Good as always Cover.
I agree with the OL and the issues we continue to have there. So I am trying to find any marked improvement there. I will preface this as YES, we should have beaten these buys by 40+. So what did I see from this game? A new starting QB that threw for 256 yards and no pics. Yes he was rushed but he stood and took hits and unless I missed it, NO Sacks. The OL was blitzed for a majority of the game and yes there were some Ole' blocking. UMass played a lot of 4 down with two blitzing LB's most of the game. We had over 100 rushing yards. Felt we abandoned the run a bit, but the got back to it in late 4th Qtr. So from the outside the OL didn't look that great. But in the same token I can see some differences. The OL still has a lot of work to do. But with what Del Rio did get accomplished he had to have some help. Take it for what its worth, we got the W.
The biggest issue....the PF penalties. Alone with Davis' PF on the QB was huge on that scoring drive. That play doesn't happen...possibly a shut out. Gotta clean up the flags.
In all a "meh" kinda game. One of the weirdest opening weekends in CFB. You could be a corndog, cowbell, or kitty kat this am. We're 1-0 so enjoy it what bit of it you can.
Thanks TN. Funny you used "meh" as a game descriptor. It was the first thing that came to my mind after it was over, just didn't add it to my ramblings. Like you, thought we did get away from the run and were unbalanced when compared to the number of pass plays, though that is the trend these days. Not expecting 50:50, but with Scarlett running as hard and effectively as I believe he did, I don't think 10 more carries by him, Kronkrite, and Thompson could have hurt.
Unlike Law, I'll watch a replay and usually I can pick up a few more bits from the game. Like Law, I'm also getting weary with the seemingly endless rebuild we find ourselves mired in. He's got a point about the recruiting and I'll don my Swami turbine and say that this upcoming class will define Mac as a Gator HBC. I think he and the staff for the most part are good at developing the mid-grade players and evaluating talent and finding the "diamonds in the rough." I'm ready to see him accumulate more highly touted ones and manage them. This will be the year, I think, if that is going to happen. We'll see.
An old coach's maxim is that we're never as bad or as good as we looked in the previous game. Probably hard to believe right now, but I will add that as a couple have already stated that the 4th quarter looked like we were starting to settle in and it was probably indicative of what the first three were supposed to be. Better late than never, I guess. It'll be interesting to see what our first couple of possessions against the Cats look like.
the first game but Im not 
either. Mostly Im just happy I had a gator game to watch and saw some improvement over what Ive seen since TT left.
