ASU VS MSU Height VS Weight

appgrad1 · Post by **appgrad1** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:18 pm

bobcat92 wrote:This brings to mind the Griz in the mid to late 80's. They recruited big guys for the D line and O line. They played Georgia Southern in the playoffs. They got slaughtered. The GSU crowd was chanting "Big, White and Slow Go Back to the Snow". UM retooled the D and got a bunch of fast players but smaller. In the playoffs they got blown off the line of scrimmage. UM went back to the drawing board again and got fast but larger players on the D. They won a NC title in 95 with the new D and were runner ups in 2006.

Speed doesn't always mean success.

If ASU is quicker in every position we could be in trouble. But I know MSU has players that are also very quick. D we need to contain the QB. Offense protect the QB. Won't be an easy task but after playing against UM which has a defenesive player on the Buck Buch. Watch list it shouldn't be a suprise when we play a very athletic and very good team.

Hope to soon be able to compare UM's Buchanan candidate with both of ours, Wiggins & Murrell. See you tomorrow. And,

WELCOME TO THE ROCK.

phillyAPP · Post by **phillyAPP** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:50 pm

Speed --Shmeed-- It aint about the speed !!

its about who's team executes. I've seen slow teams beat fast teams.

We will see who can play their brand of football best. Speed kills when you don't have the same caliber athletes.

I expect the talent to be similar and the game to be a slugging match with the best team to win.

I hope both teams play their A___'s off and that the ref's let the players decide the end result.

GO APPS,Fight APPS, Kick ASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

catatac · Post by **catatac** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:03 pm

phillyAPP wrote:Speed --Shmeed-- It aint about the speed !!

its about who's team executes. I've seen slow teams beat fast teams.

We will see who can play their brand of football best. Speed kills when you don't have the same caliber athletes.

I expect the talent to be similar and the game to be a slugging match with the best team to win.

I hope both teams play their A___'s off and that the ref's let the players decide the end result.

GO APPS,Fight APPS, Kick ASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Post! That's exactly what I've been saying. Speed is only a critical factor if you've got Waaaaaayyyyyy more team speed than your opponent. And judging from the video I've seen of App State, you do have more speed, but the gap if not nearly as great as many App State fans think. I think you'll be impressed with our team speed as well. Good Luck tomorrow, and Go Cats!!!

P.S. Your overall team speed isn't what bothers me about this game. That little QB make me very nervous though... We absolutely need to find a way to limit his effectiveness.