Defense last night was the worst it has been all year but gotta say it's good to be able to grind and win anyway (thanks to Dak). We made Missouri look like a pretty good offensive team. Guess the defense just had a down game, probably just flat for whatever reason. You can always tell when your defense is flat because of all the missed tackles, plus at times, they just looked a step slow--no energy. Last night, we whiffed on a bunch, the most I've seen since the Egg Bowl last year.
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Did you watch the game last night? Take out their 72yd fluke run when forward progress would probably be stopped the majority of the time and they were right around their offensive averages.
We had 3 int I think and over 10 TFL and sacked their QB like 5x. I'm not sure what game you were watching. They had some gashes on us, but they are SEC quality players.
No idea what game you watched. I thought the D looked salty.
Oh yea, MIZZ scores 12.5ppg. We held them to 13. O yeah they had the ball 1st and goal at the 2. No TD. Before the penalty that had it first and goal at the 10 and had to get a penalty to get to the 2yd line. Then a sack and QB hurry later, pass deflection on 4th down.
You must have been drunk last night.
We had 3 int I think and over 10 TFL and sacked their QB like 5x. I'm not sure what game you were watching. They had some gashes on us, but they are SEC quality players.
No idea what game you watched. I thought the D looked salty.
Oh yea, MIZZ scores 12.5ppg. We held them to 13. O yeah they had the ball 1st and goal at the 2. No TD. Before the penalty that had it first and goal at the 10 and had to get a penalty to get to the 2yd line. Then a sack and QB hurry later, pass deflection on 4th down.
You must have been drunk last night.
Not sure you weren't doing the drinking last night. Missouri had been averaging 113 yds. rushing per game; last night they got 215. Had been averaging 282 yds. per game total; last night they got 332. Hadn't scored a TD in 13 quarters but got one on us in the 2ns quarter (all in a torrential deluge). Yeah, I know they had a 72 yard run, but that was due to our missing about 6 tackles on the run--exactly my point.
I make valid points. Why don't you attempt to have a mature approach, instead of trying to turn what could be a civil discussion into a food fight?
Take out the 72 yards from a walk on half back and they are right there. OH MY GOSH THEY SCORED 1 TD! OUR DEFENSE IS AWFUL!
I had zero alcoholic beverages last night btw. I know I'm a loser and immature.
I had zero alcoholic beverages last night btw. I know I'm a loser and immature.
In your mind only do you make valid points. They certainly are not rational nor well thought out.
Our rushing D hasn't exactly been out of this world all year. We're giving up over 200/game to SEC teams.
Having said that, I can live with it. We haven't played the read option very well this year. Last night included.
Having said that, I can live with it. We haven't played the read option very well this year. Last night included.
i'm not to worried about the stats. Sometimes you play down to down teams. The game plan to stop Bama will be vastly different. If we judged defense on how we played USM then we'd have all given up on them.
what bothers me more than anything is that our tackling is horrid. has been all year. You don't wrap up henry, and it's going to be a long day.
what bothers me more than anything is that our tackling is horrid. has been all year. You don't wrap up henry, and it's going to be a long day.
That wasn't
even CLOSE to our D's worst game last night. If a 17ing monsoon doesn't roll through for about 20 mins, we shut those 17s out.
even CLOSE to our D's worst game last night. If a 17ing monsoon doesn't roll through for about 20 mins, we shut those 17s out.
It was a Thursday night away game played in pouring rain on artificial turf. I'm really not pissed off at our D allowing 13 points, especially when 3 of them came on a blocked punt. The only bad plays were when we allowed a long gain to set up their first FG, their TD drive, and the 70 yard gain at the end.
I thought they played pretty good considering the circumstances.
We played a team we're "expected" to beat on the road in a monsoon. During the heaviest rain we lost focus and gave up the one sustained drive in the 2nd qtr where they ran the ball down our throats and the fluke 72 yard run late n the game. Outside of that, we pretty much skull drug their arses.
We played a team we're "expected" to beat on the road in a monsoon. During the heaviest rain we lost focus and gave up the one sustained drive in the 2nd qtr where they ran the ball down our throats and the fluke 72 yard run late n the game. Outside of that, we pretty much skull drug their arses.
Their horrid passing attack is what led to success in their run game. I know that sounds crazy, but Diaz was blitzing on most plays last night - which resulted in a high number of negative plays. Most of their decent runs came when they hit a seam and we didn't have a linebacker there.
Ding, ding, ding, ding....
Dumb post of the day award. Congratulations!! 15 QB hurries = "terrible night". Right, well done!!
Dumb post of the day award. Congratulations!! 15 QB hurries = "terrible night". Right, well done!!
Graham was terrible. I think every pass they completed other than a screen pass was to the receiver he was supposed to be covering. Looked like Kivon got in his face at one point about it.
You didn't think I was being serious did you? That was the best game of his career. If Jones plays 3 more games like that, there is a 0% chance he'll come back for his senior year. I'm hoping he kind of does like Cox and starts peaking here at the end of the year. If you remember in 2011, Cox was like a different player during the second half of the year. Maybe this was Jones breakout game we've been waiting for.
I thought most of the defense looked great. We were being extra aggressive against a QB that has struggled, so you've got to expect them to bust a few plays every now & then. They really only put together one good drive (minus the 72 yard run) and it seems like I remember us having a lot of the second team in for most of that drive.
I thought most of the defense looked great. We were being extra aggressive against a QB that has struggled, so you've got to expect them to bust a few plays every now & then. They really only put together one good drive (minus the 72 yard run) and it seems like I remember us having a lot of the second team in for most of that drive.
Agree, cannot say that I agree with Mullinator on moving him to defense! Shumpert is the one who should mvoe!
The defense overall did OK. There were some issue...
They looked horrible on that one TD drive and they seem to struggle with wrapping up tackles that led to missed opportunities and a very long run from inside the 5. On the other hand, they had I don't know how many sacks and tackles for loss plus 2 INTs. I did wince a bit when thinking about having to stop Henry when that mizzou walk-on was gashing our d line.
They looked horrible on that one TD drive and they seem to struggle with wrapping up tackles that led to missed opportunities and a very long run from inside the 5. On the other hand, they had I don't know how many sacks and tackles for loss plus 2 INTs. I did wince a bit when thinking about having to stop Henry when that mizzou walk-on was gashing our d line.
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He played poorly but we were also in conservative soft coverage. He still needs to play harder. I think he'll be fine at DB. It's only his first year there. Let's cut him some slack. He's played decent at times. If he can get his hands on an INT, watch out.
I have to say that Shump seemed to have a burst last night that I haven't seen this year. Is it possible he hasn't been healthy?
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