Missed assignments by the OL and TEs

Dude, it's Tuesday...move on to the next game. The players and coaches have watched the film, highlighted mistakes, and have moved on. Our fans should do the same thing. The game last Saturday is history. Time to focus on SHSU.

We got out with a win...Everything is improvable from here on out. Grimes and Miles will use these next two weeks teaching/improving techniques to get where they need to be for SEC.

Some other issues after watching the replay.

Obviously the screens. We probably left 20 yards on the field there.

The pitches. Even the ones that we executed seemed a little shaky. I think Jennings sails them a little bit and it causes the running backs to hesitate.

The T.E.'s. Obviously this has been beat to death but they have to block better and they absolutely have to catch the ball when they finally get their number called.

Dline. - I honestly thought they played fairly decent for a large part of the game. Early on, especially on Melvin Gordon's big runs, I thought the linebackers were the real culprits.

Positives:

Trey Quinn - Gonna be a stud for us for the next several years. More than a position type receiver.

Return Game - LF is gonna break a few this year.

Secondary - Yea, the Wisconsin QB wasn't very good. This unit still played great. Always stride for stride with their man. Made several big plays.

I think the 2 tackles were really solid outside of a few plays. Fanaika also played well.

However I was really disappointed with the TEs in pass protection, and Pocic and Alexander struggled alot. Multiple times Pocic and Alexander let a guy in through the middle, and they NEVER get to the second level on run plays.

Give credit to badger's defensive coaches and players. They did a great job for the most part. They didn't try to match our size and strength, just schemed us to death. Many total whiffs.

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Time to focus on SHSU.

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thanks for the pep talk coach but i'm not playing on saturday.

I had serious issues with the left side of the line.

The second half was much improved but Collins really seemed to have difficulty staying with a block and preventing lateral shifting of his man across his body. I'm not sure why but he seemed to make first step with the wrong foot several times leaving him vulnerable to the speed of a smaller D lineman. Many plays Collins could be seen standing completely upright looking back at the running back being tackled. Alexander had similar issues but not at the same frequency. Pocic as mentioned before seemed to have difficulty either knowing he needed to slide off and pick up the LB or actually getting there to do so. His blocking a the LOS was good though. Neighbors seemed to have difficulty picking up the inside out protection off the tackle position on designed lateral runs and to a lesser degree passes.

The W D seemed to be well studied and were reacting VERY quickly to any runs not designed to go straight ahead. Although their foot speed may not have been great the fact that some plays the LB were moving downhill in the direction of the outside run prior to Harris ever handing the ball off gave them quite an advantage. They certainly seemed to know which way the ball was going at the time of the snap on multiple occasions.

Gordon and Alexander missed numerous blocks. Alexander is incapable of handling athletic men; he is fat and plays slow and high.Get in shape dude.

Wisconsin's scheme had a lot to do with the seeming ineptitude IMO. Cam changed his approach in the second half, running more from the one-back with three wide-outs. Some nice plays in the passing game spread the defense even more and the blocking became superb. Not a mystery. It was better execution with a change in scheme and play-calling that turned things around.