MISS STATE
In his first game of the season, Willie Gay Jr. opens Kentucky game with Pick 6
Willie Gay missed the first three games of the season for Mississippi State due to a violation of team rules. In his first game this season, it didn’t take him long to show what the Bulldogs were missing with the talented linebacker sitting on the bench the first three weekends of the season.
In the first quarter of the Kentucky game, Gay picked off Kentucky quarterback Sawyer Smith and took the interception back to the house to give Mississippi State the first points of the contest.
Check out the play below, courtesy of the SEC Network:
PICK. SIX. @HailStateFB!!! pic.twitter.com/5gzrPIUMIU
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) September 21, 2019
We might very well lose this game after I type this, but Willie Gay Jr. changes everything on our defense. Having our three best players at linebacker changes our rush and run defense. It’s clear we need Leo, Willie, and Errol to be a good defense.
Suspended for 3 games then tossed after a half for 2 unsportsmanlike penalties. How selfish can a guy be to leave his team hanging like that instead of being on the field. JoMo should run him until his tongue hangs down to his toes.
The crazy thing is he used to be the level headed one and Leo Lewis was the one that kept costing us with selfish plays in the past.
To be fair, that last “unsportsmanlike” call was not exactly a fair call. I think the refs were being politically correct and decided to call it on both and it resulted in dismissal from the game. It’s clear he didn’t do anything but talk smack like everyone else. The UK player flipped a middle finger out AND was holding onto the back of Willie’s jersey/pads. Whereas Willie was pulling away. I can understand the side of the refs, however, it was a little too much to call an unsportsmanlike on him, given the situation.
It was a wrong call for sure unless he said something over the line while the official was breaking them up. But, you can’t put yourself in a position like that after you already have one unsportsmanlike against you. And, after you’ve missed 3 games due to suspension don’t do anything to get you suspended for a half by the refs.
Is it just me or did the defense struggle a little more in the second half without Gay on the field?