Sunday Morning QB- Houston We Have A Problem Edition

[Coach34]

1. Nothing like Opening Weekend. The anticipation, the hope, the excitement. I was so pumped up I got up at 4:30 am and threw an injected pork shoulder on the grill. Smoked it for 3, wrapped it and let it cook another 3. It was so damn good Myron Mixon would have been jealous.

2. I love the new helmets. That looks so much better than that horrid M-State on the helmets. It works much better with maroon than it did on the white helmet. We should never wear a white helmet ever again.

3. We came out on the 1st series and looked like I expected us to. We threw to Perkins, ran the ball well, Tyler was on target, and Morrow got a penalty. That's exactly what I was expecting.

4. Wilson looked good making his couple of grabs, Ross did ok but had a couple of drops. These guys are talented but cant play everydown yet. They dont know wtf to do all the time apparently. Very pleased with our WR recruiting from this past Feb. I'd be ok if Morrow never played another snap- but it looks like he plays because Wilson is still learning how to play WR.

5. We couldnt have been more predictable in short yardage when we brought Dakota in the game for short yardage. By changing QB's, we are supposed to be giving the defense a headache because they have to defend something different. All we did was show them we are about as innovative as a 1980's Mississippi High School football offense.

6. We ran Perkins on 3 straight plays, getting big yardage- and he was gassed. Do we sub? Oh hayyyyle naw. We leave him in gassed, and then get him out in the pass route- Tyler stares him down the whole way, throws it, tipped ball and a pick to kill a great drive. Why not sub? That's coaching. Why throw the ball to him? That's Tyler locking on to a receiver for some reason and not looking at the other two guys that were open. It appears he threw to Perkins because that was his primary, or he has been the one open on that play in preseason practice. In no way, shape, form, or fashion did he read the coverage and throw to the open WR.

7. After the tipped ball INT, then throwing the ball behind Jameon on 3rd down to kill the next drive- Russell wasnt the same QB. Maybe it was a concussion, maybe it was lost confidence, but he wasnt the same after that.

8. Defensively, we brought the juice. We are very improved on defense. And even though we sustained a few injuries, we still played well and got after people. We played alot of guys on D. We were in position, we blitzed well and made plays. This is what we were all looking for on D. We held Ok State to their lowest output since 2010.

9. The preseason hype on Wells was spot-on. He played a helluva game until he twisted his ankle.

10. Sorry to see Hughes go down for the season. He was playing well. Tough break in the 1st game when you finally get your turn to start full-time

11. Dee Arrington woke up. Good to see him contributing and looking good.

12. The DL looked much better. We got after them and punched them in the mouth. The only thing they hurt us at all with was the zone read out of the diamond.

13. I spoke of innovation earlier, or lack of on our part. Not Ok State- they brought out the diamond formation and ran the zone read out of it. Why was this brilliant? Because it was a new wrinkle to the zone read-a lead blocker. OL double teams the DT, lead blocker leads up inside on LB, DE has to decide to tackle the TB or QB. They outnumbered us at the point of attack. ****ing brilliant Gundy. If Mullen doesnt install that this week and next to get ready for Auburn- he is an idiot. It will take people all season to figure out how to defend it. And it has some neat passes out of it- you are only limited by your imagination.

14. JRob should be getting more carries. This is getting ridiculous. Everybody sees this but Mullen. Perkins- 16 carries-50 yards. JRob- 8 carries-48 yards. How much longer do we just keep wasting him?

15. OK State showed us that even really good WR's can be stopped with a good defense when you dont have a mobile QB. Ok State hurt us when they stuck with the mobile QB. I know people love Tyler, and Tyler does some things very well at QB- but it's time for a change. Dakota is not as good of a QB as Tyler is right now- but he would perform better in our offense under Mullen than Tyler will. Our offense looks like shit with Tyler at QB against any defense with a pulse. Tyler played over 2 1/2 quarters- 1 FG attempt. Dakota played 1 quarter and change- 1 FG attempt. It's time to go back to the offense we ran in 2010, grind up yards and clock, and throw the ball less because of our inexperience at WR. We dont need to depend on this WR group to carry our offense. We need to rely on our RB's and our mobile QB. Dakota can make enough throws to keep the offense moving and do some things that Relf couldnt. We are spinning our wheels and wasting our ****ing time with what we are trying to run on offense right now. #TeamDak

[FlabLoser]

I liked that diamond offense. It is the wishbone of the spread offense.

[hacker]

Agree 100%. I was glad to see Arrington tearing it up. If our O gets going, watch out.

[BHildreth3]

LOL at #3 - that made me laugh. Great post 34. I'm at a loss for words on why Perkins didn't get subbed out!? Knox sucks for not doing something there. We like running the pistol and shotgun but it's amazing that we NEVER play more than 1 runningback. We haven't since Ralph and the Gator bowl.

I hate saying this but Tyler can't read defenses quick enough.

[SignalToNoise]

The offense still looked bad under Dak. No creativity. And at this point, Mullen had an entire off season to make adjustments and didn't (or at least none that helped)- so why would be suddenly do it now? That looked like the same shit that got our ass handed to us against the bears.

[ShotgunDawg]

I liked that diamond offense. It is the wishbone of the spread offense.

I had no idea that OK State had broken out a new offense against us. That would happen against us. I agree, with Dak, Mullen should install this and break it out against Auburn. Don't want to show it against Alcorn

[32 Dive]

I liked that diamond offense. It is the wishbone of the spread offense.

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[I seen it dawg]

The underlined statement in 15 is the gist of the whole damn issue. Dak might not be a better QB but he is better for what our offense is supposed to be.

And I can't understand why a couple of drunks watching the game at home can scream for a sub for Perk and our coaching staff can't see it. Come on give me a break. Absolutely moronic.

[Coach34]

If a change is made to insert Dakota at QB- Mullen will have to make changes to the offense- he would have no choice.

And this week vs Alcorn is the PERFECT time to do it before Auburn in week 3. Gives us two weeks to get ready

[I seen it dawg]

And if Tyler has a conclusion then we have a whole week of practice and an entire game to do it.

[SignalToNoise]

If a change is made to insert Dakota at QB- Mullen will have to make changes to the offense- he would have no choice.

And this week vs Alcorn is the PERFECT time to do it before Auburn in week 3. Gives us two weeks to get ready

Well I hope like hell he does. I was just so disappointed in what I saw with the offense yesterday that I am back to doubting our coaches.

[Political Hack]

Do we know Hughes is out for the season?

He didn't even go to the locker room. I think it could be something as simple as a bruised Achilles. I don't think anyone has said for sure that its ruptured or torn.

[CJDAWG85]

Two guys that I expected to see yesterday. 1. Brandon Holloway. 2. Jeremy Chapelle. Why didn't they play?

[I seen it dawg]

I hear Hughes is done with Achilles.

[Pollodawg]

I thought these guys had a horrible defense. I thought we could hang at least >20 on them. We barely got three. I am as disgusted as I was after La Tech 2008. If this were the end of the Mullen era in Starkville, I wouldn't shed tear anymore, tbh.

[BoomBoom]

I said elsewhere, Mullen's stubbornness will preempt that. No changes needed says The Mule. As he will say all season. And offseason.

[MarketingBully01]

I agree with most of those assessments but if Tyler got that initial concussion on that first helmet to helmet hit when he slid and the OSU player launched at him that would make sense. We should have taken him out then.

As far as everyone being hard on the OLine, they stacked the box. It's hard as heck for an OLine to comsistantly block an eight man front. They are a much more aggressive defense then they were last year hence the DC change. With that schedule they have, OSU will be undefeated at the end of the season. I think everyone is panicking a bit too soon. Everyone will look silly if we end up being 3-1 when we play LSU which I still think is a big possibility. Things look bad on offense right now BUT the problems are easily fixable.

I just don't get the visciousness of all of our fans. We are better then this. I have seen just incredibly shitty and viscious commentary by MSU fans on all of our boards and I think it needs to stop. It does not do anybody any good.

[TrueMaroon]

Hughes is done. I watched the team doctor tell him something that made him start crying. He wasn't crying before then.

Mullen and Collins all came and hugged him and talked to him for an extended period of time.

[DapperDawg]

#8 is incorrect. The worst team in the Big 12 (Kansas) gave up 20 to the Pokes last year. OSU just doesn't get up for shitty teams. They dominated us, plain and simple.

[MarketingBully01]

It also stormed and was a monsoon that day thereby negating their offensive advantage. Nice try though.