Is getting Croomed a legitmate threat?

I've seen the blog posts this week and the forum threads that talk about the possibility of teams getting Croomed by Mississippi State. While it sounds humorous, I'm not sure just how much fear the term puts into opponents, or even opponents fans for that matter.

We've heard a lot of "coach speak" from the Tennessee staff this week, even out of the media. How many times am I going to have to hear how this Bulldog team is better than Georgia and how physical they are? Look at it this way, a loss would be catastrophic regardless of how much anyone tries to build up MSU.

Let's look at just what Sylvester has done since becoming the Bulldogs main man.

2004 (3-8). First season at MSU was highlighted by a nice win against a Ron Zook coached Florida team in Starkville. The also lost to teams like Vandy, UAB, and Maine.

2005 (3-8). Wins include Murray State, Tulane and Mississippi.

2006 (3-9). Beat UAB, Jacksonville State and a Mike Shula coached Bama team. The marquee loss was to Tulane.

That brings us to 2007. The Bulldogs appear to be an improved football team, currently with a 4-2 record. However, at closer look it seems it could be just more of the same. MSU's wins this season consist of Tulane, Gardner Webb, UAB and their lone impressive win against Auburn.

I'll close with this. Most people, when asked about Sylvester Croom, describe him as a great man and a classy individual. Missing is any compliment of his coaching ability. Enough said.

I don't see anything that leads me to believe that the Vols are about to get Croomed.