re: Miles DID change his philosophy last night

I don't think he's arguing that Miles needs to stay. Btw we only ran 22 true plays in the second half where we weren't trying to kneel, kill the clock, or get off our own 1/2yd line.

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First drive of second half: either a screen pass or short run, don't remember which. Pass to tight end that's overthrown. Touches his hand but can't bring it down. Pass on cross route over the middle, bad throw incomplete, punt. Can't blame Les here.

Second drive: Screen for -1. Fournette for 12. Offsides on State, Fournette fumble at midfield. Can't blame Les here.

Third drive: From our own 7 yard line...Run for 4, Run for 1, Pass complete for 20 yards called back by holding. Etling rush for 8 escaping pressure, 3 yards short. Punt. Can't blame Les when the play calling worked, called back for penalty (who was a center forced to play left tackle by 3 line injuries)

Fourth drive: From our 1 yard line...Fournette for 1, incomplete pass, Fournette for 11, first down. Fournette for 14, first down. Pass to Dural for 8. Guice for 3, first down. Pass to Chark for 11, first down. Fournette for 10, first down. Etling rush for 3. Chop block penalty for 15 yards...now 2nd and 22. Pass to Dupre for 17. Guice for 4. Fournette fumble on 4th and 1 from State's 35. Can't blame Les here either. Every call was good. The penalty hurt, and even it was overcome until the fumble.

Fifth Drive: Fournette for 2, End around for -4, Incomplete pass that was thrown away avoiding big time pressure. Punt. Questionable call on the end around, but after not showing anything special the entire half, if that play goes for 40, the Rant goes crazy. Les/Cam took a shot and State played it well.

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We weren't good the second half, but it had nothing to do with a conservative O.

Don't get me wrong, I want Miles Gone and this is certainly his last year here, but we did not play conservatively and sit on the lead against state. A good argument can be made that we were overly aggressive and should have run more in the second half.