Athlon MSU Preview

[57stratdawg]

Pretty good read. Says Gerri Green poised to take over at MLB. There has been some talk Green might be the starter with Richie sliding over. Might be something to keep an eye on.

http://athlonsports.com/college-foo...pi-state-bulldogs-2015-preview-and-prediction

 

[HD6]

That would put the best 3 on the field at once. Green is a monster, if he isn't as good as McKinney by the end of his career, I'll be shocked.

 

[57stratdawg]

I agree. I saw Green a couple times at scrimmages this Spring and he looks like a NFL DE at LB. He just stands out on the field.

Sucks Dez Harris got hurt again. Anyone know how he's coming along?

 

[CrookedLetta4Eva]

What happened to Dez?

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

By again you are meaning high school acl and this past years acl right?

 

[57stratdawg]

Yes.

 

[GloryDawg]

If they are correct and MSU is the 21st team in the country but the 7th in West, there will be no SEC schools in the play off. They are going to eat each other up and the Big 12 with get the fourth spot.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I don't know why he said Prescott will have to do it with less around him

He should have said with an unproven but talented offensive line. His weapons at RB and WR will be better this year. Our WR are being way over looked. We'll have the best WR corps we've ever had this year.

I'll take his ranking overall, but I don't think we should be #7 in the SECW. Normally that's when we do well, so I'm fine with it, but I don't know why A&M and ARK are ahead of us by the consensus of "analyst" when we destroyed A&M and took care of ARK last year.

 

[patdog]

I think all the experts are just assuming Chavous is going to instantly turn A&M's defense into one of the better defenses in the conference. And he probably will do a good job there. But it's a lot harder to have a good defense when you're running Sumlin's offense than it is when you're running a Fulmer/Miles offense. As for Arkansas, they were really close to turning it around sooner than they did, but by the end of the year, they were playing some pretty good football. I agree that we finish ahead of both of them though.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Agreed, Patdog. I think it's the typical MSU bias, but that's kind of who we are. Play with that chip on our shoulder. For instance, everyone talks about the pieces we lost especially on D, but I hear no one talk about the key pieces on D that Ark lost. DE-Darius Philon, DE-Trey Flowers, and LB Martrell Spaight. Those are big losses for a team that's been pretty thin depth wise for the past few years. Those are also SR leaders on a 7-6 (2-6) team. Why do people think they will improve so much in an SECW that all of a sudden has some good offenses. I know ARK will be able to run the ball, but with a depleted D of Sr leadership and NFL talent and an offense that doesn't really scare anyone but can wear down a smaller D-line...I don't get the hype.

 

[57stratdawg]

I agree. I shake my head every time I hear or read "Prescott but no one else". That's ridiculous.

Wilson
Ross
Fred Brown
Gabe Myles
Morrow

That's a handful for anyone, and that doesn't include Jessie Jackson, Donald Gray, Gus Walley, etc.

I will say I don't think we have great talent at RB. Sorry Shumpert.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

You don't think D. Lee or Williams are talented? What about Dear if we need him there or the FR coming in in 4 star and highly touted Nick Gibson? I think we'll be fine at RB.

I think ARK could go 4-8. I see them starting 3-0, but I don't think they'll be favored in any game after the first three except for UT-Martin. They could go 0-8 in the SEC. All the pre-season hype could get to them as well. I'll go out and say they take 1 of 2 from UT and A&M and say they go 5-7 (1-7)

Saturday Sep. 5		UTEP Miners D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 12		Toledo Rockets War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 19		Texas Tech Red Raiders D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 26		Texas A&M Aggies AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 3		at Tennessee Volunteers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 10		at Alabama Crimson Tide Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 17	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday Oct. 24		Auburn Tigers D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 31		UT Martin Skyhawks D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 7		at Ole Miss Rebels Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 14		at LSU Tigers Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 21		Mississippi State Bulldogs D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 28		Missouri Tigers D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR

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[57stratdawg]

Agree. Last year the best thing about Arkansas was their front 7 - **** most of it is gone. Sorry, they still have issues at QB and WR, questionable front 7.

Theyre at the bottom of the West again, IMO.

 

[patdog]

Exactly. They're looking at Arkansas and A&M with rose tinted glasses, assuming that every question mark is going to be answered in their favor. They're also doing this with Mississippi. They're doing just the opposite with our team. Which is fine with me. The "experts" rarely pick our team right, so I'd rather have them picking us low.

 

[57stratdawg]

I do, but they're young. Best talent on the roster next year will be freshmen.

 

[Temple of the Dawg]

After seeing that schedule, no one should EVER complain about our home schedule again. First home SEC game is AU on October 24. Next SEC home game is State on Nov 21. 3. Count them 3 SEC home games. Only other home game of note is TTech. Their AD should be tarred and feathered for that schedule.

http://cdn.fbschedules.com/images/helmets-ncaa/t-z/utep1.gif[/IMG]
UTEP Miners
D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR


Saturday Sep. 12

Toledo Rockets
War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR


Saturday Sep. 19

Texas Tech Red Raiders
D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR

Saturday Sep. 26

Texas A&M Aggies
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX[/TD]

Saturday Oct. 3

at Tennessee Volunteers
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN


Saturday Oct. 10

at Alabama Crimson Tide
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL


Saturday Oct. 17
Open Date


Saturday Oct. 24

Auburn Tigers
D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR


Saturday Oct. 31

UT Martin Skyhawks
D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR


Saturday Nov. 7

at Ole Miss Rebels
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS


Saturday Nov. 14

at LSU Tigers
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA


Saturday Nov. 21

Mississippi State Bulldogs
D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR


Saturday Nov. 28

Missouri Tigers
D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Us going to fayetteville to play them is going to be a tough one for us to win. We usually dont fare too well in arkansas but that game is usually in little rock. Fayetteville is going to be a whole lot tougher.

 

[VegasDawg13]

Florida, Georgia, and aTm only play 3 home conference games every other year also. I'm pretty sure they realized what they were doing when they signed on for a neutral field game with a rival. Why should he be tarred and feathered?

 

[patdog]

UF-UGA has been in Jacksonville forever. Also, they both have rivalry series with FSU & GA Tech to replace the 4th conference game with. The Ark-A&M series was originally signed as a non-conference series in Arlington. When A&M joined the conference, they should have cancelled the Arlington contract. Terrible home schedule.

 

[VegasDawg13]

It is a terrible home schedule, but the only part the AD played in it was agreeing to continue the A&M game in Dallas. And I really have no idea if Arkansas fans like that or not.

The SEC home games being so spread out is the SEC's doing, not the AD's.

My point is, if you want rail on him for having a conference game on a neutral field (which is what you're doing but not seemingly what TotD was doing), fine. But once you make that decision, a 3 conference game home schedule is inevitable, and the other tough scheduling breaks he pointed out are out of the AD's hands.

 

[Palos verdes]

You don't think D. Lee or Williams are talented? What about Dear if we need him there or the FR coming in in 4 star and highly touted Nick Gibson? I think we'll be fine at RB.

I think ARK could go 4-8. I see them starting 3-0, but I don't think they'll be favored in any game after the first three except for UT-Martin. They could go 0-8 in the SEC. All the pre-season hype could get to them as well. I'll go out and say they take 1 of 2 from UT and A&M and say they go 5-7 (1-7)

Saturday Sep. 5		UTEP Miners D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 12		Toledo Rockets War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 19		Texas Tech Red Raiders D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 26		Texas A&M Aggies AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 3		at Tennessee Volunteers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 10		at Alabama Crimson Tide Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 17	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday Oct. 24		Auburn Tigers D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 31		UT Martin Skyhawks D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 7		at Ole Miss Rebels Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 14		at LSU Tigers Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 21		Mississippi State Bulldogs D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 28		Missouri Tigers D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR

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4-8?..no. Arkansas was progressing in the last half of the season. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they will be very tough this year. They recruit great linemen, will have improved skill players, and probably the best one-two punch at RB in the league. They could potentially beat anyone in the west this year. I say 8-4 or 7-5 for them potentially going 4-4 in the league.

 

[Seinfeld]

Is that TE that burned us last year returning for them? I can't remember the dude's name, but that 17er turned into Rob Gronkowski out of nowhere for about 20 minutes last year.

 

[Seinfeld]

I don't know how they'll stack up against SEC defenses, but I'm glad that we've got all that young talent waiting in the wings. It's probably unfair for me to be approaching a verdict on Shump at this point in his brief career, but most good backs show you a spark even after limited carries, and I just haven't seen it from him yet.

 

[GloryDawg]

You don't think D. Lee or Williams are talented? What about Dear if we need him there or the FR coming in in 4 star and highly touted Nick Gibson? I think we'll be fine at RB.

I think ARK could go 4-8. I see them starting 3-0, but I don't think they'll be favored in any game after the first three except for UT-Martin. They could go 0-8 in the SEC. All the pre-season hype could get to them as well. I'll go out and say they take 1 of 2 from UT and A&M and say they go 5-7 (1-7)

Saturday Sep. 5		UTEP Miners D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 12		Toledo Rockets War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 19		Texas Tech Red Raiders D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Sep. 26		Texas A&M Aggies AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 3		at Tennessee Volunteers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 10		at Alabama Crimson Tide Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 17	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday Oct. 24		Auburn Tigers D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Oct. 31		UT Martin Skyhawks D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 7		at Ole Miss Rebels Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 14		at LSU Tigers Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 21		Mississippi State Bulldogs D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	TBA	Buy Tickets
Saturday Nov. 28		Missouri Tigers D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR

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Toledo is a giant fighter. Arkansas will struggle to beat them. I think they do because more talented.

 

[thf24]

I don't think they'll go 4-8, but I don't think they're going to be as good as most seem to think they'll be either. I don't see their offense being a whole lot better; their run game was already damn good and I just don't see a lot of room for improvement, and Brandon Allen will never be more than a decent game manager at QB. Also, their defense is losing a ton of production, and while the argument could be made that we're in the same boat, I'm not sure they have the depth to make up for it like I think we do. I wouldn't be incredibly surprised if they go 8-4, 9-3 like many seem are predicting just because of how far Bert exceed expectations with what he had to work with last year, but personally I think another 6-6 or 7-5 is most likely for them.

 

[patdog]

I do agree the SEC has done a terrible job of scheduling, especially since the expansion to 14 teams.

 

[aTotal360]

Agreed. Ark will be closer to 8-4 than 4-8.

 

[sandwolf.sixpack]

Is that TE that burned us last year returning for them? I can't remember the dude's name, but that 17er turned into Rob Gronkowski out of nowhere for about 20 minutes last year.

His name is Hunter Henry and he was just a sophomore last year. He had his best game against us last year (110 receiving yards), but he definitely didn't come out of nowhere......he had 513 receiving yards last year and 409 yards as a true freshman. For comparison, Malcolm Johnson had 391 yards in his best season.

 

[Shamoan]

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