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Originally Posted by
msstate7
2011 bama and LSU defenses were sick. Bama held teams to 183 yds game and LSU at 261
But 2011 UGA and Arkansas defenses were not, and they locked us down too.
Ah yes, 2011. A year we had high hopes with a pre-season ranking, with a very good run oriented QB, 2 NFL RB's (both spent time in the NFL), an "even better" QB waiting in the wings, and a sick returning defense with at least 12 future NFL players on it. We probably should have panicked and fired that coach who did so little with so much. I was at that UGA game. If it wasn't for Darius Slay we would have been shut out completely. Dylan Farve played that game our offense was so bad. We went 7-6 and almost lost to La Tech.
To me, the biggest learning curve for a coach coming into the SEC is that everyone usually has a very solid defense. There may be 1-2 outliers in any given year (OM right now), but this league is built around defense. That is a big adjustment for outsiders.
It is also a margin over error league. There is no room for error. The type of error can change from game to game. One week, turnovers. Next week, penalties. Third week, dropped pass. Fourth week, bad OL play. Fifth week, bad play in the secondary.
Last edited by BrunswickDawg; 10-01-2018 at 12:21 PM.
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