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Definitely not their greatest showing but every team in each season has a down game so no big worries from this alone. Turnovers make all games closer than they should be and the one long TD on the quick pass was the result of terrible angle on that play; still don’t understand the reasoning behind not covering the outside running lane for the receiver. Only thing that concerns me is the O line and the running game and I’m not sure if the bigger fault is with the RBs or O line. I do know that Edwards, Bowers, and Washington need more touches in this offense.
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This is a really good assessment that I hadn't considered... makes total sense! That makes the 75% look pretty good, just the first quarter passing still causing Dawgs fans some PTSD 🤣. Wish some of those long balls (esp. to Ladd) would have been caught to build some confidence...
I hope the running game, on the other hand, starts to show up better. I really thought Edwards earned a promo to RB1-2 based on what I saw.
Looked like the same plays UGA often runs. The long pass (short pass long RAC) to BB's was very similar to the Bower's circus TD vs SC last week. Bower's again made a very difficult catch that most guys can't. We've seen the deep sideline to DWash before. SBIV didn't put it on him. The down and in (a play we see every week) to DBell was behind him.
I forgot to mention that SBIV has seemed to lose the long ball magic he had last year. The long passes this year have not connected. Underthrew McConkey yesterday and over threw Meeks(?) in 1 of the 1st games. Same passes he hit McConkey in stride vs AU and AD vs AL. Most have been underthrown. Could be timing. Could be different receivers. He is getting all the 1st team reps again this season.
SBIV Just wasn't that sharp. When he has been "on" he has definitely looked better than last year. But he continues to struggle with accuracy. And yesterday's INT was shades of '21 SBIV. I will give you that we didn't see the WR and TE screens we usually see 5-10 times per game.
Yeah, an actual good team is not a 45-point underdog to anyone, but a "relatively" good team, i.e., good in its own division or at its own level, might be. It's polite and gentlemanly to speak highly of the team you've paid to come take a beating in front of your families and fans, but it's not a sin to be honest that Kent State is not a good football team when assessed by the standards of the top FBS teams. The Dawgs and the coaching staff stumbled this week and there is no shame at all in that. The season is long, the players and staff are human, not machines and the variables in winning week after week are deep and wide.
This will be a good week for all, even us Alumni and fans, to reflection on just how tenuous and precarious a championship run really is and appreciate every game as it comes and avoid projecting too far into the future. Bama stepped forward this week, doing exactly what is expected to be done to an over matched conference opponent, and we stepped backwards by playing fast and loose with the "house money" earned in the first three games. That has to end and 4 games into the season is a good time to shut that down.
Go Dawgs!