2 Days Left
That is all folks. 2 days until we see the 2006 MState football team take the field against Steve Spurrier's South Carolina team. I'm excited about football finally getting here, but unlike years past, I am not optimistic about the season at all. As I have written before, this team looks frighteningly similar to last year's team.
I'll go ahead and give my prediction for the game itself. I say South Carolina wins 24-10. There is a lot of hype around our defense, but some facts remain. Our defense is good and much improved over a few years ago, but they are not dominant. The 1999 defense was deep and extremely talented. They needed no help from the offense to hold opponents to low scores. This defense, however, lacks depth and if left out on the field all game will eventually wear down, much like last year. Our offense looks to be no better than last year. Sure, we added some receivers, including having Omarr Conner fulltime at the position. But, the offensive line is still experiencing instability and the young players Croom has recruited are not stepping up to replace the crappy veterans. Our QB, Mike Henig, has a strong arm but is just so small it scares me. I don't see how he will make it through the year in one piece with our offensive line. Then we must consider the departure of Jerious Norwood. Every highlight I see of that young man in the NFL this preseason puts a smile on my face while, at the same time convincing me further that we will be bad offensively this year. We were bad, I mean really bad last year on offense with Mr. Norwood - I cannot see improvement without his skills at our disposal. I don't see this offense capable of outscoring Spurrier's South Carolina offense or even keeping our defense off the field long enough to not wear them out.
There has been a lot of talk about the amount of starters South Carolina lost after last year. Here are the only things I need to know: wide receiver Sidney Rice returns and he is awesome, their quarterback Mitchell returns and he is decent, and Steve Spurrier is their coach. I would not be concerned about this game if I were a South Carolina fan. Spurrier will have this team "coached up" and ready to go. All of their losses put together will not equal the loss of Norwood for State. South Carolina will score 20 points - I have no doubt about that. It follows then that State must match that output. The only SEC game last year we broke 20 points in was the Egg Bowl, and let's face it, Ole Miss was bad and their defense gave up. That game was an anomaly to the regular suckage that is the Croom Coast Offense.
I hope I'm wrong about all this. I hope we kick the living crap out of South Carolina. I hope our offense scores 38 points and makes me look stupid with all this pessimism. But I just don't see it happening. Here's to being wrong.
I'll go ahead and give my prediction for the game itself. I say South Carolina wins 24-10. There is a lot of hype around our defense, but some facts remain. Our defense is good and much improved over a few years ago, but they are not dominant. The 1999 defense was deep and extremely talented. They needed no help from the offense to hold opponents to low scores. This defense, however, lacks depth and if left out on the field all game will eventually wear down, much like last year. Our offense looks to be no better than last year. Sure, we added some receivers, including having Omarr Conner fulltime at the position. But, the offensive line is still experiencing instability and the young players Croom has recruited are not stepping up to replace the crappy veterans. Our QB, Mike Henig, has a strong arm but is just so small it scares me. I don't see how he will make it through the year in one piece with our offensive line. Then we must consider the departure of Jerious Norwood. Every highlight I see of that young man in the NFL this preseason puts a smile on my face while, at the same time convincing me further that we will be bad offensively this year. We were bad, I mean really bad last year on offense with Mr. Norwood - I cannot see improvement without his skills at our disposal. I don't see this offense capable of outscoring Spurrier's South Carolina offense or even keeping our defense off the field long enough to not wear them out.
There has been a lot of talk about the amount of starters South Carolina lost after last year. Here are the only things I need to know: wide receiver Sidney Rice returns and he is awesome, their quarterback Mitchell returns and he is decent, and Steve Spurrier is their coach. I would not be concerned about this game if I were a South Carolina fan. Spurrier will have this team "coached up" and ready to go. All of their losses put together will not equal the loss of Norwood for State. South Carolina will score 20 points - I have no doubt about that. It follows then that State must match that output. The only SEC game last year we broke 20 points in was the Egg Bowl, and let's face it, Ole Miss was bad and their defense gave up. That game was an anomaly to the regular suckage that is the Croom Coast Offense.
I hope I'm wrong about all this. I hope we kick the living crap out of South Carolina. I hope our offense scores 38 points and makes me look stupid with all this pessimism. But I just don't see it happening. Here's to being wrong.
posted by Stormrider81 at 8:59 AM
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