Interesting comments. Actually, as atrocious as their safety play was, I didn't like ours a whole lot better in the passing game. Johnson, Jones, Byrd, and Banks played like men against the run, but seemed to be floating in the zone against the pass.
Is the fact that so many FLA wideouts were open deep perhaps due to the possibility that we were using the blitz packages so much and had the safeties playing two (or one)-deep zones???
Oh...and R.Jones played that 1st deep ball touchdown horribly.
It was in the air all day. The Gators around me were screaming NO NO NO NO NO when they saw what a duck it was. Followed by yes, yes, yes, yes after Jones missed the breakup / int.
If you defend the spread aggressively, you have to give up a few open routes. Since we got to Tebow early and often, it was obvious we were willing to give up a few intermediate routes during the game.
You're actually selling short the amount of time that ball was in the air...it was more like light years that it was in the air. I thought that touchdown was going to be the ripple in time where the Dawgs lose their momentum along with the game creating a parallel universe rival to that in Back to Future II (when Biff steals the sports almanac).
Our safety and linebacker play has deteriated severely since BVG left. Where have all the safeties gone?
Jones' coverage was not bad, he just whiffed as badly as you can whiff on the ball. He was in position to make the pick or knock the ball away at the very least.
Anon - that's a fair point. he was actually in a position to make the play.
The analogy would be Bruce Thorton's defense of the SC defender in 2001. He was there, but he didn't make the play. Compare that to Thorton's play in 2002 when he was there to make a play and he DID make the play.
As for the question about safety play dropping. That's just some recruiting whiffs. I think Banks, Byrd and Jones address that.
But Kelin Johnson was a lightly regarded 2 star kid with 4.7 speed on a good day paired alongside a 165 pound walkon in Tra Battle last year.
I agree that Reshad "Ballhawk" Jones was in position to make a play but did what freshmen do in big games and locked up at "the moment of truth." I think the beating he will get in the film session will be enough to remedy that for the future.
You're actually selling short the amount of time that ball was in the air...it was more like light years that it was in the air. I thought that touchdown was going to be the ripple in time where the Dawgs lose their momentum along with the game creating a parallel universe rival to that in Back to Future II (when Biff steals the sports almanac).
I wonder if Marty McFly's sports almanac from the future predicted our win?
As homer as it sounds, I really see this secondary developing into the kind of ball-hawking group that the Horns had back in the Nat'l Championship year. Here's to hoping!!!
Y'all have pretty much covered safety play. I thought Brando made a dopey statement at the end saying LSU didn't want to play UF again. I don't have a dog in that fight, but I think LSU would love to play UF again, and just do a better job this time.
murphdawg said... You're actually selling short the amount of time that ball was in the air...it was more like light years that it was in the air. I thought that touchdown was going to be the ripple in time where the Dawgs lose their momentum along with the game creating a parallel universe rival to that in Back to Future II (when Biff steals the sports almanac).
Murphdawg, I hate to nerd out here, but a light year is a measure of distance not time.
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Interesting comments. Actually, as atrocious as their safety play was, I didn't like ours a whole lot better in the passing game. Johnson, Jones, Byrd, and Banks played like men against the run, but seemed to be floating in the zone against the pass.
Is the fact that so many FLA wideouts were open deep perhaps due to the possibility that we were using the blitz packages so much and had the safeties playing two (or one)-deep zones???
We didn't have two safeties in coverage lots of times.
I think if it was 5 wide, we sent the Safety almost every play on a blitz.
We sent enough people to create a variety of holes in secondary.
Oh...and R.Jones played that 1st deep ball touchdown horribly.
It was in the air all day. The Gators around me were screaming NO NO NO NO NO when they saw what a duck it was. Followed by yes, yes, yes, yes after Jones missed the breakup / int.
If you defend the spread aggressively, you have to give up a few open routes. Since we got to Tebow early and often, it was obvious we were willing to give up a few intermediate routes during the game.
This D would have mauled WVU a couple years ago.
You're actually selling short the amount of time that ball was in the air...it was more like light years that it was in the air. I thought that touchdown was going to be the ripple in time where the Dawgs lose their momentum along with the game creating a parallel universe rival to that in Back to Future II (when Biff steals the sports almanac).
Our safety and linebacker play has deteriated severely since BVG left. Where have all the safeties gone?
Jones' coverage was not bad, he just whiffed as badly as you can whiff on the ball. He was in position to make the pick or knock the ball away at the very least.
Anon - that's a fair point. he was actually in a position to make the play.
The analogy would be Bruce Thorton's defense of the SC defender in 2001. He was there, but he didn't make the play. Compare that to Thorton's play in 2002 when he was there to make a play and he DID make the play.
As for the question about safety play dropping. That's just some recruiting whiffs. I think Banks, Byrd and Jones address that.
But Kelin Johnson was a lightly regarded 2 star kid with 4.7 speed on a good day paired alongside a 165 pound walkon in Tra Battle last year.
That had to sort itself through the system.
I agree that Reshad "Ballhawk" Jones was in position to make a play but did what freshmen do in big games and locked up at "the moment of truth." I think the beating he will get in the film session will be enough to remedy that for the future.
murphdawg said...
You're actually selling short the amount of time that ball was in the air...it was more like light years that it was in the air. I thought that touchdown was going to be the ripple in time where the Dawgs lose their momentum along with the game creating a parallel universe rival to that in Back to Future II (when Biff steals the sports almanac).
I wonder if Marty McFly's sports almanac from the future predicted our win?
I swear, when I saw Jones closing in on that floating duck, I had a flashback to the 2005 BCS game where this happened:
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As homer as it sounds, I really see this secondary developing into the kind of ball-hawking group that the Horns had back in the Nat'l Championship year. Here's to hoping!!!
Y'all have pretty much covered safety play. I thought Brando made a dopey statement at the end saying LSU didn't want to play UF again. I don't have a dog in that fight, but I think LSU would love to play UF again, and just do a better job this time.
Speaking of dopey statements, anyone else catch Horowitz's "goes the way of Florida" there at the beginning?
Not so fast, my friend.
murphdawg said...
You're actually selling short the amount of time that ball was in the air...it was more like light years that it was in the air. I thought that touchdown was going to be the ripple in time where the Dawgs lose their momentum along with the game creating a parallel universe rival to that in Back to Future II (when Biff steals the sports almanac).
Murphdawg, I hate to nerd out here, but a light year is a measure of distance not time.
Murphdawg...
Next time, ask for a bud lite...
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