Dan Always 17's Up a Close Game

[121Josey]

Center the 17 ball if you are going to center the 17 ball.

 

[tatedog]

Yeah I was wondering why we were moving the ball to the left since he just missed left...

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Yep. Horrible angle.

I saw it coming but surely, surely that wouldn't happen, right?

 

[121Josey]

It came after a TO. No excuse. And they had two players injured and we blow our 2nd TO.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

17 me in the goat ***! What the 17 was that? The entire game was odd. Let's give the Meltdown Weekend Wrap up, or whatever it's called something to use. There goes the argument for Dan to never lose the games he's expected to win.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I think he called it to end up in the middle. But Williams didn't go down. And the whistle wasn't blown until he was dragged left.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That's what happened. He wanted it centered but Williams got pushed to the side.

 

[121Josey]

That's what happened. He wanted it centered but Williams got pushed to the side.

Take.a.knee.

 

[Original48]

ZERO excuse. Take a knee in the middle. Horrible. But that didn't lose it. The fact that we have 95 pound starting running back and a receiver who can't catch starting at corner says it all.

 

[121Josey]

ZERO excuse. Take a knee in the middle. Horrible. But that didn't lose it. The fact that we have 95 pound starting running back and a receiver who can't catch starting at corner says it all.

Holloway played a heck of a game. But the rest of the box score is telling. Look past the first 3 carriers.

Mississippi State Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Damian Williams	12	93	7.8	0	23
Brandon Holloway	11	48	4.4	1	20
Fred Ross	1	46	46.0	0	46
Keith Mixon	2	17	8.5	0	13
Ashton Shumpert	3	14	4.7	0	6
Aeris Lavontae Williams	2	12	6.0	0	8
Nick Dylan Fitzgerald	2	11	5.5	0	6
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
TEAM	34	239	7.0	1	46

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[CochiseCowbell]

Good point. Hadn't thought of that.

 

[VillagepeopleDogs]

Mullen has not always 17'ed up but our kicking game has. I'm not sure I can count the # of games we've lost during the Mullen era because we have not had a reliable field goal kicker. No excuse for that to cost us games over the last 7 years.

 

[FlotownDawg]

We haven't had a clutch kicker since Westerfield. I think the last game winning field goal we made at the end was the 1999 Egg Bowl.

 

[121Josey]

Mullen has not always 17'ed up but our kicking game has. I'm not sure I can count the # of games we've lost during the Mullen era because we have not had a reliable field goal kicker. No excuse for that to cost us games over the last 7 years.

Like LSU 2015 when he doesn't call a TO to take us out of FG range? And then subs in the punter for the K?

On top of everything else, today he calls a bubble screen that lost yards and cost a TO.

 

[boatsandhoes]

so, shumpert and holloway were the leading ball carriers (other than qb) in terms of attempts?

should tell you all you need to know. williams got 2......smh.

 

[VillagepeopleDogs]

No excuse for a field goal kicker to miss an extra point field goal. Or a 40 yarder.

 

[121Josey]

No excuse for a field goal kicker to miss an extra point field goal. Or a 40 yarder.

Reliable kicker = automatic from 40 yards (or 28 yd extra points from the left hash)**

Mullen has not always 17'ed up but our kicking game has. I'm not sure I can count the # of games we've lost during the Mullen era because we have not had a reliable field goal kicker. No excuse for that to cost us games over the last 7 years.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Dan should get the blame for everything else, but I can't blame him for the field goal. The ball was even with the left goal post, not on the hash. An SEC kicker should make a 28 yard field goal from that spot 100 out of 100 times. No excuse. Of course the game should not have come down to a field goal anyway, and that is 100% on Dan.

 

[121Josey]

Dan should get the blame for everything else, but I can't blame him for the field goal. The ball was even with the left goal post, not on the hash. An SEC kicker should make a 28 yard field goal from that spot 100 out of 100 times. No excuse. Of course the game should not have come down to a field goal anyway, and that is 100% on Dan.

You might want to relive the misery there. http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17457034