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I started and finished my postgame thoughts after UT with "How the f*ck did we win that game?" Seems like this week it should be, "How the f*ck did we lose that game?" 
1. Disappointing effort from the front 7 on defense. LSU's backs were cutting back against the grain all night and our backside contain was nowhere to be found, just over-pursuing the whole game. Reminded me of the 2009 SECCG when Ingram just kept cutting back and getting first downs on 3rd & short. Fournette's going to be the real deal, I just hate that his coming out party was in the Swamp. Morrison played his ass off, though, and I was liking the pressure we got on the QB most of the game.
2. I honestly didn't notice VH3's absence for a while in the 2nd half, I just figured he had gone back out after coming off the field shaken up. I'm so used to QB's not throwing his direction that I just assumed he was on the other side of the field for every pass play.
Having said that, Poole needs some serious work on his ball skills, and he needs to lock himself in a room with the defensive playbook. Still very impressed with Tabor, he's going to be a special player.
3. Andre Debose is the man.
4. Not sure what the hell was up with not calling any plays for our RB's. Muschamp said on the show with Mick that LSU was overloading the box, so they had to use the RB as an extra blocker for Jeff, but if we're always talking about how deep and talented our RB pool is, why not use them? Not only that, if they're overloading the box, call some plays to stretch them back out! Taylor must be in some kind of dog house with the coaching staff right now, because they're actively trying not to give him the ball.
5. This is going to be some extended thoughts on JD, so bear with me. Here's the thing about Driskel's performance. It really wasn't THAT bad until the final interception. Granted, that play basically lost us the game, but as I said before, if Westbrook catches the TD pass, it's game over.
Driskel's stat line was 14/25 183 yards 1 TD 2 INT. QB rating of 114.6.
If Westbrook catches that pass, Driskel would have been 15/22 171 yards 2 TD 1 INT for the game. QB rating of 154.3. Add that in with the 71 rushing yards, and can you really complain about how he performed? You sure as hell can't blame him one iota for the drop in the endzone, nor can you blame him for Dunbar's drop earlier in the game. He made a few GORGEOUS passes, including the wheel route to Powell that was caught, the 73 yard bomb to D-Rob, a perfect deep ball set up for Pittman that he tripped on, and another deep ball that wasn't caught because of a pass interference that wasn't called. The first interception was really just whatever, because it was a deep ball on 3rd down and basically served as a punt.
6. All that said, Driskel's going to catch sh*t for the one play that cost us the game, and he should get blamed for it. It was a poor decision that shouldn't have been made. I don't know if Roper called it or if Jeff checked to it at the line of scrimmage, but there's no reason to throw a short slant to the middle of the field when you have no timeouts left and you're trying to get into FG range. Not only that, Roper made some horrific play calls on 3rd downs trying to send Jeff up the middle on run plays. But Jeff was doing the best he could with the plays that were called, not much else you can say about that. And as I said before and after the UT game, I'm all for Treon getting the start if the offense responds better to him. I've said it a million times, all that matters is winning the game. Everything else, including who is on the field, is window dressing.
7. All in all, it was a team loss, which falls on Muschamp. It makes me sick to my stomach that a series of three plays (one man busting a coverage on 3rd & 25, Westbrook's drop, Driskel's pick) basically cost us the game. In a game when the ball was snapped about 130 times, it came down to 3 plays, and we were on the wrong side of all three of them.
8. As far as my thoughts on Muschamp's job security, I think as long as we're mathematically in the SEC East race, he's going to have a job. If we lose this week, I'd say all bets are off. We're definitely better than we were last year, which isn't saying much, but it's a start. However, we need to start showing improvement from week to week to have any kind of optimism moving forward. These boys still haven't given up on the season like they did last year, which is a good sign, but they need to pull themselves together and get this sh*t done.
9. And don't take this as me "defending" Muschamp. I'm looking at it from as neutral a standpoint as I can. Foley's not going to fire his HC when we still have a chance to make it to Atlanta, he's just not. As I said in point #8, if we lose to Missouri, he's as good as done here. So we'll see what these guys can accomplish when everyone, top to bottom, has their backs against the wall.
So that's about it from me, sorry it was a little longer this week. Haven't had a chance to discuss much in any of the current threads, so I had to consolidate more this time. Go Gators.
1. Disappointing effort from the front 7 on defense. LSU's backs were cutting back against the grain all night and our backside contain was nowhere to be found, just over-pursuing the whole game. Reminded me of the 2009 SECCG when Ingram just kept cutting back and getting first downs on 3rd & short. Fournette's going to be the real deal, I just hate that his coming out party was in the Swamp. Morrison played his ass off, though, and I was liking the pressure we got on the QB most of the game.
2. I honestly didn't notice VH3's absence for a while in the 2nd half, I just figured he had gone back out after coming off the field shaken up. I'm so used to QB's not throwing his direction that I just assumed he was on the other side of the field for every pass play.
Having said that, Poole needs some serious work on his ball skills, and he needs to lock himself in a room with the defensive playbook. Still very impressed with Tabor, he's going to be a special player.3. Andre Debose is the man.
4. Not sure what the hell was up with not calling any plays for our RB's. Muschamp said on the show with Mick that LSU was overloading the box, so they had to use the RB as an extra blocker for Jeff, but if we're always talking about how deep and talented our RB pool is, why not use them? Not only that, if they're overloading the box, call some plays to stretch them back out! Taylor must be in some kind of dog house with the coaching staff right now, because they're actively trying not to give him the ball.
5. This is going to be some extended thoughts on JD, so bear with me. Here's the thing about Driskel's performance. It really wasn't THAT bad until the final interception. Granted, that play basically lost us the game, but as I said before, if Westbrook catches the TD pass, it's game over.
Driskel's stat line was 14/25 183 yards 1 TD 2 INT. QB rating of 114.6.
If Westbrook catches that pass, Driskel would have been 15/22 171 yards 2 TD 1 INT for the game. QB rating of 154.3. Add that in with the 71 rushing yards, and can you really complain about how he performed? You sure as hell can't blame him one iota for the drop in the endzone, nor can you blame him for Dunbar's drop earlier in the game. He made a few GORGEOUS passes, including the wheel route to Powell that was caught, the 73 yard bomb to D-Rob, a perfect deep ball set up for Pittman that he tripped on, and another deep ball that wasn't caught because of a pass interference that wasn't called. The first interception was really just whatever, because it was a deep ball on 3rd down and basically served as a punt.
6. All that said, Driskel's going to catch sh*t for the one play that cost us the game, and he should get blamed for it. It was a poor decision that shouldn't have been made. I don't know if Roper called it or if Jeff checked to it at the line of scrimmage, but there's no reason to throw a short slant to the middle of the field when you have no timeouts left and you're trying to get into FG range. Not only that, Roper made some horrific play calls on 3rd downs trying to send Jeff up the middle on run plays. But Jeff was doing the best he could with the plays that were called, not much else you can say about that. And as I said before and after the UT game, I'm all for Treon getting the start if the offense responds better to him. I've said it a million times, all that matters is winning the game. Everything else, including who is on the field, is window dressing.
7. All in all, it was a team loss, which falls on Muschamp. It makes me sick to my stomach that a series of three plays (one man busting a coverage on 3rd & 25, Westbrook's drop, Driskel's pick) basically cost us the game. In a game when the ball was snapped about 130 times, it came down to 3 plays, and we were on the wrong side of all three of them.
8. As far as my thoughts on Muschamp's job security, I think as long as we're mathematically in the SEC East race, he's going to have a job. If we lose this week, I'd say all bets are off. We're definitely better than we were last year, which isn't saying much, but it's a start. However, we need to start showing improvement from week to week to have any kind of optimism moving forward. These boys still haven't given up on the season like they did last year, which is a good sign, but they need to pull themselves together and get this sh*t done.
9. And don't take this as me "defending" Muschamp. I'm looking at it from as neutral a standpoint as I can. Foley's not going to fire his HC when we still have a chance to make it to Atlanta, he's just not. As I said in point #8, if we lose to Missouri, he's as good as done here. So we'll see what these guys can accomplish when everyone, top to bottom, has their backs against the wall.
So that's about it from me, sorry it was a little longer this week. Haven't had a chance to discuss much in any of the current threads, so I had to consolidate more this time. Go Gators.
