I just didn't see what you all did. I didn't see that many mental mistakes. There were a couple of inadvertent facemasks that kept drives alive, but you can't fault too much of those. I saw some stupid mistakes, but I dn sure don't chalk it up to coaching or not being ready to play. That is just stupid to me...
I agree somewhat on things like the facemask penalty when Jefferson fumbled. Our guy was hustling, and that shit sometimes happens. However, we had 7 penalties for 51 yards. I know for fact that facemask, and another kept drives alive on 3rd downs where we had a stop, that lead to TDs. 2 turnovers as well, one right after a score on the KO giving them the ball on our25 or so. You can't eliminate all mistakes, but the overall feel of the game was that we were just not mentally ready, at least not from the standpoint we thought we could win.
People bitch about shit they have no clue about..."lazy playcalling"...what the fuck is that? "Lazy coaching the QBs"? What are Malzahn and Chiz having a scotch and a cigar when they're supposed to be coaching? "Poor playcalling"? Really, what the fuck should they call? When? What play is in that week? What personnel? Do you know we have the capability to execute what YOU think would be a genius play call? If you call a run up the gut that goes for 15 yards, it's genius. If they stuff it, it's "poor playcalling". And you can call the greatest play on the planet...if the OL won't or can't block, useless...if the RB can't hit the hole, or fumbles...useless...if the QB can't hit the WR, or the WR can't catch it...useless, and absolutely no fault of scheme or play calling.
But, for instance, Therezie was in and got beat badly on that first long pass play. He's a way down the depth chart CB. He was lined up on Randall their best WR. They'd been pounding the rock. Poor personnel decision on both match up, and potential for a long PAP. That said, I have no idea why he was out there, and why he was lined up in press man...I do know he made a cardinal sin in press man C2 and allowed an outside release. I also know he wasn't coached to do that either, but he did. Lutz dropped a sure 1st down...wasn't a perfect pass, but he got both hands on it, and it was catchable. He seems to be mentally absent the last couple of weeks. Why?
It looked like a poor effort. The coaches aren't playing PS3, hitting X, OO...they coach them, call the plays, the players have to make it happen. They looked bad today. Some due to LSU, probably mostly, but it irritates fans to see penalties prolong drives, and fumbles give a superior team a gimme. I can take being pushed around by a superior team...I expected that. This looked worse.
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