Everyone seems worried about this next 3 game stretch but honestly its what comes after that that worries me most. this next stretch 2-.1 is the best case and 1-2 is worst case in most peoples minds. I would put 3-0 or 0-3 into not gonna happen territory.
I saw 2 things this weekend that scared the crap out of me.
1. Missouri's offensive outburst. I don't care who they played they scored unanswered points benched starters at the half and played 10 minute quarters in the second half. Just sit down and think about that for a second. They scored 13 times and punted once. They got gametime for everyone not a redshirt candidate on the freaking team. Seriously guys skip over the "but it was blahblah scrub school". There are many teams in the SEC that have played teams as bad if not worse than them that haven't come close to this and in fact struggled against them. It could be a one shot thing but that kind of outburst is scary. Especially looking at what kind of team we are this year that falls behind early and comes back... Missou seems the type of team that if you let them get going...watch out.
2. Kentucky. I watched their game this weekend and they have a RB number 26 Benjamin Snell.Him, along with 18 Stanley "Boom" Williams, worry me. They are like a Hurd/Kamara lite. But that number 26 is a BEAST I saw some runs that kid made where he literally carried the pile 10 yards. People say that a lot about backs but there was a play Saturday where he got stoop up at the 2 yard line and literally there was a pile of bare minimum 10 players on top of him and he pushed it 10 more yards. It looked like a video game and I don't mean madden i''m talking old school Tecmo bowl with Bo Jackson.
Do I think these 2 teams are better than us or even on par? No, but they have very dangerous qualities offensively. I think Missou will be one of the best offenses we see all year and hands down the most dangerous. The timing and situations of the games are what scare me most.
Both of these teams would love to play the spoiler no one more than Kentucky. I know for the next 3 weeks I will be watching those 2 teams closer than any others.I think no matter what happens this next 3 games those 2 games at this point determine where this season ends. Realistically unless we lose to Georgia and one of the others it does not matter. We beat UGA and the only team with a chance is Florida is they win out and we lose to both Bama and A&M.. not a likely outcome. We could very well lose both those games but I don't see Florida winning out.
So assuming best case or worst case over this 3 game stretch Kentucky and Missou are the most important games we have left this year.
If we come out of the stretch 2-1 or even 3-0 that is playoff time. Heck even if we come out of it 1-2 we are still looking at an SECcG and high tier bowl at worst. But all of those cases mean we win those last few games after this stretch. In my experience this team has the worst time getting up for teams they obviously out-talent. This has been true since forever. way before CBJ... it must be something in the water up there.
Anyone got thoughts? Flames whatever kinda bored at work right now. Will have to probably come clean up this post later for punctuation and typos and run ons so be gentle on that.
I saw 2 things this weekend that scared the crap out of me.
1. Missouri's offensive outburst. I don't care who they played they scored unanswered points benched starters at the half and played 10 minute quarters in the second half. Just sit down and think about that for a second. They scored 13 times and punted once. They got gametime for everyone not a redshirt candidate on the freaking team. Seriously guys skip over the "but it was blahblah scrub school". There are many teams in the SEC that have played teams as bad if not worse than them that haven't come close to this and in fact struggled against them. It could be a one shot thing but that kind of outburst is scary. Especially looking at what kind of team we are this year that falls behind early and comes back... Missou seems the type of team that if you let them get going...watch out.
2. Kentucky. I watched their game this weekend and they have a RB number 26 Benjamin Snell.Him, along with 18 Stanley "Boom" Williams, worry me. They are like a Hurd/Kamara lite. But that number 26 is a BEAST I saw some runs that kid made where he literally carried the pile 10 yards. People say that a lot about backs but there was a play Saturday where he got stoop up at the 2 yard line and literally there was a pile of bare minimum 10 players on top of him and he pushed it 10 more yards. It looked like a video game and I don't mean madden i''m talking old school Tecmo bowl with Bo Jackson.
Do I think these 2 teams are better than us or even on par? No, but they have very dangerous qualities offensively. I think Missou will be one of the best offenses we see all year and hands down the most dangerous. The timing and situations of the games are what scare me most.
Both of these teams would love to play the spoiler no one more than Kentucky. I know for the next 3 weeks I will be watching those 2 teams closer than any others.I think no matter what happens this next 3 games those 2 games at this point determine where this season ends. Realistically unless we lose to Georgia and one of the others it does not matter. We beat UGA and the only team with a chance is Florida is they win out and we lose to both Bama and A&M.. not a likely outcome. We could very well lose both those games but I don't see Florida winning out.
So assuming best case or worst case over this 3 game stretch Kentucky and Missou are the most important games we have left this year.
If we come out of the stretch 2-1 or even 3-0 that is playoff time. Heck even if we come out of it 1-2 we are still looking at an SECcG and high tier bowl at worst. But all of those cases mean we win those last few games after this stretch. In my experience this team has the worst time getting up for teams they obviously out-talent. This has been true since forever. way before CBJ... it must be something in the water up there.
Anyone got thoughts? Flames whatever kinda bored at work right now. Will have to probably come clean up this post later for punctuation and typos and run ons so be gentle on that.
