Overall, no major surprises, just a few smaller ones.
Mississippi State
- I honestly don’t know why it hasn’t dawned on Sylvester Croom at this point that his offense doesn’t work. Whether that’s due to scheme or personnel – or, more likely, a combination of both – is arguable, but what isn’t is that this is what he’s had going on for several seasons now.
- They really are in awful shape at the QB position, with Henig and a true freshman as the top two options.
- The defense looks competent by SEC standards (that’s a compliment). But it’s gonna be ground down game after game by the incompetency of the offense.
LSU
- Early Doucet looked impressive. The rest of the offense, not so much. There may be some real issues with the right side of the offensive line.
- It’s hard to judge given the quality of the MSU offense, but LSU’s defense looked pretty stout. Dorsey is impressive, to say the least.
- I liked the decision to go for the TD at the end of the first half. Given the way the MSU offense was performing, it wasn’t that big a risk. Weighing that against the chance to knock the legs out from under the Bulldogs, it was the right call to make.
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UPDATE: Yrrch. Methinks the Good Ship Croom is starting to take on water at an alarming rate.
(h/t Dawg Sports)
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I really don’t understand why Croom wants his team to be something they aren’t offensively. West Coast offense? I mean get serious. They haven’t had a QB or WRs to run a West Coast offense at any point in his 4 years. At best, they’re a spread option team.
If I’m him, I put my best athlete at QB and take my chances with the spread option like ARK with Matt Jones.
He’s a stubborn, silly old man who will be extremely unemployed within days of Thanksgiving.
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Along those lines, if Croom goes, the guy MSU ought to hire is Paul Johnson. Any coach who can make Navy reputable can do at least that with MSU.
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