Arizona State opens at -3.5

[MSUDOG24]

This piece of journalism was the most important thing that came out of Wyoming's bowl game last year:

That was pretty damn funny.

 

[HWY51dog]

I watched the 1st qt. Back to back drives Wyoming qb threw WTF were you thinking interceptions. Wyoming was horrible. You can’t base anything off that game or EKU.

 

[Pookieray]

Yeah but none of that matters if Shapen is throwing 50 yard TD bombs and you’re crying in the bathroom about it.

Shapen will be under more pressure and running more (scrambling) and not throwing to receivers texting their GF's while waiting for the ball. Even bad FBS teams are better than decent'ish FCS schools. And no, I'm not saying we are a bad FBS team, i'm saying all things are not equal with FBS vs FCS and FBS vs FBS. Don't expect things to be that easy.

 

[JackShephard]

Arizona State does not have an SEC O line and D line.

Neither do we.

 

[85Bears]

Neither do we.

Good point

 

[retire the banner]

Shapen will be under more pressure and running more (scrambling) and not throwing to receivers texting their GF's while waiting for the ball. Even bad FBS teams are better than decent'ish FCS schools. And no, I'm not saying we are a bad FBS team, i'm saying all things are not equal with FBS vs FCS and FBS vs FBS. Don't expect things to be that easy.

Thanks Pookieray! I’d be lost without you. What’s a first down?

 

[SchrodingersDawg]

We gonna beat that 17ing AZSt *** like a 17ing rented mule. Book it.

 

[leeinator]

Wyoming generally is a pretty good football program. They usually post winning records and play many of the big boys pretty well. The way AZST handled them is concerning to me for this coming weekend. We have our hands full if they play like that again.

 

[Tall Dawg]

Looked like the Cowboys had a complete melt down watching the game. Totally unprepared, no emotions, and looked like a complete lack of motivation. They had three turnovers that were ran back for TD's We really don't know how good ASU is. EKU would have beaten the Cowboys last night. I think MSU will have more over all talent but that doesn't always mean anything. ASU will face a better team than they did last night.

I watched the ASU game through the 3rd quarter and Wyoming looked bad.
As GloryDawg mentioned, they were a turnover machine giving up 21 of the points ASU scored.

 

[Baddog11]

We gonna beat that 17ing AZSt *** like a 17ing rented mule. Book it.

 

[leeinator]

Give me a score prediction.

 

[NWADawg]

Florida will likely be 1-2 and Billy will be a dead man walking by the time we play them. I think the same for Pittman in late October.

If Florida played this week on the road at Az State they would likely be less than a TD favorite. It may not 100% equal, but it’s “close to” a similar challenge as I stated initially.

I think Petrino will keep Pittman employed for another year or two.

 

[SirBarksalot]

That was pretty damn funny.

Caleb is so good at his job.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

I think Petrino will keep Pittman employed for another year or two.

Based off what? Him being at A&M didn’t save Jimbo.

 

[retire the banner]

I think Petrino will keep Pittman employed for another year or two.

That’s a bold assumption after one game against… Arkansas Pine Bluff.

That’s what is so funny about this board. We’re willing to give our rivals the benefit of the doubt against ****** teams but the main conversation after our performance is we have some serious o line issues lol.

We might have o line problems, tough to determine after one game. But Eastern Kentucky would beat the hell out of APB.

 

[NWADawg]

Based off what? Him being at A&M didn’t save Jimbo.

UPig has much lower standards and they love Pittman. If he shows improvement and has a fun offense, the will look for an excuse to keep him.

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

7 points now.

 

[StateCollege]

UPig has much lower standards and they love Pittman. If he shows improvement and has a fun offense, the will look for an excuse to keep him.

Even if the offense is much improved, Arky has a tough path to 6 wins. I don't think I see five more wins out of this:

at Oklahoma State
UAB
at Auburn
TAMU
Tennessee
LSU
at State
Ole Miss
Texas
LA Tech
at Mizzou

 

[pseudonym]

Mississippi State ML +190 looks like value. I just don't allow myself to bet on my own team.

 

[JackShephard]

7 points now.

If our DL isn't improved by leaps and bounds by Saturday, we're going to get boat raced.

 

[85Bears]

If our DL isn't improved by leaps and bounds by Saturday, we're going to get boat raced.

If we fail to stop the run thats all we are going
To see in conference.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

There are a lot of opinions in this thread that make sense to me and in other years, I might agree.

This year, I’m finding it much more difficult to trust instincts from past seasons — not just MSU, but all teams.

Just looking forward to seeing how the season will unfold - predictions be damned

Agree, don’t see how anyone can’t. We have 5/6/7/8/9 year players running around, culture nowhere, so who knows. Heck Shapen himself could change the whole narrative for us if he doesn’t get hurt. We definitely looked competent in my opinion.

I am slowly moving toward getting rid of FCS games, especially since the bowls are being devalued. And nowadays, it’s almost better to spend your time crootin the portal than it is practicing for a bowl (esp if we are going the route of money/portal over scheme like we appear to be doing). The FCS games teach us nothing except for who sucks.

And hey…..we at least don’t suck.

 

[Mr. Cook]

Agree, don’t see how anyone can’t. We have 5/6/7/8/9 year players running around, culture nowhere, so who knows. Heck Shapen himself could change the whole narrative for us if he doesn’t get hurt. We definitely looked competent in my opinion.

I am slowly moving toward getting rid of FCS games, especially since the bowls are being devalued. And nowadays, it’s almost better to spend your time crootin the portal than it is practicing for a bowl (esp if we are going the route of money/portal over scheme like we appear to be doing). The FCS games teach us nothing except for who sucks.

And hey…..we at least don’t suck.

The only value to FCS games is generating revenue for a scrimmage game.

 

[Xenomorph]

ASU all the up to -6.5.

 

[HuntDawg]

Can tell absolutly nothing by who we played other than the depth chart and how we looked on film. This week will tell us a lot.

 

[Drebin]

Based off what? Him being at A&M didn’t save Jimbo.

Well, Jimbo is a control freak. Tittman will let Petrino be Petrino, which could be glorious or disastrous, based on your perspective.