If Fitz doesn't break his ankle...

[DawgStripes]

If Fitz doesn't break his ankle on Thursday night how different would the world be right now?
-Probably blow out OM in Egg Bowl
-Citrus Bowl berth
-Does Dan stay?
-Does Matt Luke go?
-Is water still wet?
-Any other possibilities?

As I was walking out of Davis Wade Thursday night I said to my brother in law, "What if this win gets Matt Luke the job for good?" I was not thinking they would really do it....


So, dare I say it.......The Egg Bowl loss.....was a good thing.......

 

[Jgbishop]

If it’s a good thing, does ole miss rue the day?

 

[Dawgg]

If Fitz doesn't break his ankle on Thursday night.....

We score at least four more points...

 

[msstatelp1]

So, dare I say it.......The Egg Bowl loss.....was a good thing.......

I think it will turn out to be a very good thing. Mullen had either burned out or hit his ceiling here. We weren't going to get any better with Dan as coach. Change is sometimes a good thing and I think it will be in this case.

 

[CookieMonster.sixpack]

Fitz's ankle

If Fitz doesn't break his ankle on Thursday night how different would the world be right now?
-Probably blow out OM in Egg Bowl
-Citrus Bowl berth
-Does Dan stay?
-Does Matt Luke go?
-Is water still wet?
-Any other possibilities?

As I was walking out of Davis Wade Thursday night I said to my brother in law, "What if this win gets Matt Luke the job for good?" I was not thinking they would really do it....


So, dare I say it.......The Egg Bowl loss.....was a good thing.......

Had nothing to do with Mullen leaving. He was trying to leave after 2015 and couldn't leave after a losing season in 2016. The preparedness of the administration to replace him confirms he was ready to bolt.

Also, Luke was always going to be the coach. No one was going to sign up for that job.

We probably are playing in a way better bowl game though.

In my opinion, 45-0 was the only time an Egg Bowl loss was a good thing.

 

[patdog]

I agree. Mullen did an outstanding job at MSU, but it probably was time for a change for both his sake and ours. This could turn out like Richt going from UGA to Miami. A good move for everyone involved.

 

[Shamoan]

we probably win the eb, but mullen uses the chance to squeeze another 1.5 mil out of us...luke would not be hc, someone else hires moorhead and finds success, mullen bails to the next open job next year after we finish the season 10-2.

 

[bulldognation]

Let’s look way back. The last couple of seasons under Jackie felt like he had checked out. Then along comes Crxxm and we go into a shell offensively. The results are painful.
Dan comes in and lights up the offense and we start winning again. But outside of 2014, we’ve only ever finished 4th or 5th in the SECW under Dan. So yeah we were consistently winning but still not reaching our potential.
Hopefully Moorhead can take us to the next level. I think the environment is primed for him to come in and dominate the State.

 

[tatedog]

Does Neal McCready make a total jackass of himself before slinking off social media like a coward for a few weeks?

 

[WilCoDawg]

^^^this. We were paying millions and willing to pay more to a coach who couldn’t get us beyond being middle of the pack in the West.

 

[HomeBoyDawg]

Nah. Fitz dislocating his ankle and State losing the Egg Bowl was not a good thing. Luke gets OM head coach job regardless. Mullen leaves regardless. Had we won, we'd be sitting right outside the Top 10 and, with a major bowl win, we'd likely end up in the final Top 10. In addition, Fitz probably breaks single season QB rushing record previously held by Cam Newton (he almost assuredly breaks it if bowl games count). Not going to kid myself--no upside IMO to our losing the Egg Bowl.

 

[Dawg1979]

If Fitz doesn't break his ankle on Thursday night how different would the world be right now?
-Probably blow out OM in Egg Bowl
-Citrus Bowl berth
-Does Dan stay?
-Does Matt Luke go?
-Is water still wet?
-Any other possibilities?

As I was walking out of Davis Wade Thursday night I said to my brother in law, "What if this win gets Matt Luke the job for good?" I was not thinking they would really do it....


So, dare I say it.......The Egg Bowl loss.....was a good thing.......

it was a very good thing. we get a great upgrade in coaching plus they keep Fatt Luke. win/win. get ready to be a top team for years with this guy. Franklin is going to hate losing him.

 

[Dog316]

If Fitz doesn't break his ankle on Thursday . . .


So, dare I say it.......The Egg Bowl loss.....was a good thing.......[/QUOTE


Did Nick break his ankle? Or did om break his ankle on purpose?

And Fitz having his ankle broken was not a good thing no matter how you spin it.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

Hard as it is to understand why Mullen would leave what he had coming back in 18, that 500K buyout tells me he was going anytime, and he was ready to leave. Maybe he meant to in 15 it just didn't work out. I think he wanted to leave after Dak graduated, but he didn't have a chance to go to what he thought was a good program. Either way I like the guy we got. If he makes a decent DC hire, and finds some south eastern guys to make connections for him i think we will be fine. Moorhead definitely seems like an upgrade as far as offense goes.