Predictions for the rest of the year

[notoriousD_O_G]

Kentucky
@Mizzou
Bama
@Arkansas
UM

Can this team get hot and make it to 9 wins?

 

[57stratdawg]

7-4 entering the EB. We'll split @Mizz and @Ark, lose to Bama.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

The Mizzou game has scared the hell out of me all season and I don't know why. We also never seem to play well in Arkansas.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Kentucky - W (80%). Best Kentucky team since Mullen came here. Glad we get them in Starkville.
@Mizzou - W (60%) If there's a team with a more anemic offense in SEC games than us, it's Mizzou (and Vandy too). Good defensive team, though.
Bama - L (10%) If we get the same breaks that UM got against them, we might win.
@Arkansas - Push (50%) This Arkansas team is a conundrum. They've played slightly below the level of their opposition almost every week.
UM - W (70%) The wheels will have fallen off before the turkey has been carved and the pumpkin pie devoured.

Arkansas is the key. If we beat Bama we might backdoor our way into the SECCG. Might.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

Kentucky--W
at Mizzou--W
Bama--L
at Arky--L
Egg Bowl--W

Finish up at 8-4, going to Music City Bowl, outside chance at Gator Bowl.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Bama is the only definite loss to me. All the rest are definitely winnable. I'll go 8-4.

 

[MeridianDog]

I want to be the first voice of craziness and say we only lose to Alabama and hit these last games 4/1. My belief is that Alabama is back on track. If I am going to be wrong as I usually am, I would rather be wrong about them.

 

[patdog]

I don't know why the Mizzou game scares you either. We are simply a better team than they are. We should win that game. We should go 4-1 in the last 5.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Yeah I know. Just those Thursday night games especially on the road in a place we havent been. We should have enough leadership to play well just have a bad feeling.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Alabama defense is stout, but they are still suspect at QB. I wouldn't give them the ring just yet.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

7-5. I think we'll have a 3 game losing streak in Mizz-Ark or Bama-Miss. Our lack of running game and giving up points early is disturbing. LaTech is good CUSA team, a power 5 team they are not. However, I tend to be pessimistic, thank you crxxm, and like to be surprised and happy when we win. If "good" State shows up to play in these last 5 games we have an outside shot at 4-1.

 

[WayboDawg]

If we beat Bama we might backdoor our way into the SECCG. Might.

Very unlikely. We have 2 conference losses already, so we would have to win out, and LSU would have to drop 3 of their last 4 games due to the Tigers owning the tie breaker over us. Good likelihood of them losing @ Tuscaloosa and maaaaaaaybe @ Oxford, but Arkansas and A&M are home games. Oh and A&M needs to have 2 more losses as well.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Coker took ownership of the Tide yesterday.

He's there to stay.

Don't sell him short.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Right now we should be favored in all of these games besides the Bama one.

 

[snoopdog]

Kentucky W 6-2
Missouri W 7-2
Alabama L 7-3
Arkansas W 8-3
Mississippi W 9-3
Outback Bowl W 10-3

 

[BELdog]

I'll be the lone lunatic and say we win out to finish 10-2.

UK is a good football team, but I don't see us losing at home.

Mizzou will be close, but I just don't see them hanging enough points on us to win it.

Arkansas is a dumpster fire, but that game will be close just because it's in Arkansas.

Bama should beat us like a drum, but I think our defense can keep this one close and maybe Dak works some magic in his last shot at Alabama.

Ole Miss is done. They are playing in Starkville and Dak ain't losing to Ole Miss on senior night.

 

[Bulldogg31]

I said after the TAMU loss we could get to 10 wins and got crushed by the neggy nellies on the board.

If we can figure out how to outscore Bama we'll get there. For once our schedule was front-loaded.

 

[Snog]

Don't give a f about any of em but the last one. If that team hasn't thrown in the towel by then, I'll be shocked. After last year I want to hang as many on those bastards as humanly possible. If Dan takes his foot off the gas I'm going to lose it and head to the bell tower.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

LSU would have to drop 3 of their last 4 games due to the Tigers owning the tie breaker over us. Good likelihood of them losing @ Tuscaloosa and maaaaaaaybe @ Oxford, but Arkansas and A&M are home games. Oh and A&M needs to have 2 more losses

That's not entirely correct. Obviously we would need to avoid any scenario that results in a head to head with LSU or aTm. We would have to get into a 3 or 4 team tie breaker with only one of LSU and aTm being involved in the tie breaker. For example...

Bama beats LSU. Mississippi beats LSU and aTm. We win out. That puts a 4 way tie at 6-2 between us, Bama, Mississippi and the winner of LSU vs aTm. 1st tiebreaker is combined head to head record among the tied teams. State and UM would be 2-1. Bama and LSU/aTm are 1-2 so they are eliminated. We win the head to head over UM.

I am not saying it's going to happen or likely to happen. Winning out will be a tall order and after yesterday UM winning both those games looks bleak but hey anything can happen.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

8-4. Outside chance of 10-2 if we keep improving our defense

 

[HaleStater]

Heh I got a chuckle out of that Snog. I agree! Don't ever take a knee against those bastards again.

 

[patdog]

Screw that. Of course I want to win the Egg Bowl. But I'd rather go 9-3 with that being our lone loss then go 7-5.

 

[FQDawg]

I know I'm a pessimist but I only see one more W...

I think if we show up, we beat Kentucky to get to six wins and then lose out. Winning on the road is tough and I think Missouri and Arkansas are decent enough teams that we'll have trouble there, especially since our offense is not as good as we thought it would be. Bama is better than us at every single position except QB and I think their defense will make our offense look as bad as it has all season. And those of you thinking OM will just throw in the towel and roll over by the end of the season are living in LaLa land. Under Freeze, they get up for two games a year - Bama and us, even if their fans don't want to admit it.

I think we end up 6-6 and in a bowl for the sixth straight year - which, for a school with our historical record, is no small feat.

 

[WhiteShepherd07]

Wait wait aren't we wearing black uni's this weekend?? If so then Kentucky is a toss up game as well.

 

[johnson86-1]

I think if we show up, we beat Kentucky to get to six wins and then lose out. Winning on the road is tough and I think Missouri and Arkansas are decent enough teams that we'll have trouble there, especially since our offense is not as good as we thought it would be. Bama is better than us at every single position except QB and I think their defense will make our offense look as bad as it has all season. And those of you thinking OM will just throw in the towel and roll over by the end of the season are living in LaLa land. Under Freeze, they get up for two games a year - Bama and us, even if their fans don't want to admit it.

I think we end up 6-6 and in a bowl for the sixth straight year - which, for a school with our historical record, is no small feat.

At worst, we have toss up games against UK, Mizzou, Arkansas, and UM left. As poorly as we have played, I just find it hard to believe a Mullen coached team with a senior Dak won't split those four games, especially considering two of them are at home. I think we take care of UK and Mizzou. I'd put our chances at losing to arkansas somewhere around 60-65% and UM is a toss up to me.