🏈 Will We Lose Our Edge?

[psychojoe]

We have Florida Atlantic this week, Ole Miss next, and then an off week, before we travel to Missouri and Tennessee.

To me, if CNS and staff can keep the team sharp and concentrating in the next three weeks, that will be a great coaching job.

 

[bamaraider]

Home games, CNS has been telling the media how "there still needs to be work", "we're not as good as we seem"...I think he uses this in a way to get to the team to not buy into the media and continue to progress. I'm not worried about the next 3 weeks, I'm worried about the back-to-back away games with Mizzou and Tennessee....both potential trap games

 

[psychojoe]

That is what I am getting at. If we get sloppy over the next few, it will be tough to turn it back on for Mzzou and the Vols.

 

[planomateo]

he does, he uses the media to talk to the team.

just like Steve Jobs did with the whole "Think Different" campaign shortly after he was brought back in to Apple - the commercial that started with "To the crazy ones...". He was basically rallying the troops and telling them its ok publicly to be different, embrace it and run with it.

 

[jdpas29]

Ole miss has no run game ( besides the qb) and serious defensive problems.

Missouri will be the first real test of our defense. They pass the ball well and it will tell us a little more.

Ive rarely seen a worse ut team than this one. No running game and a qb that is usually inaccurate with only brief flashes of skill. Their defense is also in a shambles.

 

[planomateo]

Mizzou apparently has a QB that quits - should make it interesting

 

[Duder]

Only shot at a loss this year is UT in a shoot out and it will take a PERFECT game by Bray to do it. Hunter and Patterson will get their yards if Bray stays upright.

Not sold on LSU at all and unless Bama leaves half the team at home Mizzou isn't a threat. May not be anyway...

 

[TerryP]

Only shot at a loss this year is UT in a shoot out and it will take a PERFECT game by Bray to do it. Hunter and Patterson will get their yards if Bray stays upright.

Not sold on LSU at all and unless Bama leaves half the team at home Mizzou isn't a threat. May not be anyway...

I have my thoughts on LSU but I'm sticking with Mizzou on this comment.

They will be in worse shape when we meet them than they are today. I still believe they'll be beat up by the time we meet in CoMo, but what I didn't expect was them to be beaten up before the season started.

It's getting worse as each weekend passes.

FWIW, considering the respect I have for UofSC's defensive line, I expect to see Franklin get beaten up again this weekend: ala UGA with Jenkins.

 

[bamascw]

I sort of agree with Duder about UT. I've seen them play twice and Bray (when he has time) is accurate and they have a couple receivers that are good. #84, don't know his name but he has nice hands. Caught alot of balls in the Florida game. Their D is not very good so we should be okay, but if they were to play the perfect game and we made just a couple of mistakes it could get hairy. I get a different feel from this team than the '10 team that seemed to lose focus, LSU at night will be tough no matter how inept LSU can be.