BarrelORum
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I just got back into Savannah from the game. Ouch. When Matt Ryan came to the bench, he told Chuck to get him his water bottle, and Chuck did no questions asked.
Seriously though. My comments:
1.) After the first 95 yard TD drive by BC for their first score, Matt Ryan came to the bench, and you could see this guy was totally in control. I saw him talking with his wideout and they were smiling, and I swear I saw him say "This is going to be easy". Matt Ryan is the best QB to play in BDS since David Greene with UGA. That guy is going to be very good on Sundays and does deserved to be mentioned amongst the best QB's in the nation.
2.) Advice for Pat Clark. You CANNOT play the cornerback position out of fear of getting burned. I'm sure Pat is a nice young man, but he does not have the speed, the quickness, or the ability to read a QB that it takes to play Cornerback. On 5 occassions last night, I knew once the ball was hiked they were going to throw it to Clark's WR just because of the cushion he was leaving the guy. It was quite obvious that whoever Clark was covering had the option based on Clark's coverage to run the hitch route, or the hitch and go depending how close Clark was playing. Once the WR would curl, Clark would be out of position 10 yards because he was scared of getting burned.
3.) Our secondary is awful. Lewis is a bright spot, outside of him, the rest of them are very questionable.
4.) Football is a psychological game and I hate to say this but when BC took the ball on their first possession all the way down the field and scored on us, I told my friend that this was going to get ugly. In my opinion, they won the game right there, and left us completely baffled. Gailey's teams have never stepped up to adversity in a game where they fought back from something like that.
5.) I think a lot of guys on our team just think they just have to show up and run through their routes, reads, etc. and we will win. That is what I call false confidence. It doesn't work that way.
6.) Taylor Bennett is a good QB, but he is not on a level where he can win you games from the QB position. And lets face it that is pretty important. His quote after the game was interesting: "They are a good team, and we will be seeing them again down in Jacksonville.". Son, I like you, I really do. But shut the f**k up with that nonsense. See note #5. If you're going to talk like that you better be able to prove it and you haven't done that and you have a lot of work to do to get there. I don't doubt that you can, but this game felt a lot like a team who counted their chickens before they hatched.
7.) All the people on the Hive who constantly talked up our offensive line like that are a very strong unit, shut the f**k up finally. Our OLine proved once again that faced with a challenge they get their asses kicked. We have a better than average OLine but they were the weakest link of the entire offense last night. All 5 of them. And that's with TWO of BC's starting DLine OUT for the game.
8.) See note #7, but it really chaps my ass that I am secure in feeling and confident in saying that Chan Gailey does not start the best players. He favors experience over talent, and that is not good personnel management. I won't address the defense, but against a big BC Dline known to stuff the run, I would think Dunman playing Center and Lonowski at Left Guard is our best chance of running the ball.
9.) Welcome to the highest level of college football John Bond. You certainly impressed me coming out throwing the ball and running a no huddle. It worked. So why the hell did you move away from it with this gimicky crap the rest of the first half? In the 2nd quarter when Dwyer took the ball on a 2nd and 10 reverse and fumbled, you basically sent a message to the entire crowd, that you have no answer as to how to attack BC's defense. We desperately needed a first down, and we were in such a bad rut that you ran a reverse to the short side of the field against an aggressive D? You have yet to impress me. Please allow me to show you the UGA and Wake games last year under Coach (SIC) Nix.
10.) BC was a better football team, and totally focused. You could see it in their players attitudes on the bench. It was like they were there on business.
11.) Worst officiated game I have ever seen. Those referees all need to be fired. However, they did not change the outcome of the game. There were two phatom pass interference calls, and 3 more very questionable ones. They also didn't call 4 holding penalties in the first half, but finally started catching BC's holds int he second. The far side line judge had money on the game. Anytime he had the ability to spot the football, he favored BC and it was obvious to the 30 people sitting around me.
12.) Tenuta needs to learn how to adjust better during the game when his schemes don't seem to work. This has been a consistent problem in the past when his defense was being exposed.
13.) Matt Ryan not only pees standing up, but I saw Chuck Norris run over and flush the toilet for him out of respect.
Overall I'm disappointed a little, but not more than I thought. Sometimes you get beaten by a better team. That's football. BC was a DAMN GOOD team. They are a legit top 10 team. They handed it to us, NCST, and Wake. They were the better team.
My disappointment lies in this: We have consistently allowed ourselves to believe we are better than we are. It seems to be the mentality of our football team. Once again, my expectations were raised, only to be doused again. Ahh well, I'm all too used to it. All of our players need to read the art of war. And if you think you can just walk in week in and week out and magically appear in Jacksonville, you are mistaken. Which is why Taylor needs to grow the hell up and get a little dose of reality. If you want to make it to Jax, you have no room to screw up from here on out.
Seriously though. My comments:
1.) After the first 95 yard TD drive by BC for their first score, Matt Ryan came to the bench, and you could see this guy was totally in control. I saw him talking with his wideout and they were smiling, and I swear I saw him say "This is going to be easy". Matt Ryan is the best QB to play in BDS since David Greene with UGA. That guy is going to be very good on Sundays and does deserved to be mentioned amongst the best QB's in the nation.
2.) Advice for Pat Clark. You CANNOT play the cornerback position out of fear of getting burned. I'm sure Pat is a nice young man, but he does not have the speed, the quickness, or the ability to read a QB that it takes to play Cornerback. On 5 occassions last night, I knew once the ball was hiked they were going to throw it to Clark's WR just because of the cushion he was leaving the guy. It was quite obvious that whoever Clark was covering had the option based on Clark's coverage to run the hitch route, or the hitch and go depending how close Clark was playing. Once the WR would curl, Clark would be out of position 10 yards because he was scared of getting burned.
3.) Our secondary is awful. Lewis is a bright spot, outside of him, the rest of them are very questionable.
4.) Football is a psychological game and I hate to say this but when BC took the ball on their first possession all the way down the field and scored on us, I told my friend that this was going to get ugly. In my opinion, they won the game right there, and left us completely baffled. Gailey's teams have never stepped up to adversity in a game where they fought back from something like that.
5.) I think a lot of guys on our team just think they just have to show up and run through their routes, reads, etc. and we will win. That is what I call false confidence. It doesn't work that way.
6.) Taylor Bennett is a good QB, but he is not on a level where he can win you games from the QB position. And lets face it that is pretty important. His quote after the game was interesting: "They are a good team, and we will be seeing them again down in Jacksonville.". Son, I like you, I really do. But shut the f**k up with that nonsense. See note #5. If you're going to talk like that you better be able to prove it and you haven't done that and you have a lot of work to do to get there. I don't doubt that you can, but this game felt a lot like a team who counted their chickens before they hatched.
7.) All the people on the Hive who constantly talked up our offensive line like that are a very strong unit, shut the f**k up finally. Our OLine proved once again that faced with a challenge they get their asses kicked. We have a better than average OLine but they were the weakest link of the entire offense last night. All 5 of them. And that's with TWO of BC's starting DLine OUT for the game.
8.) See note #7, but it really chaps my ass that I am secure in feeling and confident in saying that Chan Gailey does not start the best players. He favors experience over talent, and that is not good personnel management. I won't address the defense, but against a big BC Dline known to stuff the run, I would think Dunman playing Center and Lonowski at Left Guard is our best chance of running the ball.
9.) Welcome to the highest level of college football John Bond. You certainly impressed me coming out throwing the ball and running a no huddle. It worked. So why the hell did you move away from it with this gimicky crap the rest of the first half? In the 2nd quarter when Dwyer took the ball on a 2nd and 10 reverse and fumbled, you basically sent a message to the entire crowd, that you have no answer as to how to attack BC's defense. We desperately needed a first down, and we were in such a bad rut that you ran a reverse to the short side of the field against an aggressive D? You have yet to impress me. Please allow me to show you the UGA and Wake games last year under Coach (SIC) Nix.
10.) BC was a better football team, and totally focused. You could see it in their players attitudes on the bench. It was like they were there on business.
11.) Worst officiated game I have ever seen. Those referees all need to be fired. However, they did not change the outcome of the game. There were two phatom pass interference calls, and 3 more very questionable ones. They also didn't call 4 holding penalties in the first half, but finally started catching BC's holds int he second. The far side line judge had money on the game. Anytime he had the ability to spot the football, he favored BC and it was obvious to the 30 people sitting around me.
12.) Tenuta needs to learn how to adjust better during the game when his schemes don't seem to work. This has been a consistent problem in the past when his defense was being exposed.
13.) Matt Ryan not only pees standing up, but I saw Chuck Norris run over and flush the toilet for him out of respect.
Overall I'm disappointed a little, but not more than I thought. Sometimes you get beaten by a better team. That's football. BC was a DAMN GOOD team. They are a legit top 10 team. They handed it to us, NCST, and Wake. They were the better team.
My disappointment lies in this: We have consistently allowed ourselves to believe we are better than we are. It seems to be the mentality of our football team. Once again, my expectations were raised, only to be doused again. Ahh well, I'm all too used to it. All of our players need to read the art of war. And if you think you can just walk in week in and week out and magically appear in Jacksonville, you are mistaken. Which is why Taylor needs to grow the hell up and get a little dose of reality. If you want to make it to Jax, you have no room to screw up from here on out.
