A. MTSU was fun. No, it wasn't an SEC venue, and it was hardly Athens- my favorite SEC road trip- but it was charming in it's own way. One of the colder games I think I have ever been to.
B. Trip was made better because the hotel room was free after a rat wandered into our hotel room.
C. It was nice to see some decent officiating.
D. I can really see the value of Chris Relf. Sometimes Tyson seems to lose focus a little bit and I think putting Relf in therr for an occasional series or for an occasional play or two helps him to refocus a little bit without hurting the team. Our offense was really sloppy in the second half, and I think that was part of it.
E. AD is a beast. All of the people that ***** about him, are probably going to be wishing he had a fifth year of eligibility next year. OK, so he's not Ladanian Tomlinson, and I know that he "dances too much" behind the LOS, but the fact of the matter is, he has really improved and taken his game to the next level this year. He's practically 100 yards and at least one TD guaranteed every time. And let's face it- he has put up some really good numbers behind crap for o-lines, and with people stacking 9 men in the box every time he suited up for three years. That could explain at least some of the tiptoeing.
F. I don't know how much the talent of the other team had to do with this, but I'm at least a little bit optomistic that our secondary can improve as the season goes on. I thought Maurice Langston played pretty well at one CB spot, and then what else can you say about Corey Broomfield and Johnathan Banks? They both played really well against a passing team. Then Charles Mitchell had a good game as well.
G. I look forward to seeing what Dan has cooked up for our team every week. This week it was finally Bumphis in the wildcat, which didn't work out as well as I thought it would. Maybe Dan knows something I don't after all. Nonetheless, it was good to see that he tried. Derek Pegues is crying somewhere. And on ST, the fake where Elliott kept the ball- that was cool.
B. Trip was made better because the hotel room was free after a rat wandered into our hotel room.
C. It was nice to see some decent officiating.
D. I can really see the value of Chris Relf. Sometimes Tyson seems to lose focus a little bit and I think putting Relf in therr for an occasional series or for an occasional play or two helps him to refocus a little bit without hurting the team. Our offense was really sloppy in the second half, and I think that was part of it.
E. AD is a beast. All of the people that ***** about him, are probably going to be wishing he had a fifth year of eligibility next year. OK, so he's not Ladanian Tomlinson, and I know that he "dances too much" behind the LOS, but the fact of the matter is, he has really improved and taken his game to the next level this year. He's practically 100 yards and at least one TD guaranteed every time. And let's face it- he has put up some really good numbers behind crap for o-lines, and with people stacking 9 men in the box every time he suited up for three years. That could explain at least some of the tiptoeing.
F. I don't know how much the talent of the other team had to do with this, but I'm at least a little bit optomistic that our secondary can improve as the season goes on. I thought Maurice Langston played pretty well at one CB spot, and then what else can you say about Corey Broomfield and Johnathan Banks? They both played really well against a passing team. Then Charles Mitchell had a good game as well.
G. I look forward to seeing what Dan has cooked up for our team every week. This week it was finally Bumphis in the wildcat, which didn't work out as well as I thought it would. Maybe Dan knows something I don't after all. Nonetheless, it was good to see that he tried. Derek Pegues is crying somewhere. And on ST, the fake where Elliott kept the ball- that was cool.
