Luckily, Alabama's secondary may be their weak link.
Alabama is beatable
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I think we get handled pretty good Saturday. Not saying we are bad but our team is beat up pretty good. We really needed a bye week this week. The only chance we have is multiple turnovers for them, Holding their drives to FGs, and try to play ball control on offense. They have their own KT and better players at most positions
You think the officiating was bad the last two games, just wait till this Saturday. I’ve witnessed in person enough Bama vs MSU games to know officiating will definitely not be in our favor.
This is along the line of my thoughts, but I do think we have a chance, a good chance.
We do get the bye after this game, and then LSU. We need the break.
I meant to quote Civildawg88.
We do get the bye after this game, and then LSU. We need the break.
I meant to quote Civildawg88.
I do too. I know Texas is #1 now, but that doesn’t look anywhere near a #1 team.
Goes without saying our offense has to execute at a high level, but I also think you need their young QB to get rattled on the road and for them to have just a general uneven performance like you’ve seen from them under DeBoer.
He’s lost some absolute stinkers since he’s been there so this wouldn’t even be close to his worst loss at Bama. But I think them being a 6 point favorite is perfectly justifiable. I think this is the best team they’ve had in the post-Saban era.
He’s lost some absolute stinkers since he’s been there so this wouldn’t even be close to his worst loss at Bama. But I think them being a 6 point favorite is perfectly justifiable. I think this is the best team they’ve had in the post-Saban era.
yeah. Ain’t happening. Kamario was still on baby formula last time it happened.
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I had to look it up since my youngest daughter started at State this year, she was born in October so we are 1-16 since she was born.
True. But we've already won 2 SEC games this year. 8-4 will be an outstanding season.
We are better at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, and corner. Other than that though ….
KD has been a strange fit for sure. But I do have hope more so than most on here. One of Alabama weakness this year is defense in the last two games against South Carolina and FSU the defense has given up 844 yds. Our offense is better than those two. Each year KD has had some head scratching losses in 24 lost at 6-6 Vandy and 6-6 OU and last year lost at 5-7 FSU.
This ain’t the Saban AL coming to town
This ain’t the Saban AL coming to town
The same people who were too stupid to recognize any improvement from year 1 to year 2 and predicted us to go 3-9 this year think we have zero shot. Water is wet
Defensively, they are very close to the same YPG as South Carolina and Missouri and both of them have had to play the #1 offense in the SEC.
We will have to out score Alabama by two touchdowns in order to lose by 3.
I believe it is possible. Today's alabama is not yesterday's alabama. Alabama is as beatable as they have ever been, except when they were between Stallings and Saban. The NIL has leveled the quality of players and depleted their 3 deep 5 stars at every position they had in Saban's days. My observation is their QB is a little slow on reads and will run rather than wait in the pocket. Their pass defense is a little shaky and they may be overly focused on that. They will try to handle all runs with their d-line to have enough defenders for the passing. State will have to break that first. Just my 2 cents. I do like the way last year's and this year's State teams come out and play with confidence regardless of the opponent. If the 2014 team would have done that, they would have beat them in Tuscaloosa.
2014 was not the Believe game. That was 2012.
16 straight losses are mental. The 2008 Croom team has nothing to do with this team.
We can’t have lapses like we did Saturday. Have a second and third quarter against bama like that and they will boat race us
You’re right. I was thinking the believe game was the year we were #1.
They all run together for me because if Alabama is good, which they always are in this latest streak, we consistently get our azzes handed to us.
It may be slightly mental considering the utter dominance, but it’s mainly that they always have significantly more talent than we do.
That’s no slight to our players, it’s just facts.
But, it is basically almost never (Dak) that we play them with a QB who has clear NFL prospects. Kamario has to have a very special game and we need Bama to not be at their best.
I read this and was like…Dude, we just beat them in oh-sev…. Oh.. yeah.
The number of guys on our team that have ever even played Bama has to be tiny. Lebby hasn’t coached against them since he was at Ole Miss in 2021. We haven’t played them in 3 years, I feel like the Bama PTSD is 100% for the fans. The players don’t know or don’t care.
Agree. The question is which young QB is going to have more pressure on himself.
Who do you guys beleive reads a defense and passes better, Russel or Simmons? I think Simmons does.
Alabama probably has a more talented team overall than Missouri but I think Russel can be easy to scheme against and will make some mistakes.
I think the game comes down to State OL v Bama DL. Can State protect KT to allow for the routes to develop? If State can protect, State will put up a lot of points.
Alabama probably has a more talented team overall than Missouri but I think Russel can be easy to scheme against and will make some mistakes.
I think the game comes down to State OL v Bama DL. Can State protect KT to allow for the routes to develop? If State can protect, State will put up a lot of points.
My impression of Simmons Saturday was that he wasn’t reading much of anything, but that he’s a talented passer. I need to go back and watch some film though because in the heat of it I may have been too harsh.
When you throw as often as he did to one, albeit great, WR, it smells like you know where you’re going with the ball before the snap. And he threw into blanket coverage numerous times, we just couldn’t get a pick.
I haven’t watched enough of KR to judge him yet.
Alabama beat an awful Florida State team by 2 touchdowns. They were tied with Kentucky at half time. They are not boat racing us.
You barely beat a God awful SC team after being down 16-0 and barley beat a god awful Missouri team who was missing their best player...
It's not like it was in the old days.
Some of y'all need to stop crying about the officials all the time. Or in this case, preemptively crying about the officials.
That's what Ole Miss fans do. Be better than that.
They absolutely could boat race us, they are way more talented. If they play great and we are flat......it can get ugly. We're also good enough to pull the upset. I do expect us to play well and make it a close game though. Hoping for no injuries and a well played game by the good guys.
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