What I Learned From Watching Oxford vs Starkville

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This game started out kind of slow. Starkville just came off of a loss to Louisville. They were looking to get a rivalry win against Oxford. The Little Egg Bowl game has some true meaning behind it this year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Starkville</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Starkville is going to be just fine this year. They are going to be a team this year that are going to very balanced. [player_tooltip player_id='273258' first='Trey' last='Petty'] was on point yesterday. I was able to see that their offense works very well when he is running the ball. Yes, he has a very solid arm, but he also knows how to pick up some yards with his feet. Petty is a dog all the way. He is the firecracker for this Starkville offense. Petty was making nice throws last night as well. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='139597' first='Braylon' last='Burnside'] had a good game last night. He had a long touchdown where he lost the defensive back by five yards. He is a beast at running routes. Burnside is a player that Starkville needs to be sure to get the ball at least ten times a game. I think we are going to see him have more ways of touching the ball throughout the remainder of the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Starkville also has a nice running game. I think that their offense has the ability to use three different guys at running back. Courtland Cooper, [player_tooltip player_id='346421' first='Jay' last='Stevenson'], and Burnside are all some guys that have the ability to run the ball when the Yellow Jackets want to run the football. Them having a balanced offense this season is going to be very key for them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Starkville's defense stepped up for them last night. There are still a few holes they need to fix, but overall, they looked good. This is going to be another exciting year for the Yellow Jackets.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Oxford</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Oxford has some work to do. They are giving up a lot of big plays on offense. They need to find a way to put more pressure on quarterbacks. They did a good job moving the ball on offense last night. In my opinion, things look better when they have Peter Grandjean as the quarterback. His little brother, Mitch Grandjean seems a tad bit nervous at times. There were a lot of times where he was short arming passes. That did not look good to me. Let's see how they do next week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->