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Great victory! Things to tweak going forward...
Posted on 10/10/10 at 10:16 am
Posted on 10/10/10 at 10:16 am
What a great win! So hard to win on the road at Florida against a pretty good team that doesn't lose two in a row very often.
Lots of kudos to go around.
I think we are just starting to see the potential of this team.
We still have a few things that need fixing, I think. But if corrected, this is a championship caliber team.
FWIW, here are some thoughts about things that can be fixed in the coming weeks...
Offense
1. More Lee. He is playing well. Lots of confidence. More please. This could also help to get the ball to other playmakers.
2. Throw more on first down. UF was really stacking the box. Other will as well. We've gotta mix it up a bit.
3. Get Shep the ball more. If it's not working out with the routes he's running, then change it up. Run slip screens, short routes, etc., or give him reps at QB or RB. He is a gamebreaker who can score on any play from anywhere on the field. Frankly, I would prefer that we play him at QB in the wildcat because I think he would be very effective in it, particularly as a "change up" from Lee's reps.
4. Establish a good second option to Ridley running the ball, so that we keep him fresh for the end of the game.
5. Correct the drive-killing penalties.
Defense
1. Find a way to keep Peterson on the field. It's not clear exactly what the issue is. I've heard different explanations. I don't think we need to know the explanation. But whatever the issue, he is one of the best college DBs I've ever seen; we need him on the field at the end of the game.
2. Defense has played really well, but one weakness, I think, has been the read option. We haven't been particularly good at defending this, especially the QB keeper. We'll have to do a little bit better job to stop Auburn and Newton.
3. Again, correct the penalties. Two games in a row where we've come up with a good stop, only to keep their (ultimately) scoring drive alive.
Special Teams
1. Some breakdown in kick coverage against UF. We've been pretty good on this throughout the year otherwise, but we gotta make sure that what happened against UF gets corrected.
As I started thinking about this, I realized that there's not that much. All of these things are very fixable. I think the Tigers are in a pretty good position going into the second half of the season.
Lots of kudos to go around.
I think we are just starting to see the potential of this team.
We still have a few things that need fixing, I think. But if corrected, this is a championship caliber team.
FWIW, here are some thoughts about things that can be fixed in the coming weeks...
Offense
1. More Lee. He is playing well. Lots of confidence. More please. This could also help to get the ball to other playmakers.
2. Throw more on first down. UF was really stacking the box. Other will as well. We've gotta mix it up a bit.
3. Get Shep the ball more. If it's not working out with the routes he's running, then change it up. Run slip screens, short routes, etc., or give him reps at QB or RB. He is a gamebreaker who can score on any play from anywhere on the field. Frankly, I would prefer that we play him at QB in the wildcat because I think he would be very effective in it, particularly as a "change up" from Lee's reps.
4. Establish a good second option to Ridley running the ball, so that we keep him fresh for the end of the game.
5. Correct the drive-killing penalties.
Defense
1. Find a way to keep Peterson on the field. It's not clear exactly what the issue is. I've heard different explanations. I don't think we need to know the explanation. But whatever the issue, he is one of the best college DBs I've ever seen; we need him on the field at the end of the game.
2. Defense has played really well, but one weakness, I think, has been the read option. We haven't been particularly good at defending this, especially the QB keeper. We'll have to do a little bit better job to stop Auburn and Newton.
3. Again, correct the penalties. Two games in a row where we've come up with a good stop, only to keep their (ultimately) scoring drive alive.
Special Teams
1. Some breakdown in kick coverage against UF. We've been pretty good on this throughout the year otherwise, but we gotta make sure that what happened against UF gets corrected.
As I started thinking about this, I realized that there's not that much. All of these things are very fixable. I think the Tigers are in a pretty good position going into the second half of the season.
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