3rd down is going to suck this year

[kired]

For 2 years with Dak I believed we had a chance to convert every 3rd down regardless of how many yards or where we were on the field. We converted around 45% of third downs the last 2 years.

We converted 2 of 9 Saturday against South Alabama. One was 3rd & 2 and the other 3rd & 3. (Think we also got one due to penalty.) There's nothing I saw Saturday that gives me any confidence that we'll be able convert a 3rd & long this season. It's going to be a long year if something major doesn't change.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Going to? It already has.

 

[57stratdawg]

I agree. It's going to be tough sledding.

Hopefully some of our WRs can work on their blocking and we can pick up some bubble screen yards. It was missing on Saturday.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

losing Bear's blocking on the outside hurt. Losing Fred Brown's blocking on top of that was killer.

There's no way Gray, Myles, Thomas, et al can pick up the slack on those blocks. It looks like Cohen recruited our receiving corps. #midgets

 

[anon1787432961]

Tyson Lee was the pregame guest speaker Saturday. Ironic. This will probably be a Tyson Lee like season.

 

[tenureplan]

Dude had guts and had considerably less surrounding talent than we have now. Other than the failure to pitch the ball on one play, I don't see why he gets so much **** on here. Oh yeah, he was 5'9" too. But don't forget, had his coach challenged that ridiculous illegal forward pass call, we would have been bowling.

 

[anon1787432961]

Agree about his effort. But looking at our team, a bunch of little 17ers running around in the back field, a bunch of little 17ers running around in the secondary. We just look like the little SEC team that tries hard. Probably better than Kentucky and Vandy but that's about it.

That being said, I do think we beat SC Saturday.

 

[57stratdawg]

It really did hurt. I thought we'd use some TEs out there to keep that bubble screen game alive.