Monday morning QB- UPig

[Coach34]

1. Bama hangover combined with playing in the worst state in the US = terrible showing. I was hopeful we wouldnt be flat, but we were. Worst effort under Mullen since he's been coach. Jackie has always said it- and my father would say it as well- your team will only get up and play it's best ball 3-4 times a season. With our talent level compared to the big boys of the SEC, you're never going to see us put together 3 straight weekends of good football with Bama, UPig, and Mississippi- and right now and for the foreseeable future, we arent going to beat Bammer or UPig without playing our absolute best ball. Thus is life in the modern day SEC<div>
</div><div>2. Defensively, we didnt play too bad upfront. we hit Wilson a few times, forced a fumble. did about all we could do with our talent level. We just dont have bigtime SEC DE's that can wreak havov on a QB.</div><div>
</div><div>3. Secondary- why do people ***** about us playing off of WR's and making teams earn their way down the field? If we played more man coverage with Bonner and Broomfield having to go one on one- we would get torched like a house made of matchsticks. We make teams have to drive it down the field rather than letting them score in 2 or 3 plays- I'm not seeing the problem. We need a cover corner badly out of juco. Next year, Banks and Whitley at Safety would be ideal, with Slay and a juco at CB- then rotate Broomfield in some. We'll see what we can pull off in recruiting to make that happen. .</div><div>
</div><div>4. The OL- Jesus Christ on a cracker they just cant get it done. Carmon blows the protection and blocks Hemphill's man, leaving the DE with a free run at 17. Sack. Drive Killa. I know that Hevesy is a good OL coach- so the fact that we make those kinds of mistakes in Game 11 tell me that inexperience and stupidity are killing us. We're just not very good upfront. And that is a team killer- too many Lou Holtz's on here analyzing the game on Saturday, bitching about this and bitching about that- bottom line is every SEC team that compete's for the conference title and national title can run the football and play defense</div><div>
</div><div>2011- Bama and LSU lead the SEC in rushing and total defense</div><div>2010- Auburn led the SEC in rushing AND rush defense + Cam Newton to mask other deficiencies</div><div>2009- Bama 3rd in rushing- 1st in total D</div><div>2008- Florida 1st in rushing, 3rd in total D</div><div>2007- LSU 2nd in rushing- 1st in total D</div><div>
</div><div>5. Tyler Russell- does some good things out there. But I've said this over and over- and Mullen keeps backing me up- Tyler Russell will never be an every snap QB for Miss State. Mullen wants a QB that can run the football- he feels that is the best way to run an offense. That is not the way 17 can play football. His good runs have been when the defense was totally caught off-guard and didnt take QB. Next year we add Prescott to the equation- a big QB that can throw and run. He will get his snaps in all 12 games next season- you can count on it.</div><div>We cant run the offense we run with 17 at QB- it only leaves us with a couple of running plays, making us very limited in the running game. 17 needs an offense that spends 1/3 of the time in the I-formation, plus shotgun. And I dont see Mullen doing that. Get ready for more rotating QB in 2012- but once Prescott is ready- there wont be anymore rotating- but I dont think that happens until 2013.</div><div>
</div><div>6. It's not just 17's fault that he cant make this offense work- obviously the OL problems make it tough- but we dont have the talent at WR to throw the ball 35-40 times a game. Our WR's can be effective when we have a good running game to keep the Secondary guessing, but they arent nowhere good enough to carry our team. And the bad thing is- we have one of the best groups of WR's that we have ever had.</div><div>
</div><div>7. Stop perpetuating the Bear propaganda of "Mullen cant beat anybody in the West except Mississippi". No- Mullen hasnt gotten our program to the point where we can beat top 10 teams- which is what UPig, LSU, and Bammer have been. The SC and Auburn games were disappointing this season- but damn, he isnt losing to garbage teams. SC is going to win 10 games this season. We lost to La Tech, Kentucky, and 45-0 to Mississippi in 2008- since Mullen has taken over- we havent lost to Kentucky or Mississippi- and we beat the teams we are supposed to beat. We are building a foundation for a competitive program. Mississppi has gone 0-8 in the SEC twice in the last 5 years, and 1-7 one other season- that's 1-23 in the SEC in 3 of the last 5 years (counting Saturday). They have no foundation, and thats why they are in the shape they are in.</div><div>
</div><div>8. Stop with the State basketball to State football comparisions- we have been much more competitive and much better in basketball than we have in football. So why should the expectations in football be higher? We have won 6 SEC basketball titles since we won an SEC football title. We have 15 bowl games- but we have qualified for the NCAA Tourney 13 times- and you had to win the SEC to get into the NCAA Tourney until 30 or so years ago- you've never had to win the SEC to get in a bowl game. We have a coach in basketball that has laid a foundation over 14 years- he isnt building anymore. Mullen is about to go bowling for the 2nd time in 3 years- let him build and quit going nuts.</div><div>
</div><div>9. Enjoy this coming Saturday- it will be the 1st time since Dawggeezer was a teenager we have beaten those racist bastards 3 times in a row. 1939-1942 was the last time. Enjoy the hell out of this. This is not the most important part of our season, and no you idiot Bears- I dont "just care about beating Mississippi"....but dominating your rival is important- and we are doing that. Nutts is leaving their program in a mess- and we need to take advantage this time.</div><div>
</div><div>10. I'm not real attached to any of our Sr's this season. I like Ballard alot and most of the Sr's have played hard for us- they deserve their due- but I cant say, "boy Ima miss watching Brandon Wilson play"...I hope these guys play their *** off though Saturday and become the 1st Sr class in 70 years to dominate their rival. Good luck guys.</div><div>
</div><div>In Mullen I Trust,</div><div>
</div><div>C34</div><div>
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[Coach34]

1. Bama hangover combined with playing in the worst state in the US = terrible showing. I was hopeful we wouldnt be flat, but we were. Worst effort under Mullen since he's been coach. Jackie has always said it- and my father would say it as well- your team will only get up and play it's best ball 3-4 times a season. With our talent level compared to the big boys of the SEC, you're never going to see us put together 3 straight weekends of good football with Bama, UPig, and Mississippi- and right now and for the foreseeable future, we arent going to beat Bammer or UPig without playing our absolute best ball. Thus is life in the modern day SEC<div>
</div><div>2. Defensively, we didnt play too bad upfront. we hit Wilson a few times, forced a fumble. did about all we could do with our talent level. We just dont have bigtime SEC DE's that can wreak havov on a QB.</div><div>
</div><div>3. Secondary- why do people ***** about us playing off of WR's and making teams earn their way down the field? If we played more man coverage with Bonner and Broomfield having to go one on one- we would get torched like a house made of matchsticks. We make teams have to drive it down the field rather than letting them score in 2 or 3 plays- I'm not seeing the problem. We need a cover corner badly out of juco. Next year, Banks and Whitley at Safety would be ideal, with Slay and a juco at CB- then rotate Broomfield in some. We'll see what we can pull off in recruiting to make that happen. .</div><div>
</div><div>4. The OL- Jesus Christ on a cracker they just cant get it done. Carmon blows the protection and blocks Hemphill's man, leaving the DE with a free run at 17. Sack. Drive Killa. I know that Hevesy is a good OL coach- so the fact that we make those kinds of mistakes in Game 11 tell me that inexperience and stupidity are killing us. We're just not very good upfront. And that is a team killer- too many Lou Holtz's on here analyzing the game on Saturday, bitching about this and bitching about that- bottom line is every SEC team that compete's for the conference title and national title can run the football and play defense</div><div>
</div><div>2011- Bama and LSU lead the SEC in rushing and total defense</div><div>2010- Auburn led the SEC in rushing AND rush defense + Cam Newton to mask other deficiencies</div><div>2009- Bama 3rd in rushing- 1st in total D</div><div>2008- Florida 1st in rushing, 3rd in total D</div><div>2007- LSU 2nd in rushing- 1st in total D</div><div>
</div><div>5. Tyler Russell- does some good things out there. But I've said this over and over- and Mullen keeps backing me up- Tyler Russell will never be an every snap QB for Miss State. Mullen wants a QB that can run the football- he feels that is the best way to run an offense. That is not the way 17 can play football. His good runs have been when the defense was totally caught off-guard and didnt take QB. Next year we add Prescott to the equation- a big QB that can throw and run. He will get his snaps in all 12 games next season- you can count on it.</div><div>We cant run the offense we run with 17 at QB- it only leaves us with a couple of running plays, making us very limited in the running game. 17 needs an offense that spends 1/3 of the time in the I-formation, plus shotgun. And I dont see Mullen doing that. Get ready for more rotating QB in 2012- but once Prescott is ready- there wont be anymore rotating- but I dont think that happens until 2013.</div><div>
</div><div>6. It's not just 17's fault that he cant make this offense work- obviously the OL problems make it tough- but we dont have the talent at WR to throw the ball 35-40 times a game. Our WR's can be effective when we have a good running game to keep the Secondary guessing, but they arent nowhere good enough to carry our team. And the bad thing is- we have one of the best groups of WR's that we have ever had.</div><div>
</div><div>7. Stop perpetuating the Bear propaganda of "Mullen cant beat anybody in the West except Mississippi". No- Mullen hasnt gotten our program to the point where we can beat top 10 teams- which is what UPig, LSU, and Bammer have been. The SC and Auburn games were disappointing this season- but damn, he isnt losing to garbage teams. SC is going to win 10 games this season. We lost to La Tech, Kentucky, and 45-0 to Mississippi in 2008- since Mullen has taken over- we havent lost to Kentucky or Mississippi- and we beat the teams we are supposed to beat. We are building a foundation for a competitive program. Mississppi has gone 0-8 in the SEC twice in the last 5 years, and 1-7 one other season- that's 1-23 in the SEC in 3 of the last 5 years (counting Saturday). They have no foundation, and thats why they are in the shape they are in.</div><div>
</div><div>8. Stop with the State basketball to State football comparisions- we have been much more competitive and much better in basketball than we have in football. So why should the expectations in football be higher? We have won 6 SEC basketball titles since we won an SEC football title. We have 15 bowl games- but we have qualified for the NCAA Tourney 13 times- and you had to win the SEC to get into the NCAA Tourney until 30 or so years ago- you've never had to win the SEC to get in a bowl game. We have a coach in basketball that has laid a foundation over 14 years- he isnt building anymore. Mullen is about to go bowling for the 2nd time in 3 years- let him build and quit going nuts.</div><div>
</div><div>9. Enjoy this coming Saturday- it will be the 1st time since Dawggeezer was a teenager we have beaten those racist bastards 3 times in a row. 1939-1942 was the last time. Enjoy the hell out of this. This is not the most important part of our season, and no you idiot Bears- I dont "just care about beating Mississippi"....but dominating your rival is important- and we are doing that. Nutts is leaving their program in a mess- and we need to take advantage this time.</div><div>
</div><div>10. I'm not real attached to any of our Sr's this season. I like Ballard alot and most of the Sr's have played hard for us- they deserve their due- but I cant say, "boy Ima miss watching Brandon Wilson play"...I hope these guys play their *** off though Saturday and become the 1st Sr class in 70 years to dominate their rival. Good luck guys.</div><div>
</div><div>In Mullen I Trust,</div><div>
</div><div>C34</div><div>
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[drt7891]

7. Stop perpetuating the Bear propaganda of "Mullen cant beat anybody in the West except Mississippi". No- Mullen hasnt gotten our program to the point where we can beat top 10 teams- which is what UPig, LSU, and Bammer have been. The SC and Auburn games were disappointing this season- but damn, he isnt losing to garbage teams. SC is going to win 10 games this season. We lost to La Tech, Kentucky, and 45-0 to Mississippi in 2008- since Mullen has taken over- we havent lost to Kentucky or Mississippi- and we beat the teams we are supposed to beat. We are building a foundation for a competitive program. Mississppi has gone 0-8 in the SEC twice in the last 5 years, and 1-7 one other season- that's 1-23 in the SEC in 3 of the last 5 years (counting Saturday). They have no foundation, and thats why they are in the shape they are in.<div>
</div><div>8. Stop with the State basketball to State football comparisions- we have been much more competitive and much better in basketball than we have in football. So why should the expectations in football be higher? We have won 6 SEC basketball titles since we won an SEC football title. We have 15 bowl games- but we have qualified for the NCAA Tourney 13 times- and you had to win the SEC to get into the NCAA Tourney until 30 or so years ago- you've never had to win the SEC to get in a bowl game. We have a coach in basketball that has laid a foundation over 14 years- he isnt building anymore. Mullen is about to go bowling for the 2nd time in 3 years- let him build and quit going nuts.
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You are right about this being the first game we looked really bad in under Mullen. Your points about defense are relatively true, but my frustration is we don't mix it up to force them to make mistakes. That is where we got burned time and time again. We were scared of their passing game and respected it too much early on. That lead to them getting nearly a first down in every play they ran their first two drives. We didn't blitz, we didn't jump routes or man up, we rushed 3 or 4 and backed everyone else out in coverage. For a team like Arkansas, that meant Wilson having all day to throw and no pressure on their receivers to make catches. They played catch. When we DID blitz, good things happened for us. I expected more variety on defense to force Arkansas to make plays to beat us, not giving them chunks of yardage play after play. It got to the point in the second quarter where we did nothing but rush 3 and that lead to 10 points in 3 minutes for them.

I'm not at all saying this loss should be on the defense because offensively, we didn't help them out. I thought we got away from what it is we do... and that is run the football. In the second quarter, we stopped running the ball in favor of passing it more and more and what did that lead to? Pressure on Russell and coverage on our receivers. In our offense, you can't throw the ball if you don't run it. I thought we did a poor job establishing our will to run the ball first and eat up clock and NOT try throwing the ball so much. That lead to us going 3 and out on nearly every possession and giving Arkansas more and more opportunities to score.

 

[Mutt the Hoople.buhoops]

-One thing about the offensive line. Aren't more than a few of our key linemen RFr. or Sophomores? I think we need to get a big-time Juco Left Tackle to stabilize the passing game, but otherwise I think the O-Line won't be bad in 2012. I hope we can beat Ole Miss and get to a bowl, so those OL Freshmens can get some work.<div>
</div><div>-Have you heard anything about Dak Prescott's work with the Scout team this year? Will he be the best QB the State defense faces this week? </div>

 

[basedog]

After watching Little Favre play Saturday, I believe he has more maturity at this stage of the game than Russell did after his redshirt year. One thing about Favre is his quick release, I'm beginning to think we can win with Favre playing QB.

This spring should get interesting for the three headed QB's. I do think we will see two different styles of offense next year, one with Russell and the other with Dak and Favre.

 

[Coach34]

-One thing about the offensive line. Aren't more than a few of our key linemen RFr. or Sophomores? I think we need to get a big-time Juco Left Tackle to stabilize the passing game, but otherwise I think the O-Line won't be bad in 2012. I hope we can beat Ole Miss and get to a bowl, so those OL Freshmens can get some work.<div>
</div><div>-Have you heard anything about Dak Prescott's work with the Scout team this year? Will he be the best QB the State defense faces this week? </div>

we definitely need a couple of juco OL guys that can play. Clausell is improving at LT, but not sure I trust him to start next season. We have alot of young guys on the OL and a couple of veterans returning- we need a couple of jucos badly. And next season could be another solid season if we get that. <div>
</div><div>Prescott is coming along. He has definitely working hard on the "Body by Balis" program. His arm and running ability arent in question- but he has alot to learn and just needs to play a little here and there to develop as an SEC QB</div>

 

[Coach34]

After watching Little Favre play Saturday, I believe he has more maturity at this stage of the game than Russell did after his redshirt year. One thing about Favre is his quick release, I'm beginning to think we can win with Favre playing QB.

This spring should get interesting for the three headed QB's. I do think we will see two different styles of offense next year, one with Russell and the other with Dak and Favre.

he looks like Tyson Lee but with confidence to me. If I can get a 6'3-230 Prescott out there instead of 5'10, 190- thats what I'd rather have

 

[Columbus Dawg]

Brandon Wilson has another year of eligibility andI think you give Mullen too much of a pass, other than that very good post. You summed up the situation very well.

As to#5. Koenning mentioned 2 separate times in an interview with Paul Jones that Dak is struggling with accuracy. That's not good to hear.I personally question how good a coach isifhe can'ttailor his offense tofitnot only the best QB on the roster but potentially the best QB we have signed at MSU. It would be one thing if Mullen was landing highly touted QB's left and right, but hehas failed to evenland guys like Barry Brunetti, Hutson Mason, and Chad Voytik. Tyler Russell's don't grow on trees for Miss State. I hate to see him wasted.

 

[War Machine Dawg]

As you said, that was our worst game this season. It sucks, but you just gotta move on. Some people here need to calm the 17 down. We aren't nearly as bad as we played Saturday. 2 plays and we're sitting just inside the top 25. And it doesn't help our situation when we have the Top 3 teams in the nation not just in our conference, but in our DIVISION. And it won't get any easier next year with aTm joining the fray.

Honestly, considering what we lost last season, we're about where I thought we'd be this season. I was hoping for 8-4, 7-5 but there were a lot of moving parts. 6-6 and another bowl is still huge for us.

As far as Hevesy and the OL, I'm starting to think this is the best job he's done in his 3 years. Think about it: He turned Carmon into a serviceable SEC LT in only 8 months. He got Day & Clausell ready to play as RS FR. Granted, none have been stellar, but our OL could be a hell of a lot worse right now. We just need some experience. Hopefully he can get Robinson, Muniz, Lawson & Co. ready for next season. Losing Saulsberry & Lawrence will hurt.

Spot on withour WRs. They need Joe Montana, Peyton Manning, or Tom Brady to make them look good. Bump is the most overrated WR we've had in a long time. We've GOT to recruit better there. Getting Brassell would have been a huge upgrade for that group.

The Egg Bowl is never a gimme, but we *should* win this Saturday.

 

[maroonmania]

that you don't get with RUSSELL OR RELF is elusiveness in the pocket. Favre is quick footed enough and evasive enough to avoid sacks if he is getting rushed from just one side and that helps right now because our OL is not holding off the rush. When we can protect then Russell can get into a rhythm and does well but when we can't, like last Saturday he gets jittery in the pocket and becomes very ineffective.

 

[shsdawg]

about football.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

...Mullen has done a poor job this year. Any outside observer would tell you that.


But coach34 is Mullen's personal propaganda minister; even if we lose the Egg Bowl, coach34 will come here & write a propaganda love letter to Dan Mullen. And the most sickening aspect of that is coach34's sixpack fanbase will eat it up.

 

[Todd4State]

positions. We've got too many guys that profile as slot WR guys. That's why I'm surprised that Morrow has redshirted.

We need a guy that is a legit go to guy- that may actually end up being Chris Smith because he and Tyler know each other so well going back to high school, or it could be a JUCO guy. And then we need a legit burner on the outside to stretch the field and win jump balls. We also need a legit possession receiver- maybe that's Morrow or maybe even Sam Williams?

Personally, I really don't think Brassell would have helped us out too much. He's a cornerback moonlighting as a WR. A lot of times when Ole Miss gets him the ball, a lot of times it's off of a jet sweep and his hands are not very good. Now, I do think he would have helped our secondary out a lot. I suspect that Dan would probably use him as a DB and maybe as a return guy, but I'm not really sure how much we would use him on offense.

 

[Coach34]

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[basedog]

Like I said, compare Russell who played more as a redshirt to Favre and #6 is ahead at this stage of the game. It's just something about Favre who I think can have a better leadership role than Russell. Lord knows Favre doesn't lack for confidence, I like what I've seen, hey I ain't worried about his height.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

It was amazing how bad the defense was when Maye was in Saturday. Although I am still hoping that we convert Skinner to MLB next year and allow Hughes/Wells etc. to continue to develop at OLB opposite Lawrence.

 

[MaroonedNdaRock]

.....about football. Exactly. Arkansas is a decent place live...west of I30 and 67/167. Little Rock ain't near as bad as other places I've been.

But on laying an egg over there. We have got to get the game moved on the schedule. It is not good fo us coming off the Bama game. Second, they absolutely get jacked up sky high for that last game in Little Rock. It is a recipe for disaster for us. But.....we are EmState. We will bend over and take whatever schedule the SEC gives us.

 

[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

it's ok to play off the receivers but when a team continues to march down field and the QB is completing 90% of his passes, an adjustment needs to be made. Why not try man? Get physical at the line of scrimmage to try to slow down their offense and maybe knock the receivers off of their routes. Otherwise, it turned into an embarrassment and if we're matched up with Houston in the Liberty Bowl and refuse to adjust, they will hang 70 on us. I agree somewhat with everything else other than the fact that Mullen needs a signature win and beating <city><place>Auburn</place></city> and <state><place>Arkansas</place></state> shouldn't be that difficult. Vandy gave their game away, andOle Miss was up on them at halftime. I listed six things we need to work on in another post yesterday but I'm too lazy to look it up and repost it. By the way, LSU will expose Upig on Friday. </p>

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[codeDawg]

After watching the all of our competition play this year and comparing WR corps, ours looks like a bunch of pussies. Sure, we are not loaded with a bunch of 4 and 5 star guys, but like coach said, we have the best WRs we have had in a long time. Why do we not have guys that run to and fight for the ball? It looks to me like if Tyler doesn't put it right on a guy in stride, it's not going to be caught. You can also forget putting a ball up for somebody to make a play. The CB or S is going to make that play every time versus our WRs.

It makes me sick to watch Moncrief play for UM. That guy is playing for the worst college football team I have ever seen play the game, and he is going up and pulling balls down over defenders every play. Did anybody see Da'Rick Rogers play for TN yesterday. That guy was making plays. LSU's receivers make plays. Our best WR, Bump, can't even catch the balls thrown directly to him.

/end-rant

 

[cowman]

Good report. Nice post Coach.

 

[maroonmania]

go fight to get the ball from our WR corps.

 

[neb86]

Sorry I don't agree we have the best talent on our team upfront and they are not coached. We can't get off blocks and the only time we get in the backfield is when we quess correct on slants. It should be a crime the way def line is taught fundamentals. They are so raw. It would be scary if they had a coach. Also, we would be in a hell of a mess if we didn't have Wilson at mlb

 

[Coach34]

It was amazing how bad the defense was when Maye was in Saturday. Although I am still hoping that we convert Skinner to MLB next year and allow Hughes/Wells etc. to continue to develop at OLB opposite Lawrence.

 

[1msudawg]

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[clydefrazier]

17 ran a spread in high school and was very successful at it. There are varying schemes to the thread where the team can focus primarily on a running spread or throwing spread. Mullen only seems to be able to run the Tebow version and not be able to adapt to anything else. Agree with point that Mullen wont change to adapt offense around Tyler, IMO he should but I dont think he can or knows how.
Anyone thinking 6 puts us in a better position that 17 is just plain clueless. Mullen is learning on the job but that is wearing a little thin with this being the third year. He refers to the one play in each game that could have been the differance in the game, the Auburn goal line call, the Jeffries TD vs South Car were both coaching blunders.
I am not a fan of rotating three qbs, it seems whenever 17 gets a little momentum, Tebows coach has to overcoach it and thus far hasnt worked.

 

[Hidog78]

I can agree with the most of the summation but #3 I would like to see if we would be torched. #5 could be helped if the OC would call a few slants or tight end drags between the LBs and Safeties. As far as the midget goes, thats what he did in high school. All his quick feet is going to get him is bug spatter on the face shield of an SECplayer like the honey badger.

 

[digdawg]

1. I agree on Russell. I said over and over when Russell was signed by Mullen that it was mistake by Russell to keep his committment - and I was heckled off Gene's Page and here because they said I was an idiot and was toldthat unlike Croom, Mullen would adopt his offense around his personnel. I said that Mullen in his entire career as an assistant coach and a head coach has been using the spread OPTION offense. Unlike Croom, who has coached the triple option, pro-style, West Coach, and a bunch of other offenses in his career, Mullen knows one offense only. It is all he has ever been around, and it was crazy to think that he was going to jettison it just for Tyler. Tyler was perfect for Croom's pro-style WCO offense. He is not perfect for Mullen's spread option. Koenning and Mullen have never been successfull anywhere without a running QB. Coach34 is right, Tyler is not a good enough runner. I've had so many internet arguments with people about this, I'm glad that someone revered on this board agrees with me.
2. The problem is not what state we play in, but rather that we have no offensive identity, and haven't since Relf was benched. Mullen thought we weren't scoring enough with Relf and we weren't, but the answer wasn't changing the offense, because that has been worse. (Just like Croom changing from Carroll to Lee in his last year was a similar mistake). We have a pocket passer running the spread option, and it doesn't work. We are trying to pass more out of this offense, and it is not an effective offense for a pass first team. You've got to stick with what you do. I personally don't like the spread option offense, but we knew that is what we were getting when Mullen was hired - a team that will run it more than any other team in the SEC. We've tried to change that and it predictibly isn't working.
3. Carmon and Day,Mullen recruits,were terrible on Saturday. I've said it before and I'll say it again - Mullen's recruiting has been terrible. You won't miss Charles Mitchell in the secondary. I will. How about Fletcher Cox? He is a beast. We were rushing 3 against Arkansas most of the game and no wonder we couldn't get consistent pressure. Cox was doubled team at every opportunity.
4. I don't trust in Mullen because his teams are getting worse - mainly because we have no freshman and sophomores that he has recruited that have stepped up on the field.If he is an improvement as a coach, why hasn't any of his guys got on the field? Our best receivers are Croom committments STILL at this point.Of course, most people on thisboard thoughtthat Mullen's "spread" offense meant we were going to throw it more. They didn't understand thatits the spread option andthat it is the most run heavy offense in the SEC.
5. When Croom was coach, his first class was put together in one month (Sherrill left him two committments in December, two-stars each). In one month, coming off three of the worse teams in SEC history from Sherrill (totally unlike what Croom left Mullen), he found Titus Brown, who still plays in the NFL today. Numerous players from Croom's first class were starting as freshman and sophomores. By his second class, things improved immensely recruiting wise, with numerous of those players starting as freshman and sophomores.Same with his third class, and by his fourth class, the recruting was so much better thaat those guys were starting as freshman. His fifth class, well, Mullen inherited it. Since then, Mullen's recruiting has got worse than Croom's last class - every expert agrees with that.

 

[Coach34]

Mullen's recruiting hasnt been stellar by any means, but- other than getting SEC ready offensive linemen- what are we missing?<div>
</div><div>You dont want freshmen starting- thats bad, and the fewer the Sophomore's- the better</div><div>
</div><div>Whitley, Banks, Eulls, Skinner, Ballard, Perkins, ...those are some quality guys Mullen has brought in</div><div>
</div><div>He signed Prescott to go along with Russell</div><div>We have 4* WR's</div><div>
</div><div>If we didnt have such a gap in Croom's recruiting of offensive linemen- we'd be a much better football team</div>

 

[Big Sheep81]

Wilson beat two folks in our secondary when we blitzed and scored from 32 out. We have to have at least one good rush end for man to work.

Besides, keeping receivers in front of you leads to more plays and more chances for a pick or drop. Unfortunately, AR has too many good receivers who can catch. It's a pick your poison.