Fitz.

[BKCBully]

Has had at least 20 td passes dropped and still is tied for the lead in total touchdowns in the sec this year.

 

[PBRME]

A good number of those were early in the Bama game.

 

[57stratdawg]

That seems a little high.

 

[msstate7]

That seems a little high.

18... I went back and counted**

Really I have no idea, but I can remember Ross dropping 2 in the lsu game and 1 in OT vs byu that could've completely changed our season. Oh well...

 

[RightOfCenter]

You could add the ones where guys were wide open and he overshot that should have been easy touchdowns.

If only he could those back. I think he has come a long way.

 

[coach66]

I'd say he has had probably 7 or 8 sure TD's dropped. Fitz is going to be

something special and I laugh when I think about how a bunch of folks on this board were railing against him and even going as far to
suggest Williams should be the guy.

The reason we are not bowling this year is Mullen's mismanagement of the QB situation. He should have named Fitz the starter after spring but
he didn't and he allowed Williams to politic with the team and before you know it most of the team was supporting Williams. I think this dynamic really
hurt us this year. Just my opinion.

 

[coach66]

Ole Miss is going to scheme this week to stop Fitz. They are going to hit him

every change they get much like they did Dak and are going to try and intimidate him. I hope we counter with a good plan and I hope we make them earn
every yard they get on offense, don't give up big plays and spy Patterson like Vandy did.

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

He has definitely come a long way and Mullen can/will turn him into an extremely good SEC quarterback over the next two seasons. Look what Mullen did with Relf. I loved the Relf Coast offense. Imagine how good Fitz could be with a legit offensive line and a tailback that weighs more than 155 pounds. And if Fitz goes down, I'm confident Mullen will have Tiano ready. QB play is not and has not been a problem ever under Dan Mullen. Crappy gulf south conference level offensive line talent and tissue paper defense has been the problem.

You could add the ones where guys were wide open and he overshot that should have been easy touchdowns.

If only he could those back. I think he has come a long way.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Fitz was clearly not ready at the start of the season, even when chosen as starter, it usually took him 1.5 quarters to settle down, often after we were out of the game. Every time a QB has a breakout season, someone says that the coach should have settled on him earlier.

 

[RightOfCenter]

I agree that they will be borderline dirty and scheme to stop him. But, wouldn't they have done the same planning for Ralph Web of Vanderbilt? Dude has a hurt leg and still ran for 120+ and they made the quarterback look like Tom Brady.

I agree with you 100% on the scheme. I just think they are missing an Elston,Hilton, or Johnson to execute it like years past. Fadol or speaks, maybe. Hope I am right.

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah, agree on Patterson. Make him drive the field seems like the key. They're pretty banged up and I'll be surprised if Engram plays.

I have a feeling we're going to be pissed to watch how far behind Vanderbilt we are on the defensive side of the ball though.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Let me ask a question, if you were an Ole Miss fan and I said MSU was going to come up with scheme to stop Shea Patterson, would you be concerned? Of course not because our defense has been terrible. We give up five more total yards per game than them. I don't think either team is going to all of a sudden figure out how to "out-scheme" the other team's offense.

 

[Junction John]

I hope we counter with a good plan

Gameplanning in a game we need to win has not been Dan's strong suit.

 

[philduckworth]

Let me ask a question, if you were an Ole Miss fan and I said MSU was going to come up with scheme to stop Shea Patterson, would you be concerned? Of course not because our defense has been terrible. We give up five more total yards per game than them. I don't think either team is going to all of a sudden figure out how to "out-scheme" the other team's offense.

Wommack has really had Dan's number. He knows the proper way to attack Dan's offense.

 

[msstate7]

Wommack has really had Dan's number. He knows the proper way to attack Dan's offense.

True, but Wommack had vandy's number too...

'14 -- 3 point
'15 -- 16 points
'16 -- 38 points

Same for lsu...

'14 -- 10 points
'15 -- 17 points
'16 -- 38 points

OM just isn't a good defense and if we don't light up the score board, I'm gonna really question Mullen barring multiple TOs

 

[KurtRambis4]

The fact that we had idiots

claiming he was a bust, essentially, early in the season (while not surprising), was an absolute joke. He has some things to work on but the guy came into State having thrown under 100 passes in games (high school). To suggest he would not have mistakes in his first year as a starter in the toughest league in CFB, was dumb. What he's ended up doing is really just another feather in Dan's cap, and he'll only get better.

 

[coach66]

Had he been ordained as the starter in Spring and given the maximum number of

snaps during Spring and Summer I argue he would have been more ready and his confidence and the teams confidence would have been better. I truly believe this, seen it happen too many times before.

We had serious dissent on this team when the season started around who should be QB. It is difficult to measure how destructive it was but it was significant.

 

[patdog]

Wommack pretty much had everyone's number in 14, 15, and 16. He just doesn't have the players this year and he's not a good enough coach to mask that. Was discussing with a Bear yesterday how he's a lot like Dunn was. Could have some ungodly defenses when he had elite talent, and some awful defenses when he didn't.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

Yea. Dan sure has produced a gem of a season this year.

***********

The offensive performances against USA, LSU, BYU, and Bama were nothing short of spectacular.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

The keys to this game wont allow for a ton of pts. If you want 40pts we will likely lose. The winning strategy has ahead 27-16....its a clock control, run heavy, wear them down kinda game....if we stick to a run game and pound their defense for 3qtrs we may score 20 in the 4th.

 

[josebrown]

snaps during Spring and Summer I argue he would have been more ready and his confidence and the teams confidence would have been better. I truly believe this, seen it happen too many times before.

We had serious dissent on this team when the season started around who should be QB. It is difficult to measure how destructive it was but it was significant.

You are right on the money, I believe.. I just couldn't believe they kept saying 4 qb's were splitting snaps until Staley left, then it was 3 qb's splitting snaps equally. So whoever was to become our QB only got 25% and then 33% of snaps in practice. You just should expect dissension among the team picking favorites, and lack of work coming into basically whoever the QB is gonna be coming into the season. Just made no sense to me..

 

[KurtRambis4]

Not your best

trolling effort, Einstein.

 

[boatsandhoes]

I tend to agree with you nearly all the time.

I also think anyone who watched the first half of USA thinking this is gonna be our guy at QB was panicking. I agree everyone tends to overreact in today's time. He needed time, but early in that game I thought this guy is not going to be able to get it done no matter how much time we give him.

Looking back, "we" found....er decided to finally play Aries, fitz found his niche, the oline improved some, and the defense found the strength to preform about like a stomped ant hill.

 

[KurtRambis4]

early in that game I thought this guy is not going to be able to get it done no matter how much time we give him

So about 20 passes into the kid's college career, you thought a converted WR had no shot, under Mullen's tutelage?

 

[Rezdog]

Has had at least 20 td passes dropped and still is tied for the lead in total touchdowns in the sec this year.

I love Fitz and I'm glad he is our QB but he has also overthrown about 20 touchdowns too.

 

[Digging dog]

Fitz is going to break a lot of Dak's records. Let that sink in.