Music City Bowl Prediction Pick, 2011, Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest
Posted on | December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments
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Music City Bowl Prediction Pick, 2011, Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest
Mississippi State was a team I had high hopes for. When this team was on paper, I had so many high hopes for them. In fact, I thought they were going to shock Alabama in Starkville. So suffice it to say, a trip to Memphis isn’t exactly what I was hoping for. But redemption is only one game away, if they can get past Wake Forest.
And while Tanner Price has two receivers in Chris Givens and Michael Campanaro that he trusts implicitly (roughly 60% of the completions are to these two), the Bulldogs have a really strong match-up with these Demon Deacons. And I’ll explain why.
Remember when I said that this was an underrated defense when they played Arkansas? Sure, Arkansas put up 44 points on them, but their defense is still one that allows under three points for every ten plays that they’re on the field. Fletcher Cox leads a solid defensive line, and John Banks and Nickoe Whitley are a secondary that deserved a better offense. But they ended up being the fifth best bowl team on a per play average in keeping points off the board.
And while Brandon Pendergrass is a good dude (I assume), he’s the frontman for a running attack that can’t gash ACC defenses. He won’t have the best of times in taking down the Bulldogs front seven. Especially in the Red Zone. It’s the most telling stat. Wake Forest is 97th in getting touchdowns in the Red Zone, and Mississippi State is 6th in giving them up. Long story short? Wake Kicker Jimmy Newman has a decent chance in leading Wake in points.
So long story short? The defense will shut Wake down. And when you consider that most of this defense isn’t exactly in line to graduate, they may win by an impressive enough total to bring back irrationally exuberant Andrew for 2012.
Mississippi State 27, Wake Forest 16.
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Tags: All the Hashtag Jokes > Bowl Predictions > Chris Givens > Fletcher Cox > John Banks > Michael Campanaro > Nickoe Whitley > Rosin > Tanner Price
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December 19th, 2011 @ 5:15 pm
Liberty Bowl???? Dang. Gonna be lots of disappointed Maroons in Nashville next week.
December 28th, 2011 @ 6:26 pm
Yeah. I made an oopsie.