One thing that should help for now...

[MSUDC11]

Four of our next five games are at home. We only play on the road once between now and November 10th.

I’m not saying that fixes everything, but some of the issues we showed on Saturday (namely penalties) can really spiral out of control on the road and are often lessened when you’re at home. With two straight night games, that should make for pretty electric atmospheres (the Auburn game may be somewhat dependent on if we beat Florida, but still).

We’ve got a long way to go, but if we can get on a little bit of a roll at home then we can get this thing back on track.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Four of our next five games are at home. We only play on the road once between now and November 10th.

I’m not saying that fixes everything, but some of the issues we showed on Saturday (namely penalties) can really spiral out of control on the road and are often lessened when you’re at home. With two straight night games, that should make for pretty electric atmospheres (the Auburn game may be somewhat dependent on if we beat Florida, but still).

We’ve got a long way to go, but if we can get on a little bit of a roll at home then we can get this thing back on track.

BIG if, but if we get it back together and find a way to win those two games we are back in the hunt. We can’t afford another loss.

 

[MSUDC11]

BIG if, but if we get it back together and find a way to win those two games we are back in the hunt. We can’t afford another loss.

I would say we can’t afford a loss to Florida. A loss to Auburn isn’t the end of the world, but it does mean the LSU and A&M games are basically must-win if you want to be anything better than 8-4.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I'm probably in the minority but getting out coached so badly bothered me as much or more than the penalties.

 

[Shmuley]

And try not to think about the UK game film in the hands of UF, Auburn, A&M, and LUS.

 

[philduckworth]

I'm probably in the minority but getting out coached so badly bothered me as much or more than the penalties.

That's what was so concerning to me. UK through a combination of alignment, pre-snap movement, and defensive calls were able to shut down our offense. Our coaching staff had no answer.

As for the rest of the season, it's just going to come down to our offensive staff correcting our protection issues. Matt Wyatt's film study showed there were plays to be made. We also dropped a couple of key passes. 1 was at the end of the first half that led to UK's TD. The other was on our first drive of the 2nd half that stalled a drive.

 

[Dr. Funke.sixpack]

I’m too lazy at the moment, but I wonder how his teams have been early in the season. We know about his 2016 PSU team.

He he struck me this weekend as someone who can develop a hell of a game plan once there is enough film, and when teams have shown how they are going to attack you.

BUT he may struggle with in-game adjustments or ‘drawing plays in the dirt.’

 

[Dr. Funke.sixpack]

Example: He mentioned not being able to give the LT help because they overloaded the other side. Why not use 2 back personnel with a TE to chip? Because we didn’t have that as a formation. Therefore he didn’t know how to put it in mid game.

 

[Seinfeld]

Another silver lining that I'll add is that if we were going to drop a conference game early in the season, there really wasn't one better than Kentucky.

1. It's early in the season which gives us plenty of time to recover
2. Since we're talking about a road game against a now 4-0 Kentucky team, the story is much more about non-MSU folks thinking that Kentucky is really good as opposed to MSU sucks
3. It's an East opponent, so if we find ways to somehow beat Auburn, A&M, and LSU, we're right back to being in great position in the conference overall.

All that said, lose to Florida this weekend, and I'd agree that 6-6 is very real possibility which is insanely pathetic considering the talent on this team

 

[fishwater99]

I'm probably in the minority but getting out coached so badly bothered me as much or more than the penalties.

^^^THIS

It was so glaring.

 

[RPOdawg]

Four of our next five games are at home. We only play on the road once between now and November 10th.

I’m not saying that fixes everything, but some of the issues we showed on Saturday (namely penalties) can really spiral out of control on the road and are often lessened when you’re at home. With two straight night games, that should make for pretty electric atmospheres (the Auburn game may be somewhat dependent on if we beat Florida, but still).

We’ve got a long way to go, but if we can get on a little bit of a roll at home then we can get this thing back on track.

Win the next two games at home and everything is back on track. Most expected us to lose at least 1 of our first 6 games (auburn). Let’s win the next 2, take a week off and prepare for a beatable LSU team while they play a hopeful bloodbath against UGA. One week at a time.