You know, Houston Nutt was a pretty good coach at Arkansas. In fact, Nutt wasn't too bad in his first two years at Ole Miss. But, his last two years with Mississippi were atrocious. I really can't explain why. Did he lose interest somewhere along the way? Have the Rebels fallen so far since Eli Manning left, that even a pretty decent coach like Nutt can't get the job done? Whatever the reasons, Nutt is now gone, and I don't see much hope for this 2012 version of the Mississippi Rebels.
They have an inexperienced, new head coach; complete questionmarks at QB, O-Line and Running Back positions, and, absolutely no standouts at any of the defensive positions. This is bad news for a team that only scored 16 points per game on offense last year, and gave up 5.4 yards on the ground, 61% completions thru the air on defense. Wow!
Handicapping Angle: I hate to admit this, but, sometimes I get as pumped up about a team that I believe will be horrible as I do about a team I believe will be very good. Why? Predictabilty. The more predictable a team is, either good or bad, the more success you will have handicapping that team.
My bottom line on Mississippi is they will be horrible this year.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
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