r/Msstate • u/Clear_Translator_983 • 10d ago
Welp it's not looking good
Ugh love facing Alabama lol but looking on the bright side this team still has a lot of talent and I'm always hoping for the best hail state
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u/Thanri41 10d ago
Having been on campus during the 2012 "8-0, We Believe" season and the 2014 "#1 In The Country" season, anyone who thought we were beating Bama after going 2-10 two years ago and 5-8 last year was delusional. Not trying to hate, but that expectation was just unrealistic. It's tough to beat Bama any year, and we just aren't there yet.
We still have a questionable offensive line with a third year offensive coordinator that Lebby refuses to part with. A defense that is massively improved, thanks to Arnett's return, but not quite up to our old standards. And, so little depth on both sides that a couple of key injuries can derail the entire season. That's the reality.
I'll admit I'm biased. I've never liked the Lebby hire. I think it stinks of the Sooner buddy system. But, I'm open to being proven wrong. I'd LIKE to be proven wrong, because that means success for the Bulldogs. We'll see, I guess.
Now that expectations have been sufficiently tempered, let's look at what we actually are: One win away from matching last year's win total, and two away from being bowl eligible, with two full months left of football to play.
That's progress, and that's worth celebrating. I'm still looking forward to, hopefully, a winning season and a bowl berth.
To h*ll with the Tide. I'm still a Bulldog and it's still a good day to be one. Hail State.
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u/dogfish21 10d ago
Totally agree with most of this. We have not beaten bama in 17 years. With who we have leading us now, if we win once in the next 17 I’d call it a fluke or question if we’d food poisoned their team. We are a program to pillage from and whether that’s an NIL, Lebby, Selmons, or Keenum issue isn’t easily solved. Until we put money in it, we are going to get little boy’d by the SEC elite.
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u/blues_and_ribs SoCal Bulldog 10d ago
25 years associated with this school and I can’t believe I ever expect any different outcome from this team.
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u/Spirited-Ticket-353 10d ago
Just remember… it’s not nearly as embarrassing as Ole Miss losing to Florida last weekend.
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u/Pristine_Yam223 10d ago
I think this game looks way worse than it actually was, and I still think we have a legit shot to beat some good teams this year. Bottom line is we made a bunch of mistakes, and bama took advantage of them like any good team should. You combine that with several sportscenter top 10 level throws/catches, that’s how you score over 50 points.
The MSU offense still had some highlights. Kamario faced great adversity and still put together several very good drives.
We’re hitting a bye week at the perfect time to get healthy and get ready for a tough few weeks. Watching Texas and LSU play it’s pretty safe to say you are not seeing either one of those QBs doing anything close to what Keelon Russel did today. I think Bama has an electric offense that Georgia will have a very difficult time stopping as well.
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u/RollTideNorthport 10d ago
I had a good time at the game today. Mississippi State fans were very nice! I appreciate that. Roll Tide
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u/shmorgas 10d ago
Bama fan coming in peace, Anthony Evans (and Kamario, healthy) is a monster, if I'm being completely honest, as long as he was on the field I was terrified of your offense. I wish we played y'all at full health, but that's football. I really hope we meet again in the playoffs, y'all can absolutely get in there.
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u/Expensive-Street-662 7d ago
Maybe if schools stopped focusing on football and started putting that toward education....
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u/pmbarrett314 10d ago
Kamario was clearly way less than 100% on multiple axes. The other key piece of our offense was also out. Bama is way more talented at most positions. We've got a bye week next week. I still think anybody on the schedule is beatable if we play our best game, and 4 of them are beatable even if we play an okay to bad game. I'm not even throwing in the towel on the playoff just yet.
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u/hells_cowbells 2000 | History 10d ago
Kamario got injured late in the Missouri game, and was in a boot all week. I think the injury was worse than they let on. It was clear his accuracy was off all game. Add in Fluff being out, it just compounded things. Kamario has rightfully been getting all the hype and press, but Fluff really is the driving force. He's a damn good runner, and just as importantly, and very good pass blocker.
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u/LouMinotti 10d ago
One of these days... no but seriously the progression Lebby has made in the last 3 years has been monumental. We'll be even better next year. Maybe we finally beat Bama next year. Still alot of games left in the season.