Warning: long rant about the same old stuff plus a few opinions. you don't have to read, just felt the need to vent.
But how in the hell could we have so many Sun Belt caliber (at best) players in the trenches????? I wonder how many times Dak has been sacked in the past 5 games.... it has to be upwards of 30. You can't blame all this on Hev, unless he does all the OL recruiting. We simply got abused because their talent (on both sides of the line) was wayyy better. And our D line aint much better, they got little to no push, especially when we needed it. The sole fact that we can't line up with a running back that doesn't weight 135 lbs and get 4 or 5 yards running off tackle is embarrassing..... and 90% of it is because we don't have the big nasties needed to do that. Ole miss blitzed a guy off the edge damn near every play it seemed because their line backers have about 80 lbs and 3 inches on Holloway who is supposed to be picking them up on blitzes. Anytime we blitzed, Ole Miss picked it up and exposed us. I knew we'd miss Dillon Day and company, but Jesus tonight was silly. If you watched Ole Miss' OL, they did exactly what an SEC OL is supposed to do..... gave their qb enough time to find a receiver and when they needed a few yards on the ground they got the push and created holes. I guess it makes it easier when you are blocking D linemen who just aren't very good (other than chris jones on occasions). Add in the fact that every moment where we thought we might could make it a ball game, we would start the drive with a holding penalty, or a 10 yard sack and just kill the drive before it even begins. When are we going to have a recruiting class like Ole miss did 3 years ago? That's what has to happen for us to take this thing another level. 8-4 still aint bad, but the big boys up front have got to be a priority for the future. We have to land some top caliber out of state players along with the in state guys. How do we do this? I don't know unless we find a really good bag man that can hide/destroy all the evidence. I'm completely neutral on Dan staying or going, but someone has to step up recruiting wise along with developing (which I actually think we do a pretty good job of, but we gotta get some 5 star guys and develop them into elite players). Preaching to the quire... but Dan got us to where we are, he got us the greatest player to ever wear the maroon and white, and he brought us out of the depths of hell. You can say you are tired of hearing that, but it is just simply true. We have a bowled in stadium because of Dan. I just really don't get how he let our talent and depth up front be so bad in a year that we have the best qb in the whole damn SEC.
But how in the hell could we have so many Sun Belt caliber (at best) players in the trenches????? I wonder how many times Dak has been sacked in the past 5 games.... it has to be upwards of 30. You can't blame all this on Hev, unless he does all the OL recruiting. We simply got abused because their talent (on both sides of the line) was wayyy better. And our D line aint much better, they got little to no push, especially when we needed it. The sole fact that we can't line up with a running back that doesn't weight 135 lbs and get 4 or 5 yards running off tackle is embarrassing..... and 90% of it is because we don't have the big nasties needed to do that. Ole miss blitzed a guy off the edge damn near every play it seemed because their line backers have about 80 lbs and 3 inches on Holloway who is supposed to be picking them up on blitzes. Anytime we blitzed, Ole Miss picked it up and exposed us. I knew we'd miss Dillon Day and company, but Jesus tonight was silly. If you watched Ole Miss' OL, they did exactly what an SEC OL is supposed to do..... gave their qb enough time to find a receiver and when they needed a few yards on the ground they got the push and created holes. I guess it makes it easier when you are blocking D linemen who just aren't very good (other than chris jones on occasions). Add in the fact that every moment where we thought we might could make it a ball game, we would start the drive with a holding penalty, or a 10 yard sack and just kill the drive before it even begins. When are we going to have a recruiting class like Ole miss did 3 years ago? That's what has to happen for us to take this thing another level. 8-4 still aint bad, but the big boys up front have got to be a priority for the future. We have to land some top caliber out of state players along with the in state guys. How do we do this? I don't know unless we find a really good bag man that can hide/destroy all the evidence. I'm completely neutral on Dan staying or going, but someone has to step up recruiting wise along with developing (which I actually think we do a pretty good job of, but we gotta get some 5 star guys and develop them into elite players). Preaching to the quire... but Dan got us to where we are, he got us the greatest player to ever wear the maroon and white, and he brought us out of the depths of hell. You can say you are tired of hearing that, but it is just simply true. We have a bowled in stadium because of Dan. I just really don't get how he let our talent and depth up front be so bad in a year that we have the best qb in the whole damn SEC.
