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I only began following DawgNation this year. I didn’t truly understand all the negative comments concerning Mike until I read this ridiculous article. Garbage, IMHO. 😬
It’s nothing new. He has zero real knowledge of football. The o line and secondary at a C+. Are you joking?
We ran for 166 yards on 27 carries. That’s 6.1 a carry against a good defense into the strongest part of that defense. Plus, gave up only 1 sack with hardly any pressures. But yeah, focus on a few negative plays, which will happen every game because sometimes a defense “guesses” right. Shocking, I know.
As for the secondary, UK threw 42 passes and completed 32 of them for 192 yards. Let that sink in for a minute. Less than 200 yards on 32 freaking completions. That’s great secondary and overall defensive play. Take away the long ball and then come and allow practically zero run after the catch. For bonus points, look at their #1 receiver’s stat line. The only legitimate complaint about the defense on Saturday was giving up 3rd down conversion, and even then it wasn’t even that bad considering UK had about one million 3rd down attempts. I could of course get into small details about things to improve from Saturday, but overall that was a great defensive game.
The coaching grade? I don’t get the conservative angle here. We were throwing the ball on the last offensive possession, but whatever.
What a joke of an article. The only person who didn’t notice this was a total dismantling was the guy who wrote this. Wow.
If you're going to call out Kelee Ringo, and you did, then you should give a better reason for it than "he was targeted" and "didn't give up any big plays". Neither of those is even a reason to call someone out. How many receptions did he allow in man coverage? How many tackles did he miss? How many times was he out of position? Mike, if you're going to call out a DB, those are numbers you must provide. Basically, all you did was say, "Kelee was busy, so he sucks. Now let me call Dan Jackson 'adequate' without explanation for that description." It's bs, Mike. Most of the time you're doing a great job, but this is definitely not "playing to the standard."
Shame on you Mike, for giving an honest assessment on how you would grade the game. I say that facetiously of course, because I for one appreciate not seeing things from a totally homerism perspective. I too, didn't see the focus, attention to detail and execution we've seen in the previous games. I believe that, if Stoops had the talent UGA has, it would be a "Dawg Fight" to the finish. I also believe, and have faith, that won't be an issue for the UF game. If that's not the case Mike, you and I will need to go down to the Book Store and take advantage of the two for one deal on Red and Black glasses.
Thanks Mike. I happen to agree with you on all your gradings, although I may have given Receivers a B+ because Brock had a huge play negated by a GA holding penalty, right? Regardless, I think you nailed it on where the Dawgs are at now. The future is bright though, gotta wear shades.