The defense had its lapses but put together a more than solid game even without Hairston.
Special teams was a win and set the tone right away when WRod absolutely DRILLED that return man. Bet that returner still thinks he's batman 4 hours later.
Offense scored enough points to win, made big plays on 4th down, and has a good bit to build off of going into the next third of our schedule. Best of all they did it against a good SEC defense. Don't know if it's a great SEC defense, but I hope they play well the rest of the season to keep this win looking good.
Stoops should (though I know he won't because people want to scapegoat him) have the monkey off his back about taking chances rather than being conservative. We've got to keep from being fearful of taking those chances and keep playing with a 4 down mentality more often. Maybe that will allow Hamdan to not forego the running game when it is working.
Special teams was a win and set the tone right away when WRod absolutely DRILLED that return man. Bet that returner still thinks he's batman 4 hours later.
Offense scored enough points to win, made big plays on 4th down, and has a good bit to build off of going into the next third of our schedule. Best of all they did it against a good SEC defense. Don't know if it's a great SEC defense, but I hope they play well the rest of the season to keep this win looking good.
Stoops should (though I know he won't because people want to scapegoat him) have the monkey off his back about taking chances rather than being conservative. We've got to keep from being fearful of taking those chances and keep playing with a 4 down mentality more often. Maybe that will allow Hamdan to not forego the running game when it is working.