Here's my take...

[dawgstudent]

for all the **** talking Mullen and the fanbase have done (including me) - we now have the same record as Ole Miss.

The bright side is we should be 3-3 going into the South Carolina game and South Carolina has yet to impress me. Like Ole Miss needed a win last night to get some confidence, I still have some hope for our game against South Carolina because it is at home. And a win will go a long way....

 

[maroonmania]

this year assuming we get by UAB. We can't stay on the field with this year's Bama team and Arkansas will score more points than we can keep up with in Little Rock. Of course at this point 6-6 seems pretty dang good since beating UK on the road and OM at home doesn't look quite the slam dunk it did a couple of weeks ago.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

We are bad.

 

[DirtyLopez]

concern me at this point. They have some speed at certain positions, but as is usually the case with them, they are a bunch of dumbasses. Alot will depend on the psyche of each team at egg bowl time.

 

[weblow]

The team seems to be down, mentally and physically. We are playing with zero confidence, I did not have that feeling last year.

On top of that, for us to win SEC games, we are going to have to find a way to move the ball. Running it up the middle is not going to get it done behind this line and there is no getting around that.

Our defense played good yesterday and that is a huge plus but the rest of our team is awful. I am not arguing if it is the O line or the receivers or the qb or the play calling. We are just not good PERIOD.

SC has not impressed me either but neither has our team.

I have said it several times since the LSU game, but I still believe that Relf is playing hurt. How bad? I don't know. Since the LSU game he has run very timid, seemed a step slower, and appears stoned. Mullen will never admit it but he is banged up and it is showing. That is why we are not running the option much and why we are only calling running plays for him a few times a game.

It is like our playbook has been cut back to 4-5 plays. The rest of this season is going to be ugly. It will get even uglier if we get another injury up front on either side of the ball.

 

[bulliegolfer]

The only game I have any confidence in winning is TN Martin. And who knows, they may be Mullen's Maine.

 

[davatron]

But it doesn't matter. If all they manage is 14 points it will be too much for our offense to overcome.

 

[bulliegolfer]

and he is bad enough for it to happen, but SS may have the back up playing before that happens.

 

[Todd4State]

So, let's at least give ourselves credit for knowing that going into this thing. Unfortunately, that has happened this year.

I think Tyler Russell is about to start. Don't know if that will work or not, but we're about to find out as soon as his knee gets better. I think that's our last shot at salvaging the season.

 

[wchsdawg]

We have over 16 O-linemen on roster. Somebody has to step up and 17ing block.

 

[tupelopixdotcom]

If we can stack the box and shut Lattimore down, ala Auburn yesterday, and make Garcia beat us with that sketchy arm of his, we might have a chance. We only have a chance if we can shore up our O-line and get some scoring and eat some clock up to help the Defense out. They can't continue to play 35 or 40 minutes on the field and expect to beat anyone, not even Ole Miss. And something has to get better on special teams. Allowing scoring drives of 20 or 30 yards isn't gonna cut it.

Speaking of all the Mullen crap talk andalso the players calling out fans on twitter yesterday, theyneed torealize our perspective as a fan. We invest time, money (lots of it), pride, you name it into the team. We may not have to run the stadium with Balis at 5am, but without us, you don't have a Balis. Or a Mullen. It's our team too. Mullen has talked the talk and raised our expectations to levels we've never seen. We have enough invested in this program to at least expect to field a team that appears well coached and competitive. The last three games we haven't fielded a team that is either. Blame it on injuries, lack of talent, lack of confidence at QB,whatever you want, but bottom line is we aren't meeting expectations.I'm not expecting us to win9 or 10 games every year, I'm not delusional. But I damn wellexpect us to be competitive and leave it all out there on the field.

 

[Todd4State]

But we also have guys playing that are banged up and are not 100%.

 

[GroveHard]

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[Todd4State]

to fill in. That's why I'm saying it's a problem with depth.

I didn't think I had to spell that out.

 

[Mjoelner]

South Carolina will impress you because it'll be over by halftime like that one was yesterday before we decided to attack on D. You already know that every team we play is going to force us to throw the ball so if we get behind by double digits, it'll get ugly.

 

[wchsdawg]

with alot less. We have alot of o-lineman on scholly and I mean alot. It's time to step up in pratice and earn a roll on this team or walk.

 

[Todd4State]

But we definately have more depth on the d-line than the o-line.

That said, yes, I agree that the o-linemen need to step it up or go somewhere else.

 

[RougeDawg]

We will be down 21 before you can come in from the concession stand. This one could get ugly quick even with ****** Garcia at QB.