Win over TN but are you happy?

Jiminy Crickets CMR...

How much preparation does a team need for 4th and 1?

I mean it's nice you may have gotten more involved and had more confidence this week, but if
saying "my dimwitted OC had nothing ready for 4th and 1 last week" isn't an indictment of Bobo..
I don't know what else could be...

You weren't in the "mood", because you didn't like our available options to pick up 1 yard????

Really? Really???

AllDawgs5 wrote: Haters, comment was not used in any disrespect. Funny, how we can be called out for being "Sunshine Pumpers", but that is not disrespectful. But I am going to leave that one alone because it didn't bother me.

I am a realist, and alwasy will be one. I have ripped bobo many of times. I agreed he has deserved it many times over again. Saturday, IMO, would not have been one of those times. We had guys running behind a secondary, and bobo realized they were not keeping a deep safety. Our WR's had 4 or 5 steps on the DB's. Those are throws that have to be completed. If they are, you get your blow out wins. Keep seeing lsu, and bama. They hit those plays. Hence, the blow outs. I am just not sure how bobo is deserving to be ripped this week. Used the boot play, had designed plays to use AM's legs, focused on running the football, and called plays that should have blown the game wide open. Again, I think after the BSU game, and take out the ole mis game, bobo has not done a terrible job. Do I want him to stay. Not yet, but I am interested to see how the rest of the year plays out.

I saw negative comments about our D, and that was really the reasoning behind the comment. Many believe ut is an explosive passing offense. I felt they were too. We gave up 6 points at the half. Pretty dang good if you ask me. Somehow, we kept a very good passing offense in check. But, we act surprised when they hit some plays. They have a lot of talent on that side of the ball. We wanted Rogers, and Bray is a great QB. They are going to hit some plays. I honestly thought if we held them under 17pts, it would be a great day. We did that. Great job to CTG and that D staff.

It is one game, but I was proud of them. That might change next week. I don't know. But I am going to give the credit for a good win on Sat. Everyone in that locker room knows they need to improve, but it looks like they are. Keep it up, still a long way to go.

GO DAWGS

Great points AD5. I think that's a HUGE difference between this years team and lasts. This year, we have players holding themselves and their teammates accountable. They are playing well, and playing w/ confidence, but they know there's still room for improvement and they know the improvement comes as a team, not as individuals. Last year was a lot of blame gaming and finger pointing.

Buc wrote: Interesting quote from Richt on the offense. Looks as if Richt is trying to clear the back forty, not taking all of the blame any more. This is how it should be. Beginning to look like the same song and dance that occured prior to WM leaving with his lips sticking out. You wear the title, make the money, stand tall. A winning streak of four does not hurt, but it certainly does not make us world beaters either.

Richt obviously rethought that view this past week. “I wasn’t in the mood to go for it on fourth down last week,” he said, because he “didn’t like what we had prepared.” But in the week before playing the Vols, he said, “we did a good job of putting a plan together. I had more confidence in what the offensive staff put together, so I was more decisive with what to do because I had more faith in what we were doing and how we were going about it.”

You get the idea that maybe the head coach was a bit more involved in the offensive game planning last week.

Buc, did you see CMR's show Sunday? He talked about when we had the ball on our 7 yard line that Bobo was debating and undecided whether to go for the long ball or try and grind out a 1st down etc. CMR was talking to him on the headsets and told him to go ahead and go for it if it "was there". Did you see his show?

Like you said, he's definitely approving and suggesting plays again.

Wartdawg wrote: I don't care at all if people wanted to call me a hater because of my feelings about our
coaching on the offensive side of the ball.

I just hope anyone who wants to call me a hater can explain to me exactly where the lack of
just cause comes into play. I stand by every thing I've said as being a fair analysis of
the situation.

While my feelings towards some of the coaches have not changed one bit, today I am not
talking about them at all. Today I'm calling out some players. I'm calling out King
for failing to put forth effort on every single play. He made some catches, but he also
ran a sloppy route near the goal line, and he also put zero effort towards a block that
would have sprung IC for a big gain even if it was going to get called back because of
a hold.

I'm also going to call out just about the entire offensive line for their quite offensive
laziness and lack of effort. They are weak, have zero explosion off the ball as noted by
wlayton, and for whatever reason they don't finish blocks. As also noted by wlayton, they
look like they think just getting in the way is actually a block. Multiple times did I
see in striking HD clarity the fact that they disengaged from blocks early allowing their
man to get in on the end of plays, and absolutely no ability or effort made to get to
the second level.

I bet Vandy and Kentucky have better O-lines than we do. With all that weight, ours could
at least occasionally fall on top of someone, but I think they don't because they don't
have the strength to pick themselves back up off the ground. Pitiful.

I think we'll take Vandy, but it's a classic trap game we better not take too lightly.

Coming off this big road win at night... feeling too good about ourselves.. playing a
weaker opponent we should be able to handle.. all that scares me to death. It's a classic
let down week, and we're not good enough on offense to take ANYONE lightly.

Couldn't agree more about this week being a trap game. As a player it's really easy to look past Vandy for a number of reasons...the fact that it's Vandy only being one of them. Don't get me wrong...I'm definitely glad we're going to Nashville on a winning streak, but confidence can be a double-edged sword. Not enough and you're likely to never get a game off on the right foot. Too much and you're likely to get unexpectedly punched in the mouth...

For the 4th and 1's, I can understand why he kicked the FG against MSU. I really can. That would have given us a 21pt lead. 21pt win against an SEC foe is something I will take all day. We had already taken dominance against MSU, and at that point, points on the board would have totally sealed the deal. Now, I am sure if he would have known the end results, he wouldn't have kicked the FG.

Last year UCF, I will never understand why not. We needed to establish the dominance, just like we did Sat night. I loved the aggression there. Just wished it would have been there last year. I don't really compare the situation because Sat night was a lot different set of circumstances than the previous Sat. Sat night and last year against UCF, similar except for place on the field. Needed to set the tone, and we did.

GO DAWGS

No need to look past Vandy, we have the next week off. If we were playing UF next week then I would be concerned about that.