Sunday Morning QB- Everything Went Right Edition
1. Didnt get fancy with the food on such a good football day. Ribeye, sauteed green beans, and baked okra.
2. Should have been a profitable weekend for you guys that bet on college football. Easy wins on Thursday night. BYU has been money this year. Bama and State were obvious picks to me all week with the teasers. Kept saying I didnt think Calzone could put up more than 23 on us and knew all it would take to cover was 10 points by us. Knew Bama would expose Lame and that D. Felt great about teasing Kentucky at home to plus 14.5. Plus some others. Only ND and WV kept it from being a complete celebration weekend.
3. I sat here watching the Bama/Mississippi game as Lame kept going for it on 4th down. It got to the point I felt like the producer in the truck from the movie Tin Cup- "Will somebody tell this idiot he doesn't have to hit from there". Then I got the same feeling again during our game against A&M. Team after team has followed the blueprint against our offense turning it into the Airbone. So what did Elko do? **** that- I'm going to show you how I do it.
The 1st Q started out with them stemming- having the LB's walked up trying to give Rogers a false look. Then they would drop at the snap or right before. The problem with that was that they werent getting back into their zones quick enough doing that- didnt all game. Then that morphed into some zone blitz- and that accomplished nothing for them. So on the 3rd as we were moving in their territory again- he finally went to the 3-8. So what happened- drive stalled and we missed the FG. He stayed in it on the next drive- what happened? 5 plays and punt. At that point I began to worry it may be tough sledding the rest of the game. But fear not- Elko had had enough defensive success so he had to start coaching again. He went to man under- single high which led to a 5 play TD drive. TV replay had a great shot of Calvin beating his man down the seam and single high safety unable to get there.
I love when hardheaded coaches get what they deserve. Bo Pellini last year. Elko this year. We will see who is next.
4. Best game all year for the Airbone. Once again we ran over 20 more plays than our opponent. Great job of beating A&M to their drops and we got more balls up the field. RB catches were down to 13 this week. We almost scored again on the pick route we run alot inside the 20 vs man to the RB but Marks was pushed OOB and we ended up kicking the FG. We have got to find some better to do in the RZ.
5. Even though we gave up 3 sacks technically- the OL is playing good ball. On the first one we had all day to throw. Their next test will be their toughest all year. Hopefully we will be good and healthy for it.
6. Very surprised A&M was able to average 5 per carry against the D. Especially with them starting 2 true freshman on the OL. But they got physical with us at times. I thought Jett played pretty well on his run fits. He'll never be an AA in pass coverage but is becoming a pretty good LB against the run.
7. We got some pressure on Calzone when we needed at some crucial times. Jimbo protected him and they only threw 20 passes. Kind of expected that. They had a really good playcall on the bootleg to start the game and Calzone turned that into a pick by us. Peters seemed to be where he needed to be much more this week. Of course, that should be expected against a much more conservative offense like A&M is running currently.
8. Good win- thats the bottom line. On the road. The Airbone rolled. A&M has more SEC losses coming their way. Jimbo has a little cred built up after last season and now losing his QB- but the expectations will be there for him in 2022. Orgeron losing last night did him no favors either. With them gathering info to try and fire him for cause to save some money- he is giving those on the fence about it more reason to join the other side.
9. Myself and a few other MSU Mafia members had been waiting all Summer and Fall for yesterday. All the Mississippi Rebel hype this offseason. All the hype this past week for a game Vegas set at a 2 TD spread. We knew it would crash. Saban doesnt have all these analysts for no reason. They have been studying the OM offense for months. You knew they would be ready and play better against it. Talent that's coach well and motivated is hard to beat. It's always so much fun watching those douchebags get all pumped up- poking that chest out- and to watch it all come crashing down again on top of them. Just pisses me off every year when they make me have to root for Bama. I feel like I should have a cousin watching that game with me every year.
10. Got to find a way to tweak college football a little. Were about to see Bama/Georgia play for the SEC title the first Sat in December and then they will turn around and play again a month later for the NC. Not sure Georgia has the QB to pull it off- but they certainly have the D.
Hail State