I’m not saying that we will win the West or anything but let’s just see how things develop with the offense after the Auburn game. Coach Croom has proven me wrong before so I’m expecting he knows what he is doing and although he has stuck with McCorvey we’ll have to wait and see what changes have been made. I wouldn’t be surprised to see us at least in the top 75 in offense this year but that would at least be an improvement that will help the defense out. That might not be good enough for 7-8 wins but many will find fault before the season is even played out. I’d love to get 8-9 wins this year with our schedule but it ain’t gonna happen unless a lot of luck is on our side outside of Croom’s decisions with our offense.

What bothers me is the notion from some of you older school people on here, and other message forums/blogs on the internet, who still believe that MSU will and should always have a conservative/smash-mouth approach to the game of football. I just think it’s nuts to think we’re going to ever have the consistent talent that’s required to knock 11 other SEC teams off the ball and combine that with top-notch defense year-in and year-out to have any kind consistently winning program. If anything is never going to happen, that’s it, not the idea that we can never open up our offense and become more modern. That entirely depends upon who we hire as our coaches, and Croom fit the usual mold that we cast ours from that has Tuscaloosa, AL and Bear Bryant stamped on the back.

I like Croom and his aggressive attitude about winning games. I like that he’s willing to put his neck on the line every time he opens his mouth, and he does. He continues to make bold predictions and gets everyone’s hopes and expectations up high, and that’s exactly what the MSU fan base needs, but the man needs to deliver or he’ll suffer a hard fall in the long run. And if anyone thinks that won’t happen, just watch and see if he thinks we can continue winning with mediocre/bad offense and expecting the defense to score a lot of points and basically carry the team on their back from year to year. It ain’t happening. Hopefully one day our holdout fans will come around and also realize that that style of football is only good for about 1 or 2 winning seasons every 7 to 10 years at MSU. That won’t, or at least shouldn’t cut it anymore, not for $1.7 mil anyway.

Yes, Oneal Wilder is such an impressive receiver, that he greyshirted. I can’t believe after all these years that you sheep continue to buy into what Jean Swindoll preaches to you.

Like I said, I’ll believe it when I see it.

Oh and to you jcdawgman, our “smashmouth” defense gave up 331 yards per game and 23 points per game, which was good enough for middle of the road in the SEC defensive rankings. What WON the games for us was our defense scoring TOUCHDOWNS. You can continue to deny that all you want, but it is fact. Like I said before, no sane coach is going to come out before any season and pencil their defense in for 6-8 touchdowns in a season.

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