1. We lost our best offensive weapon in Hunter in the 3rd game and our best defensive player, JJ right before the season started.
2. Everyone now knows that we cannot run the ball. With Hunter out, D Rogers gets double teamed. Bray can't do it all with no running game and behind the OL that we have.
3. We are starting four sophomores on the line. Our OL has regressed from last season. There is no excuse for them being this bad. You have to question coaching here. No more status quo, sit some butts on the bench and find someone else to block. The Stone experiment and hand switch on snaps has been a failure. High school teams don't have this much trouble with shotgun snaps.
4. We do not have a good running back right now much less an elite one. When we were good, it was because we could run the football. Poole isn't getting it done. R. Neal is a disappointment. Start Lane and lets see what T. Smith can do.
5. The loss of Hunter hurt us bad. Now Rogers is double teamed and we have no other threats. No one is scared of Zack Rogers. Milton has been a bust. There is potential with Arnett and Rivera has been a nice surprise.
6. Our special teams are not so special. Palardy has picked right up where Lincoln left off. We can't consistently kick the ball to the end zone and have too many blocks on kicks and punts. D. Young is the one bright spot here.
7. Our Juco signees on defense have not contributed much yet. We are starting on defense a former TE/OL at DT (Hood), a DE (Martin) that hasn't played in a year, a former FB (Johnson) at MLB, two freshmen at LB, a former WR (Teague) at corner, and a former baseball player (Brewer) at safety.
8. 70% of the roster is Freshmen and Sophomores. The lack of a senior class hurts. We don't turn this around until we start to retain the players that we recruit. Even Kiffin's recruiting class is largely gone.
All of this adds up to being average in the SEC.
2. Everyone now knows that we cannot run the ball. With Hunter out, D Rogers gets double teamed. Bray can't do it all with no running game and behind the OL that we have.
3. We are starting four sophomores on the line. Our OL has regressed from last season. There is no excuse for them being this bad. You have to question coaching here. No more status quo, sit some butts on the bench and find someone else to block. The Stone experiment and hand switch on snaps has been a failure. High school teams don't have this much trouble with shotgun snaps.
4. We do not have a good running back right now much less an elite one. When we were good, it was because we could run the football. Poole isn't getting it done. R. Neal is a disappointment. Start Lane and lets see what T. Smith can do.
5. The loss of Hunter hurt us bad. Now Rogers is double teamed and we have no other threats. No one is scared of Zack Rogers. Milton has been a bust. There is potential with Arnett and Rivera has been a nice surprise.
6. Our special teams are not so special. Palardy has picked right up where Lincoln left off. We can't consistently kick the ball to the end zone and have too many blocks on kicks and punts. D. Young is the one bright spot here.
7. Our Juco signees on defense have not contributed much yet. We are starting on defense a former TE/OL at DT (Hood), a DE (Martin) that hasn't played in a year, a former FB (Johnson) at MLB, two freshmen at LB, a former WR (Teague) at corner, and a former baseball player (Brewer) at safety.
8. 70% of the roster is Freshmen and Sophomores. The lack of a senior class hurts. We don't turn this around until we start to retain the players that we recruit. Even Kiffin's recruiting class is largely gone.
All of this adds up to being average in the SEC.
