got caught up believing their press clippings and comparisons to Bear Bryant and Brett Favre, and they lost their edge and focus on game prep and execution.
We are in a different world from our UF victory in the swamp.
Unless we find some football fire in our FB team, U-of-L may run us out of our own stadium for a 6-6 final record after a 4-0 start.
In the words of Goose: "This is not good Mav."
GBB!
We are in a different world from our UF victory in the swamp.
- After UF, we feasted on FCS Youngstown underperformed in a win over No Illinois, but did not improve in any facet of the game.
- We used CRod only sparingly in his first two games back against Ole Miss and USC, and we lost not only the games but also our season momentum and confidence.
- We played our best game of the season against MSU and then failed to show up at Tennessee even after a bye week.
- We got by Missouri on our freaky special teams miscue that actually worked out and allowed us to salt the game away.
- We lost to Vandy and we helped them snap a SEC losing streak going all the way back to 2019. We looked listless against Vanderbilt today. Three-win (now 4 win) VU played with more heart, and the best we could do is trash talk.
- Persistent problems:
- Our QBs pocket presence (when he has had a pocket) has not improved, in fact he has regressed with injuries.
- Our OL didn't materialize at all this season. Shaky run blocking ,and when we pass, our QB is getting hit more than expansion QBs in the NFL.
- Despite OL difficulties, we kept trying to pound a round peg in a square hole with our blocking schemes and insisting our QB remain in the pocket that our OL cannot provide. Levis would have been better off and we would have been better off with a QB run infused offense. As it stands, defenses are hitting like a freight train while he remains stationary and practically defenseless.
- Every team we play thinks they can get to our QB in the backfield on every single passing play.
- Special Teams are completely unreliable.
- D has been decent at times.
- We're not an improved FB team; rather, the team lacks fundamentals and discipline.
- I want to see no more threads about moving the UF game to November for a cold weather advantage....with very few recent exceptions, we are a bad November team.
Unless we find some football fire in our FB team, U-of-L may run us out of our own stadium for a 6-6 final record after a 4-0 start.
In the words of Goose: "This is not good Mav."
GBB!