🏈 Kirk Herbstreit Thinks Mississippi State Will Beat No. 12 LSU

[TerryP]

After an eventful Week 2, this weekend’s slate of games features fewer big names matchups, but there are still a few games worthy of your attention.

One of those is an SEC matchup between No. 12 LSU and Mississippi State.


Herbie thinks the Tigers are going down. Herbstreit spoke on his podcast Herbstreit & Fitzsimmons.

“It’s gonna be Mississippi State loading up with 15 guys at the line of scrimmage against Derrius Guice and that running game….the game is being played in Starkville. I love the quarterback for Mississippi State, Nick Fitzgerald.​

When they win, everyone is going to get on the Mississippi State bandwagon.”

Will the Tigers lose on the road?

Mississippi State and LSU kick off at 7 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.

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Here's the link to the podcast...another pretty decent one on college football from ESPN.

Sir Charles

 

[TUSKtimes]

I keep hearing this kind of chatter emanating out of Starkvegas and by pundits in the know. Can a new defensive coordinator make this much splash in Bulldawg fortunes? Personally, I would like to see them do it, but I think Aranda will scheme a defense from hades against the QB. Fritzgerald will have to have a big day with his arm and get some turnovers for the upset.

 

[Tidestalker]

Was just discussing this with some pals... Seems to be the upset pick of the weekend. Good test for LSU offense... But I think they pull it out.

 

[TerryP]

I keep hearing this kind of chatter emanating out of Starkvegas and by pundits in the know. Can a new defensive coordinator make this much splash in Bulldawg fortunes? Personally, I would like to see them do it, but I think Aranda will scheme a defense from hades against the QB. Fritzgerald will have to have a big day with his arm and get some turnovers for the upset.

Grantham has had his critics and his supporters--a lot of the latter right now due to his attacking style he's brought to Starkville. Let's not forget, when he was DC at Louisville (recruiting defensive players less talented than those at MSU...Petrino is simply NOT a defensive guy) he had that defense in the top 20 for all three years--two of which were top 10 defenses.

Here's what I can't just walk away from:

LSU lost to MSU in '14, had a missed FG or would have won in '15, and gave LSU a good run for their money up through the fourth quarter last season only to win by three.

We can point to "the talent at LSU" all we want but it's evidenced their "talent overload" hasn't favored them as well as you would think. And, let's not forget, these games are always early on in the season so it's not like LSU, or MSU, has been dealing with a rash of injuries. (I do think LSU played eight OL against MSU last year.)

Leaning more towards that +6.5 as the day goes on...

 

[jdpas29]

Guidebook running the ball and an adequate QB at LSU.

A good QB at MSU for a change doesn't fix the running game entirely.

Defensively I think LSU will have the edge and also likely on special teams.

I agree with previous poster MSU will need turnovers to win

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Cowbells will be clanking....obnoxious Bullshit.....
Dawgs can be tough at Home...
Would love to see dawgs pull it off....

 

[bamaledge]

I wonder what ol stinkray thinks about this? I can't stand that dude.

 

[PurlJam]

Giving Herb some credit....that was a massive beat down. I'm guessing Red Stick is ablaze this a.m.

 

[planomateo]

I wonder what ol stinkray thinks about this? I can't stand that dude.

:rolf::rolf:

 

[XXL TideFan]

Loved it

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Tiger rant is the place to go....it's ugly

 

[#80]

Herbie is pretty good at what he does.

 

[BamaFan334]

He called it for sure. I lost good money fake and real on sorry ass LSU. I like listening to Herbstreit, but I also can usually tell when he's being PC to build up a matchup and when he genuinly believes something. This game was one of those I felt he was building up being a late ESPN game. I also felt Mississippi State didn't have the defense to stop Guice, but I was wrong, by a large margin.