but I think there are several things about the "wide open offense" theory.
First of all, here we are at MSU and we see people like Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Tulsa, and Hawaii going out and scoring 56 points a game- and you're going to win a lot of games if you score that many points- and there's the thought that we can do this to. And there is some precedent here- UK had a wide open offense under Mumme and they went from a team that was an easy win to competitive and started going to bowls with some consistency.
Secondly, MSU fans are tired of boring offense. Here's what we've had to endure- Rocky Felker's offense, Jackie Sherrill's three yards and a cloud of dust, and Croom's WCO which was highlighted by five yard outs on third and eight. We want to see some scoring. We want the scoring to be done by us.
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, I think our players want to run a wide open offense. I think that if we let our players do something that they want to do, they are likely going to work harder and execute it better.