Looking at the bigger picture

[jdbulldog]

I felt winning 1 of the first 3 SEC games was necessary for a successful season. We still have plenty to play for. Fix it during the bye week and reset mentally and physically. 8 wins can happen.

 

[thekimmer]

Yeah but two absolute skull draggings?

I felt winning 1 of the first 3 SEC games was necessary for a successful season. We still have plenty to play for. Fix it during the bye week and reset mentally and physically. 8 wins can happen.

I can live with getting beat two out of three of those games. Its tough to deal with getting absolutely destroyed in two of them.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Yes, it's not that we lost...it's that we had no chance from the opening kick off and barely competed.

 

[tatedog]

Joe Alleva has to get an assist on the LSU win.

 

[myusernamesucks]

Plenty to play for? The ****?? We’re not going to Atlanta, nobody gives a **** about some worthless bowl.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I can live with getting beat two out of three of those games. Its tough to deal with getting absolutely destroyed in two of them.

We overreacted after the first 3 games, so I'm not gonna overreact after playing these last 2. Let's at least see how we play against conference teams that don't have elite defenses.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

My bigger picture includes Coach O in Baton Rouge for next year. With or without Mullens and his imbecilic sidekick.

 

[57stratdawg]

I agree. Bye week coming up. Hopefully Rankins’ ankle isn’t broken. Next 2 are home games which need to be Ws.

5-2 going into a winnable TAM. That’ll be a big game for both programs.

 

[missouridawg]

I can live with getting beat two out of three of those games. Its tough to deal with getting absolutely destroyed in two of them.

Im not happy either, but UGA and AU are going to win 20+ games between the two. I expect Auburn to go 10-2 or 9-3 and UGA to go 10-2 or 11-1. At the end of November, we could be looking at 9-3 or 8-4 with losses to 3 top 10 teams, 2 of those on the road. I'd be happy with that.

 

[patdog]

If all you care about is if we make it to the SECCG, you may as well just go ahead and shoot yourself now. Bama, LSU or Auburn have been 21 times out of 25 from the SEC West. And 1 of the times they didn't make it, it was only because Bama was on probation.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

Plenty to play for? The ****?? We’re not going to Atlanta, nobody gives a **** about some worthless bowl.

You should find a new hobby... Following Mississippi State football ain't for you.

 

[BossDawg78]

Plenty to play for? The ****?? We’re not going to Atlanta, nobody gives a **** about some worthless bowl.

Hell I do. Don't get me wrong, I'd LOVE to make it to Atlanta, but at the very least 6 wins and a bowl and I wouldn't think the season was a complete failure. Believe me, I hate saying this because it's pretty typical of State fans, but there a LOTS of teams in much worse shape than us. 17 it, I want a bowl.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Plenty to play for? The ****?? We’re not going to Atlanta, nobody gives a **** about some worthless bowl.

I would love to go to Atlanta again, but if you are an MSU fan and that is all you care about, you are in for a long and mostly disappointed life.

 

[Dawg1976]

Probably not for me either. I'm tired of these *** whippings. Who cares if we go 8-4 but have 3-4 games where we are beaten by 30-40 points?

 

[Go Budaw]

Hopefully Rankins’ ankle isn’t broken.

Honestly, the Rankin injury doesn't matter. I hope he's not hurt bad, but there is no one left on the schedule in which whether we have him makes or breaks us. Bama is gonna abuse whoever we have out there at LT and every other OL position, and there are no relevant pass rushers or defenses in general for any of the 6 remaining other teams. You could almost argue it to be a blessing in disguise that Eiland gets a little experience for next year.

 

[patdog]

I expect Auburn to go 10-2 or 9-3 and UGA to go 10-2 or 11-1.

Agree with your post except I'd bump UGA up a game. If they lose a game, it'll be a big upset.

 

[kendesu]

Fans overreact to individual games. After we beat LSU people thought we would roll into the Alabama game undefeated. After these last two losses, some people have decided that we're not a good team. I think we still have a good chance to win 8 or 9 games. And I would have taken that before the season. Especially considering we should be better next year.

 

[drt7891]

I think my overreaction comes from all the hype. I want to be hyped up thinking we have a chance to roll in and compete our hearts out against a really good team in a meaningful game... But most of the time we look like garbage and we done after 3 drive and I just cut the game off (after it's 14-0 or 21-0). Its like Mullen isn't interested in having our team play like they want to win these kinds of games and it shows. Before the end of the first quarter I knew we were done.

It's frustrating as hell to roll into Bama week or something similar and hear constant hype from every angle and up until kickoff, believing... Only to be put out of the game halfway through the first half. These last two games have been every Bama game made over in Mullens tenure (except 2014) and it sucks.

 

[MaroonNation]

I agree. The university and fans have given Mullen everything he has asked for. In year 9 of his tenure, regrdless of opponent and location, we should not be getting blown out of conference games like this. We don’t expect wins against these teams but we do expect to be competitive and Mullen is nothing but a spectator in all of it. It’s time for him to deliver something other than the same ****.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

You never seem to amaze how annoying you can increasingly become.

 

[pmack65]

It's not so much about losing to better teams as it's how we've lost. We've played like garbage especially this game and not just in one area but the whole team. I had hoped we would've been competitive against auburn but all phases of the game sucked. How you have 7 false starts , drop who knows how many passes , get burned on defense like toast, can't block air (Heavesy needs to go for the 9th year in row) and horrible passing is beyond me. It was like we didn't make a single correction from last week. Frustrating not to see any improvement.