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615dawg

615dawg

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This one is big, and it's one that we can win.

I think the game will go a lot like the Baylor-Auburn game, another game where one of the Big 12 favorites is going against one of the bottom teams in the SEC. I think Auburn is greatly improved, and I think State is greatly improved. Auburn had a 17-10 halftime lead on Baylor and broke it open in the third quarter. I think we see something similar tonight. Maybe 14-10 at halftime, and then a couple of scores in the third quarter.

Mississippi State 31, Arizona State 17.
 
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PBRME

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It’s a must win if we want to go bowling. I still think we’re losing. It will be a lot harder for ASU than last year.
 
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Curby

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I hope people haven't set themselves up for disappointment.

ASU will get benefit from the zebras. We are night and day better on Def, but I can't wait to watch the game replay and see the holding etc that the devils get away with.

I'll be there. Hope we overcome the advantages that a defending playoff/conference championship team will be blessed with, and pull this off
 
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Curby said:
I hope people haven't set themselves up for disappointment.

ASU will get benefit from the zebras. We are night and day better on Def, but I can't wait to watch the game replay and see the holding etc that the devils get away with.

I'll be there. Hope we overcome the advantages that a defending playoff/conference championship team will be blessed with, and pull this off
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Scared say scared
 
bulldognation

bulldognation

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I’d wager everyone here will watch us struggle mightily to get any sort of offensive rhythm against a top 10 team. We will either barely win by some fluke play or lose huge. That coupled with watching OM hang 63 on KY is historically how these Saturdays go.
 
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Ranchdawg

Ranchdawg

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Curby said:
I hope people haven't set themselves up for disappointment.

ASU will get benefit from the zebras. We are night and day better on Def, but I can't wait to watch the game replay and see the holding etc that the devils get away with.

I'll be there. Hope we overcome the advantages that a defending playoff/conference championship team will be blessed with, and pull this off
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Remember the BYU game?
 
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Drebin

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615dawg said:
This one is big, and it's one that we can win.

I think the game will go a lot like the Baylor-Auburn game, another game where one of the Big 12 favorites is going against one of the bottom teams in the SEC. I think Auburn is greatly improved, and I think State is greatly improved. Auburn had a 17-10 halftime lead on Baylor and broke it open in the third quarter. I think we see something similar tonight. Maybe 14-10 at halftime, and then a couple of scores in the third quarter.

Mississippi State 31, Arizona State 17.
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Ultimately I think this game will be decided by one thing: Can our defense get off the field on third downs? We couldn't last year and we weren't great at it last week either.
 
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Drebin

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Curby said:
I hope people haven't set themselves up for disappointment.

ASU will get benefit from the zebras. We are night and day better on Def, but I can't wait to watch the game replay and see the holding etc that the devils get away with.

I'll be there. Hope we overcome the advantages that a defending playoff/conference championship team will be blessed with, and pull this off
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Ah good ole blame the refs.

The refs aren't out to get us and won't be the reason we lose, if we lose.
 
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patdog

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Drebin said:
Ultimately I think this game will be decided by one thing: Can our defense get off the field on third downs? We couldn't last year and we weren't great at it last week either.
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Even bigger question for me. Can our OL block their defensive line & LBs?
 
Drebin

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patdog said:
We only averaged 4.5 yards per carry vs Southern freaking Miss. Thats not good.
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4.5 YPC is about what you want. I'll sign up for 4 right now for tonight.

That average would be much higher if our tackles knew how to line up correctly.
 
Sipbully

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I hate people who have this idea that human refs dont have an agenda. I seen it at a hs game yesterday where they called 30 penalties on my team
 
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patdog

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Drebin said:
4.5 YPC is about what you want. I'll sign up for 4 right now for tonight.

That average would be much higher if our tackles knew how to line up correctly.
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4.5 vs most of our schedule is not bad. 4.5 vs Southern Miss is. Agree I would take 4.0 vs Arizona St. it’s better than what I’m afraid we may get.
 
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Bulldawg77

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patdog said:
4.5 vs most of our schedule is not bad. 4.5 vs Southern Miss is. Agree I would take 4.0 vs Arizona St. it’s better than what I’m afraid we may get.
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In what world is 4.5 bad? NAU averaged 3 yds and had two WRs with over 70 yds REC. dare I say we are better than an FCS team
 
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Bulldawg77 said:
In what world is 4.5 bad? NAU averaged 3 yds and had two WRs with over 70 yds REC. dare I say we are better than an FCS team
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Of all the SEC schools that played a G5 team last weekend, 4.5 yds/att was the worst performance. Most were in the 5.3-5.8 range.

I feel like we’ll be saying this a lot this season, but while it may not be a bad number, it’s not good enough. Not against an inferior opponent
 
horshack.sixpack

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Curby said:
I hope people haven't set themselves up for disappointment.

ASU will get benefit from the zebras. We are night and day better on Def, but I can't wait to watch the game replay and see the holding etc that the devils get away with.

I'll be there. Hope we overcome the advantages that a defending playoff/conference championship team will be blessed with, and pull this off
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We are State fans. We are built for disappointment.
 
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