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Nov 12, 2007
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That one hurt like hell. It wasn't just the beat down in points, but the sloppy play of our OL, WR, and Safety group was really a pisser.

We need Myles back to help our WRs. The drops when the ball hits the receiver in the chest are inexcusable. I hate to hurry his rehab, but we really need to get Dear back. I'm very disappointed in our TE group as a whole. The only bright side is that they won't face a defensive group again like the last two games except for the Bama game. I don't know how Fitz kept his composure with the drops last night.

Same for the OL group. Luckily their next four games will face much less talent than they have seen in these last two games. The young guys have gotten a serious education. But their lack of discipline is terrible and that is coaching or lack of preparation. With Cohen at the helm, Dan may have to kick his buddy to the curb and I finally am on the fire Hevesy team. At this point, we would have to do a 180 at OL play for me to jump off.

Someone else needs to be coaching our Safeties. That's all I can say after three weeks of total misreads, bombs, and being sucked into trick plays. Our LBs need to do a better job at filling the hole.

The only bright spot is we are 3-2 instead of 2-3 after this brutal stretch and our next four games are all winnable and an opportunity to get better to beat Kentucky, Arkansas and show up against Alabama.

7-5 is the bottom and 8-4 is doable if we can address some of these problems. Then we add some missing pieces and hopefully coaching and have great seasons in 2018 and 2019 because we will not lose a lot and definitely can upgrade our WR corp.

I'm really glad we have the week off.
 

o_dawgnabit

All-American
Oct 13, 2016
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I too see this as an 8-4 season. Possibly 9-3 if we fix some issues. It's just frustrating the way we are losing. We could go 9-3 but lose all 3 games by 30+ points
 

Bulldogg31

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I'm disappointed by last night but glad that three game stretch is over. Five of the last seven games at home can't hurt. Win four of those and steal one on the road and 2017 will be a good year.

Also,for 2018 we've got essentially the same team back with addition of Rivers, Cole, Champion, three top-tier WR's, and another year of Grantham implementing his defense. We get Auburn, Florida, TAMU, and Arky at home, with winnable road games at LSU, Ole Miss, Kansas State, and Kentucky.

I see 8-10 wins there which would be another fun year.
 

RocketDawg

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We'll probably lose to Alabama by 30+ but I'm not sure about winning all the rest of the games.
 
Nov 12, 2007
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I'm disappointed by last night but glad that three game stretch is over. Five of the last seven games at home can't hurt. Win four of those and steal one on the road and 2017 will be a good year.

Also,for 2018 we've got essentially the same team back with addition of Rivers, Cole, Champion, three top-tier WR's, and another year of Grantham implementing his defense. We get Auburn, Florida, TAMU, and Arky at home, with winnable road games at LSU, Ole Miss, Kansas State, and Kentucky.

I see 8-10 wins there which would be another fun year.

You pointed out what I forgot about 5 out of 7 at home. We have been pretty good at home so far.

ETA: It is very understandable not be very optimistic after the last two games, but we knew coming in what we had and I think the LSU win and their subsequent downfall has made us all feel like we have no upside left.
 
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At our current point, both Offensive Tackles look slow & prone to false starts, WRs can't seem to get open & drop passes when they are open, Fitz doesn't have time to throw deep so opposing Defenses are just stacking the box, A-Train isn't running with proper body-lean / runs too "high" / easy to tackle, and the bounty of TEs we have are either on the bench or being used sparingly (they could really help the Offensive Tackles with the edge rush).

On Defense no one can cover a receiver...our only hope to stop a passing attack is to blitz and try to get the QB before he throws, because once he tosses the ball we are screwed.

On the positive side, we actually have a good FG Kicker for the first time in 5 years.

If Mullen and crew don't fix these problems, we will finish 5-7 or 6-6...BYU, UMass, and MAYBE Kentucky.
 

BulldogBlitz

Heisman
Dec 11, 2008
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I too see this as an 8-4 season. Possibly 9-3 if we fix some issues. It's just frustrating the way we are losing. We could go 9-3 but lose all 3 games by 30+ points

Kentucky. Arkansas. Tx am. Alabama. All losses at this point. More up for suggestions.
 

57stratdawg

Heisman
Dec 1, 2004
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A home L to Kentucky would be a tough pill to swallow. I think MSU wins that game though.
 

TrueMaroonGrind

All-Conference
Jan 6, 2017
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I believe you are living in the moment too much. Yes we got blown out twice, but marking Kentucky, Arkansas and TAMU as for sure losses is a bit dramatic.
 

josebrown

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Aug 4, 2008
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True that. I’m sticking with my preseason predictions on us. I thought we had a shot at UGA, had no idea how good they would look. I thought Eason would be playing and they’d have Oline probs like us, and their D was much better than I thought. I was planning on us losing to Auburn, Bama and one of the Ark or A&M games. So I figured we’d be good enough to pull off 8-4 or 9-3. I planned on beating LSU with a shot at UGA. And I still think we’ve got enough pieces to beat the others on our schedule unless we give up.
 

seb304

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Aug 26, 2012
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They have not shown up on the road yet. They are better but don't match up well with us.

I am inclined to think we beat Kentucky at home on Homecoming, but they controlled the game against South Carolina on the road (and Carolina just lost by a TD to A&M in College Station) and probably should've beaten Florida. They're also supposed to be pretty stout against the run this year, so, yes, I do think they match up well with us this year.

But a home loss to Kentucky still seems hard to fathom.
 

BulldogBlitz

Heisman
Dec 11, 2008
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i've been a fan a hell of a long time, and one thing is true.... never bet on state.
 

KurtRambis4

Redshirt
Aug 30, 2006
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AL is the only team

on that list that anyone can say is a for sure loss. Take a midol and have a drink.
 

fieldcorporal

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Nov 1, 2010
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Just don't lose to those BYU 17'ers. We went to Provo last time and it was miserable.

And this one sets up for some RAT to light our secondary up.
 

KurtRambis4

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Aug 30, 2006
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LSU shut

them down. I mean, they completely shut them down. I feel confident in saying we will beat them.
 

fieldcorporal

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Nov 1, 2010
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but there's about a .001% chance we lose to them.


What I said when we went to Provo. "No way we lose to this high school bunch". Then I left saying "Bama gonna hang a hundred on us". And then the next morning at the hotel I had to listen to that bunch of insufferable pricks at breakfast.

I'd almost rather lose to those pricks up north. Not really, but you know...
 

MaroonNation

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Until last year any loss to Kentucky seemed hard to fathom. Hadn’t dropped a game to them since Crxxms.

Even went against Mullen’s own mantra of “We do not lose to Kentucky”.
 

KurtRambis4

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We were a

a completely different team, last year. BYU is a completely different team this year.

Relax. Back off the ledge. Us being dominated by two of the top defenses in the nation has no correlation to BYU.
 

57stratdawg

Heisman
Dec 1, 2004
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They lead the SEC in yards per carry allowed right now. Hopefully we can find some daylight.
 

MaroonNation

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Unfortunately most teams improve through the season. That remains to be seen with State. I haven’t watched a BYU game since the LSU match-up. I was feeling pretty confident after the beat-down we gave LSU. Troy stole all of that last night.
 

MaroonNation

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The margin of points has closed over the last several years. When they brought in Stoops the Lesser it really became a hard fought game over the last 3 years. The last game I remember us actually handling UK was when Boobie ran amuck on them in 2009 and was actually seeking out contact.
 

MaroonNation

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KurtRambis4

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Yet it still

took a last second miracle kick at their home ina rebuilding year for us.

ETA: you're completely misremembering our all-time record vs them and Dan's record vs them. 2009 was actually one of the closest games we've played them, prior to last season.
 
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patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
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They have faced some pretty terrible offenses so far this year. We'll definitely run better against them than against UGA or Auburn.
 

HD6

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We beat them by 6 in 2013, 14 in 2014, and 26 in 2015. So if anything before last year, the gap was getting bigger.
 
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