Unbelieable and unacceptable
I get a lot of grief from some of you for these (and complaints when they don’t come). I’m too hard of a grader I hear. What are you? My undergrads? But I stand by what I see. Flaws in a team show up even in a big win over a chump if you try to be objective. Didn’t I say after Hawaii we would struggle with running QBs? I feel vindicated. As I said, we were over hyped.
QB: I have never drunken the Tebow Koolaid. He’s a great athlete, but some of the mental aspects of being a quarterback have not been visible in his game yet. However he doesn’t deserve the blame for this loss. He did have the atrocious fumble, we only converted one third down, and he was stopped on fourth down (more about that later). He also complete 63% of his passes, threw for 300 yards, led his team to 30 points, and twice put together touchdown drives when his team was behind in the 4th quarter. He did this despite a limited running game, some poor plays by his WRs, and considerable passrush. He had another one of those crazy last second throws as he was going down, sooner or later that will hurt us. He is getting a little better at realizing when he should pull the ball down and run when a pass play breaks down. However I don’t remember any awful plays on his part besides the fumble and he stuck some throws in there.
GRADE B+
RB: Moody (21) found a little space early, but got hurt again. After that no one did anything. Not that they had much of a chance. The only guy with more than a single carry was Chris Rainey (3) who had three. If Meyer doesn’t trust his small backs, why didn’t he recruit bigger ones? Yeah it is good to be the fastest team, but you need balance (size, strength, smarts: any of those important?). What about Mon Williams (27)? Brandon James (25) was surprisingly absent; I barely saw him on offense (although admittedly I was in the 67th row). One of Rainey’s three carries went for 12 yards, but he failed on a fourth. But that was a bad call, you don’t a run wide slow developing play on a short yardage play. The forgotten man, Kestahn Moore (33), is probably on the field more than anyone else. He mainly works blocking, and slipping out as a safety valve. Both are valuable contributions.
GRADE: D-
WR: Take away Percy Harvin (1) and the Gators had 133 yards passing. 52 of that came from the tight ends, 12 more from the backs. Only Riley Cooper (11) and Louis Murphy (9) had any catches. Both had drops, as did the Juco Moore (16). Admittedly the Rebs laid a few hits out there, but the corps did not have a good game. Even Harvin who made a million plays fumbled three times (got two back). That freshman I like, Deonte Thompson (6) barely set foot on the field.
GRADE: B-
TE: Hernandez (81) was the second leading receiver with 52 yards, but also had a fumble. Tater Salad (#84 in your program, #1 in your heart) was on the field a bit, including kickoffs.
GRADE: B (he had one bad play – the fumble seems worse because we had 3, but if that had been our only turnover you wouldn’t be calling for blood).
OL: Bad. Just bad. Way too much pressure on Tebow. Few running lanes save for when Harvin ran on gimmick plays. Guard Jim Tartt (63) appears to still be hurt, so we better hope he was the glue (doubtful, but he is good).
GRADE: F
DL: A one point midgame we had some passrush going. That was because we were confusing their OL by having big DE Carlos Dunlop (8) line up standing behind the DL almost as a spy. Then some LBs blitzed and got there, but otherwise their QB wasn’t sweating. Dunlop also had a nice stop behind the line. Ole Miss also found repeatedly found running lanes. NOTE: He’s not listed as a starter, and it may just be because Jermaine Cunningham (49) is dinged, but Justin Trattou (94) has been starting (but not doing much). I think he started against Tennessee too (the TV I was watching on was had lots of static). They did functionally force turnover because it was a hit on their QB has he threw that made the ball float to a pick.
GRADE: C-
LB: Spikes (51) had a sack. Doe (32) caught someone behind the line. Otherwise they did not do much noticeable good or bad. Stamper (41) was hurt and did not play.
GRADE: B
DB: Hallelujah!! Starting corners for the University of Florida Gators defense: Joe Haden (5) and freshman Janoris Jenkins (29). The Wondy Wonder (4 – apparently in Creole the word for “four” and “toast” are the same word) wasn’t hurt, he just wasn’t playing (I saw him on the field once). About time. Markihe Anderson (14) was the nickel. Jenkins is a solid tackler, but there were some misses in the secondary in general. Major Wright (21) had a pick, but that was a gift. He totally blew his angle on the 86 yard TD. That was entirely on him. He’s a big hitter, but as we saw last year that’s not the most important ability for the last line of your defense.
GRADE: B-
Defense overall: Lots of missed tackles. Yes they were on a short field thanks to those fumbles, but they gave up 31 points to Ole Miss. And they struggled with a gimmick offense all game. That said they were not the reason we lost, but if we had won they would not have been the reason either.
ST: Brandon James had a few good returns, coverage was decent, Chas Henry (17) made a great play to get a punt away when the blocking broke down (a theme). But they fell for a fake punt (the unbalanced formation should have made it clear something was up) that set up Mississippe’s first TD. Even more critically (obviously) was the blocked PAT. You just can’t let them get through that late in the game.
GRADE: C- (James did have a big return to give us life after they took the lead again in the 4th quarter).
Coaching: I’m not going to complain about passing the field goal in the first half. It was 47 yards, that’s hardly a give me. If you think you have a play that can get you the first down, then you can try it. Trying the kick would not be a mistake either. And yes we lost, but the fact it was Ole Miss probably played into the thinking (Meyer knew they were 22 point dogs). That’s about the only pass Urban Meyer is going to get from me. Yes, he’s won a lot of games, but he has some flaws. I’m not just drawing these from this game. He’s not good at in game adjustments and he loves his schemes too much (remember all those shovel passes when he first arrived). How many times did Tebow have to run for his life before he finally changed his beloved spread offense to keep another blocker in? When we lined up for that final fourth down attempt Tebow lined up in the shotgun and he was the deepest player – the running backs were in front of him. Could you telegraph the fact the Tebow was going to run any more? Bad formation, I was complaining about before we even snapped the ball (props to South Carolina for agreeing with me). Also did we prep for the “Wild Reb” at all? We sure didn’t seem to have. It worked all game, again no adjustments were made. How about lining Brandon Spikes up opposite their QB when he lines up at WR and just plowing him? Even if you get a personal foul, Ole Miss would think twice before doing that again.
GRADE: C-
Fans: When it was becoming clear that Ole Miss wasn’t going way and we were going to need to play the whole game we got very loud. When the offense started the last drive it was by far the quietest I had ever heard any sporting venue. Ever. It was noticeably quiet, and you can’t say that very often. But then as they started moving, we made started making noise on offense (and we had done that earlier in the fourth quarter too). Even the bad started playing cheers during timeouts. Some needs to educate them: we aren’t sweating through the heat sitting on metal bench in a concrete bowl for some tunes.
GRADE: B (we weren’t that loud on offense)
Player of the Game: Percy Harvin. He did fumble thrice (losing one), but he was huge when we were trying to come back late. He had two TDs and 268 of our 443 yards of offense (that’s 60%). I considered their QB, Jevan Snead, but he was 9 for 20.
Play of the Game: Ole Miss’s 86 yard TD. Surprised its not the blocked PAT? Here is why. After blowing a ten point half time lead and letting them run off seventeen points unanswered, we scored to tie the game. We had momentum, the feeling was okay, the situation had righted itself. Their offense wasn’t looking that good and it was third and long. It wasn’t a bomb, but a short pass, with blown coverage and we got to watch Wright futility chase him the whole way. Suddenly with five minutes to go the Rebs had some heart and it was clear they would not go away and might very well win. Even if we make that PAT, they still might have won.
QB: I have never drunken the Tebow Koolaid. He’s a great athlete, but some of the mental aspects of being a quarterback have not been visible in his game yet. However he doesn’t deserve the blame for this loss. He did have the atrocious fumble, we only converted one third down, and he was stopped on fourth down (more about that later). He also complete 63% of his passes, threw for 300 yards, led his team to 30 points, and twice put together touchdown drives when his team was behind in the 4th quarter. He did this despite a limited running game, some poor plays by his WRs, and considerable passrush. He had another one of those crazy last second throws as he was going down, sooner or later that will hurt us. He is getting a little better at realizing when he should pull the ball down and run when a pass play breaks down. However I don’t remember any awful plays on his part besides the fumble and he stuck some throws in there.
GRADE B+
RB: Moody (21) found a little space early, but got hurt again. After that no one did anything. Not that they had much of a chance. The only guy with more than a single carry was Chris Rainey (3) who had three. If Meyer doesn’t trust his small backs, why didn’t he recruit bigger ones? Yeah it is good to be the fastest team, but you need balance (size, strength, smarts: any of those important?). What about Mon Williams (27)? Brandon James (25) was surprisingly absent; I barely saw him on offense (although admittedly I was in the 67th row). One of Rainey’s three carries went for 12 yards, but he failed on a fourth. But that was a bad call, you don’t a run wide slow developing play on a short yardage play. The forgotten man, Kestahn Moore (33), is probably on the field more than anyone else. He mainly works blocking, and slipping out as a safety valve. Both are valuable contributions.
GRADE: D-
WR: Take away Percy Harvin (1) and the Gators had 133 yards passing. 52 of that came from the tight ends, 12 more from the backs. Only Riley Cooper (11) and Louis Murphy (9) had any catches. Both had drops, as did the Juco Moore (16). Admittedly the Rebs laid a few hits out there, but the corps did not have a good game. Even Harvin who made a million plays fumbled three times (got two back). That freshman I like, Deonte Thompson (6) barely set foot on the field.
GRADE: B-
TE: Hernandez (81) was the second leading receiver with 52 yards, but also had a fumble. Tater Salad (#84 in your program, #1 in your heart) was on the field a bit, including kickoffs.
GRADE: B (he had one bad play – the fumble seems worse because we had 3, but if that had been our only turnover you wouldn’t be calling for blood).
OL: Bad. Just bad. Way too much pressure on Tebow. Few running lanes save for when Harvin ran on gimmick plays. Guard Jim Tartt (63) appears to still be hurt, so we better hope he was the glue (doubtful, but he is good).
GRADE: F
DL: A one point midgame we had some passrush going. That was because we were confusing their OL by having big DE Carlos Dunlop (8) line up standing behind the DL almost as a spy. Then some LBs blitzed and got there, but otherwise their QB wasn’t sweating. Dunlop also had a nice stop behind the line. Ole Miss also found repeatedly found running lanes. NOTE: He’s not listed as a starter, and it may just be because Jermaine Cunningham (49) is dinged, but Justin Trattou (94) has been starting (but not doing much). I think he started against Tennessee too (the TV I was watching on was had lots of static). They did functionally force turnover because it was a hit on their QB has he threw that made the ball float to a pick.
GRADE: C-
LB: Spikes (51) had a sack. Doe (32) caught someone behind the line. Otherwise they did not do much noticeable good or bad. Stamper (41) was hurt and did not play.
GRADE: B
DB: Hallelujah!! Starting corners for the University of Florida Gators defense: Joe Haden (5) and freshman Janoris Jenkins (29). The Wondy Wonder (4 – apparently in Creole the word for “four” and “toast” are the same word) wasn’t hurt, he just wasn’t playing (I saw him on the field once). About time. Markihe Anderson (14) was the nickel. Jenkins is a solid tackler, but there were some misses in the secondary in general. Major Wright (21) had a pick, but that was a gift. He totally blew his angle on the 86 yard TD. That was entirely on him. He’s a big hitter, but as we saw last year that’s not the most important ability for the last line of your defense.
GRADE: B-
Defense overall: Lots of missed tackles. Yes they were on a short field thanks to those fumbles, but they gave up 31 points to Ole Miss. And they struggled with a gimmick offense all game. That said they were not the reason we lost, but if we had won they would not have been the reason either.
ST: Brandon James had a few good returns, coverage was decent, Chas Henry (17) made a great play to get a punt away when the blocking broke down (a theme). But they fell for a fake punt (the unbalanced formation should have made it clear something was up) that set up Mississippe’s first TD. Even more critically (obviously) was the blocked PAT. You just can’t let them get through that late in the game.
GRADE: C- (James did have a big return to give us life after they took the lead again in the 4th quarter).
Coaching: I’m not going to complain about passing the field goal in the first half. It was 47 yards, that’s hardly a give me. If you think you have a play that can get you the first down, then you can try it. Trying the kick would not be a mistake either. And yes we lost, but the fact it was Ole Miss probably played into the thinking (Meyer knew they were 22 point dogs). That’s about the only pass Urban Meyer is going to get from me. Yes, he’s won a lot of games, but he has some flaws. I’m not just drawing these from this game. He’s not good at in game adjustments and he loves his schemes too much (remember all those shovel passes when he first arrived). How many times did Tebow have to run for his life before he finally changed his beloved spread offense to keep another blocker in? When we lined up for that final fourth down attempt Tebow lined up in the shotgun and he was the deepest player – the running backs were in front of him. Could you telegraph the fact the Tebow was going to run any more? Bad formation, I was complaining about before we even snapped the ball (props to South Carolina for agreeing with me). Also did we prep for the “Wild Reb” at all? We sure didn’t seem to have. It worked all game, again no adjustments were made. How about lining Brandon Spikes up opposite their QB when he lines up at WR and just plowing him? Even if you get a personal foul, Ole Miss would think twice before doing that again.
GRADE: C-
Fans: When it was becoming clear that Ole Miss wasn’t going way and we were going to need to play the whole game we got very loud. When the offense started the last drive it was by far the quietest I had ever heard any sporting venue. Ever. It was noticeably quiet, and you can’t say that very often. But then as they started moving, we made started making noise on offense (and we had done that earlier in the fourth quarter too). Even the bad started playing cheers during timeouts. Some needs to educate them: we aren’t sweating through the heat sitting on metal bench in a concrete bowl for some tunes.
GRADE: B (we weren’t that loud on offense)
Player of the Game: Percy Harvin. He did fumble thrice (losing one), but he was huge when we were trying to come back late. He had two TDs and 268 of our 443 yards of offense (that’s 60%). I considered their QB, Jevan Snead, but he was 9 for 20.
Play of the Game: Ole Miss’s 86 yard TD. Surprised its not the blocked PAT? Here is why. After blowing a ten point half time lead and letting them run off seventeen points unanswered, we scored to tie the game. We had momentum, the feeling was okay, the situation had righted itself. Their offense wasn’t looking that good and it was third and long. It wasn’t a bomb, but a short pass, with blown coverage and we got to watch Wright futility chase him the whole way. Suddenly with five minutes to go the Rebs had some heart and it was clear they would not go away and might very well win. Even if we make that PAT, they still might have won.
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