WATCH: Joe Moorhead gives passionate post-game speech after big win over Texas A&M
Mississippi State’s schedule featured three games in October against top-16 teams (then-No. 8 Auburn, then-No. 5 LSU and No. 16 Texas A&M). The Bulldogs emerged 2-1 from that tough stretch after a big 28-13 win over the Aggies.
While the Auburn may have looked most impressive (at the time), first-year MSU coach Joe Moorhead appears to be most proud of the win over TAMU. In his post-game locker room speech, Moorehead told the team, “I don’t know that I have ever been this proud of a group of coaches and a group of players as I am of the people in this room right now.”
As he explains, that’s a big deal considering he has been in the game of football as either a player or a coach dating back to 1992.
Check out the video below from MSU’s official Twitter account:
“I don’t know that I have ever been this proud of a group of coaches and a group of players as I am of the people in this room right now.” –@BallCoachJoeMo #HailState🐶 pic.twitter.com/sKklIWusc2
— MSU Football 🏈 (@HailStateFB) October 28, 2018
That’s nice. All credit to coaches and players for this great win, especially to Fitz and Guidry and to some of the unsung defensive playmakers. But I will be surprised if Moorhead ever gets to coach another MSU team with good a defense.
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Don’t be too surprised. We have some really good defensive players coming in on the new recruiting if they don’t jump ship, including the number 4 overall SDE in the nation. Sure, there are some more positions that will need to be filled, but overall, the defensive recruiting is good.
That D is unreal. And, if we had a consistently good offense all year the numbers would be “all-time” good. It’s not an insult to Moorhead to say that’s the best D he will ever coach. It might be one of the best D we ever have.
This guy is a players coach. I believe it’s going help in recruiting
Hate to rain on y’all’s parade but JoMo won’t be there in the next couple years. We have gone from a 11-1 season to a mate 8-4. This guy has gone the wrong way.
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