Had Enough

This was the key. There were too many drops, but he didn’t take what was given. There were a number of downfield throws that weren’t close and were wasted plays. He’s a good runner and passed on too many opportunities. I think even the 4th and 3 could have been converted.

I think health and game planning will be on point like they haven’t been since Bama. We certainly need each player to bring it individually. I feel confident they will.

The NFL trade deadline passed some time ago and there’s still 3 weeks left. They’re professionals. Since I like to bang my head against the wall, I’ll throw out some positives. Our safeties were on the field for the best 3rd down conversion defense. Your top 2 interceptors are S. Some of those picks were critical. PFF graded one of your S 10 points higher than Mukuba in pass D. Jalen Milroe has thrown two picks in only 1 game. Texas. He has completed 40+ yard completions in 10 games. Texas was only 1 of those. The Corners were generally more responsible in late season games. Our pass rush struggled with some contain in KSU, the big play versus OU. It was not effective versus Houston. Washington will likely have success down the field. Expect it. That alone will not beat us.

Just based on defensive snap counts, they have 5 on D that don’t come of the field much. Trice and 4 DBs. They rotate elsewhere it seems. Each of those dudes played 72+% of defensive snaps. Sweat played 53% of snaps and Murphy 46%. In closer games that was around 60 and 50%, respectively from what I recall. We’ve had more rotation on the back end. We’ve only got 1 defender, Ford, that played over 72% of defensive snaps. I would not think there’s a significant difference in blowouts causing our rotations that much more. The going fast philosophy is a bit interesting because it seems as though we substitute at the outset of series. I think they’re more likely to have quick strikes than to consistently drive the field. Particularly if we get the aggressive style that many here seem to favor.

Communication is huge at S so that’s a big risk to play even if available. And talk about chaos. That’d change rhe Portal significantly and keep the have nots down even more.

I remember it from my youth. I assume they still play it.

There used not to be many bowls before Christmas so if you’re dissatisfied with more to watch then you’re doing something wrong. Or maybe do something else. I’m personally more interested in crappy bowl than meaningful college basketball.

If you look inside the numbers, there’s only one team that had 2 picks versus Milroe/Bama. I think that’s what that indicates.

So maybe the schools allotment is not the lowest priced tier.

So they’re doing the common man a favor by shutting him out of the Sugar to allow for Nat Championship funds.

It’s like Christmas as a kid.

Points or ranking?

What does the cutoff look like?

Was that the Sugar Bowl or National championship? I’ll re-read but it wasn’t clear. Beau said it $200 for the cheapest Sugar Bowl.

I’ve looked a bit but didn’t find the answer. Are sections 632, 635 part of either universities allotment?

Ticketmaster has only shown me up to 2 tickets.

Our upside is higher on both sides of the ball in my opinion. No support for this, but on run downs I don’t think you’ll be able to encourage our interior defenders upfield to use that against them. To succeed against our run D, you’ve got to get your front 5 to the second level. When our edge guys are on, that’s very difficult. Sweat doesn’t beat you with quickness to the backfield. He’s pretty solid at incapacitating the guy in front of him to get there. Our pass rush discipline hopefully is good which may allow for good run game integrity too. I’d be surprised if we’re doing much differently this game. Similar personnel. 5 DBs. We should be as healthy as we have all year. That’s not to say, we won’t mix it up, but the plan will be to keep you on your toes and have long drives rather than quick strike scores. Offensively as others have mentioned, you can’t leave Worthy alone 1 v 1. When you do, it best be with some confusion because you’re beat if that’s the pre snap read. When our offense is right, you have to cover the entirety of the field. Sark has a great screen game. The beauty of it is that we have 5/6 guys that can hurt you on the receiving end. We probably are weakest offensively hitting the deep ball. QE is best at 10-20 yards. You can dare us to hit the deep ball. And we might actually do that. This offense is primed to play their best. I always find discussions on Worthy a bit humorous. It is accurate that he’s not a 50/50 ball guy. He’s physical with the ball in his hands though. But it seems to get forgotten that he had what 12 TDs as a frosh. And probably missed 5 more, not of his doing but complete air balls. That was against 3 top 10 defenses. Bama couldn’t handle him. You need to account for him on every play, and I’ve yet to see 1 guy be able to do it. UW has some great players and great coaching. They can certainly win. They’ll have to play a great game to do so.

I just want in the door honestly. I may regret that in the end, but that’s the goal now.

How low do we think they’ll go? I’ll guess wrong on the floor and will get the itch to pull the trigger too soon.

I’m not sure I win if those are my choices. But I’m there with looking back and thinking how I missed opportunities.

Define middle age. I want to know which side of that I’m on.

I could do more than that with 15 minute breaks between reps.

…..,,,and babysat a lead in another win is going to get the same shit everyone else gets… to be literal, he actually had to “lead” a drive for the win when the score was tied.

Thought that might stir up some feelings.

The 3 years prior to Tomlinson arrival they won 34 games and a Super Bowl. In his first 4 years, they were 1-1 in the Super Bowl. In the 13 seasons since, he’s won 3 playoff games I believe. He’s never drafted a QB that has succeeded under him. The one he had was developed by someone’s staff. In the past 5 years, they’ve given up 90 points in their two playoff games/losses. The playoff game prior to that they gave up 45 points. There is a question about how much of that early success was carryover. He currently has as many wins as Jeff Fisher, 3 more than McCarthy. He’s got as many Super Bowls as Switzer - both victories in their 2nd years.