The Legend gave Chris Low a new name today for UM 7 win prediction....

[RougeDawg]

Was listening to Finebaum around 3 and Chris Low was guest caller. Paul asked him what he thought about the Bears and Chris Low commented, "I think they will have 7 regular season wins and make a bowl." Paul laughed and then The Legend called next and said Low's new name was Chris High because he had to be smoking some good **** to think UM will have a winning season.

Also caught the Nutt inverview on Head to Head. Nutt answered 3 questions with his broken record response, "We won back to back Cotton Bowls and have the top recruiting class in the state." This wasn't even relevant to 2 of the 3 questions he answered with this response. He also said they were going to have to use a lot of the incoming true freshman this year to play immediately, but didn't think this was a problem. H2H crew was puzzled because they thought this meant the Bears had no depth at a lot of positions. At the end they asked Nutt about the possibility of BYU being effected by the heat on opening weekend. His response never even mentioned BYU, but only stated that they were making sure their players were properly hydrated and watched during this heat. He also commented on the QB situation saying Brunetti would probably start but he would play Mackey too. Seems like an experiment up there on offense.

Am I, along with most college football fans, missing something that has occurred in Oxford? Did they sign 6 or 7 free agents in the past couple of days that I've missed? I don't conceivably see more than 5 wins max and more like 3 based on returning player.

 

[RougeDawg]

Was listening to Finebaum around 3 and Chris Low was guest caller. Paul asked him what he thought about the Bears and Chris Low commented, "I think they will have 7 regular season wins and make a bowl." Paul laughed and then The Legend called next and said Low's new name was Chris High because he had to be smoking some good **** to think UM will have a winning season.

Also caught the Nutt inverview on Head to Head. Nutt answered 3 questions with his broken record response, "We won back to back Cotton Bowls and have the top recruiting class in the state." This wasn't even relevant to 2 of the 3 questions he answered with this response. He also said they were going to have to use a lot of the incoming true freshman this year to play immediately, but didn't think this was a problem. H2H crew was puzzled because they thought this meant the Bears had no depth at a lot of positions. At the end they asked Nutt about the possibility of BYU being effected by the heat on opening weekend. His response never even mentioned BYU, but only stated that they were making sure their players were properly hydrated and watched during this heat. He also commented on the QB situation saying Brunetti would probably start but he would play Mackey too. Seems like an experiment up there on offense.

Am I, along with most college football fans, missing something that has occurred in Oxford? Did they sign 6 or 7 free agents in the past couple of days that I've missed? I don't conceivably see more than 5 wins max and more like 3 based on returning player.

 

[FlabLoser]

We can't expect Nutt to tell the truth. Of course he's got to pump sunshine. Have you ever heard a coach, a coach who had a big raise 2 years ago no less, get up and talk about how much they're going to suck this year?

 

[Dawgpile]

When Nutt comes in under 5 wins.

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[SLUdog]

and their QB turns out to be really good. They will have a good O-line and a good RB. Having said that, I see 4-5 wins as the most likely finish.

 

[RougeDawg]

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[maroonmania]

For the Rebs to have a winning season with at least 7 wins they will have to do it in similar fashion as we did in 2007. They will need a defense which causes a lot of turnovers and scores off a lot of those turnovers and a strong running game. Essentially Bolden will need to be their Anthony Dixon this year. I say this because I don't think Brunetti or Mackey paired with their young receivers is going to give them a very strong passing game so they are going to have to have a big time running game. And I could see them having a good running game but I CAN'T see them having a defense that can create the turnovers they will need like we did in 07. Still think 6-6 is about their top end but if they are able to beat both BYU and Fresno, which I doubt they will, then 7 wins is a possibility.

 

[trumaroon]

I am predicting a melt down by Nutt about 3/4ths into the season. He nearly blew up in a press conference last year and the negativity surrounding his program is going to come to a head.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

and their QB turns out to be really good. They will have a good O-line and a good RB. Having said that, I see 4-5 wins as the most likely finish.

When Bradley Sowell is their anchor, they will not have a good offensive line.

 

[Seinfeld]

whenever we'd sign a big time recruit and then not play him immediately. However, I am now in full belief that there are no more than about ten freshmen in the entire country that can make any sort of positive impact by playing significant minutes in their first year. The rest are going to end up hurting you more than they help and if your team is in a position that deems it necessary to roll those dice, you're in for a long season.

 

[aTotal360]

UM is EXTREMELY lucky that they are playing 2 of the 3 weakest opponents in the East or then wouldn't even have a shot aconferencevictory. I know the reb lurkers are going to counter with the "It's the SEC. Anyone can beat anyone...yadayadayada", but sincerely think they have better chance to win zero SEC games, than multiple ones. The over/under has to be at .5. As for OOC, I think they will win 3 of 4. I genuinely don't see them winning more than 5 games.

 

[Hector.sixpack]

playing a true freshman is like playing a 9th grader at a 5A school. He's just not ready.

 

[jbulldog]

just want MSU to do well. Repeating a season like the last one is a huge challenge; Mullen has his work cut out for him. Yes, we have a lot of guys returning....skill guys, and that is awesome. However, there are some critical holes to fill in the both lines and obviously at LB. Our secondary returns but wasn't exactly great last year so we have to hope for improvement. Then, there is the schedule...wow. It is going to be very, very tough. This year, in my opinion, is Mullen's greatest challenge.

 

[Hanmudog]

What is there to worry about for Ole Miss? They return the worst defense in the SEC and replaced a couple of really good players with freshmen while playing in a division in which they are the only unranked team. What is the worst that could happen?</p>

 

[RebelBruiser]

If our defense shows it can give us something, then winning 7 games is well within our reach.

Offensively, we'll put up points. Nutt's history shows that he will find something offensively. He always has, even in the 3 losing seasons he's had in his career his teams averaged 29.8, 25.7, and 30.6 points per game. We have enough players and potential playmakers on offense that we will score points this fall. That doesn't concern me. How we'll get there remains to be seen, but Nutt will find a way, always does. We'll score 25 or 30 points per game.

The question is going to be whether we can stop anyone. Giving up 35 points per game is the primary reason we lost games last year. If we can cut that back to 25 a game or better, we'll win 7 games. We're going to be young on defense, but I think we will be more athletic than what we put out there last year. The question is going to be whether our inexperience can step up and how much the Burns hire adds to our defensive scheme. A lot can be fixed for us defensively just by having a better game plan from game to game, and the hope is Burns can bring that.

This should be the last year for a few years for us to have a lot of question marks, so the hope is we can piece something together this year defensively to let us be competitive, and then by next season and the season after we should be in pretty good shape to be competitive for a few years down the line.

 

[1dawgfan09]

Ole Miss could sweep the OOC, but other than that, it gets murky quick. It's possibly they get a revenge game against Vandy and beat UK. It'll be hard to beat UK in Kentucky, but we've done it in the same shape they are in before. For one thing, UK is notorious for not being able to stop the run. If OM produces a solid run game, they will punish UK and possible pull the W. However, I honestly think the Bears do no better than 5-7 this season. I really hope they bring Brunetti to Starkville this year. I want that freshman to hear the bells and feel Fletcher Cox's mountain of manliness atop his "I'm too good for WV" ace. Ole Miss can't lean on sports any more to prove their "superiority."


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[Hanmudog]

If our defense shows it can give us something, then winning 7 games is well within our reach.

Offensively, we'll put up points. Nutt's history shows that he will find something offensively. He always has, even in the 3 losing seasons he's had in his career his teams averaged 29.8, 25.7, and 30.6 points per game. We have enough players and potential playmakers on offense that we will score points this fall. That doesn't concern me. How we'll get there remains to be seen, but Nutt will find a way, always does. We'll score 25 or 30 points per game.

The question is going to be whether we can stop anyone. Giving up 35 points per game is the primary reason we lost games last year. If we can cut that back to 25 a game or better, we'll win 7 games. <font color="#cc0000">We're going to be young on defense, but I think we will be more athletic than what we put out there last year</font>. The question is going to be whether our inexperience can step up and how much the Burns hire adds to our defensive scheme. A lot can be fixed for us defensively just by having a better game plan from game to game, and the hope is Burns can bring that.

This should be the last year for a few years for us to have a lot of question marks, so the hope is we can piece something together this year defensively to let us be competitive, and then by next season and the season after we should be in pretty good shape to be competitive for a few years down the line.

We won't know until the games are played but Ole Miss' defensive problems last year looked to be moreabout the scheme and Nix's inability to stop the spread than with a lack of athletes. Nix has become the black Joe Lee Dunn.

 

[RebelBruiser]

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[RebelBruiser]

Tennessee didn't run a spread to hang 52 on us. LSU didn't run a spread hanging 43 on us. Arkansas runs a pro set, and they hung 38 on us.

Now, Auburn of course did run a spread in hanging 51 on our defense, but to me our problems were not about what style of offense we were facing. Our problems on defense last year were part Nix's scheme and inability to adapt to his personnel and part our lack of athleticism.

The hope is that we are more athletic this year and that Burns, a former DC and head coach, can bring something to Nix's defense to help us adapt better and ultimately play better. If that can happen, we can have a pretty good year.

That's why when I watch the first 3-4 games, I'm going to be way more concerned about our defense than anything else. If we put up a solid showing defensively early, we're going to be a pretty solid team this fall, and we'll give a lot of teams way more than they're expecting right now. If we crap the bed defensively early, we'll be in for a long season. All the talk about QB, WRs, OL, etc. really doesn't matter to me right now, because that's not going to determine our season in my opinion. As I said, Nutt has a history of finding his playmakers and manufacturing something with his offense. I'm confident he'll be able to do that again with the players we have on that side of the ball. That's something I don't think he gets enough credit for. Our season, as it did last year, is going to hinge on the defense. If we were to swap defenses and defensive coaching staff's with you last year, you are 4-8, and we are 8-4. It's all on the defense for us.

 

[aTotal360]

I have to ask, how are you guys getting more athletic? Is it personnel or coaches making people better?

 

[therightway]

More than likely they will go 4-8 again. BYU is going to be a real tough game for them. I don't see the Fresno game easy either. Anytime that you travel across the country it makes it more difficult. They very will could lose all SEC games but I would say that they pull one off against either Vandy or UK.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Though we had experience at the DT spots last year, I think we were slow at times. We should be quicker there with Bennett/Martin additions. At DE, we were too slow last year period. Lockett being back helps a lot there, and I think a guy like Carlos Thompson will help there as well with quickness. Plus I'm hoping Rivers and Dorsey have added a step.

At LB, that's the biggest concern to me athletically. Marry, Kight, and Williams should be athletic, and the young guys we've brought in should be too, but we don't have any depth there. Regardless, those starters should be more athletic than Allen Walker was last year. At the DB spots, last year Ingram and Brown played injured a good bit, and both always seemed a step slow. Jackson, Matthews, Nicholas, and the young corners should all be quicker than what we had back there last year at least.

We seemed to be slow at a lot of positions last year, but from everything you read, we should be quicker, partly due to development, but partly due to personnel changes, even though we will have a lot of inexperience. I don't have a lot of faith in our defense, but like I said, the hope is that the combination of Burns plus players that should be better athletes will come together to make us at least respectable on that side of the ball. We don't need world beaters or a defense like your 2007 bunch that carried a crappy offense. We just need respectable. Our offense should do enough if we can do that on defense.

 

[bonedaddy401]

Because I say you go 5-7.<div>
</div><div>Yall have basically little to no chance of beating Bama, Ark, LSU or us. Georgia, BYU, at Fresno, and at Auburn are very loseable. And you have to go to Vandy and to Kentucky. Idon'tsee 7 wins anywhere in there.</div>

 

[Dan Druff]

All you talk about is OM being more athletic, a step quicker, blah blah....how about talent? I know all of your players were 4 and 5 stars out of high school because that's all you guys sign in the offseason, but some of the guys on your defense are just flat out not very good.

Damien Jackson is one of the worst DBs ive personally ever seen and you could probably attribute 2 of the Jax St. late touchdowns to him. I could outrun Dorsey going backwards. And if you are depending on Martin and Bennett to give you the extra step on the Dline....then best of luck to ya.

Obviously speed is probably the most important asset in the SEC...but you also have to know what the hell you're doing...When 4 teams hang 35+ on you, it's hard to believe that it's gonna turn around that quickly

 

[FreeDawg]

I love hearing um fans say that bennet/martin will be better than powe/laurent because of quickness. That is the absolute dumbest thing i have ever heard. I live in madison and have seenmartin/bennet multiple times in person. Got news for you, they didnt dominate the line of scrimage in 5a hs football. They are nice players but what on gods green earth makes um fans think they will be effective as freshman in the sec is beyond me. Lets see if the ol's in the west care about there "quickness" when they are running the ball downhill on them.

 

[Paper Dog]

With Ole Miss ...

Is that this is when Nutt is absolutely at his best

When the forecasts say the team is going to be bad and everyone everywhere is calling for his job, this historically is when Nutt has been at his absolute best

He is the best coach in the league when the least is expected

That being said either 5-7 or 6-6 (3-1 or 4-0 non-conference and then I will go ahead and give them UK and Vandy in the league)

 

[elmsurfer1]

you are lucky if you can get even one freshman to help rather than hurt. RB's seem to have the best chance of contributing as a freshman.

 

[RebelBruiser]

As I said, I feel like I have a pretty good idea what our offense is going to produce, even though we're breaking in a new QB. I have confidence in that side of the ball, and I have confidence in Nutt on that side of the ball.

It's a cop out to say it, but we won't know until we see the team play BYU, SIU, and Vandy, as I said, and it all depends on the defense. BYU will be pretty good offensively. SIU shouldn't be a challenge, and Vandy will likely be bad on offense again. Knowing what those offenses can and/or can't do gives the baseline for what our defense should be able to do if they're going to be better this fall, and we won't know until we see them in action.

With Shackelford out, over half of our LB two deep will be new faces that haven't played yet. Most everyone on our DT two deep will be new faces that haven't played yet. The DE rotation will be basically the same with the addition of Lockett and more reps probably for Thompson this fall. In the secondary, about half of the two deep will be players that weren't around last year.

It's a lot of new faces, but when you gave up 35 points per game last year, new faces may not be a bad thing. I could see us showing improvement on defense, and I could also see us being just as bad as last year. I know we can't be worse.

As I said, that's why the hope is that even though we'll be inexperienced, we'll be more athletic and hopefully Burns brings something else to the defense that Nix hasn't. I think the Burns addition will help a lot, but it's a big question on whether we'll be more athletic and whether the new faces will be able to handle the assignments.

ETA: If I had to project based on what I think will happen, trying to take the sunshine out of it, I would guess we'll finish in the 5-7/6-6 range, and we'll look a lot better late in the year than we do early. We'll have too many new faces to be clicking right off the bat, but we'll play well enough at times to put some scares into teams and probably pull an upset or two along the way. I see us being set up well for 2012, but this year I expect some growing pains, mainly on the defensive side. If the defensive changes make a bigger difference than I expect, 7 or 8 wins would be attainable, but I just don't think we'll be able to get to that level defensively that quickly. 3-4 games in, we'll know whether it'll be that 5 or 6 or the 7 or 8 win range based on the defensive performance.

 

[bonedaddy401]

I think Nutt's best days are behind him and Nix is in over his head. Couple all that will no experience at QB and I think you get 5 wins and a new coach. Say hello to the Brewer era.

 

[RebelBruiser]

If we win 5 games, Nix will get canned and Nutt will likely keep his job. 2012 sets up fairly well for us. We'll return a lot of experience everywhere, and I expect us to be fairly good in 2012, especially if the guys we add this year give us any positive contributions this fall.

As I told the Hog poster on our board a few weeks ago, I don't think Nutt gets canned this year even with a losing season, and if he doesn't, he probably won't for a little while, because 2012 and 2013 look to be fairly good years for us based on what we have in the younger classes.

 

[biguglyjoe]

With Ole Miss ...

Is that this is when Nutt is absolutely at his best

<span style="font-weight: bold;">When the forecasts say the team is going to be bad and everyone everywhere is calling for his job</span>, this historically is when Nutt has been at his absolute best

He is the best coach in the league when the least is expected

That being said either 5-7 or 6-6 (3-1 or 4-0 non-conference and then I will go ahead and give them UK and Vandy in the league)

We are talking about Houston Nutt here. There shouldn't be any low expectations to overcome. When he was hired all I heard about was his winning streak against State, what a great coach he is, what a great recruiter he is and on and on. How is this not pissing off the Reb fanbase more? Maybe they are truly pissed and I just haven't noticed. He is 0-2 against a rookie HC of your in-state rival and lost to Jax State and Vandy and his team is void of talent in a lot of areas. He beat a Croom team that had given up on the coach 2 games prior and rode Coach O's talent to Cotton Bowls, in case ya'll haven't heard, and that's his defense for it all. The concerns I had when UM hired Nutt have long since fallen by the wayside.

 

[SLUdog]

but I suspect they will be practicing a lot of run blocking in the next 3 weeks.

 

[patdog]

Your offense will struggle this season.I agree that Nutt's a pretty good offensive coach, butI'll be shocked ifthis doesn't go down as the worst offenseof hiscareer.

 

[RougeDawg]

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<font class="SubjectDisplay">re: "The Nuttster" on JOX</font><font class="PostInfo"> (Posted on 8/5/11 at 4:25 p.m. to HawgAlude)
</font>_________________________________________________<font class="PostDisplay"><blockquote class="q1"><font class="PostItalic">quote:</font>
_________________________________________________Choctaw, your a douche,

I
have played basketball at Nutt's house when I was in undergraduate and
graduate school at Arkansas. He is pretty athletic even then for an old
guy. The powers that be put a lot of pressure that should not have been
to run him off. I am not a big fan of his coaching and like Bobby
Petrino better as a coach but as a person, Houston Nutt was cool as
hell. That is what made him a great motivator, he could buddy up to the
student athletes and be their friends. Why do you think so many players
quit or wanted to quit when Petrino took over? Play time was over._________________________________________________[/quote]

Choctaw is not a douche and although Nutt may have been a decent roundball player he f'n sucked as a recruiter and OC!
I'm
glad for you that you got to have milk and cookies and play pickup
games with your hero, but the fact remains that Nutt and his MSM got
themselves ran off and luckily for us he landed at a rival division
school, where he has F'd their program up the same as he did to ours.

Please
explain how your hero had one of the all time greatest backfields to
EVER play the game of college football and never made it to a single BCS
game?</font>

 

[MedDawg]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/10291/nix-ole-miss-defense-back-for-more-in-2010

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</div></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; ">His defenses the last two years have racked up more tackles for loss than any other defense in the country.

Pedal to the metal: It’s the only way Tyrone Nix knows how to coach defense.

As Ole Miss exits the spring, the Rebels’ third-year defensive coordinator thinks his front seven rates right up there with any in the SEC.

That is, if Ole Miss can solidify the other end spot opposite senior Kentrell Lockett.

“Right now, I’d take six of our front seven over anybody else’s in the league,” Nix said. “But when you lose Emmanuel Stephens, Greg Hardy and Marcus Tillman -- all in one year at defensive end -- that puts you in a little bit of a bind at that spot.

“We’re going to be stout inside. The unknown is that other end spot.”

Nix was pleased with the way junior college newcomerWayne Dorseyplayed this spring, and he’s definitely the favorite to start at that other end position.

But Nix said Dorsey needs to have a big summer in the strength and conditioning program, get stronger and acclimate himself a little better with the Rebels’ defensive scheme.

If he does all of those things, then Nix is as eager as anyone to see what this defense can do in 2010.

“He looks the part and played well, so don’t get me wrong,” Nix said of the 6-6, 255-pound Dorsey. “But if we’re going to be one of the best front sevens in the SEC, he has to keep coming and learn the intensity level you’ve got to play with play in and play out in this league. I think he can get there.”

The Rebels also lost three of four starters in the secondary, but Nix said junior college newcomerDamien Jacksonwas everywhere this spring and that he would be comfortable with Jackson at strong or free safety.

The other guy that caught Nix’s eye in the defensive backfield was redshirt freshman cornerbackCharles Sawyer.

Jonathan Cornell is back at middle linebacker and Allen Walker at strong-side linebacker. Both are seniors and will be three-years starters. Nix also likes his depth at linebacker, although he’s still looking for a backup on the weak side.

Sophomore D.T. Shackelford is listed No. 2 right now at middle linebacker, but he’s talented enough and versatile enough to slide outside if Nix thinks he’s one of the Rebels’ best three linebackers come fall.

With so many new faces on offense next season, the burden will fall even more on Nix’s defense, especially early. The good news is that the schedule is pretty soft to open the season.

The Rebels open at home against Jacksonville State, then travel to Tulane before coming home for three straight games against Vanderbilt, Fresno State and Kentucky.

Then comes back-to-back road dates against Alabama and Arkansas.

Nix said none of that impacts the role of the defense.

And it certainly doesn’t affect the Rebels’ mentality on defense.

“Our job is to get the ball back to the offense and get it back as quickly as possible,” Nix said. “We want to be the aggressor. We want to play with outstanding effort. We want to make a lot of plays in the backfield. That’s going to remain the same regardless of what’s happening on the other side of the ball.

“We have some guys on defense who’ve been through the battles. We’ll see how much they improve and how some of the guys behind them develop.”

Of the newcomers scheduled to be on campus this summer, Nix thinks defensive endCarlos Thompson, cornerbackCedric Smithand linebackerClarence Jacksonall could contribute right away. Thompson was one of the top prospects in the state of Mississippi last year and figures to give the Rebels more burst off the edge.

“He may end up being a dime defensive end for us,” Nix said. “Athletically, he’s exactly what you’re looking for.”

Speaking of looking, something Nix wasn’t necessarily doing this offseason, but three SEC schools took a long look at him, which is further testament to the job he’s done at Ole Miss.

Florida’s Urban Meyer offered Nix the defensive coordinator’s job in December soon after Charlie Strong left. Nix was queasy about how the chemistry would end up shaking out on the Gators’ defensive staff and decided to stay put. Georgia’s Mark Richt and Tennessee’s Derek Dooley also talked to Nix about their defensive coordinator openings.

Ultimately, Nix decided that he had unfinished business at Ole Miss and was rewarded handsomely. He agreed to a new deal that will pay him $500,000 annually after earning $365,000 a year ago.

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[anon1751035439]

Any amount that this will not be his worst offense ever. If you are shocked that it won't be, it should be an easy bet.

 

[codeDawg]

<div>and it's a good thing Nutt is good with the running game because Bolden and Co. are about the only talent I see at the skill positions. Teams are going to put 8 in box on you and go man-to-man on the corners all year long unless one of the rejects under center can put something together.</div><div>
</div><div>The freshmen might contribute, but they are freshmen. I don't know how many of them reported early, but those that showed up mid-summer or at the beginning of camp, you can go ahead and scratch those off the list. There is no way that they will be able to learn and get conditioned in time to really contribute.</div><div>
</div><div>When I think of UM's offense last year all I can remember is Masoli pulling a lot out of his ***. That's a Heisman candidate QB you guys are losing and you are replacing him with either a Sophomore transfer who couldn't cut it with the hillbilly's, a JUCO transfer who can't talk, and some other transfer who doesn't appear to be able to beat the first two.</div><div>
</div><div>In the end, I think Nutt will coach the offense up and the OL will hold together, but it is going to be ugly. Bolden is going to have to carry the team and the OL is going to have to give one of the QBs time to do something.Nutt hasn't had too many bad offenses, so I would have to predict that this one is going to be on the ****** side in comparison. Not MSU 2008 bad, but not good at all.</div>

 

[patdog]

Got news for you, they didnt dominate the line of scrimage in 5a hs football.

It's 6A now, but the point is the same. They didn't dominate in HS, and their division is by far the worst division in 6A. They only played 3 decent teams all year (beat Clinton, split with NW Rankin and got blown the 17 out by South Panola). Every other team they played the last 2 years was pathetic.

 

[patdog]

Bruiser said that Nutt's worst offense averaged 25.7 points per game. I'm on record saying that you will not average that many this fall.