Hey Tennfanatic, at times last night, our offense looked good like a couple of times in the first quarter. They just couldn't sustain a drive and put it together in consecutive plays. Crompton looked good sometimes and when he was pressured, he looked rattled. Hardesty seems to be the best back for us with speed,agility, and power. If our offense can figure out how to get on the same page, they can put some drives together and score some points. Our defense looked relentless early last night and I was convinced that if our offense didn't totally screw it up, that we would win with defense. Apparently, our depth up front contributed to a tired defense late in the game. Our boys looked tired in that fourth quarter and have to find some defensive tackles and ends to give backup support. My point is that if we find a way to get consistent on both sides of the ball, we may have an opportunity to be good. Our offensive play calling seemed questionable at times and it seemed like we were going away from our strengths until late in the fourth quarter when it was too late. If Clawson can figure out how to properly call a game and use his strengths instead of his weaknesses, our playmakers will get us down the field. On special teams, especially punt formations, we have to get back to the basics ans quit being cute with the spread out formation. Take away that punt block and Fosters fumble, make a couple of those fieldgoals, and we would have won by a couple of scores. This loss may be the best thing that could have happened for this team because it is not a conference loss and it will humble us and show us where we have to get better and what it's going to take to win in the SEC. I don't think it is the end of the world like most fans are making it out to be and we still have as good of a shot as any to win the SEC. I wasn't expecting a National Championship this year anyway so a shot at an SEC title is still in reach. We play better with the pressure off of us anyway so I like being the underdogs in 4 of our next 5 games. With that said, I think we go 6-2 in the SEC and find a way to win 10 games and get to a BCS bowl. Laugh if you want to but this team has a ton of potential and will be fun to watch all year. We were all saying the same thing this time last year. This teams mistakes are very fixable. We just have to make sure we identify them all and correct them.
