What I liked:
1) Kylin Hill....don't feel the need to elaborate. I still think Aeris will have a chance to contribute at some point this season.
2) Healthy Fitz. He ran the ball the well and was physical. Looked like he was back to his former self.
3) Receiving corp is better. On the 3rd and long Guidry really turned on the jets to pick up the 1st. It was a nice flash of explosiveness. If he can establish some rapport with Fitz then watch out. Our receiving corp definitely have a higher ceiling than last year.
4) Defense is as good as advertised. We physically dominated that game and by the 2 half you could tell that we had imposed our will. Not only are the starters on our d-line good, but the guys that come in behind them are also really good. As this season goes on the depth is really going to pay off.
What I didn't like:
1) We tried to blame Fitz's numbers last season on the WRs. I think he is just not that accurate. He was recruited to play in Mullen's system and he is dangerous in that system, but I am not sure he will ever reach 65% mark or have an accurate deep ball. Having said that, I haven't given up hope yet....
2) Pre-snap penalties. Gotta clean that crap up.
3) Starters in on the kickoff team. Dantzler went down on a kickoff and Abrams got a penalty that will put him out next week. Kickoffs are some of the most dangerous plays in football and it would be a shame to lose one of our best cover corners because they went down on a kickoff. Abrams is suspended next game. His suspension could be of been bad if we were playing a decent team next week. Glad we are playing UL and not UofA.
Overall:
Nice game to watch. We dominated. It is amazing to see people on board who think the sky is falling. We have crushed our first 2 opponents this season and there is no reason we shouldn't win our next 2 games to start 4-0. We couldn't throw last year and still won 9 games. We returned most our starters and Hill adds another dimension to the offense that we didn't have last season. I guess decades of pessimism as a MS State fan is hard to shake. I still see no reason this team shouldn't win 10 games and compete in the West. Florida game is going to be our first test. Their offense is much improved under Don Mullings.
1) Kylin Hill....don't feel the need to elaborate. I still think Aeris will have a chance to contribute at some point this season.
2) Healthy Fitz. He ran the ball the well and was physical. Looked like he was back to his former self.
3) Receiving corp is better. On the 3rd and long Guidry really turned on the jets to pick up the 1st. It was a nice flash of explosiveness. If he can establish some rapport with Fitz then watch out. Our receiving corp definitely have a higher ceiling than last year.
4) Defense is as good as advertised. We physically dominated that game and by the 2 half you could tell that we had imposed our will. Not only are the starters on our d-line good, but the guys that come in behind them are also really good. As this season goes on the depth is really going to pay off.
What I didn't like:
1) We tried to blame Fitz's numbers last season on the WRs. I think he is just not that accurate. He was recruited to play in Mullen's system and he is dangerous in that system, but I am not sure he will ever reach 65% mark or have an accurate deep ball. Having said that, I haven't given up hope yet....
2) Pre-snap penalties. Gotta clean that crap up.
3) Starters in on the kickoff team. Dantzler went down on a kickoff and Abrams got a penalty that will put him out next week. Kickoffs are some of the most dangerous plays in football and it would be a shame to lose one of our best cover corners because they went down on a kickoff. Abrams is suspended next game. His suspension could be of been bad if we were playing a decent team next week. Glad we are playing UL and not UofA.
Overall:
Nice game to watch. We dominated. It is amazing to see people on board who think the sky is falling. We have crushed our first 2 opponents this season and there is no reason we shouldn't win our next 2 games to start 4-0. We couldn't throw last year and still won 9 games. We returned most our starters and Hill adds another dimension to the offense that we didn't have last season. I guess decades of pessimism as a MS State fan is hard to shake. I still see no reason this team shouldn't win 10 games and compete in the West. Florida game is going to be our first test. Their offense is much improved under Don Mullings.
