It all starts with the QB. We have GOT to get an athletic QB. This has been a problem for, oh, 12 years. You need a guy who can make plays with his legs, who can scramble, who can keep the ball sometimes and in that way put more more pressure on the defense--give it something else to defend. We don't have that. I'm tired of having QBs who cannot run, who are helpless when they get pressured.
Look at the good teams in college football--they have QBs who make plays. We don't. Yea, the offensive line is not very good--but that doesn't matter; even with a good offensive line, you are going to get pressured sometimes. When UT had its best offenses, we had two very athletic QBs in Shuler and Martin, and then we had a great, natural passer in Manning. Our QB play has regressed ever since that group. Worley was not good.
Also, our WRs made some nice catches today--but did any of them break a single tackle all today? Every time they caught a pass out wide, in the flat, the florida defender brought them down. Florida's tackling was very good, but we broke very few tackles.
Finally, because we couldn't run the ball and none of our WR screens or wide stuff was gaining yardage, we were left with Worley trying to make 20-yard throws, and he couldn't do it. Even at that end, we had a golden chance to pull it out and Worley tries to throw deep to Howard who wasn't even close to being open.
We twice have third and half a yard in the first half and then try to run wildcat, waste time, the play is slow getting off and end up jumping offside, losing 5 yards and end up punting. There is simply NO EXCUSE for that kind of BS. That was the worst florida offense we've seen in 30 years--and we still found a way to gag.
