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GBO! Give us good Joe and a few holding calls on the Tigers.

How is their run defense? Hope it ain't good.

It's supposed to be o.k. I have decided this means they cannot stop our ground game, and am overly optimistic.

:violin:

Cool flyover
Especially since since it's son, the B-21 Raider, flew yesterday morning

The 1st upset?
Tennessee won the toss!

:bird:

Decent...but we have twice faced the run D that was 1st or 2nd  in the SEC at the time and shredded it.  (Tamu and UK).  Not worried about us running te ball.  We will.  :powert:

Coach Stinkowitz is a hack.  WWFDT.   :powert:

I think so.

We SUCK at zone!

Expect Trunage in at STAR

Whoa. That's extremely cool.

Nope, Thomas

YES!

Way to McCullough!   :clap: :powert:

That was helpful.

They flat STUFFED both runs

Milton should have kept the ball on the second run....sideline was wide open.

Thank God we didn't try to go for it again.

don't disagree

Though the play calls were very conservative
Hope Joey spotted something in the booth

Pearce started instead of Harrison

Joeseph's in on the 2nd series

zone

ON-L hurt

GET OFF THE DAMN FIELD. :banghead:

both ends crashing in

LBs not shadowing the QB

2 missed tackles in the  backfield

Telander in thegame

zone again

We are playing a LOTof zone
I'd say 75% of the quarter

damn good time for a sack!

The timing works out,
2 TV TOs and a possession for the defense to rest

Thoughts and prayers up for Jackson Lampley if we score here. :inughout:

WOW

Great catch. Should have been interference too.

Really can't afford to lose another WR. :frown:

2 more TOs for defese restt

Out for the year
Never used the foot all the way to the tent

TMac looks out for the game
Similar toHAdden's injury?

The LB never covered him

GJ-L hurt
Can't afford that

2 plays in man
0 in good coverage

seems ok

our defense is being shredded

 :banghead:

 :bird:

Video is on twitter of Shrader straight-out gut-punching Pearce.

Send in a walk-on to injure that MFer. :bird:

What a punt and coverage

that is 2-3 plays we weren't ready at the snap

twice we haven't covered the wheel route

why the TO?

Wright back in

Run Joe

hope squirrel is ok

We had only 10 men on the field.

Best I can figure is getting the defense a breather if we'd gone three and out

Joe has been sharp
maybe 1 bad throw

Needs to be more decisive in running

Listen to Droner.

Legit fumble, but difficult to hold on to. It hurts, but not throwimg rocks at Wright.

defense needs to step up. They are pushing us pretty good.

Going into halftime down only one score after a suboptimal half is acceptable, but it would have been nice to be tied. Ugh

Lets see if Heupel can make some worthwhile adjustments.  Offensively, we were spoiled by last years team. Let's see if Huepel can coach when things get tough.

We might put a spy on him. As far as the offense JH needs to figure something out with that offensive mind of his. The quick slant seems to be working.

Hyperbole alert: we have to win today or Joe's career ends as soon as UGA goes up two scores in the second half.

Hopefully none of the above occur, and Joe goes the whole way for us.

Agree. There's a solid cushion much of the time.

Boundary option?

Our coaching stinks.

 :banghead:

same exact BUST in zone as the 1st quarter

TWO holds uncalled on that play. :bird:

Walker blow that coverage?

so much for defensive adjustments :bird:

We aren't going to win with Joe

They've been on the field ALL day

I still say defense will never be a shut down one under Heupel. Also poor tackling reflects coaching. Hope he can coach up the offense or recruit  to offset it. That's what happened last year

Sucks to turn on Heupel when things get tough. I like him. But that's the nature of the business.

Score more and it makes it easier to get a stop

We got nothing from our pick or final drive of the first half. Those could account for a nine point delta.

Being out coached and out played today

This is a reflection of poor coaching.  White needs to be having conversations with Heupel that this ain?t cutting it.

Herring  :nono:

Horrific play by Herring

He can get a pass for being overaggressive in Mizzou's last TD, but that's pathetic.

that was funny

We have to score

If we're going 8-4 everyone on the field better be on the team next year.

Crawford has been in for Campbell this half

The defense has been poor, but 22 points allowed through three quarters shouldn't be a killer.

He has been great holding on to ball all season, that was just very lucky hit by Mizzou

bad throw

This isn't on Milton, he's done all they've asked of him today. Though I do wish they'd trust him with more. He's earned it.

why the fizzle does ONLY our team get caled for holding

disagree to an extent

Joe has been unsettled a lot today

It's so damn obvious at this point. Next week, we might break the record for penalty yardage differential. :bird:

He hasn't been atrocious, but neither has he made plays. WRs have made some nice catches. He's been serviceable, but 7 points through three quarters isn't getting it done.

Barron makes a play
his first?

Just really bad luck on the Wright fumble. Otherwise its 10-10, if not 14-10

He is KILLING us. At least 4 plays today I noted he was too slow.  Or at least 3, on one replay he was farther away from the play initially than I thought, but on that one, he still could have gotten there sooner.  He is too slow for an SEC LB IMO.

I'm out

Let's hold them at thee one here...on that last play no. 7 was hit in the end zone

shizzle.  As I type that shizzle QB runs for another first down.

GOD DAMN IT VOLS!  GET YOUR fizzleING HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES!

Like I said, I think he's being held back from attempting the riskier throws (over the middle and such). That may have been justified earlier in the season, but they need to take the shackles off now. Our defense is now depleted and incapable of winning games by themselves (not to mention they're being held with impunity).

I like jam on my pancakes

 :banghead:

You are the smart one. we don?t look like we want to go tackle any body. We ldo try as they go by us

Oh look, another "exception" to the rule that a play can't be stopped for review once the ball is snapped. So weird how it only ever benefits our opponents and not us. :bird:

 :frown: :hurl: :banghead:

Bullshizzle face mask call....not that it matters now

I fault our coaches for not sending someone in to shred Shrader's knee in the first half.  

Yes, I said it. You sucker punch one of our guys, you're fair game. :bird:

I went to eat ice cream to improve my mood. Upon returning our situation seems even more dire

A better plan would be to play defense like you care.

The left side of the defense has been torched over and over all day.  No changes.  No adjustments.  I do not understand.

I hate to say this about a player but Milton just doesn't seem to have a high football IQ.

He can?t? But he is only part of our problem. Which probably goes all the way to thr top.

Heupel is not the guy.  I hate to say it but I hope I?m wrong.

Oh my fizzleing God?. Just stop that shizzle.  Please.

:rolleyes:

cmon man.   :beer:

Already?   :dielaughing:

Lighten up Francis...still by far the best since Fulmer.

This is what we'll get until Heupel gets a clue about defense and hires coaches that can coach it. He will not win an SEC title. Last year was his ceiling. He will be a 9-3 type coach. Which is fine if that's all you want He is too one sided toward offense and will always suffer on the D side of the ball. Mizzou and Bama are the only two offenses we have played with any kind of punch. That's why the defensive numbers have been kind of misleading. Yet you folks act like they are the second coming of the Steel Curtain. It didn't take much to improve over last years defense. Hopefully they can get off to a quick start against UGa and make it a good game. If things change and Heupel proves me wrong I will admit it. I thought he was a QB guru. He ain't fixed Milton.  :dunno:

Heupel is now 1-10 when trailing at halftime. What does that say about his halftime adjustments?

Most teams improve a lot as the season goes. This team hasn't so much. Seems UGa and Bama have. UGa seems to play as good as they need to.

Milton can't be fixed. He is what he is. Plenty of arm and heart but doesn't seem to understand the nuances of the offense. Even I could see when he handed off the ball when he should have run or passed it. And I'm no QB guru. Our offense demands more from a QB than physical talent.

Yed

Do you realize the lack of depth and skill players we came from?  We FINALLY are going to have a high rated class this year.  He has gotten more out of less than anyone in the country.  We are fine.  

Well said. We were fortunate on the (correct) call on passing at the line of scrimmage, but it's indicative of how slowly things are seen.

Ditto the option to start the second half.

Also, nothing good happens after a juke. He's gotta just go.

we have been running the option a few times a game the last few weeks

Yep

yup

Running a option to the short side is stupid. And....GitmoMilton can't run a option if he had 200 yards to run it. He looks like a spider money cracking a basketball trying to run it.

This is the problem. Short side options require a decisive cut by the QB that either hits a crease or collapses the edge, leaving the pitch man uncovered.

Milton just goes down the line and runs out of real estate, which lets the defense string it out without committing.

100 percent correct.....Whoever designed that play with GitmoMilton needs to be dipped in a outdoor toilet and then shot for stinking.

This is full of your usual distortions.  No one has said that this is the "second coming of the Steel curtain", just that it is greatly improved.  And it is. Numbers don't lie.  We have gone from 94th in the country in scoring D to top 30, and from almost dead last in passing defense (128th!) to 69th. I'm not saying 69th is great, but it's a whole helluva lot better than last year.

Defense was bad yesterday and still held them under 30 defensive points as pointed out above. Last year teams scored a lot more on us, period, dot.

That doesn't mean the defense doesn't have quite a ways to go...it does.  What we let that no. 7 do to us yesterday is unforgivable.

But yesterday wasn't mostly on the D....the offense truly stunk it up.  I guess Joe Milton never did truly get it together. He has tremendous physical skills and even strings together some good stats for a half or even a full game sometimes, but he just doesn't seem to be the type that knows how to lead teams to a win.  Plays scared a lot of the time. It's too bad.

If you want to win titles, SEC or whatever title, those numbers won't cut it. Don't you think most playoff teams will have better defensive rankings? Bottom line, the D will need to improve about the same amount again next year to contend. When have offensive leaning coaches like Heupel ever had shut down defenses? He will not ever with the staff he has right now. Heupel is a "let's outscore the other team' type coach. Always has been, always will be. If the offense struggles you are in trouble. Just as you stated. He needs to find a great defensive coordinator and just coach the offense. Hopefully, Nico is the guy to have an dynamic offense with. If he is the guy, why isn't he starting already? I expect Heupel to explain that. He knows Milton is not the guy. You can tell by how is afraid to make certain calls in the red zone. What is his excuse for Nico?
, wouldn't he be starting already.

True about the short side...had the same thought myself. Not sure why the staff called that, unless they thought it would be a surprise.

As to Milton, your observation may be true, but we have had success with it in other games.

Bad call on that first play though. Not a great way to set the stage for the half.  Would rather have seen a quick out or even a run up the middle.

Speaking of winning SEC titles. We already have to usually beat UF, Bama and UGa all in the same season to win a title. Now we are throwing Texas and OU into the mix won't make it easier. The upcoming schedules are going to be a cluster. The 12 team playoff won't hurt us on that front.

No more divisions actually makes it easier.

In fact, with the twelve game playoff I think an 11-1 team excluded from the SECC could still make it, assuming the one loss was close.

The thing that I don't get is with 12 teams you may get a three loss team in the playoff. Haven't they already proven they are not the best team?

Iirc, in 2024 we do not play Bama, UGA, or OU.

Brain fart! I meant 2025.

We play bamer and we travel to Norman to play OU and Athens to play UGA

Yep. My bad. I meant to say 2025.

I only knew because we are planing to go to OKC/Norman for the game next year

ouch

Thanks for the heads up! 👍🏻