2 coaching decisions...

dawgstudent

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that really left me scratching my head.

#1 - 3rd and 18, SeLA gains 8 yds with about 4:45 left on the clock. So 4th and 10 but there was a flag on the play. Croom takes the penalty instead of making them punt. We sacked the QB on the next play but it still did not make sense.

#2 - We get to SeLA 4yd line with 42 seconds left in the 1st. By the time we run our next play, we have 10 seconds remaining. So it took us 32 seconds to run a play.

Other than that, played a good game. Defense was outstanding. 2 weeks in a row with a performance that was good enough for a W. The offense - did what they should have done last week. Carroll managed the game well. Ducre is our best running back for the type of offense we have. He does the dirty work and then Dixon gets the glory. Dixon played a good game but Ducre is my boy. And I have a new boy for defense - Karlin Brown. All 5'5 of him playing MLB.
 

dawgstudent

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It went straight through his hands and if he caught it, it was going to be a 89 yd touchdown. It was when I walked up the ramp to my seat because I didn't want to leave that awesome Ole Miss game. Ole Miss is scary good.
 

patdog

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May 28, 2007
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Sneed is scary good (probably the 3rd best QB in the SEC already), but their defense is pretty bad. And their running game was pretty much non-existant except for a couple of nice played out of the Wild Rebel formation. I think Nutt found out that McCluster isn't nearly the passer McFadden was out of that formation though.
 

dawgstudent

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Apr 15, 2003
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in Hardy and Jerry. When they come back, they will be better. We will see how they respond to this loss but I think they have an easy game next week and then Vandy at home which could be another great game.
 

RobertF50

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He is more consistent most games when he gets the carries. Dixon is a hoss though. It's nice to have them both. I'm looking forward to them pounding it inside (Dixon), anywhere(Ducre).
 

dawgatUSM

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I found myself scratching my head on the 3rd down when we accepted the penalty, but I could only think it was a gamble for field position because it put them in 3rd and 28 and we ended up taking the punt back to like the 30. So, it's not a gamble I like, but it worked.

I loved what I saw from Dixon and Ducre. I also loved that Elliott saw meaningful time in the first half, and when he did, it was in specific pass blocking situations... then, I liked what he did in the next half with the few carries and the screen pass.
 

HammerOfTheDogs

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dawgstudent said:
that really left me scratching my head.

#1 - 3rd and 18, SeLA gains 8 yds with about 4:45 left on the clock. So 4th and 10 but there was a flag on the play. Croom takes the penalty instead of making them punt. We sacked the QB on the next play but it still did not make sense.

It did to me. SELA wasn't going to make up 28 yards on 3rd down. If he tries this against Auburn, then I do agree that it's a bad call.

#2 - We get to SeLA 4yd line with 42 seconds left in the 1st. By the time we run our next play, we have 10 seconds remaining. So it took us 32 seconds to run a play.

Jack Cristil was bitching about it as well. However, it didn't leave SELA any time to even try an offensive play at the end of the half.

Other than that, played a good game. Defense was outstanding. 2 weeks in a row with a performance that was good enough for a W. The offense - did what they should have done last week. Carroll managed the game well. Ducre is our best running back for the type of offense we have. He does the dirty work and then Dixon gets the glory. Dixon played a good game but Ducre is my boy. And I have a new boy for defense - Karlin Brown. All 5'5 of him playing MLB.
 

3000lbchicken

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I said that about Ducre in the bathroom and got 20 stinkeye looks from some crazy old farts.

He hits the hole hard and guys just ricochet off of him.