Yahoo's Pete Thamel with a Mullen article...

[Maroon Eagle]

Link.

 

[kired]

lol, "they could be a preseason top-10 team next year"

He's obviously not familiar with our history of preseason rankings...

 

[missouridawg]

It’s going to be really awesome when the local SEC media picks us last in the West and some national guys have us top20 and 2nd or 3rd in the West.

 

[hatfieldms]

Pre season top ten

And the SEC media still picks us last in the West at media days

 

[aTotal360]

We'll be picked 4th in the West by everyone. They'll finally concede we might be better than OM and Ark. But be damned if we're better than ATM or LSU. We could beat them 9 times in a row and they'll still have those 2 schools over us.

 

[ShrubDog]

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[Willow Grove Dawg]

Please don't allow Rosebowl to write an article predicting the outcome of the 2018 season!

 

[Original48]

We'll be picked 4th in the West by everyone. They'll finally concede we might be better than OM and Ark. But be damned if we're better than ATM or LSU. We could beat them 9 times in a row and they'll still have those 2 schools over us.

And if we are then it’s because they are down contributing to our being one of the best worst teams in the West.

 

[57stratdawg]

“His buyout to leave is tiny”. Hmm

 

[EngDawg]

[FONT=&quot]as assistant coach John Hevesy’s unit is No. 3 nationally with just five sacks allowed the entire season.[/FONT]

. This should make heads explode.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I think John was wrong about one thing. Some of our fans do take Dan for granted. I think part of it is yungins(I am what you would consider a youngin) that don’t realize what MSU used to be and how far Dan has brought us and the other is just an ignorant group that thinks we can easily replace Dan with a better coach(Hudspeth isn’t a better coach).

The rest of the article was really good. I’m glad Thamel took the time to do an MSU story and do it right.

 

[aTotal360]

Exactly.

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

That's what she said?*

 

[blacklistedbully]

Helps to have a 6-5, 230 lb, very fast & athletic QB, n'est-ce pas? Also helps to have attempted fewer passes than 61 other FBS QBs, approx 25 or more % attempts less than 34 other FBS QBs.

But yes...our O-line has improved a great deal since the first game.

Sure I'll get blasted by some for pointing this out, but it is a fact that, if you're going to tout a stat like that as a basis to support a POV, then you should also consider the # of INT's, especially the TD-to-INT ratio.

Sadly, throwing INT's also has the potential to reduce total number of sacks, if some of those INT's were the result of forcing or rushing a pass.

Nick has a 13-10 ratio. Granted, our WRs are not helping much by getting separation, but that's still a bad stat, and one that should be looked at along with sacks.

 

[engie]

Personally, I'd rather the hype trail the reality like it currently is...

We aren't to the ceiling yet. The longer people fail to realize that, the better off we will be.

ETA Look a level deeper at the recruiting class. I believe only TWO of those guys lack multiple power5 offers. And one of those two(Patterson) would be swimming in offers if there was a snowball chance in him qualifying.

It's probably going to be our best WR and OL class under Mullen without competition. The last two major needs in the line to set up a major 5-6 year run.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Oh George, not the livestock

 

[Trapper97]

He lost me at "SEC conference."

 

[Thirty-Two Dive]

as assistant coach John Hevesy’s unit is No. 3 nationally with just five sacks allowed the entire season.

That IS an unbelievable stat, without the context of our QB, and the timing of throws.

I wonder how that ranking will change, following tomorrow's game...

 

[fishwater99]

'[FONT=&quot]State has backed up its commitment to Mullen, paying him $4.5 million and making him among the top 15 in the country in salary (his buyout to leave is tiny). "

Can we make it bigger?[/FONT]

 

[Croom's knee socks]

I take it you don't use ATM machines??**

 

[TheStateUofMS]

'State has backed up its commitment to Mullen, paying him $4.5 million and making him among the top 15 in the country in salary (his buyout to leave is tiny). "

Can we make it bigger?

My head just exploded.

 

[msudawg12]

lol, "they could be a preseason top-10 team next year"

He's obviously not familiar with our history of preseason rankings...

crazy to think that means there will be 7 SEC West teams in the top 10

 

[MeridianDog]

Nice article. Good read. Go Dogs!

 

[Big Sheep81]

"Yore foldin money has come un-stowed"

 

[BulldogBlitz]

lol, "they could be a preseason top-10 team next year"

He's obviously not familiar with our history of preseason rankings...

He means top 10 in the SEC.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Personally, I'd rather the hype trail the reality like it currently is...

We aren't to the ceiling yet. The longer people fail to realize that, the better off we will be.

ETA Look a level deeper at the recruiting class. I believe only TWO of those guys lack multiple power5 offers. And one of those two(Patterson) would be swimming in offers if there was a snowball chance in him qualifying.

It's probably going to be our best WR and OL class under Mullen without competition. The last two major needs in the line to set up a major 5-6 year run.

Agreed. We've only reached the ceiling in the minds of sports exspurts. The next step is to make it to the 9 or better win level on a consistent basis with consistent depth from good recruiting classes.

Schafer's work is a good example of what I am talking about.

It's just that no one outside of us believes we can build such a program.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Helps to have a 6-5, 230 lb, very fast & athletic QB, n'est-ce pas? Also helps to have attempted fewer passes than 61 other FBS QBs, approx 25 or more % attempts less than 34 other FBS QBs.

But yes...our O-line has improved a great deal since the first game.

Sure I'll get blasted by some for pointing this out, but it is a fact that, if you're going to tout a stat like that as a basis to support a POV, then you should also consider the # of INT's, especially the TD-to-INT ratio.

Sadly, throwing INT's also has the potential to reduce total number of sacks, if some of those INT's were the result of forcing or rushing a pass.

Nick has a 13-10 ratio. Granted, our WRs are not helping much by getting separation, but that's still a bad stat, and one that should be looked at along with sacks.

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[BlueRidgeMtns]

"We thought you was a toad!"

 

[MaroonNation]

The ascension from unranked to #1 in 2014 was the fastest in college football history. I say we try it again

 

[Muttley]

How about .....

 

[Bulldogg31]

Helps to have a 6-5, 230 lb, very fast & athletic QB, n'est-ce pas? Also helps to have attempted fewer passes than 61 other FBS QBs, approx 25 or more % attempts less than 34 other FBS QBs.

But yes...our O-line has improved a great deal since the first game.

Sure I'll get blasted by some for pointing this out, but it is a fact that, if you're going to tout a stat like that as a basis to support a POV, then you should also consider the # of INT's, especially the TD-to-INT ratio.

Sadly, throwing INT's also has the potential to reduce total number of sacks, if some of those INT's were the result of forcing or rushing a pass.

Nick has a 13-10 ratio. Granted, our WRs are not helping much by getting separation, but that's still a bad stat, and one that should be looked at along with sacks.

Oh hey, is that a punchbowl? Scoot over, bro, I'm gonna take a **** in it.

 

[skydawg1]

He lost me at "SEC conference."

Same here. Redundant. It is widespread.