Evening, peeps. Gave myself time after the game to calm down, but I still get pissed every time I think about it. But hopefully it doesn't color my analysis too much.

1. Ferrie missing the FG was a huge turning point in the game. Why do our kickers regress the longer we have them? I can't remember the last one we had that actually improved over his career.

2. Shapen should've had to walk home after the game. He isn't the answer at QB. As much as I rightfully dogged on Rogers, he at least won SEC games. It's not even the pick at the end I'm mad about. It's overthrowing his WR twice on guaranteed TDs. We should have been up 2-3 TDs and not needing a FG to win at the end. Which leads me to...

3. I'm ready to start the KT Era. I'm aware he's raw and not ready yet. But if we aren't winning games with Shapen, then there's no reason not to start KT. He can run and avoid pressure, unlike Shapen. I'm willing to live with his growing pains and mistakes. I've had enough of the Baylor fraud.

4. Our OL sucks. We didn't spend nearly enough on upgrading it. I saw Reese getting bullied multiple times Saturday. We're going to piss away a golden opportunity for a bowl season because we didn't invest in the one area everyone knew we needed the most improvement. Inexcusable.

5. That last play call was one of the dumbest I've ever seen. Put in KT and run power or go old school Wild Cat and direct snap it to Booth. The ball should never leave the hands of whoever takes the snap in that situation. The one thing you should never do is throw the damn ball. Honestly, that call is so bad, it should get someone fired.

6. We went out and got a kicker from the portal with NFL leg strength for just that kind of situation. Lebby has to trust his guy there. You're telling me there's some huge difference between a 37 yard FG and a 41 yard FG? Sell that somewhere else. Ferrie has already made one from 50+ this year that would've been good from 60. It makes that last call even worse.

7. We're better than last year, but that was a very low bar. I've seen people in other threads talking about needing to score improvement next year. This was the year to make a bowl and win a couple of SEC games. Next year's schedule is a nightmare. Our ceiling outcome might be 4 or 5.

8. This is why your AD shouldn't be hiring his buddies. We're in a position that I don't envy Selmon having to make a decision: If we don't beat one or two of Texas, Arkansas, Mizzou and Northern Miss, Lebby is a dead man walking. So do we pull the plug now? If so, whoever is next is next is setup for an awful year one with that schedule. The flip side is if you keep Lebby, you're wasting time paying a guy you end up firing anyway. It's continuity for the sake of continuity. The players will check out early. And if you wait until after next season, we'll be breaking in a new stag with a new system in the year where we actually have a favorable schedule with at least 6 subs on it. Is it more beneficial to get the new guy in, get the system in place knowing next season is going to be terrible so everything is in place and ready to go for 27? This is why they get paid the big bucks. There's no easy answers, only hard choices.