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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
It was a sound defeat and MSU's resume looked far better in the windshield than the rear view mirror.
Your advocacy for them reminds me of the same disingenuous arguments you used for the number of ranked teams that Missouri beat last year. Florida's ranking at the time of the Mizzou game was a mirage.
MSU and the BXII teams both have the benefit of dodging a potential tough conference championship game and getting a prime position because of it, similar to KU in '07, but with less scheduling luck.
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...and Mizzou wound up 12-2 and ranked top 5 by the time it was all said and done. I think one of us was vindicated about the quality of Mizzou's season last year while the other pulled the eject lever for the umpteenth time yet again this season.
Before you decide to lecture me yet again about being disingenuous, perhaps you should re-read your OP and let it serve as a reminder that pessimism isn't a synonym for realism.
If MSU ends up 11-1, they will have won at Death Valley, at Ole Miss and at home against aTm, Arkansas, and Auburn with their only loss being by 5 at Alabama. In the real world, people call that an impressive resume. You prefer to call it backing into a four team playoff....which is comical.
What's also comical is saying that MSU was dominated by Alabama. MSU had more rushing yards than Alabama. They had more passing yards than Alabama. They had nearly 100 more total yards than Alabama. They had more time of possession than Alabama. They had 26 first downs to Alabama's 17.
Alabama won that game because State's Heisman candidate QB was banged up and played like crap turning the ball over three times while Alabama's only turnover was reversed by a questionable replay and called a touchdown.
You've dug in your heels here, and that's fine. You'll have to forgive me if I find the case you've laid out severely lacking.