Suckage

[jmar]

Some of you probably thought the missed FG was the sure sign. I knew that even 3 points wouldn't be enough.

[Snaggletiger]

Some of you probably thought the missed FG was the sure sign. I knew that even 3 points wouldn't be enough.

Up 17-6 with first and goal at the Mizzou 10.  Thorne throws a perfect pass to Robert Lewis in the corner of the end zone, which promptly goes through his arms like they were coated in buttah.  Make that one catch, and the game is over.  Next play, Thorne is mauled for a 10-15 yard loss.  That was when I was texting with everybody saying, we've all seen this movie many times before.  We know how this ends.

There was zero doubt in anybody's mind what the outcome would be.

[GH2001]

We know how this ends.

There was zero doubt in anybody's mind what the outcome would be.

ZERO....NONE.  I didn't even get excited being up 17-6 with having the ball. Now its just a matter of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[jmar]

I don't give a shit about Freeze's introspection. You're at the Mizzou 37 and Hunter loses 2 yards. You question THAT but fail to question Thorne losing a yard on a keeper the very next play.

Find two tackles that can block.

[Kaos]

I don't give a shit about Freeze's introspection. You're at the Mizzou 37 and Hunter loses 2 yards. You question THAT but fail to question Thorne losing a yard on a keeper the very next play.

Find two tackles that can block.

Or two blocks that can tackle.

[War Damn Six]

Or two blocks that can tackle.

We need guys with large neck sizes and small hats sizes.  We’ve seen what happens when Thorne tries to think.

[jmar]

Our team was victorious Saturday night but word has it we bullied a team that was riddled with injuries so we really didn't accomplish much.


Are we an up and comer or a perennial loser?

Word also has it you can throw out the record books for this next one as powerhouse Vandy struts into Jordan Hare just less than a TD favorite (-4.5 on Draftkings) for an 11:45 CST start.


Deigo Pavia v. Jarquez Hunter

[CCTAU]

Our team was victorious Saturday night but word has it we bullied a team that was riddled with injuries so we really didn't accomplish much.


Are we an up and comer or a perennial loser?

Word also has it you can throw out the record books for this next one as powerhouse Vandy struts into Jordan Hare just less than a TD favorite (-4.5 on Draftkings) for an 11:45 CST start.


Deigo Pavia v. Jarquez Hunter

Now you have a fanbase who thinks you just haven’t been giving the ball to JH enough. As if we could have run over the previous opponents in the same way.

Now I’m not saying he didn’t need the ball more. He does. But we have to utilize the RPO in the manner it was used against UK. I’m not sure I saw a long throw all night. We moved the ball five yards at a time using the RPO and taking what they were giving. It kept the defense from stacking the box and that allowed for the run success.
Will it work against Vandy? Who knows.
I do know it didn’t work the first quarter.
I’ve always felt the RPO run correctly is a very effective offense.

[jmar]

Now you have a fanbase who thinks you just haven’t been giving the ball to JH enough. As if we could have run over the previous opponents in the same way.

Now I’m not saying he didn’t need the ball more. He does. But we have to utilize the RPO in the manner it was used against UK. I’m not sure I saw a long throw all night. We moved the ball five yards at a time using the RPO and taking what they were giving. It kept the defense from stacking the box and that allowed for the run success.
Will it work against Vandy? Who knows.
I do know it didn’t work the first quarter.
I’ve always felt the RPO run correctly is a very effective offense.

Agree. And the passing part of of a Spread/RPO is really about reading safeties and choosing the best target that's available, not which receiver "should" be open. I really think that Thorne knows what to do it's just that he's too slow to react and often not accurate enough to get it done under pressure.


Freeze obviously doesn't think we have a better option at QB and is sticking with Thorne.


NFL defenses are wising up to Joe Brady's Spread/RPO but in our case it's about who is at the controls.


Hank is probably better suited for a west coast style offense but I'm very intrigued by the Air Coryell offense that Baltimore employs with mobile, live armed Lamar Jackson and battering ram Derrick Henry.


I listen to the commentary and see some film but seldom watch any NFL games.

[War Damn Six]

Now you have a fanbase who thinks you just haven’t been giving the ball to JH enough. As if we could have run over the previous opponents in the same way.

Now I’m not saying he didn’t need the ball more. He does. But we have to utilize the RPO in the manner it was used against UK. I’m not sure I saw a long throw all night. We moved the ball five yards at a time using the RPO and taking what they were giving. It kept the defense from stacking the box and that allowed for the run success.
Will it work against Vandy? Who knows.
I do know it didn’t work the first quarter.
I’ve always felt the RPO run correctly is a very effective offense.

Ummmm, the RPO was not utilized on Saturday.  There were precious few decisions that had to be made by Braindead. 

[chinook]

Now you have a fanbase who thinks you just haven’t been giving the ball to JH enough. As if we could have run over the previous opponents in the same way.

Now I’m not saying he didn’t need the ball more. He does. But we have to utilize the RPO in the manner it was used against UK. I’m not sure I saw a long throw all night. We moved the ball five yards at a time using the RPO and taking what they were giving. It kept the defense from stacking the box and that allowed for the run success.
Will it work against Vandy? Who knows.
I do know it didn’t work the first quarter.
I’ve always felt the RPO run correctly is a very effective offense.

Ughhh ...as the nine toe fella alluded different game strategy and realization at game 8 (~ after first quarter) our weakness and focused on a strength. 

firmly believe 2 or 3 games could have played out differently if the focus was jarquez.

[CCTAU]

Ughhh ...as the nine toe fella alluded different game strategy and realization at game 8 (~ after first quarter) our weakness and focused on a strength. 

firmly believe 2 or 3 games could have played out differently if the focus was jarquez.

Watch again. It was still the RPO. But it was cut down to the short passing game when they dropped an extra defender in the box.
Around the middle of the third, you could see PT turn his back to the line and hand off on several called runs. Until then it was read the box and hit the short pass if needed.
You’ll never see AU be successful just handing the ball off from start to finish. The defense will do as they have done all season. They will stack the box and we aren’t running against a stacked box.