I don't understand coasting for the first half, and always letting our foot off the gas in with a small lead.
If we eviscerated their little gonads in the first half, we could SIT our starters in the late third quarter. Remember that? It's been so long.
If Emory were on the field, he'd pull less tang and father less kids. It has been a long year for all young kids who haven't been allowed out to chase their dreams.
My whole post was in jest. I don’t think EJ has any children. I just love his face in that pic.
And yes, I’d much rather we beat a team’s brains in and then play backups. I do think in this case it was going to be unlikely because they weren’t going to let Bailey turn it over. With Guarantano in, I think we score more and pull away quicker, even if it meant we gave up a few TDs early. But yes, I hate seeing starters out there so late. Countless ways that could come back to haunt us.
Lsu should give us that opportunity but not counting on it. I won’t remove all blame from the staff, but I’lm not sure this team has that mentality. We didn’t crush anyone not named Ohio St until Meyer’s third season. Mullen was still there so I don’t think it was him. But what cost us games that year was a ton of youth, guys that hadn’t been part of the previous regime. They made mistakes due to that youth but had much more of a killer mindset(no AH pun). That drastic roster turnover was a blessing.
Think back to the guys that played with “fire” in those first two seasons. It was mostly RFN, then Tebow, James and Harvin. All never played under Zook. I see something similar here. McElwain found a couple of gems, but mostly seemed to land guys who didn’t really care. Current staff shares the blame, but I think a lot of it is still the roster.
