MSU/OK State in Reliant Stadium(Houston) to open 2013?

[Bobby Ricigliano]

The NBA.**

"Name me one other sport where the percentage of post season players is this high"

 

[missouridawg]

I see what everyone that is saying "no" is getting at, but really why should we be scared to play OK ST? Granted they are a high scoring Big XII offense, but what has happened the last few times a high scoring Big XII offense met a good SEC defense? Also, their defense was ranked in the 100s last year (the University of Mississippi was ranked like 107 or so). Will they be any better in 2013?

Bad as I hate to, I have to agree with Saban on the scheduling. Last year, Auburn definitely benefited more from almost losing to Utah State than we did in steamrolling Memphis. They learned where they needed to improve and did. We really didn't learn anything until the Auburn game and by then it was too late.

It's not that anyone is scared. It's that the risk/reward of the game doesn't make sense.

I can't think of anything, except for SOS points and some national exposure, that would be a benefit of beating OK State. Since we play in the SEC, we don't need the SOS points and if we were to need the SOS points, we'd be getting all the national exposure in the world because we'd be in a BCS bowl.

The downside of losing that game is that it starts us on the wrong foot and could prevent us from getting to a bowl game... which would be much more detrimental in relation to the positives of winning that game.

I just think we need to keep the momentum going and get to a bowl game every year and take the easiest route towards that goal.