Absolutely classic letdown game....

[thekimmer]

Typical of Mullen era. I can live with it as long as we win em.

 

[BossDawg78]

Yup. Seems like every 11am game against ****** opponents are too close for comfort under Mullen. I'll take the win though.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I'm not sure they are as "******" as we thought

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I’ll take the W for sure. Can’t hurt the team to pull out a close one.

UMass played their butts off, I gotta give them credit.

 

[Shamoan]

I love letdown wins. Every 17in one of them.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

That was an exciting game. Let's make this a perennial rivalry.

 

[Seinfeld]

Typical, yes, but he’s also actually lost a grand total of one in 9 years. It’s frustrating, but they pretty much always find a way to get it done

 

[Bulldogg31]

That's the biggest margin of defeat for UMass all year.

 

[msu84grad]

I think it was a good win -- if for nothing more to best explain that you can't let down for any opponent regardless of their record. If MSU was to continue to get to the upper level you need to have close games with "bad" teams in order to learn the lesson. Also I think, like both Dan and Nick said, UMass is better than the record indicates.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Hell yea like the Magnolia bowl. I'll run over to Goodwill and find a trophy

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

We ABSOLUTELY had a terribly played game on our part but they are a scrappy team. They are even scrappy with themselves.

Dan has lots of *** to chew this week starting with his own stubborn *** play calling. Eight in the box does not mean run it up the middle, he knows that ****.

I hope that part of it was a ploy to fool Saban but i ain't got much faith in that.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Hell yea like the Magnolia bowl. I'll run over to Goodwill and find a trophy

#NEWRIVAL
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[Philly Dawg]

Their QB is pretty terrible and is holding them back. When he gets pressure he brings his eyes down and looks to run and he’s locked in on his receiver and missing open guys.

 

[The Usual Suspect]

Their QB is pretty terrible and is holding them back. When he gets pressure he brings his eyes down and looks to run and he’s locked in on his receiver and missing open guys.

I think ESPN said that is not their normal starter

 

[Philly Dawg]

Well, then never mind.

 

[patdog]

UMass is a much better team than their record. The RB, TE & WR could play for anyone. Should have won a lot more easily, but this was never going to be an easy blowout.