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I know some are trashing Blake Baker but I have to give him a moral victory of sorts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:39 pm
He's went on the road twice to face Trinidad Chambliss/Kewan Lacy and given up 24 and 32 points respectively.
Kirby has faced them once at home and once at a neutral site, and gave up 35 and 39 points respectively.
Venables faced them once at home and gave up 34 points.
Even in their loss vs Miami at a neutral site last year, they still scored 27 points.
Kirby has faced them once at home and once at a neutral site, and gave up 35 and 39 points respectively.
Venables faced them once at home and gave up 34 points.
Even in their loss vs Miami at a neutral site last year, they still scored 27 points.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:40 pm to SidewalkTiger
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moral victory
Hang a Banner
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:41 pm to SidewalkTiger
People trashing Baker are idiots. In my humble opinion of course.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:48 pm to SidewalkTiger
The defense wasn’t as bad as people are making out to be, however his gameplan of playing 5-10 yards off made me want to pull my hair out.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:51 pm to MasterAbe1
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The defense wasn’t as bad as people are making out to be, however his gameplan of playing 5-10 yards off made me want to pull my hair out.
Same
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:11 pm to SidewalkTiger
What game has his defense looked elite vs a good QB/offense/mobile threat? Legit question. I can name a bunch of games the defense looked below average (putting it nicely). Vandy atm bama etc. it’s fair to criticize Baker at this point. He has yet to prove he can do anything against legit QBs or mobile threats. Fair to criticize him until proven otherwise. Leavitt was the main reason we lost but the defense didn’t play amazing. If anything, this enforced the view that he’s overrated
This post was edited on 9/20/26 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:19 pm to Tiger4travel
Baker cost us the game last night
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:20 pm to MasterAbe1
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The defense wasn’t as bad as people are making out to be
The last drive before half was as bad as I have seen
The one thing you could not do was give them a TD there.
And they got one and made it look easy in the process.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:21 pm to SidewalkTiger
Trinidad lit up Venables and Kirby both on the road last year. Baker wasn’t great, but wasn’t bad either imo. There’s no gameplan to stop Trinidad or those guys would have found it
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:22 pm to Tiger4travel
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What game has his defense looked elite vs a good QB/offense/mobile threat? Legit question. I can name a bunch of games the defense looked below average (putting it nicely). Vandy atm bama etc. it’s fair to criticize Baker at this point. He has yet to prove he can do anything against legit QBs or mobile threats. Fair to criticize him until proven otherwise. Leavitt was the main reason we lost but the defense didn’t play amazing. If anything, this enforced the view that he’s overrated
He's held Chambliss to less points on the road, than most have at neutral sites/home. That's certainly something.
I'm interested to see how they fare vs Reed on Saturday.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:22 pm to ColeLSU
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People trashing Baker are idiots. In my humble opinion of course.
People still making excuses for Baker after 3 years but wanting to bench Leavitt after 3 games.
LOL
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:23 pm to Madking
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Baker cost us the game last night
i agree with that and said as much even with all leavitts terrible misses of wide open guys.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:25 pm to Shanks A Lot
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People still making excuses for Baker after 3 years but wanting to bench Leavitt after 3 games
I cant imagine being fricking dumb enough to directly compare a coach to a player.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:31 pm to Pikes Peak Tiger
quote:They went right at 31.
The last drive before half was as bad as I have seen
As soon as Thomas came into the game, they were extremely limited.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:32 pm to Fat Bastard
The D gave up 60% on 3rd down to a team converting at a 35% rate vs charlotte and Louisville. We gave up 420+ yards when we’re supposed to be elite and the strength of the team. Gave up a score with under 2 minutes to play in the first half and OM had to go 75 yards. Gave up a 92 yard scoring drive and couldn’t stop them at the end because we backed off again after pressure and man D got us back into the game. Offense converted 53% we came into the game converting 54% and ran for almost 200 yards. QB scored 2 of our 3 TDs running and passing, didn’t turn it over until the final play on a tipped ball.
This post was edited on 9/20/26 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:36 pm to SidewalkTiger
The strategy in the first half was not good but I liked the adjustments made in the locker room.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:10 pm to GregMaddux
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I cant imagine being fricking dumb enough to directly compare a coach to a player.
Are you retarded or do you just play one on the internet? If you can’t comprehend the comparison then I suggest taking your head out of your arse and try reading again.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:25 pm to SidewalkTiger
Seems like baker consistently waits until half time to make adjustments.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:28 pm to SidewalkTiger
Baker is a good not great college defensive coordinator. There probably aren’t any great ones in the game right now though.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 9:06 pm to Sofaking2
Imagine if our offense was average at possessing the ball and getting first downs in the first half. OM would have less drives and points. Not to mention our defense wouldn’t be exhausted.
Defense did about all it could against an elite QB on the road, who needed unbelievable 3rd down plays all game to score points.
Defense did about all it could against an elite QB on the road, who needed unbelievable 3rd down plays all game to score points.
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