AceLeroy said:
ColonelJohnSartoris said:
That's because Nutt isn't publicly attempting and failing tremendously at downgrading a currently superior team.
That is exactly what Nutt did. He tried to publicly downgrade MSU with his comments about being one program in the state on the rise and then failed tremendously by getting stampeded in the Eggbowl.
Mullen has made it very clear what his goal is at MSU in both recruiting and everything else. This whole North business is just a part of that.
Nutt made one comment after being continually prodded about Mullen's comments, and it was an indirect comment at that. I'm honestly amazed he's avoided getting into it more than he has given how often he's asked about Mullen's comments and his nickname for us. At least twice today in his press conference, they tried to prod him into making a comment about MSU. Once they asked him about taking Giles from State, and he chose to respond by commending his staff for their efforts on the class and commending his players on the way they sell our program, no reference to MSU. They later asked him directly about the heated in-state battles with MSU. He responded by talking about what he tried to use to sell his program to recruits, the Cotton Bowls, and his goal of getting to Atlanta for the title game, no mention of MSU.
You can tell he makes an effort to avoid being baited into that kind of talk. He's a coachspeak machine. It's just two different approaches.
ETA: I will say that Nutt is by far the best at coachspeaking in fragments though.
Good win today. Guys played hard. Love to see that type of effort. Can't turn the ball over like that. Need to keep focused. One game at a time.
