 21-24 points. That puts this game squarely on the offense.

I just don't see this Bama team in the same light as the media is apparently seeing them right now. They are good, but we are pretty good as well.

[MabenMaroon]

My two cents worth: I am looking at our team and how they have looked over the past few games and feel that we are a considerably better team than LSU and would beat them 9 to 10 times out of 10 games if we were to play right now. And we would beat them fairly handily at that. I have re-watched the Bama/LSU game and saw that LSU was not that far off, Travian Dural dropped a big gainer that hit him right in the numbers, Malachi Dupre also had two drops on what would have been big gainers maybe scores, also very catchable passes. All of these drops happened while the teams were either tied or LSU was within one score. Brandon Harris is nowhere near the caliber QB that Dak is and I strongly feel that our receivers are superior to LSU's. LSU's O-line is quite polished at run blocking and opening holes for Fournette but they are not near as practiced or polished at pass protection and Harris still found some occasions to hit his receivers and they dropped the ball far too often. I think we can and will outscore Bama because of the experience and polish of Dak, our wide receivers and an O-line that can and will give Dak just enough opportunity to be successful against Bama's lb's and secondary. Bama with Henry/Drake and that new wr will move the ball and will score but they will be time consuming drives and we will be able to put together 4 to 6 scoring drives of our own. I am looking for a score of something like MSU 23 to 29 and Bama will score 17 to 21. Each year our team has taken a step or two forward in building the program and this is the step forward for this year.

[BrunswickDawg]

Go big or go home...

This will be like the AU game in 2014. We have been building toward this all year. I'm all in. Dawgs 35-17.

[thunderclap]

17ing-A. State 24-23.

[tcdog70]

I've said Bama Kryptonite is the spread and an elite QB. We got that. Plus playing at home will be good. I expect to win. Our WRs are better than their DBs. Bear needs to step up and kick ass. If TN can play them close then of course we can win . Henry will get his yards but we have to hit Coker early and often. We win by ten points

[basedog]

You gonna be at the basketball game Friday night?

Shannondawg is pumped, says u should c the weight room. Blew him away, different.

[TrapGame]

Josh Dobbs gave Bama's defense fits.

Guess what? Dak is better than Dobbs.

We win.

[cbrunt29]

Go watch last year's Bama hype video if you want to punch a wall. Good stuff.

[ShotgunDawg]

Josh Dobbs gave Bama's defense fits.

Guess what? Dak is better than Dobbs.

We win.

Dakota is FAR better than Dobbs & MSU's defense is absolutely better than Tennessee's.

This is one of those games where the initial reaction from the media will be that Bama is going to win big because they just dominated LSU & everyone watched that. However, when you sit down & actually start dissecting the game, along with Bama's entire body of work this season, you begin to go, "Hmmmmm"