Holy **** we looked sluggish, but a win is a win. Would have reeeeally sucked to lose on the night they named the field after Spurrier and let him do Mr. Two Bits. Will always remember when we did that to FSU in 2004 with Bowden. Still, I'm tired of struggling in these games. Gotta say though, I was impressed with UMass. Mark Whipple seems to really know how to gameplan around a roster that has limited talent.
Offensive line still needs some work. Del Rio looked good at some times and like a guy starting his first game at others. No turnovers is always a plus. LOVE our running backs though. Tough, hard-nosed SOBs. Scarlett may need to get most of the carries. If Thompson can learn how to hang on to the football he can get more carries and be a solid player. But yeah, this offense is nothing without Callaway. I like Powell a lot, but he's not the playmaker Callaway is. I hope this was just a really vanilla gameplan and we were trying not to show much. If not, we could be in trouble. Lots of dink and dunk stuff, dropped balls, and bad protection. Yes, I realize there was a lot of innuendo in that last sentence. We get Lewis and hopefully Worton back next week.
Defense looked pretty good on the whole. Some stupid plays though. Lot of penalties. But the pass rush was good for the most part. We clearly missed Tabor though. They picked on his replacement for some long pass plays. Glad we'll have him back next week too. But if Anzalone can finally stay healthy, he and Davis could be scary inside.
Massey and Dawson got hurt. Heard Dawson had x-rays done. Really hope it isn't serious.
Also, how great is it to have a kicker who doesn't suck ass?
All-in-all though, just happy we didn't screw the pooch. SEC really took it on the chin this weekend. Bring on Kentucky (who just lost to Southern Miss). Going for 30.
Seems we were typing at the same time.
Forgot about piniero. It's great having a good kicker again, but listening to the stadium cheer his name shouldn't happen. It's a kicker.
Kentucky blew that lead? Thats not great for us. They have enough talent to beat us if we come out like that again on offense.
Praying to the gawd of skinny punks the Dawson injury isn't serious. We have the depth to survive a loss like that, but it doesn't help anything. I was worried about injuries with how reckless they were out there. Gonna happen I guess.
Every year I watch us come out ho hum and say maybe they aren't opening up the playbook yet. Hasn't been the case since Tebow left. A wins a win. I'll take it with the day the SEC had.
Footballs back bitches.