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Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:38 am to RBWilliams8
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I don't know why we abandoned that in the 4th
It's a mystery
Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:44 am to doubleb
I think we had a terrible gameplan for the first half. The last TD they had before the half illustrated it perfectly. Dropped 8 into zone coverage and still gave up a strike down the middle. We were worried about Trinidad running, which I get, but (1) he's also a great passer when you give him time to read a zone, and (2) we're evidently not a good zone defense team to begin with.
We brought more pressure in the second half and it immediately fixed our problems. I'm not saying this as a moral victory but to diagnose a problem - we outscored them 17-8 in the second half. It must have been pretty obvious to the defensive staff that this new gameplan wasn't working, because we immediately went back to what we'd been doing the first 2 games, and it worked like it needed to.
TBH this felt like the type of game the Ole Miss fans warned us about. Big matchup, Lane and the coaching staff put a ton of effort into a gameplan tailored for the opponent, but it drifts too far away from what we've already been doing well and ends up feeling cute instead of sharp.
I think people are more worried about Sam and the offense because he's a 4th year player and 3rd year starter, but he still looks an awful lot like a 1st year, 1-read-and-run QB. I think the calmer heads pointing out that he's only been practicing and learning Lane's system for a couple months are right in the long run, but for this year I think Sam's too limited to take us deep in the playoffs. I love his athleticism, but he's not so good that he can just casually improvise against SEC defenses like Johnny Manziel. Maybe he's got potential to develop more disciplined reading of defenses and more precise passing, but I worry he's not going to reach that potential in time for this season. Our receiving corps is low key not very good if TreyDez is out for a while too...
We brought more pressure in the second half and it immediately fixed our problems. I'm not saying this as a moral victory but to diagnose a problem - we outscored them 17-8 in the second half. It must have been pretty obvious to the defensive staff that this new gameplan wasn't working, because we immediately went back to what we'd been doing the first 2 games, and it worked like it needed to.
TBH this felt like the type of game the Ole Miss fans warned us about. Big matchup, Lane and the coaching staff put a ton of effort into a gameplan tailored for the opponent, but it drifts too far away from what we've already been doing well and ends up feeling cute instead of sharp.
I think people are more worried about Sam and the offense because he's a 4th year player and 3rd year starter, but he still looks an awful lot like a 1st year, 1-read-and-run QB. I think the calmer heads pointing out that he's only been practicing and learning Lane's system for a couple months are right in the long run, but for this year I think Sam's too limited to take us deep in the playoffs. I love his athleticism, but he's not so good that he can just casually improvise against SEC defenses like Johnny Manziel. Maybe he's got potential to develop more disciplined reading of defenses and more precise passing, but I worry he's not going to reach that potential in time for this season. Our receiving corps is low key not very good if TreyDez is out for a while too...
Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:46 am to GetmorewithLes
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The defense #1 issue was letting Chambliss go 8 for 8 on 3rd down many of which were 3rd and long (>8yds). This killed us and seemed to be from playing too soft in coverage.
I said in another thread that he had a wide open receiver every time we held them to 3rd and 6. It was mind numbing to watch that 3 man front on third and long after a few times. Seems like pressure would have worked better in that down and distance situation.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:51 am to Maverick14
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You know sometimes the guy on the otherside of the ball is just better call it what it is
Ole Miss was better. I’m just pointing out the reasons and it’s not all our QB’s fault. Our D didn’t measure up to the standard we had set.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 12:00 pm to OKBoomerSooner
Yes, great analysis.
The D we thought we had didn’t function until the third quarter and then with all the mo on our side, we went back to the soft stuff.
The pressure was on Ole Miss when we tied things up. Their D was wearing down. Lacey was out. Our D was rested. We hit Ole Miss with a blitz package there, and we had a great chance.
No, it wasn’t a sure thing. Chambliss is too good to not know that, but like you said; we should have gone down swinging.
The D we thought we had didn’t function until the third quarter and then with all the mo on our side, we went back to the soft stuff.
The pressure was on Ole Miss when we tied things up. Their D was wearing down. Lacey was out. Our D was rested. We hit Ole Miss with a blitz package there, and we had a great chance.
No, it wasn’t a sure thing. Chambliss is too good to not know that, but like you said; we should have gone down swinging.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 12:05 pm to Chicken
Scrambling from ghosts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 12:07 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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That’s an understatement. It legit looks like he cannot drop back to pass even in a clean pocket without wanting to pull it down and run. Much less be able to look past his first read.
Whoever down voted you didn't watch the game.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 12:33 pm to Chicken
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No push from our front four on defense
We didn't even line up 4 half the time, only 3.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:02 pm to dukesilver72
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No way you typed this without laughing. If that is the case we have an all time bad D-Line. All time.
We got into their backfield routinely. That was not the issue. Chambliss’ mobility to get get away from pressure was. His uncanny ability to keep his eyes downfield and find the one guy he even had a chance to get the ball to, and place nearly perfect balls was an issue. But the pressure was there.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:14 pm to doubleb
Both JD and JB were not that great year 1 but both looked better than Sam, so far.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:27 pm to doubleb
Just a heads up, Chambliss put 30+ on some very good Ds last season and is going to continue to do it this season. The dude is special.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 1:30 pm to doubleb
3rd and Baker
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