1. There are a lot of things I can handle. Quitting isn't one of them. We quit last night. And it wasn't the first time this season. That's on Mullen. Not even bothering to come out of the locker room after halftime is inexcusable. 17 the coaches and 17 the team. You all laid a giant **** on the field in Oxford and embarrassed yourself, the school, and the fans. It's one thing to get blown out, but it's another to quit and get blown out. The only 2 guys who played like they wanted to be there were Cam & Bump.
2. Coaches: Your gameplan sucked. On both sides of the ball. Only 25 rushes on offense? Against a team that hasn't stopped the run all season? The 3-man front aGAIN? It was worse than the aTm game, and that's saying something. Did you guys not watch film this week? Or were you just trying to see who could come up with the worst idea and go with that? Or were you more worried about eating turkey and dressing than Mississippi? And the ****** offensive gameplan rests with Mullen. I'm pretty sure Koenning came up with it, but I'm also pretty sure Mullen has to approve the gameplan.
3. Chris Wilson: 17 you in the *** with a hot branding iron. I hope your *** is drawing an unemployment check Monday morning. If not, Mullen should be put on notice. Your D is in a class with Torbush. This read-and-react, bend-but-don't-break ******** sucks. We let the opposing offense dictate to us. We've become physically soft in just 2 seasons. And the biggest cluster17 on the team is the DL, the position you directly coach. We're playing ****** Big 12 defensive schemes and concepts, and we're seeing the results. Our tackling is ******. The players clearly don't believe we can stop a semi-competent offense. We drop 7 and 8 so often it's ridiculous. Even in years when we've been really bad, the one thing we as State fans could hang our hats on was physical, nasty, hard-nosed defense. No longer with Chris Wilson in charge.
4. Mississippi whipped us at our own game. They physically manhandled us. They beat us up and punked us out. They were the bigger bully. There's no excuse for that ****. We're a soft team, on both sides of the ball. We're a soft D and a finesse offense. TR has been great for most of the year, but his skill set will never allow us to be the physical team we were with Relf. I hate it.
5. I love Perk, but he's not a between-the-tackles runner. Where the hell was Griffin? He needs to be getting the bulk of the touches. Instead, he got 1 touch and then was used as nothing more than a blocker & decoy while the game actually mattered. It blows my mind. Use Griffin to physically pound defenses. He's proven that he's healthy, so use him. He should've had enough big plays in the last 4 weeks to earn a bigger role, but he continues to be forgotten.
7. Where were the Johnsons? Pretty sure each only had 1 catch on the night. I know I'm on a soapbox here, but they've got to be a much bigger part of our passing game if we want to be successful offensively.
8. Teams have been making Nickoe their ***** for 5 weeks running. He's far from the same player he was prior to his Achilles injury. Is there any chance we could bulk him up and move him to OLB next season? Because if we try to trot him back out there at safety aGAIN, he's going to get torched all season. Teams have a ton of game tape on how to do it now. He also busted the coverage on the Moncrief's first TD in the second half. Banks played it like he thought he had safety help over the top of Moncrief, and no one was there. Then Nickoe comes flying towards him after it's too late.
9. TR was off from the start last night. When he wasn't busy forcing balls into double and triple coverage, he was sailing balls high. And we still threw 40 (officially 39, same difference) passes. ****** job of adjusting the playcalling by our coaching staff. Hell, Mississippi dropped 4 INTs before they got their first one. We should've gone run-heavy and/or gone to Dak for a series to try to help settle TR into a rhythm. Instead, we kept slinging it all over the yard.
10. I'd love to know how a team that struggles to stop the run has gotten almost everyone who's played them to air it out. We did it, LSU did it, Arky did it, etc. There's gotta be something on film I'm not seeing. That or Bucky made a deal with St. Peter.
11. Hats off to Tubby in the return game. He didn't bobble a single snap, then showed why he's our best return guy when he actually manages to make a clean catch. The only bad decision was one of the times he brought it out of the endzone, but that happens. Compared to how we played elsewhere, I can't *****.
12. Keith Andrews has a cannon for a leg, but it's about as accurate as a real cannon, too.
13. Banks stock has dropped dramatically in the last 5 weeks. He's gotten burned repeatedly. Moncrief took him to school last night.
14. Bottom line, we laid a giant pile of Dog **** on the fake turf at the Vaught. I'll be damned if I spend money to go to a bowl game to watch this ******** aGAIN without some serious changes. Players and coaches better have a serious soul-searching the next few weeks. We've got to figure out how to be that nasty, physical team we were the last 3 seasons.
To sum it up, we need serious changes as a program. Players need to give a damn about every play again. Coaching changes MUST be made. Specifically, a new DC, a real ST coach, and Mullen taking over the offense. Koenning is clearly a great organizer and teacher, but his gameplans and playcalling suck. We need to become physical aGAIN, on both sides of the ball. If we stay on the same path, we'll finish the season 8-5 after the bowl game and be a soft, shitastic game aGAIN next season. And I for one will find it hard to fork over the cash to travel to a bowl if Chris Wilson is still employed by Our State.
In Mullen We Trust,
WMD
2. Coaches: Your gameplan sucked. On both sides of the ball. Only 25 rushes on offense? Against a team that hasn't stopped the run all season? The 3-man front aGAIN? It was worse than the aTm game, and that's saying something. Did you guys not watch film this week? Or were you just trying to see who could come up with the worst idea and go with that? Or were you more worried about eating turkey and dressing than Mississippi? And the ****** offensive gameplan rests with Mullen. I'm pretty sure Koenning came up with it, but I'm also pretty sure Mullen has to approve the gameplan.
3. Chris Wilson: 17 you in the *** with a hot branding iron. I hope your *** is drawing an unemployment check Monday morning. If not, Mullen should be put on notice. Your D is in a class with Torbush. This read-and-react, bend-but-don't-break ******** sucks. We let the opposing offense dictate to us. We've become physically soft in just 2 seasons. And the biggest cluster17 on the team is the DL, the position you directly coach. We're playing ****** Big 12 defensive schemes and concepts, and we're seeing the results. Our tackling is ******. The players clearly don't believe we can stop a semi-competent offense. We drop 7 and 8 so often it's ridiculous. Even in years when we've been really bad, the one thing we as State fans could hang our hats on was physical, nasty, hard-nosed defense. No longer with Chris Wilson in charge.
4. Mississippi whipped us at our own game. They physically manhandled us. They beat us up and punked us out. They were the bigger bully. There's no excuse for that ****. We're a soft team, on both sides of the ball. We're a soft D and a finesse offense. TR has been great for most of the year, but his skill set will never allow us to be the physical team we were with Relf. I hate it.
5. I love Perk, but he's not a between-the-tackles runner. Where the hell was Griffin? He needs to be getting the bulk of the touches. Instead, he got 1 touch and then was used as nothing more than a blocker & decoy while the game actually mattered. It blows my mind. Use Griffin to physically pound defenses. He's proven that he's healthy, so use him. He should've had enough big plays in the last 4 weeks to earn a bigger role, but he continues to be forgotten.
7. Where were the Johnsons? Pretty sure each only had 1 catch on the night. I know I'm on a soapbox here, but they've got to be a much bigger part of our passing game if we want to be successful offensively.
8. Teams have been making Nickoe their ***** for 5 weeks running. He's far from the same player he was prior to his Achilles injury. Is there any chance we could bulk him up and move him to OLB next season? Because if we try to trot him back out there at safety aGAIN, he's going to get torched all season. Teams have a ton of game tape on how to do it now. He also busted the coverage on the Moncrief's first TD in the second half. Banks played it like he thought he had safety help over the top of Moncrief, and no one was there. Then Nickoe comes flying towards him after it's too late.
9. TR was off from the start last night. When he wasn't busy forcing balls into double and triple coverage, he was sailing balls high. And we still threw 40 (officially 39, same difference) passes. ****** job of adjusting the playcalling by our coaching staff. Hell, Mississippi dropped 4 INTs before they got their first one. We should've gone run-heavy and/or gone to Dak for a series to try to help settle TR into a rhythm. Instead, we kept slinging it all over the yard.
10. I'd love to know how a team that struggles to stop the run has gotten almost everyone who's played them to air it out. We did it, LSU did it, Arky did it, etc. There's gotta be something on film I'm not seeing. That or Bucky made a deal with St. Peter.
11. Hats off to Tubby in the return game. He didn't bobble a single snap, then showed why he's our best return guy when he actually manages to make a clean catch. The only bad decision was one of the times he brought it out of the endzone, but that happens. Compared to how we played elsewhere, I can't *****.
12. Keith Andrews has a cannon for a leg, but it's about as accurate as a real cannon, too.
13. Banks stock has dropped dramatically in the last 5 weeks. He's gotten burned repeatedly. Moncrief took him to school last night.
14. Bottom line, we laid a giant pile of Dog **** on the fake turf at the Vaught. I'll be damned if I spend money to go to a bowl game to watch this ******** aGAIN without some serious changes. Players and coaches better have a serious soul-searching the next few weeks. We've got to figure out how to be that nasty, physical team we were the last 3 seasons.
To sum it up, we need serious changes as a program. Players need to give a damn about every play again. Coaching changes MUST be made. Specifically, a new DC, a real ST coach, and Mullen taking over the offense. Koenning is clearly a great organizer and teacher, but his gameplans and playcalling suck. We need to become physical aGAIN, on both sides of the ball. If we stay on the same path, we'll finish the season 8-5 after the bowl game and be a soft, shitastic game aGAIN next season. And I for one will find it hard to fork over the cash to travel to a bowl if Chris Wilson is still employed by Our State.
In Mullen We Trust,
WMD
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