'65 Cobra
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MI seemed out of it to me all game. His hip pointer supposedly came on the last series, but I was wondering if he was hurt early on. He just did not have his usual burst and his decision-making was way off, FREQUENTLY running right into defenders and not setting up blocks.
I also wonder if the coaching staff - at least to some degree - was looking ahead to the SECCG by being conservative in the game plan and not unloading the whole play book. There seemed to be a distinct lack of counters and misdirection in the run game. Even on the last drive, CNS himself had to trump the offensive staff and tell them to go for the touchdown instead of playing for the FG. We had problems with not being aggressive enough on O earlier this year as well. Auburn's only hope in stopping the run was to use athletic speed. We should have taken advantage of that from very early on with misdirection. The Cowpie-gers were SKY HIGH on adrenaline and WAYYYY overpursuing - especially early on. We should have made them pay for that. Also, I was disappointed with the casual almost lackadaisical attitude on our first offensive drive, like it didn't really matter. The attitude was capped off by the absence of a challenge on Julio's catch. Despite the fact that CBS made no effort to show replays, Julio was adamant that it was a catch and it looked like one to me as well. The no-challenge, the vanilla play-calling, etc., especially knowing how totally pumped they would be was very disappointing to me.
And you know what else? I think we were looking past Auburn more than many would care to admit. But that's not necessarily a bad thing now the day after, because....
Having said all that, the positive thing about all of this is that it is ALL fixable for the SECCG. We get an extra day to prepare and get strong and there is NOTHING to look past this game towards - this is THE GAME period! We have a chance to come out the chute on fire in this game. I am looking for the coaching staff to be FAR more aggressive game-planning for UF. I look for our players to have a bit more rest and ALOT more fire, and I look forward to seeing the REAL MI back on the field with our other stud TR getting involved as well.
Last thing. If it's our choice, maybe we should defer to start the game this time.
I also wonder if the coaching staff - at least to some degree - was looking ahead to the SECCG by being conservative in the game plan and not unloading the whole play book. There seemed to be a distinct lack of counters and misdirection in the run game. Even on the last drive, CNS himself had to trump the offensive staff and tell them to go for the touchdown instead of playing for the FG. We had problems with not being aggressive enough on O earlier this year as well. Auburn's only hope in stopping the run was to use athletic speed. We should have taken advantage of that from very early on with misdirection. The Cowpie-gers were SKY HIGH on adrenaline and WAYYYY overpursuing - especially early on. We should have made them pay for that. Also, I was disappointed with the casual almost lackadaisical attitude on our first offensive drive, like it didn't really matter. The attitude was capped off by the absence of a challenge on Julio's catch. Despite the fact that CBS made no effort to show replays, Julio was adamant that it was a catch and it looked like one to me as well. The no-challenge, the vanilla play-calling, etc., especially knowing how totally pumped they would be was very disappointing to me.
And you know what else? I think we were looking past Auburn more than many would care to admit. But that's not necessarily a bad thing now the day after, because....
Having said all that, the positive thing about all of this is that it is ALL fixable for the SECCG. We get an extra day to prepare and get strong and there is NOTHING to look past this game towards - this is THE GAME period! We have a chance to come out the chute on fire in this game. I am looking for the coaching staff to be FAR more aggressive game-planning for UF. I look for our players to have a bit more rest and ALOT more fire, and I look forward to seeing the REAL MI back on the field with our other stud TR getting involved as well.
Last thing. If it's our choice, maybe we should defer to start the game this time.
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