3 Wins - Where do we get them?

[Dawgg]

So we need 3 more wins to get bowl eligible.

Assuming we don't lay an egg against La Tech, that means we need 2 SEC wins:

Auburn
At LSU
Texas A&M
At Alabama
Arkansas
at Ole Miss

Before the Kentucky game, I would have given us LSU, Texas A&M, and Arkansas as probable wins.
Auburn was always going to be tough, but we had them at home.
Even the wooliest among us thought Bama was almost definitely going to be a loss.
Egg Bowl at Ole Miss - who the hell knows?

After the past two weeks, I'm leaning more towards probable losses to Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M, and of course Alabama.
Arkansas is the only trainwreck worse than us in the SEC West right now. At least we're winning our non-con games.
I want to believe we beat Ole Miss, but it's in Oxford, and seeing as how any idiot can apparently shut down this offense, Fred McGriff's dumb *** might too.

I'm thinking our likeliest path to 6 wins is La Tech, Arkansas, and Ole Miss.
This means we're going into the La Tech game 3-5 and needing to win 3 of the last 4 games.

Is my wool shaved a little too close?

 

[Duke Humphrey]

LA Tech may be better than Arkansas.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

La Tech is going to be the team that breaks us. He'll lose the fan base after that loss, and right now I'm putting it at 50/50.

 

[wsjmsu75]

LA Tech may be better than Arkansas.

Arkansas was competitive with A&M. They may get better as the season goes on. Perish the thought.

 

[Dawg1976]

It would be great to win 3 games but it's conceivable the only 3 we see from here on out is the 3-9 in our final W/L tally.

 

[Dawgg]

LA Tech may be better than Arkansas.

They beat UNT who whipped Arkansas like a government mule, so that's actually kinda hard to argue.

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

We might look more competitive (less clueless) in the La Tech and Pig Sooie games, but actually winning them is another matter.
Five wins at the most, but perhaps JoMo shot his wad already this year. Three may be all we get.
Maybe he'll figure it out before next year. Hail State!

 

[SHTRSFUL]

lose to Auburn, get arse raped by LSU and Bama, lose to A&M, beat La tech, and pig sooiie, toss up on the battle for the egg.... not to confident in that one either, finish 5-7

 

[Dawgg]

La Tech is going to be the team that breaks us. He'll lose the fan base after that loss, and right now I'm putting it at 50/50.

It feels weird, right? But the way this offense is playing, I can't even be confident about homecoming.

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

At this rate everyone will probably beat us until we figure out how to complete a forward pass. I am going to give JoMo the benefit of the doubt and say that it's more the defenses we've been playing, rather than the play-calling, that's making us not run as much.

People are bring 8 in the box and we can't do anything to make them stop doing that, at present.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

I am going to give JoMo the benefit of the doubt and say that it's more the defenses we've been playing, rather than the play-calling, that's making us not run as much.

We haven't played an elite SEC defense, yet. If he can't call plays to successfully run on KY and FL, we are 17'd when we roll into Tuscaloosa and Baton Rouge. Might have net negative yardage those games. Dude better nut up and realize this is big boy football.

 

[HumpDawgy]

La. Tech, arky, and then we have to beat either a&m or the sharks.

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

We haven't played an elite SEC defense, yet. If he can't call plays to successfully run on KY and FL, we are 17'd when we roll into Tuscaloosa and Baton Rouge. Might have net negative yardage those games. Dude better nut up and realize this is big boy football.

I agree. Our only hope is that we find some wrinkle in the passing game that works.

At the end of the day, football coaching X/Os isn't that hard, especially in college. I personally think we give these offensive 'gurus' too much credit. The games are won on the recruiting trail, and in the way you motivate your players.

 

[Dawgcap]

Never been more pissed after a trip to Lexington and then the **** show Saturday. But 1 catch and we win this past week. We will never hit the National expectations we dream but as sad as and pissed as I am I truly believe we win 7-8.
Look if I’m wrong slam me but I believe on Monday that we can do it. Saturday I said 5. We turn this around. I’ve seen way more bad times than good but I’ve never seen bad and good like I have in these games we’ve played so far.
I expect a change in the offense and I am straight up calling a win this week! Shoot me or call me stupid but to really look stupid I’ll be in Baton Rouge for our 5th win!
Hammer me when I’m wrong but damnit I expect props when I’m right!!! I’m calling it now

 

[tenureplan]

If we are only talking 3 wins, I dont want them. I would rather lose out than go 6-6

 

[DAWG61]

If we are only talking 3 wins, I dont want them. I would rather lose out than go 6-6

Terrible. Don Muffins went 5-7 and barely beat Miami of Ohio in the Who Gives A **** bowl game two years ago.

 

[Bruce Dakinson]

I say Alabama, A&M, LSU

 

[Dawgg]

Hammer me when I’m wrong but damnit I expect props when I’m right!!! I’m calling it now

Yeah, about that...

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[Dawgg]

If we are only talking 3 wins, I dont want them. I would rather lose out than go 6-6

Do you see more than 3?

 

[tenureplan]

Ask me Sunday

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Im as pessimistic as anyone but our defense alone could beat latech, ark, and tsun

 

[DawgInThe256]

At the Hump

 

[Dawgzilla]

Has everyone forgotten that this offense runs pretty well against ****** defenses? I don't know at what point a defense becomes ****** enough for us to score 30+ points, but we have already faced 3 of those.

 

[patdog]

Has everyone forgotten that this offense runs pretty well against ****** defenses?

Or maybe this offense was running pretty well at the beginning of the season, but the wheels have fallen off the last 2 weeks. There's more going on here than we just ran into a couple of great defenses.

 

[Dawgzilla]

That is something that should be reparable then. The O-line looks completely lost, and I don't see how they could go from being a cohesive unit to completely lost in a week's time. What that "more" is that is going on, needs to be corrected and quickly.

BTW, I never said we ran into a couple of "great" defenses. I simply implied they were not ****** enough for our offense to work properly.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

At this rate everyone will probably beat us until we figure out how to complete a forward pass. I am going to give JoMo the benefit of the doubt and say that it's more the defenses we've been playing, rather than the play-calling, that's making us not run as much.

People are bring 8 in the box and we can't do anything to make them stop doing that, at present.

Forward Pass? What the hell is that?

 

[tenureplan]

Go 17 yourself and enjoy Birmingham