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I really hope this doesn't turn into a program defining loss the way the Alabama blackout game did. Not sure what performance was worse, the coaches or the players. Either way, a lot of expectations evaporated today.
Man, after reading these comments, my comment about hoping this game doesn't cost us recruitment points doesn't seem so bad. BTW, I agree with most of them.
No wonder people don't like noon games.
Just a heartbreaking loss as it showed all of the areas that aren't as good as what we'd hoped. So much for not calling big plays until big games to keep from tipping our hand...
Today showed us what corrections are needed in our program. We need a mobile qb and a top notch offensive coordinator who Khoisan’s knows how to call plays besides a run up the middle
LSU is not even on our schedule! If you want your rants to have even a modicum of validity, have at least a smidgen of knowledge of what you're talking about!
I would love tell how disgusted I am with the play calling but I’m just too disgusted. Go Dawgs!
The wheels fell off today, but the entire undercarriage has been rattling all season. Halfway through the season we know James Coley is not the right man for the coordinator job. Promoting him to that position was a critical mistake, and now Kirby has the unpleasant job of correcting his mistake.
Jack Fromm is a great guy, and a pretty good quarterback and team leader. But he's not the best in the nation. He needs a really effective running game to give him a change to win. We didn't have that today. I don't blame that on Swift or White, I blame that on Coley and his ineffective game plan and the failure of his philosophy of playing not to lose. Running it up the middle for the first two downs of every series is NOT the way to have a successful running game. And that's what we did today.
Our offensive line is NOT a wall. They need lots of work. Giving everyone a change to play isn't working. We need to figure out who we need to win and stick with them. Our defense played OK, but our zone pass coverage needs some work. We're supposed to have two of the best safeties in the nation, but it certainly has NOT played out that way this season. But to be fair, while the defense needs some work they didn't lose this game today, our offense or lack there of lost today's game.
Watch Bama slinging the ball to wide open receivers, same for Oklahoma and many others. Why does it look like our receivers always have 1 or 2 defenders draping them and it takes a perfectly placed ball to get a completion. Why can many college and NFL teams all seem to get mismatches with their tall, athletic tight ends. Not one route a game where it's a fluke but using TEs as major offensive weapons throughout the game. We have historically had great TEs and never utilize them properly. We need to get an offensive coordinator from a team that knows how to open up an offense.
As far as defense goes, how many times do we hear a player having their personal best against us, a team having their top game against us, etc. It happens every game. I do wonder if, like many commenters have said, we play to not lose rather than to win. We look to make adjustments later, bend but don't break mentality. You cant do that any more. Teams are too talented and won't always play along with us just flipping the switch. We need to tighten up, period. Our soft zone coverage is getting exploited. We need to impose our will on people from the opening whistle until the last one.