For State to win Saturday - this has to happen......Discuss**

[dawgstudent]

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[dawgstudent]

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[ckDOG]

nm

 

[muscleshoalssound]

and play keep away. We need to win TOP by 5+ minutes to win in the swamp.

 

[randystewart]

Vick must go for over 100, and Relf needs over 50 rushing. Also, more than one turnover and we are doomed.

 

[gringodawg]

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[FlabLoser]

Make UF start from inside their 35. UF leads the SEC in KR. If UF returns KO's for TDs and/or gets field position like LSU did against us, nothing else will matter. Nothing.

Don't turn the ball over.

Run Relf and Ballard effectively.

Complete a few passes over 20 yards.

Contain Brantley.

 

[hatfieldms]

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[MeridianDog]

I could play the part of the "Sports Expert" and say Score more points, but that sounds too much like the real me.

Would love to see us shut them down and run the ball and then run it some more. If we dominate O minutes, we'll do fine.

 

[Foronce]

the team needs to watch rudy on the plane thursday

for real the team has to believe it is going to win or when they face adversity like LSU and Auburn, the will fail...

 

[FlabLoser]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5671855

Brantley with fractured ribs and a fractured thumb.

Regardless, we lose if UF hands our *** to us on special teams.

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

And rough Brantley up every chance we can. And leave toast out of our defensive coverage.

 

[davatron]

and say we have to be in the positive when it comes to turnover margin in this game. Simply protecting the football won't cut it. Gotta have some takeaways.

 

[GABully24]

score early and take the crowd out of the game. Frustrate them on D and turn the home corwd into a non factor.

Run the ball effectively, and control the clock.

 

[Tds & Beer]

I don't know how they won't start at midfield after kickoffs. If we can fix that and protect the ball the whole game, we will win. We also can't crap our pants like we did at Tiger Stadium. Hopefully we learned from that game.

 

[AgDawg]

We don't have a chance but here are some things that have to be in the mix in order to win:

Offense
Zero Turnovers
No dropped balls by receivers
100% Red Zone Scoring
Convert 3rd downs
No missed Field Goals or extra points
We score at the end of the half andon first series of the second half.

Defense
Pick 6, int's or fumbles that lead to points
Abnormal high number of TFL, hurries or sacks.
No missed tackles
Can't give up the deep play. UF is focusing on this one this week.

 

[Big Sheep81]

consume the clock, pressure Brantley and hold the running game to 150 yds or less, and play perfect on special teams.

 

[thunderclap]

and allow no big special teams plays throughout.

 

[gtowndawg]

other guy: "What are the keys to victory for State?"

Leach: "State needs to move the ball up and down the field while keeping the ball out of Houston's hands"

other guy: "Ok, do you think they will do that primarily on the ground?"

Leach: "Umm...yes."

 

[Turd Fergusondawg]

And repeat the KO coverage performance we had for the UGA game.

 

[DowntownDawg]

....if we can establish the run with Ballard/Relf and finish off drives, we have a great shot. Our think our defense matches up well with Florida's offense.

 

[Coach34]

eliminate big plays for their offense- make them have long drives

run, run, run and run some more- and then hit a couple of big plays in the passing game

win the turnover battle

 

[KurtRambis4]

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[idog]

zero turnovers. kick the ball fArther.

 

[hotdigitydog]

big in some form or fashion IMO for us to win this game.......

 

[sweetpapajones]

turnovers. Pouncy has gotten better over the last few games, but if we can get pressure I wouldn't be surprised to see him have a few bad snaps.

 

[Indndawg]

and play GOOD ST

 

[BriantheDawg]

might help our cause.

 

[PBRME]

We need to control the clock, eliminate turnovers, be opportunistic on defense, and play on their side of the field. Of course you could say that about every game.

 

[DawgEeeDog]

nm

 

[Todd4State]

Ballard needs to run for at least 100 yards and Relf needs to rush for at least 75. Of course no turnovers. I think Bumphis needs to come up big for us and make some plays, and we're going to have to have a random ******* step up and make some plays for us.

Our o-line, yeah they need to win the LOS a good bit of the time at least.

We have to control the clock and win the battle of time of possession and try to shorten the game.

Defensively, we need to come up with at least one more turnover than Florida and we need to put pressure on Brantley. We need to tackle better- especially on screens.

Special teams- we have to play solid and not allow any big plays for them.

 

[davatron]

If we can get some pressure on Brantley he will make some ill-advised throws. Our DL has been disappointing thus far-- I hope they can get it together.

 

[omaha08]

We have to have 3rd down stops. Our defense has to play their best game of the year if we want to win. I feel like we will be able to put up some points on them.

P.S. I just noticed my new title. ??

 

[woozman]

</coachspeak>

 

[jamdawg96]

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[vhdawg]

and no turnovers.

 

[thatsbaseball]

nm

 

[sleepy dawg]

To win, I think we will have to win the turnover battle by at least 2.

We need Ballard to be huge. He's <span style="font-style: italic;">clearly </span>our best RB, and we <span style="font-style: italic;">clearly </span>need to run the ball.

Bonus AccuScore prediction:

<table class="project_score" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(213, 211, 211); height: 17px; font-weight: bold;"><td style="padding-left: 10px;">Team</td><td style="text-align: center;">Win Percent</td><td style="text-align: center;">Average Score</td><td style="text-align: center;">Big Win</td><td style="text-align: center;">Close Win</td></tr>

<tr style="color: rgb(56, 56, 56); height: 45px;"><td style="text-align: left; border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;" nowrap="nowrap"> Mississippi State</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">22.4%</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">16.3</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">10.1%</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">6.6%</td></tr>

<tr style="color: rgb(56, 56, 56); height: 45px;"><td style="text-align: left; border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;" nowrap="nowrap"> Florida</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">77.6%</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">28.6</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">57.2%</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(135, 132, 132); padding-left: 10px;">9.1%</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="project_score" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody>

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