Liberty Bowl Preview & Christmas Prep | 23 Personnel Podcast

Intro

Football

  • Bowl season so far
  • Liberty Bowl preview
  • Mississippi State Bulldogs, 7-5 (4-4); Tues 12/28, 5:45 p.m. ESPN
    • Offense; 6th in SEC total offense, 450 ypg, 386/64 pass/rush ypg, 31ppg
      • QB Will Rogers, 6-2/210, Soph; 75% comp, 4,449 yards (7.1 ypa), 35 TD, 8 int
      • RBs Dillon Johnson & Joquavious Marks; 820 yards, 181 carries, 4.5 ypc, 10 TD; 860 receiving yards, 141 rec, 4 TD
      • WR Makai Polk, 6-3/200, Junior; 989 yards, 98 receptions, 10.1 ypc, 9 TD
      • WR Jaden Walley, 6-0/185, Soph; 610 yards, 52 rec, 11.7, 6 TD
      • WR Austin Williams, 6-3/200, Senior; 543 yards, 47 rec, 11.6 ypc, 4 TD
    • Defense
      • 4th in SEC total defense, 21st in country 330 ypg, 57th in country in scoring defense 25ppg

 

Teams Pass yds/gm Pass yds/att Rush yds/gm Rush ypc 3rd down conv
TTU Off 258 8.6 151 4.6 42.4
MSU Def 230 7.4 101 3.3 41.0

 

Teams Pass yds/gm Pass yds/att Rush yds/gm Rush ypc 3rd down cov
TTU Def 266 8.0 144 4.1 44.4
MSU Off 386 (3rd in NCAA) 7.1 64 (130 in NCAA) 3.1 45.5

 

  • Score Prediction – Texas Tech +9.5, o/u 59.5
    • Spencer – Miss St 38-24
    • Michael – Miss St 41-31
    • WVU vs Minn (-4.5); Guaranteed Rate Bowl, 12/28, 9:15pm
    • ISU (7-5) vs Clemson (9-3) (-1); Cheez-It Bowl, 12/29, 4:45 pm
    • OU (10-2) (-4.5) vs Oregon (10-3); Alamo Bowl, 12/29, 8:15pm
    • OSU vs ND (-2); Fiesta Bowl, 1/1
    • Baylor (11-2) vs Ole Miss (11-3) (-1); Sugar Bowl, 1/1, 7:45pm
    • KSU (7-5) (-2.5) vs LSU (6-6); Texas Bowl, Jan 4, 8pm

Basketball

  • NBA News
    • Mac McClung called up to Bulls 10-day hardship deal from South Bay Lakers
    • Matt Mooney called up to Knicks 10-day hardship deal from Mexico City Capitanes
  • Recent Games (8-2 overall, 0-0 conf, Still #25 in latest AP Poll)
    • Saturday, Dec 18 vs Gonzaga – L 69-55
    • Death by 3-pointer
    • Terrence Shannon still dealing with back spasms, Arms with the start
    • HaslaMetrics – Gonzaga 76.90 TTU 70.56
  • Statty Stat Stats (after Gonzaga game)
    • KenPom
      • Overall – 21st (-3)
      • AdjO – 44th (-9) (OppD – 353rd)
      • AdjD – 10th (-3) (OppO – 319th)
    • HaslaMetrics
      • Overall – 43rd (-2)
      • Offense Eff – 57th (-1)
      • Defense Eff – 32nd (-7) 
  • Upcoming Games
    • Wednesday, Dec 22 vs Eastern Washington (6-5, 0-1), ESPN+, 1pm, Lubbock
      • Beat Washington State on the road 76-71
      • Common Opponent vs Omaha
        • EWU on the road – W 92-81
        • TTU hosting – W 96-40
    • Tuesday, Dec 28 vs Alabama State (1-9, 0-0), ESPN+, 1pm, Lubbock
      • They do have 3 total wins if you include exhibition games against Mobile and Tuskegee 
      • This is the last game before conference play starts vs Oklahoma State on New Year’s Day

 

Questions

https://twitter.com/23Personnel/status/1473494712787034116?s=20 

What did we learn?

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