Syracuse's offense is on a whole new level with Kyle McCord slinging at quarterback. He could take the Orange to places that nobody had believed to be possible.
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Week 2 What Are We Learning
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He Hate Me
I hope everyone is treated the same
They have a lot of receivers too.
slapshot11
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I'm a Cuse homer... be careful. We haven't played against a good defense yet
McCord playing great.
The camp reviews were spot on.
Great pick-up for the Orange.
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
I have some thoughts on first glance of the box scores and what I saw from SEC play yesterday.
Not much to add to the Texas stuff that's already been said. They and UGA look like the class of the country right now. Makes sense when you consider that they have had a fair amount of consistency on the coaching staff and with returning starters at QB and really good OL. They'll both be tough to beat right out of the gates, but I expect more contenders to be revealed as the season moves along
The post above shows just how bad that loss for Arkansas was. Turnovers killed them. I love Sam Pittman, but I think his seat is really warming up
I didn't watch any of it, but only 64 rushing yards for LSU?
Didn't watch any, and judging by the box score I'm glad I didn't, but what happened in Lexington? 44 passing yards for the Cats? a 4 score loss at home to South Carolina? I mentioned it in the SEC thread, but Beamer is now 3-0 vs UK. He's got their number for whatever reason
Didn't see much of the Tenn game because I had to pay far more attention to the Bama game that I had planned, but holding NCSt to 143 yards is impressive. Nico's numbers look a little pedestrian, but it was clearly plenty good in an easy win. Tenn is trending as a potential playoff team
Jury is still out on Mizzou and Ole Miss, but they have been nothing short of dominant against far inferior opponents. They both seem to be a green light to bet on with high spreads against bad teams
OU may have a great defense, but I'd be worried about that offense. Only 249 yards against Houston, and only score in the 2nd half was a safety
Vandy held Alcorn St to 71(!) total yards. That's impressive no matter the opponent
Last week I said that AU may have finally found a passing game. I take that back. Just an awful performance. Looks like Freeze is trying to force the passing game with an inferior QB, all while he has the SEC's leading returning rusher on his team. Maybe he sold all those WR they added in the offseason on getting a ton of opportunity, but it's going to cost them some games
If you paid attention to the first 53 minutes of the Alabama game, you know that the final score was no indication on how the game went. USF had 4th and goal with 7 minutes left and a chance to tie the game with a TD and 2 point conversion. USF took the points which is in some ways defensible, though I disagree. Once Alabama got the ball back, they scored TDs on 3 of their next 6 plays. Part of the reason for the close game was the way the game was called from an officiating standpoint (24 combined penalties for 212 yards), and another was 3 second half fumbles lost by Alabama, including on the opening kick of the second half at the end of a 52 yard return. Alabama was down 2 starters on the OL to start the game, and was playing a guard out of position. The OL struggled mightily with the highly aggressive blitzing USF defense. Milroe had some bad moments, but he mostly had very little room or time to operate. This bears watching moving forward, because he also did a much better job checking down, not taking sacks, and moving through his progressions for the majority of the game and when he had more than 1 second to operate. I question some of the playcalling so I think this may be a nice learning experience for the coaching staff as well as the players. I do believe that the defense is better than I thought they would be, playing more of a bend don't break style than we're used to seeing. The secondary still has some issues, to be expected with the inexperience, but the front 7(6) have been very good through 2 games. The OL should settle once Proctor is back and everyone else can play their normal position.
Not much to add to the Texas stuff that's already been said. They and UGA look like the class of the country right now. Makes sense when you consider that they have had a fair amount of consistency on the coaching staff and with returning starters at QB and really good OL. They'll both be tough to beat right out of the gates, but I expect more contenders to be revealed as the season moves along
The post above shows just how bad that loss for Arkansas was. Turnovers killed them. I love Sam Pittman, but I think his seat is really warming up
I didn't watch any of it, but only 64 rushing yards for LSU?
Didn't watch any, and judging by the box score I'm glad I didn't, but what happened in Lexington? 44 passing yards for the Cats? a 4 score loss at home to South Carolina? I mentioned it in the SEC thread, but Beamer is now 3-0 vs UK. He's got their number for whatever reason
Didn't see much of the Tenn game because I had to pay far more attention to the Bama game that I had planned, but holding NCSt to 143 yards is impressive. Nico's numbers look a little pedestrian, but it was clearly plenty good in an easy win. Tenn is trending as a potential playoff team
Jury is still out on Mizzou and Ole Miss, but they have been nothing short of dominant against far inferior opponents. They both seem to be a green light to bet on with high spreads against bad teams
OU may have a great defense, but I'd be worried about that offense. Only 249 yards against Houston, and only score in the 2nd half was a safety
Vandy held Alcorn St to 71(!) total yards. That's impressive no matter the opponent
Last week I said that AU may have finally found a passing game. I take that back. Just an awful performance. Looks like Freeze is trying to force the passing game with an inferior QB, all while he has the SEC's leading returning rusher on his team. Maybe he sold all those WR they added in the offseason on getting a ton of opportunity, but it's going to cost them some games
If you paid attention to the first 53 minutes of the Alabama game, you know that the final score was no indication on how the game went. USF had 4th and goal with 7 minutes left and a chance to tie the game with a TD and 2 point conversion. USF took the points which is in some ways defensible, though I disagree. Once Alabama got the ball back, they scored TDs on 3 of their next 6 plays. Part of the reason for the close game was the way the game was called from an officiating standpoint (24 combined penalties for 212 yards), and another was 3 second half fumbles lost by Alabama, including on the opening kick of the second half at the end of a 52 yard return. Alabama was down 2 starters on the OL to start the game, and was playing a guard out of position. The OL struggled mightily with the highly aggressive blitzing USF defense. Milroe had some bad moments, but he mostly had very little room or time to operate. This bears watching moving forward, because he also did a much better job checking down, not taking sacks, and moving through his progressions for the majority of the game and when he had more than 1 second to operate. I question some of the playcalling so I think this may be a nice learning experience for the coaching staff as well as the players. I do believe that the defense is better than I thought they would be, playing more of a bend don't break style than we're used to seeing. The secondary still has some issues, to be expected with the inexperience, but the front 7(6) have been very good through 2 games. The OL should settle once Proctor is back and everyone else can play their normal position.
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
Dabo did it again. Didn’t play Wesco and Moore against UGA just like he only gave Watson a third of the snaps against Georgia in the 2014 season opener. Wesco and Moore are difference makers.
Luke has made a big difference with the OL in pass pro especially.
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
Why didn't he play them?
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
They’re true freshmen. I guess he was scared to trust them.
Awesome recap
Frank Costanza
Co-Inventor of the Man's Bra
Not sure where else to post. Really cool angle of the Nebraska pick 6.
Rusty Trombone
Pretty much a regular
Probably knew they were gonna lose....no reason to throw them to the wolves in game 1
