Ely's Restaurant Preseason Prognosticators - Mississippi

[dawgstudent]

DATE	OPPONENT
8-28-14	Boise State @Atlanta, GA
9-6-14	at Vanderbilt
9-13-14	LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
9-27-14	MEMPHIS
10-4-14	ALABAMA
10-11-14	at Texas A&M
10-18-14	TENNESSEE
10-25-14	at Louisiana State
11-1-14	AUBURN
11-8-14	PRESBYTERIAN
11-22-14	at Arkansas
11-29-14	MISSISSIPPI STATE

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[dawgstudent]

8-4 (4-4) and that's with beating 3 out of 4 of their toss up SEC games.

@ Vandy, @ Texas A&M, Tennessee, Mississippi State

[Optimus Prime 4]

8-4 (4-4)

[BiscuitEater]

8-4 (4-4) and that's with beating 3 out of 4 of their toss up SEC games.
@ Vandy, @ Texas A&M, Tennessee, Mississippi State

DS has OM winning all 4 OOC games and two of those will definitely be 'intriguing' games.

1st is the 'Battle of former Ark State HCs' between Bucky and Bryan Harsin, hired after one year at Arkansas State, to replace Chris Petersen. (Ark State hired Blake Anderson, North Carolina OC, with a $3M buyout, to keep him around after Freeze, Malzahn, and Harsin all left after their first year) While Boise is no where near their former glory, first games are always a little tricky. Should be fun one to watch.

After Boise and @ Vandy, OM opens their home schedule with UL Lafayette. Last year, Hud's team faltered at the start against Arkansas and Kansas St ... and at the end of the season when Terrance Broadway broke his arm. BUT, if Broadway returns to form, they can be a VERY dangerous team. Don't think there is any love lost between Bucky and Hud and after the loss in baseball, the Cajuns should be fired up for this game.

[patdog]

I think the Bears will beat Boise pretty convincingly. ULL might be a closer game, but at home the Bears will win by 10.

[Rutherford B. Hayes]

Bubble screen covered and injuries to OL lead to a 5-7 year for the pancake rabbits.

[johnson86-1]

8-4 (4-4) and that's with beating 3 out of 4 of their toss up SEC games.

@ Vandy, @ Texas A&M, Tennessee, Mississippi State

Wouldn't at @Arky be more of a toss-up than @Vandy? I know Vandy has had their number, but I'm not sure why people are expecting an Arkansas team that took State and UM to the wire last year will be anything different this year. Did they lose a lot?

I think UM's season will be decided by A&M, UT, Ark, and State. Their nightmare season is A&M not having a drop off like people think, UT coming into their own, and then basically Arkansas on the road (after going through an SEC schedule with no margin for error on the OL) being the only game that they have to let slip away to go to 5-7. (Or maybe the nightmare season is having an early OL injury and dropping a game to ULL, then going 0-4 against A&M, Ark, UT, and State).

But I'm going to guess 7-5, with a split against A&M and UT, losses to Bama, LSU, MSU, and Auburn. But depending on how LSU, Bama, and A&M reload and whether Auburn takes a step forward, this really could be the weakest the West has been at the top since Mullen's been here, so this would be the year for UM or State to jump up and get 9 regular season wins.

[patdog]

I would think so. Vandy is going to be god-awful this fall. I'm not expecting a lot from Arkansas, but they will be competitive at home. Bielema is a better coach than most SEC fans think. He's still a dick though.

[patdog]

7-5 (3-5).

[bonedaddy401]

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[civildawg88]

7-5 (3-5) Lose to A&M because it's away, BAMA, Auburn, LSU, and State.

[aTotal360]

7-5. I don't think aTm and Tenn aren't as bad as people think. They will split those games.

[columbiadawg2]

L's to Bama, LSU & Auburn and then either us or A&M

[NewTweederEndzoneDance]

8-4 (4-4) **

[MedDawg]

nm

[ronpolk]

8-4 (4-4)

[msstate7]

1-11 (0- Presbyterian plays them tough, but lim Kim gets the rushing td to ice it**

[starkvegasdawg]

1-11 (0- Presbyterian plays them tough, but lim Kim gets the rushing td to ice it**

The fighting blue hose. I guess the Water Valley JV team was already booked for that weekend.

[msudawg12]

8-4 ( 4-4)

[BigLeagueChew]

Losses to Alabama, Auburn, and either A&M or LSU.

If the Egg Bowl were in Starkville, I'd call it a loss. I am curious if a State poster will say one of Ole Miss' wins will be against MSU. I'm betting no.

[aspendawg]

6-6 (4-4)

Kemdouche has a mid-season biploar episode and causes dissension among the team, Wallace breaks his clavicle, and the rest is history.

[SterlingArcher]

Well I mean you're on a 17ing State message board, scrub

[patdog]

History says the home team will win the Egg Bowl unless the visitor is just clearly the better team, and even then the home team will win about 1/2 the time. I still picked us. I do think we will have a better team than you will this fall, although I realize that is debatable.

[johnson86-1]

History says the home team will win the Egg Bowl unless the visitor is just clearly the better team, and even then the home team will win about 1/2 the time. I still picked us. I do think we will have a better team than you will this fall, although I realize that is debatable.

^^This^^

I think we'll be better, but we'll have to be significantly better for the Egg Bowl to be any better than a toss-up for us. Really the only two reasons I'm picking State are that (1) I feel like the way our D performed last year when our offense was using a true freshman QB, we should be able to do the same in Oxford with what we have coming back and assuming our offense gives us a little more help throughout the game amd (2) I think we could stomach an OL injury better than UM, although both of us are flirting with danger there.

[Uncle Ruckus]

Well I did, dipshit, but I don't think y'all will be that good. This hype and preseason love for Dak has me concerned. Until he plays well over an extended period without getting hurt I'm not betting the farm on us yet. If your OL transfers suck, Morris(?) still weighs 500lbs, and Tunsil doesn't stay healthy, then you won't sniff 6 wins. I'm just surprised you didn't say 10-2 like your idiot buddy did below

[willi13]

6-6 (2-6)

[Mutt the Hoople]

I can see Robert Kimdeechee demanding to run the ball 25 times a game or he quits the team.

DATE	OPPONENT
8-28-14	Boise State @Atlanta, GA L
9-6-14	at Vanderbilt L
9-13-14	LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE L
9-27-14	MEMPHIS W
10-4-14	ALABAMA L
10-11-14	at Texas A&M L
10-18-14	TENNESSEE L
10-25-14	at Louisiana State L
11-1-14	AUBURN L
11-8-14	PRESBYTERIAN W
11-22-14	at Arkansas L
11-29-14	MISSISSIPPI STATE L

[DefinitelyNotBopolis]

[QUOTE=dawgstudent;1001584]

DATE	OPPONENT
8-28-14	Boise State @Atlanta, GA.
9-6-14	at Vanderbilt.
9-13-14	LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
9-27-14	MEMPHIS
10-4-14	ALABAMA
10-11-14	at Texas A&M
10-18-14	TENNESSEE
10-25-14	at Louisiana State
11-1-14	AUBURN
11-8-14	PRESBYTERIAN
11-22-14	at Arkansas
11-29-14	MISSISSIPPI STATE

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Losses to Bama and Auburn. We usually can hang with LSU, even in Baton Rouge. I think TAM has a bad year because Sumlin's defenses haven't stopped anyone from scoring and he no longer has a freak of nature under center. I also think that we will destroy your team in Oxford. But, I a really big homer, so...

[Uncle Ruckus]

7-5
W - Boise ULL Memphis Preys Tenn Ark MSU
L - Vandy UA AU aTm LSU
Vandy MSU and aTm are all tossup's. 6-6 floor 9-3 ceiling. They ain't beating their real rival at home after last year.