Another disappointing day in a disappointing season in a disappointing last 23 months. I really do not know another way to describe it. We are at as close to the bottom as we can get and Friday at about 4:30 PM we will be at the bottom.

1. Before we tackle the game let me go ahead and get this out of the way, Ole Miss is going to skull us. There is no denying this. They could play with their backups and beat us by 5 TDs. They will make the 08 Egg Bowl look close.

2. We need to bring in a transfer to compete with Van Buren and Taylor. I have been saying this for 6 weeks and I will continue to say it. Whether that be Jackson Arnold, John Mateer, Preston Stone, Ty Simpson, Miller Moss, etc.

3. Van Buren shows flashes that he could be IT and then he shows flashes that Parson should be playing. He still has pocket presence issues, tends to sail the ball on deep balls, and has no touch on short passes. I understand that the line is an issue, we?ll get to that, but he struggles in the pocket. I really thought yesterday was probably his worst game. He may be a Freshman by classification, but he is not a Freshman anymore. He has started for over a half season in the SEC and he is still having the same issues.

4. It really sucks we are losing Booth. He really has found his stride later in the year and has been a big bright spot for us. We need this effort for 12 games from a back next year.

5. Our line seems to have figured out the run blocking stuff, but still struggle in pass pro. I do think some of the issues are Van Buren not knowing how to move in the pocket, but there are times where the pocket collapses within 2 seconds of Van Buren getting the ball. We also have to replace some spots in the offseason and really need more Ethan Miner types out of the portal over Marlon Martinez.

6. Our D is bad. There is legit no way around it. I have no clue if we will move off Hutzler. I do still think we move him to STC and bring in a DC while getting new position coaches but I have no definitive answer. I thought again we were in decent position at times yesterday but could not break down or finish the play. I mean we had Cook dead to rights for a sack and instead he escapes and gets a 1st down.

7. The biggest reason our D is bad is we have no talent in the front 4 and very little talent in the back 7. I mean our front 4 gets ZERO push. It is why they were able to run the ball 50 times yesterday and just keep the ball. They had lineman getting second level with ease.

8. Find a way to keep Coleman. He is our best receiver. Also, give him the ball 30 times next week. Either with speed sweeps, go balls, slants, screens, etc. He is the only person on our team who has straight up breakaway speed.

9. Someone please tell Craver to get his head out of his ass. We already have had to renegotiate his NIL once and really do not need to be dealing with more problems. He will probably enter the portal so be ready for that. I am not saying he is gone, but do not be surprised if he enters.

10. Lebby may need to bring in an actual OC. He can still have a heavy hand in the offense but at the end of the day he is the HC. Heck Mullen called plays but still had an OC every year. Lane has an OC, Freeze has an OC.

11. This is a fixable situation. I am not saying we will be 8-4 or 9-3 next year but we can get to 6-6 or even 7-5. We need to focus our portal efforts first and foremost on defense. You obviously take offensive guys where you can get them, but do not go out and overpay for more offensive firepower at the expense of a DL or DB that we desperately need.

12. I completely understand if people do not want to donate to NIL, but it is the only way back at this point. GIVE. There is no Larry Ellison coming to save us.

13. Brighter days are ahead. We are going to have to work to get there but it can be done.

HailState