Sunday Morning QB- Lt. Rogers- "You aint got no legs Edition"
1. Ahhhhhh another Saturday of college football with still balmy hot weather. Got some of my homestyle burgers on the grill with boudin as an appetizer. Bacon. Just a good day to eat and enjoy life. Hope you guys enjoyed yourselves as well from a culinary standpoint.
2. How about that offense huh? 17 points. The 2nd most scored on Bama this season and the 2nd most on them since 2014. Tied for the 3rd most points vs Bama in the last 22 seasons. We were able to run the ball somewhat effectively at times with our 3 TB's going 20/123- 6 ypc. Add Wright to the mix and its 23/142. That's the kind of production needed for a good offense. Gameplan was pretty good and we got after Bama. Barbay's 17 points last night vs Bama tops Leach's 3 year total of 15 points combined. I see people talking about how this Bama team isnt what they normally are- well Lame Kitten only scored 10 last week on it. Ya'll want to fire him too? Is he over his head?
3. 2 just isnt the answer and wont be. We arent facing the drop 8 anymore and last night finally showed me what his biggest problem is. When the pocket compresses even a little- he cant see anymore. His height or whatever it is gets to where he cant see anymore and he panics. Everybody under the sun knows he cant extend a play with his legs- as does he- and so he goes into panic mode bouncing around on lineman and such waiting to be brought down. This is why a 4th year QB looks so bad at times. He's getting more pressure than ever and doesnt have the legs to avoid it like seemingly every other SEC team has. Hell, Auburn's guy that transferred from Mich St had a 50 yard run vs Georgia. 2 had the best run of his career last night with the wide open QB draw for 15 yards. Rogers is last in the SEC in rushing by QB's with minus 41 yards on 22 carries.
4. Word around the campfire is that Parson is nowhere near being ready to play QB in college. So those calls for him will continue to fall on deaf ears. It's not happening. Ya'lls boy Sawyer Robertson and his below 50% completion percentage got replaced yesterday and after that Baylor scored 26 4th Q points to comeback and beat The GusBus. It's time to get Wright some series during a game- not just random plays.
5. No luck for us starting the game last night. We sack Milroe (one of four for us) and then the punter wedges one on us thats sticks inside the 1. Of course no PI call on Bama the 1st play. But I will say the throw was too underthrown by 2. If he was trying to backshoulder it was still 2 yards too short. Needed that and didnt get it. Then we punt and Bama muffs it but we dont get control of it. Bama then fumbles the snap and the ball is all over the ground and we again fail to cover it. 2 chances at getting a turnover and flipping field position and we dont make it happen. So you just knew what was coming. Milroe scramble with everybody covered for a TD and then a trash throw by 2 for a Pick 6. What a terrible decision. It's covered- throw the damn ball into the ground and let's punt. But noooooooooooo- let's make it 14-0.
6. Quality drives on 3 and 4 resulting in 10 points and only trailing 17-10. Still in the game. So what happens? Bama drives it for the score and then 2 decides to throw another pick before half. It was behind the WR and just trash. I give Barbay a little blame here also. Run the ball and go to half right there. That's Bama's D- not UPig or Mississippi. Get to half and let's get a plan for the 2nd half KO. But it was just a trash throw turnover.
7. OL needs to improve more of course but acting like they are terrible is a little overboard. We are 10th in sacks allowed while being the only SEC team with a statue at QB. Auburn, UPig, Bama, and SC are worse in Pass Pro than us. And this offense is sooooooo much more enjoyable to watch than the last 3 years. I'm sorry- I just dont miss the constant dump off passes to the RB in the Airbone. We average 28 PPG right now and Western Michigan and their 125th in Scoring D team comes in Saturday- We should get back above 30.
8. Injuries hurting on D-line. They played hard but it is what it is. We had 4 sacks and 7 TFL's but just not consistent. It's not the scheme or the DC. Injuries on the DL and poor recruiting in the Secondary is why this defense is not very good. They could run a 4-2-5, a 4-3, or a 3-4 and guess what? They would still be shitty. The way we blitz with a LB on most plays basically is us playing a 4 man front. We are just doing it with a player that doesnt have his hand on the ground.
9. We should bounce back and roll Saturday. Get some feel goods and a bump in attitude. Then we get an offweek to get ready for UPig. UPig has a ridiculous schedule and has lost 3 in a row- giving up 30 plus points each game (BYU, LSU, A&M). They play Mississippi and Bama then us. That's a helluva run. We have a a real shot to win the next 2 to grab that Mo headed to Auburn. Big couple of weeks for this team and a chance to get better. Excited to see what happens.
10. We all hate losing but this team can be 4-3 headed to Auburn at the end of this month. As it typically is- October is a big month for State football. The bi-week is perfect timing for this team coming off a win against a bad OOC to get us to 3-3. Auburn is 0-2 in the SEC also with games vs LSU and Mississippi coming at them. Our offenses have been very comparable so far. Wins over UPig and Auburn would be huge heading into November.
HailState
