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Message: [QUOTE="SimpleDawg, post: 3037614, member: 9267"] But you have to also consider that Mississippi State is stronger this year offensively. This year we're doing things we couldn't last year. We're beating teams more impressively this year, and our style is conducive to more overall points scored on average. We couldn't explode like we could against Tennessee last year - even though, yes we should be superior to them, so it's no surprise we won by double digits. And I think overall, we played South Carolina better this year than last year partly because we're stronger offensively though non-Mississippi State fans may disagree with that claim. I'm just thinking how much better we're playing this year rather than the Pac-12 not being able to compete against us - I'm really not thinking in my head "the Pac-12 is weak." You have to also remember that Stanford is not Oregon despite being in the Pac-12 so the 74 points we scored against them is actually not bad for a team that should be superior to Stanford. And while I do believe our Oregon loss was a fluke, I also think the same of your Michigan State loss, which at this point can't be used to point out any weaknesses about Oregon. There are a couple of teams that I would prefer to play over Stanford in the top 12, but compared to the elite 6 and Marquette.... I'd take Stanford. After that, I do believe Stanford is better than a few teams currently on the #2 or #3 line. I do think that despite our one Pac-12 loss, there's no evidence of Mississippi State being weak against the Pac-12 recently. You can make the claim about Baylor because their last 3 losses were to the Pac-12, and 2 out of 3 recent tournament losses to Oregon State, but if Mississippi State has a kryptonite, it's certainly South Carolina and not the Pac-12. ... [/QUOTE]

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