A few takeaways from Saturday

Positives
-Took advantage of blown assignments which you must do
-Receivers are just better athletes than most defenders
--Our defense is much improved. We held them to 3 points for about 3 quarters. They did exactly what was needed to win. That is encouraging. I know everyone was complaining “why aren’t we rushing four” while also complaining we don’t run a 3-4 anymore. We played 3-2-6 which is what you have to play against an offense that will throw the ball 50 times a game.

Negatives
-Our inability to run the ball and sustain drives is going to kill us down the stretch
-We scored all but one touchdown on long pass plays. That’s great, but we couldn’t move the ball down the field and had to rely on big plays for points. We have to be able to move the ball consistently.
-Games are still won between the trenches. Run and stop the run. We can’t run and that will be a problem later in the year.

I’m pulling for the Tigers and always will. But it’s hard to see anything higher than a 7-5 record given the state we are in right now as a unit and who we have to face later this season unless our O-Line play drastically improves.