Need a football fix before we go toe to toe with Governors?

[missouridawg]

Phil Steele's started some of his stuff and I ran across it on twitter. Most of this stuff if common knowledge, but I did find it interesting to see how we stacked up in what we're bringing back vs. the rest of CFB.

% ofYards gained last seasonreturning- MSU comes in at number 5 in the nation (1st out of SEC teams).

Career OL Starts Returning and % of Lettermen Returning - MSU comes in at number 37 (3rd in SEC). UGA at 28 and Bama at 23.

 

[missouridawg]

Obviously, these are a crap shoot... but find it very interesting that a certain QB isn't listed.

http://www.philsteele.com/Pdf/2011PreseasonHonors/AllSEC.pdf</p> Edited to Add:
No MSU players on his first or second team. Cox makes the third team. Ballard, Broomfield, Boyd, and Bumphis (Killer B's anyone?) make the fourth team.

 

[saltybulldog]

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[EAVdog]

6 of our opponents return less than 50% of players/yards next year. Mississippi the highest at just below 50%, then Bama, UAB, Memphis, Auburn, and Kentucky are all lower. Kentucky lost huge offensive yards from losing Hartline, Locke, and Cobb.

We need a good defensive year and we can have a great season.