We actually played decent

[dannyripms]

I know we loss and it looked bad but other than 4 plays we did ok. The offensive line sucks big time and if we had a better line we probably would have won this game. The defense played great they had a couple of mental mistakes and that is all. We moved the ball on them pretty good too. Just couldn't put it in the end zone. All that being said, I think we lose out. Offensive line is just god awful. Fire hervsey now

 

[MaroonNation]

:crickets:

 

[aTotal360]

We never got in the endzone and we lost by 4 scores. We sucked at everything. Tackling, offense, and special teams.

 

[BhamDawg91]

I know we loss and it looked bad but other than 4 plays we did ok. The offensive line sucks big time and if we had a better line we probably would have won this game. The defense played great they had a couple of mental mistakes and that is all. We moved the ball on them pretty good too. Just couldn't put it in the end zone. All that being said, I think we lose out. Offensive line is just god awful. Fire hervsey now

Seriously? That makes about as much sense as most of the callers to the finebaum shown ...really.

 

[dannyripms]

4 plays, 4 touchdowns. That is all. We out gained them and defense created a bunch of 3 and outs.

 

[MarkDallas]

I actually sort of agree. We did not come out of the tunnel and get blown off the field for 3 quarters before getting our act together. We came to play and got beat by a better team. They broke some big plays that killed us.

I do think we could have made some adjustments on offense that would have mitigated the poor line play. We certainly should have scored more than 6. But overall the effort and execution was there.

My assessment is that we are a step behind Alabama in most facets and had to catch some breaks to have a chance. They are certainly a superior team. But the gap between us and the SEC elite is smaller than it has been in a long while.

 

[ASEDawg19]

4 plays, 4 touchdowns. That is all. We out gained them and defense created a bunch of 3 and outs.

I don't think many are complaining about defense. 6 points on offense is pathetic especially considering we out gained them, and that falls squarely on Mullen. As someone else pointed out MTSU at least scored a touchdown on them. Let that sink in...

 

[Bulldogg31]

I agree. For much of the game we played snap for snap with the most complete them in the country. They didn't sustain long drives, just beat us on big plays. Four times.

That said, we're not ready for prime time. Still a few big uglies short of winning games like this.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I agree. For much of the game we played snap for snap with the most complete them in the country. They didn't sustain long drives, just beat us on big plays. Four times.

That said, we're not ready for prime time. Still a few big uglies short of winning games like this.

I'm still pissed & disappointed, but I think I agree with this. But, that could just be the beer & the State fan masochistic hope in me.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

We have got to fix the open field 1 on 1 tackling problem. If we don't the Egg Bowl could be very rough for us. The whole Ole Miss offense is based on throwing a short pass and making a tackler miss and getting a lot of YAC.

Jackie Sherrill used to say that there are usually 7 to 10 "Big plays" in each game and if you want to win games you better have the majority of this "Big plays".

I think that is very true in this game, yeah we dominated time of possession, first downs, and total yardage but Bama won the "Big plays". 1. The 4th and goal stop. 2. The Punt return TD. 3. The missed tackle Pass TD. 4. The missed tackle Run TD. 5. Well any of the 9 sacks. About the only one that MSU got was the pass to Donald Grey.

 

[dannyripms]

That's exactly what I'm trying to say, most folks here act like we played horrible in all areas. If we had a great offensive line I believe we win this game. Got to make those open field tackles though. I swear on Henry first long run number 20 acted like he purposely took a bad angle so he wouldn't have to hit Henry with a head of speed. Believe it or not I feel like as a program we are getting better. We need to continue to win 8-10 games every year and change the perception of our program. People need to look up past great coaches and see how long it was before they won it all. Bobby bowden took over 30 years to win it all, same with a lot of others. I'd like to see us pick up the recruiting and I'm hoping being consistently winning will help that.

But we CANNOT lose to the bears this year, that's a deal breaker.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

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