Saw it first hand. We looked ok for about 2 quarters, then the fucking wheels came off. Had multiple chances to put away ULM, fucking ULM, and we tried to give it away. Coaches and team were scared of losing and it showed badly in the end of regulation. Played not to lose, and almost did. We looked average vs a good Sun Belt team. It's not just Frazier, and it's not just Jake. It's virtually all bad, with a couple of small bright spots that won't matter in the end. The call to kick the FG on second down in OT, without even trying to punch it in is what this team and staff is made of.
I think you need to watch a replay. I don't think we looked "ok" at any point in the game besides a few drives where our running backs broke free.
I agree that most of our team is bad, but I made an effort to watch Holland all game. I even rewound the DVR to see if my eyes were accurate. He is laughable. My thread title was created after the first drive of the game. I should have retitled it "The Jake Holland Comedy Four Hours Before He Kills Everybody."
He's an embarrassment. He didn't do one thing right. One thing I did notice was that every time Jake was in on a tackle, it was because the play either ran right to wherever the hell he was going or other Auburn defenders had already slowed it down. That was maybe MAYBE 1/4 of the plays. Maybe 25% of all of ULM's plays did Jake Holland have a positive effect.
The other times, he was chasing the wrong people, getting spun around by a blocker, getting bulldozed by a blocker, backpedaling, or just wandering aimlessly. Then, I counted five, but I know there more, but I counted five times he went to make a tackle and missed. Whiffed. You could hear the air swooshing through the stadium from his massive failure of a tackle. He may have clubbed the runner with his forearms, but when you're too small to be an SEC linebacker, your forearms aren't going to do any kind of damage to a running back with a head of steam.
He was bad. Bad, bad. Like, should not have a scholarship bad. Like, should be ridiculed for his shitty hairstyle and his piss poor play, bad.
But perhaps not. Perhaps the real scary part is that he's the best we have. He's throwing his body around trying the best he can to do something amazing for Auburn. I have to commend him on that. It must be tough getting your ass kicked for four hours in front of 87,000 family members. I bet he has that "I'm about to cry" feeling all game long. For that, I give him props. He can keep his haircut. If that makes him happy, keep it.
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