Bobo.....

ogredawg wrote: CTG gets a pass from me. What he has done on the D side of the ball over the last 2 years speaks volumes.

Yes he has just as much talent, and his D won quite a few games over the last 2 seasons for us when we had a "conservative" run the TB up the middle type O. Over 80+ plays a game will tire any D out. Not making excuses but CTG gets a pass on past performance from me anyhoo.......

Look at it this way...imagine where we'd be right now if the offense had to play the first two weeks without Kenarious Gates, Dallas Lee, Tavarres King, and Arthur Lynch and then had to play the next two weeks with Gates and TK still out. That's basically what the defense has had to face the first 4 weeks.

Like you Ogre...not making excuses, but Tree, Rambo, Commings, and Vasser left some pretty big shoes to be filled through the first 3rd of the season...not having talent like that on the field will affect any defense.

Mike Honcho wrote:

ogredawg wrote: CTG gets a pass from me. What he has done on the D side of the ball over the last 2 years speaks volumes.

Yes he has just as much talent, and his D won quite a few games over the last 2 seasons for us when we had a "conservative" run the TB up the middle type O. Over 80+ plays a game will tire any D out. Not making excuses but CTG gets a pass on past performance from me anyhoo.......

Look at it this way...imagine where we'd be right now if the offense had to play the first two weeks without Kenarious Gates, Dallas Lee, Tavarres King, and Arthur Lynch and then had to play the next two weeks with Gates and TK still out. That's basically what the defense has had to face the first 4 weeks.

Like you Ogre...not making excuses, but Tree, Rambo, Commings, and Vasser left some pretty big shoes to be filled through the first 3rd of the season...not having talent like that on the field will affect any defense.

Mike a solid post. Don't think I have read or heard anywhere Todd Grantham moaning about losing players of this caliber, especially for the length of time they could not participate. Like ogredawg and others, believe that Grantham has found a home, and I really hope that turns out to be a long term deal.

Much talk about Jarvis Jones, rightfully so, he is all about the game.

Seem to remember words out of Todd Grantham's mouth last season about Ogletree and what he means to this football team. Grantham does not seem to be long winded and hands out congrats when deserved.

Ogletree comes out of (semi-retirement) and I think I read where he had the most tackles against Tennessee. Know that he was all over the place, everytime the pile was cleared, #9 was in the mix. Really glad that Ogletree is back and seems to have that same fire in his belly. South Carolina be warned, he is healthy, fresh legs and I would wager that his number will be called a lot in Columbia.

Pretty sure Tree came out of the game with 14 total tackles...not bad for his first game of the year! The scary thing is that he told a reporter after the game that he felt flat most of the time and still needed to get his game-legs underneath him. If that's him "flat" imagine what he'll look like playing full-tilt.

Saw some of the same rust on Rambo...who knows if TN would've EVER built up steam if he would've timed his jump right on the INT he went for. I know, I know...go after the player, not the ball, but if he hadn't had the rust, we may have had a pick six of our own. Shoulda, woulda, coulda I guess.

Here's what I know...we have our entire defense back and healthy (assuming the groin isn't still bothering Jarvis)...we hopefully have first game jitters/rust knocked off of what I think is our best athlete on that side of the ball (Tree) and our ball-hawk safety and because of that, our original starter (Commings) back at the boundary corner spot. We have not only 5 games worth of tape to watch on SC, but the tape from TN on Saturday, with all of our starters playing, for the defense to study...we have a week of practice for all 11 to get back into the habit of communicating with each other on the field. Y'all know I'm not one to make predictions on outcomes, but I'm thinking our defense will be just fine on Saturday.

Did anyone else see what I saw on UT's last TD run off their right side (score was 51-37 at the time)......from behind the goal post during the replay, you could see that Rambo was looking at the sideline (hopefully a coach) when the ball was snapped and the RB ran just inside Rambo before he could react quick enough????????

If Rambo had been paying attention he would have at LEAST hit the guy around the 5-7 yard line. Go back and look at a replay of the game and you will see what I'm talking about. If he pays attention they may not have scored on THAT play anyway.

BObo has called many BAD games are you kidding me!!!! when a back has gets in a groove he would totally go away from it. throw the ball 6 or 7 times in a row. IMO. this year he has the talent to make up for his play calling. not saying he is the worst. but certainly cost us alot of games in the past, mabe he is learning. But I regret nothing I have said about him. I do like bobo because he is a a true DAWG. but I stand by what I have ever said. GOOOO DAWGSSS!!

As i see it, most OC's would be able to call good games with the talent we have. Bobo has done a decent job but I am disappointed in our ability to run out the clock or close out a game. D on the other hand has been an mystery. Expected a little more out of them.

Score more points than we allow and it is all good.