Most of my points have been previously covered...but I'll say 'em anyway.
Offense:
- Kiehl overthrew nearly everyone. That is a mechanical problem and should be very fixable.
- We know that Blake is solid...but where the fuck were the rest of the receivers? Frazier's over-throws aside, someone should step up.
- The O-line performed very well for all of its green starters.
- Mason and Prosch make a deadly I-formation
Defense:
- Our horrible LB corps got exposed: runs up the middle and the intermediate passing game showed that we lack any playmakers at these positions.
- Morris ran the HUNH to perfection and our D was gassed. That isn't an indictment of our conditioning or skill.
Special Teams:
- Parkey...nuff said.
All in all, not a horrible first showing. Disappointed with a loss, but at least we didn't stumble out of the gate to a cupcake. We know that this team can compete and they have plenty to learn from in this game. I predict that MSU will get hurt...badly...by our D-line.
KF looked good at times, and bad at times. He had some on the money throws, and some bad ones. He's got heart, and doesn't go all fetal position at the first sign of pressure, but he held the ball too long at times. Overall, for a first start, vs a real team, I'll give him a passing grade.
The OL, for all it's youth, looked solid. BIG surprise to me. Bodes well for the future.
Yeah, Mason is good, and Procsh is a monster but we lack a true, TRUE between the tackles guy that can put the game on his shoulders and will us to a win. Jovon was that guy.
Loeffler? First game with these players...I am sure they had a plan, but no way to know what would really work, or what the true personality of this offense would be. Looked to me like he began to get a feel for it by half time. Clear to me, he believes the Left side of the OL is where they want/need to run when they HAVE to get 5 yards. Good mix of run and Play Action, and good mix of calling play action on first down later in the game, but we didn't execute on most of them.
Yeah Clemson is good. Probably worthy of their rankings. That's top 15 y'all. Mediocre. Boyd is good. Their WR, #6, he's good. Our D? We make them look much better. The DL? Sorry, I saw NOTHING from them, and that was vs a patchwork OL of Clemson's. I expected much more out of that group. Our DBs can't cover shit. LBs get blocked, and stay blocked. Tackling? A-fucking-trocious! The slight difference I see this season is when a WR catches a ball, we try to look for the ball but can't find it or we're 2 steps closer to make a tackle, and we bounce off the tackles with much more aggression. End result? Same as Roof ball. Only 2 explanations. Either the people I know that say we have no players on that side of the ball are right, or one off season is just not enough time to unfuck what Roof did. We played better in last year's bowl game with Chiz running the D so I don't know, but the Defense still sux.