Is Memphis a game where you take anything from it?...

[dawgstudent]

If we struggle - time to start worrying?

Win in a blowout - things look good?

Or is Memphis predicted to be that bad - where you can't take anything unless it's close and then we worry.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

 

[dawgstudent]

If we struggle - time to start worrying?

Win in a blowout - things look good?

Or is Memphis predicted to be that bad - where you can't take anything unless it's close and then we worry.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

 

[jzahner1]

I think, depending on how it goes with the execution, it can be telling. I hope we get the 1st team in the game and have two to three series on offense looking pretty sharp. On defense I hope we lock it down, make some mistakes and come back with an answer to those mistakes. It will be time to test our team and see how they adjust being a young defense. <div>
</div><div>It all depends on execution. If we are doing what we want easily, I think it will be great, but you wouldn't learn much about our team's abilitiy to adjusting to a defensive scheme. </div><div>
</div><div>I hope we come out and put up some early points and let the younger players get some reps. I hope with the younger players we struggle a little and then adjust and dominate. IF that happens I think we will learn about our team.</div>

 

[shsdawg]

to the Memphis game in 2001. We were supposed to go to the Rose Bowl that year, remember? We struggled and I left trying to rationalize how we could look that bad and still be as good as everyone thought we were going to be. We all know how that turned out. Anything less than an easy stroll and I will be thinking about 2001.

 

[gdogg]

Heres hoping we look VERY good against UM on defense, (a shut out). that would telling to some extent. I am expecting offense to be vanilla with playing time
for Russell and back ups.

 

[BehrDawg]

If he is throwing darts, and shows his accuracy like he did the last quarter of the season last year...we may have a special season on hand. I used to play inside linebacker, with that said, I think the most important thing we can take from the defense is how well our young guys read the offense. We already know we are going to have a pretty strong secondary. I just want to see how well our LBs read and make the proper adjustments, even if it is against Memphis.

I expect a blowout win. If we don't get a blowout, we are in serious trouble in my opinion. This is Memphis, we should beat them like Karl Childers beat Doyle with a lawnmower blade.

 

[Seinfeld]

Bumphis and Heavens each topped 100 yards,Relf was 7 of 9 for 116 yards, and Russell was 13 of 16 for 256 yards and 4 TDs. All of that was with a ton of uncertainty going into the game in terms of the depth chart so that makes it hard for me to think that anything less than a blowout this year is anything but a bad sign. Yeah, we're playing at the Liberty Bowl this time but I think our fans will outnumber them by no less than 2 to 1. I just can't see any reason that we shouldn't win the same margin.

I will say that I can remember several times last year where Memphis had wide open receivers down field, but their QBs either couldn't find them or they just missed them. If they've improved at all at QB(I don't think they have), they may score a couple TDs this year. Other than that, I think we should still put up 50+ points.

 

[aTotal360]

LB or LT after this game. Granted Memphis is turrible, but I do think we will have some sort of idea where we might struggle when conference play starts.<div>
</div><div>I'm predicting Lil Farv comes in around the 4th quarter and lights ups the UM 2nd string and people will be ready to call him the next Messiah. I'm envisioning Russell after the UM last year x10000.</div>

 

[whitedog]

Are we going to win by more than 26 points?? Surely we can do that, right??

This is Memphis, we should beat them like Karl Childers beat Doyle with a lawnmower blade.

Beat?? Didnt he just hit him once and Doyle died? So you just want us to have one play-action deep ball touchdown and win 7-0? Bad analogy.

 

[VegasDawg13]

This was coming off a stretch where we struggled with them no matter how good we ended up being that year, so finally kicking their *** to open the season got everyone even more excited.

 

[57stratdawg]

I want to watch how our LBs tackle. I want to see Memphis' interior OL getting blown off the ball.

Has the spread been released yet?

Editted to add: We're a 27.5 pt favorite.

 

[BehrDawg]

Beat?? Didnt he just hit him once and Doyle died? So you just want us to have
one play-action deep ball touchdown and win 7-0? Bad analogy.

Karl slung a mower blade right into his skull, probably splitting it wide open. Can you picture that as being easy on them? If so, you are quite the demented individual.

 

[codeDawg]

1. Depth chart
2. If Big June has a chance at playing LT, plus if any backups are worth a crap
3. If our DE's are worth anything. No pressure against Memphis means a long season.
4. A contrast of Farve and Russell.
5. If our LB's can hold together. I think they will be fine this year, but problems against Memphis would not be a good sign.
6. How many of our fans think the Liberty Bowl is in the middle of Orange Mound

 

[rebelrouseri]

how vanilla the staff will want to be and how often they will use backups; your coaches probably don't care about the point spread so while you should be able to match it, you might not have the play calling and personnel in to do so.

 

[maroonmania]

if we don't skulldrag Memphis up and down the field, at least while our starters are in, then we need to drastically lower our expectations for this MSU team.

 

[shsdawg]

This was coming off a stretch where we struggled with them no matter how good we ended up being that year, so finally kicking their *** to open the season got everyone even more excited.

was not a blow out. We pulled away late I think but looked awful doing it. What gave me the bad feeling about that was not the score, but the way we played. Here's hoping this one us over by halftime.

 

[freddawg]

actually down 10-0 in the 3rd quarter and scored 30 in the last 25 minutes to win. We didn't look good to start the game, to say the least. Hopefully, this will be a much different looking game.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

They are awful this year and if we want to even think about going .500 in SEC play, our third string has to be better than their first. Hopefully the starters get us to 21-0 and the second and third string pile on at least 21 more.

 

[ckDOG]

They have no QB either. If we hold them to 7 or fewer points, I'll be happy but won't read much into it. They are going to be pretty bad. We may end up being good on defense, but I could easily see their offense looking clueless for a good part of the first half.

For us, I just want to see crisp execution. No delay of games, false starts, blown coverages, etc. I want to feel as if it's not the first game of the season so we have some confidence going into the Auburn game.

If we do that, we should be up 3 to 4 TDs by halftime and will have the chance to get the young guys plenty of reps.

 

[kired]

It's a team we should blow out - so if Relf comes out looking like the next Cam Newton, I could care less. If our defense plays well - that's great, but doesn't mean anything in regards to remainder of the season.

The only thing I would take from this game is if a particular group struggles: o-line can't keep pressure off Relf, multiple interceptions or fumbles, poor special teams play, secondary can't defend against the pass, poor tackling, dropped passes, etc. It's one thing to keep the game plan vanilla and not completely blow out Memphis, but we'll knowwhere the problem areas are if we struggle with any of theitems above.

 

[SnakePlissken]

As Code said, I want to see how Carmon does, how the LB's perform, how the DE's perform, etc. I want to see substitution and how the back ups perform live in a game.....with many never having played a D1 game before in their lives. I think the points will come but I am more interested in how we perform in key positions.

 

[bullysleftnut]

If we come out and put up a 4 TD lead in the first half then I won't be that worried, even if we coast the rest of the way. If we struggle to win the game then we are obviously in trouble.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

Based on people I have talked to that would know, Carmon is going to be an above average LT. He will have some moments where he plays a little tall and gets his long legs tied up on a speed rush, but on the whole I expect him to perform very similar to Addison Lawrence - solid but not spectacular (with the chance to be special by end of season). The same goes for our LB group. These guys arent going to carry the team, but its not like we are going to have a bunch of guys on skates back there. Lawrence has a lot of time under his belt and has gotten bigger. He will be a safe player. Skinner, Hughes and Wells have an opportunity to develop into playmakers and Brandon Wilson is going to be solid too. For those expecting an all-sec season out of Maye, I would temper your expectations to that of having a very solid time share at MLB. Maye will not be for us what Masoli was for UM. <div>
</div><div>DE is just going to limit us unless someone steps up. Ferg has shown that he can be serviceable over there, but not anything beyond average-SEC talent at this point. I expect Eulls to see a LOT of action on 1st and 2nd downs, so that gives me some hope, but he also won't be a pass rusher. We all know about McCardell's limitations and I have seen nothing spectacular out of Stigers. So basically I see one guy, Eulls, who has the potential to break out and be a really good player for us at that position, without McCardell having an outside shot. </div>

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

effort, intensity, technique and execution. It's a live game that counts and you want the players to understand that. Since it's the first game of the year the players should be pumped anyway. We all expect to win this game by at least 25.

 

[Foronce]

and it may not be that big of a problem if Boyd and Cox demand a DTeam... allowing our ends 1o1 the ends and are allow through defensive scheme to rush and get up the field... i could see ferg playing like a freeney type role within the scheme

we are depending alot of fr ends though... I think Eulls, Virges, and Jones could all lots of action


with maye coming in and the change i saw in wells walking to class #balismade, I expect the LB to be good

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

The only player on our roster that has the athletic ability to do what Freeney does is McCardell. Ferg is just a guy that holds the point of attack and sometimes gets to the QB on effort - not his speed and athleticism. At least that is what I have seen.

 

[MemphisMaroon]

They are as bad or worse. If we beat there *** again = good sign. If we don't = bad sign. Pretty simple.

 

[MeridianDog]

to show that he can do it like he needs to be able to do it we are going to do it.

What is it?

Dunno, but I'll know it when I see it.

 

[patdog]

if the game is close or if any of our areas of concern (LT, DE, and LB) struggle at all. Memphis is one of the worst 1-A teams we've ever played. We could be a very average team and still blow them out.

 

[VegasDawg13]

I was a much moreoptimisticfan back then. 16 year old me would have interpreted that as "We came out slow / rusty, but once we got it together, we dominated." So, it doesn't shock me I forgot the slow start.

 

[rem101]

I fully expect to beat them by 3-4 touchdowns.

 

[gravedigger]

nm

 

[hometowndawg]

While the score determines who wins the game. I'll take more from how we function as a team and how our line looks on both sides of the ball. Hope to see no mental mistakes or blown coverages.