re: Is it verboten to point out that Whit Weeks was responsible for the 2 long TD runs?

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On the Sellers TD run and the Sanders TD Run, Sage wasn’t even near the play. You’re thinking of another play.

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lol what? You might want to watch it again. Sage absolutely whiffs on sellers as the last line of defense

That should’ve been a 10 yard gain at best



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Impressive use of the word "verboten."

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You are showing your lack of football knowledge with this post. You may just want to delete it.

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So you think that the defense end is always responsible for setting edge? I just want to establish that you think this. The DE never crashes inside of the tackle or tight end, leaving someone else to set the edge?

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It’s the DE’s responsibility to force the runner inside

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You actually have no idea what each of their responsibilities were on the play. But weeks definitely didn’t read things correctly either way. And it happened several times during the game.

I saw it, too. we love whit weeks but he got sucked into the middle on both plays. fixable.

What you saw was a 1-man defense beyond the DL. Anytime Whit isn’t in the perfect spot we get gashed. He was trying to make a play.

If we played Saturday without safeties it would have been the same score. It’s the worst position group I can ever recall seeing.

Whit Weeks is a 90’s defense type guy.

He was absolutely responsible for the Sanders run, not so much on the Sellers run. That one was on Sage Ryan.

What is being lost here by so many is that if not for them two bust we are talking totally different about this defense. If them two played are defensed correctly and they had stay disciplined you take 141 yards out of the rush total and SC runs for 102 yards instead of 243.

There were a couple of plays that I thought he was blitzing but really he was guessing a gap early. SC O line did a good job on some runs eliminating the LSU D line and forcing Weeks or a Safety to make the play.

And this may be some “cope,” but I’m almost happier that we pulled out a close win with a ton of mistakes than if we’d have gone out there and won comfortably like 31-13 or something. Sure, we’d feel better about the team, but I think a game like this can make us better in the long run.

1) We found out a lot about ourselves coming back down 17-0 on the road in a hostile environment. Made a lot of mistakes, but overcame adversity, and found a way to make the plays at the end of the game on both sides to win and should give the team a ton of confidence now that they know they have the makeup to do it.

2) Having a lot of mental mistakes on film can help correct them, and we have 4 weeks (including a bye week) to work on them. And it’s soooo much easier to do that after a big win than a heartbreaking 2nd loss in our 1st 3 games. There were tons of guys who made mistakes, but I’ll just use Whit and Nuss, because I think they have the right mental makeup to take coaching and learn from it. It was almost good that Nuss threw those picks and Whit filled the wrong gaps. Better to get those on film now and get em corrected than for everything to have been glossed over in an easy win only to have them rear their heads in a few weeks against Ole Miss whose too good for us to overcome them.

3) Our coaches made a lot of mistakes themselves. They really need to do some self-evaluation and self-scouting to figure out some things they’re doing wrong as far as game planning, play-call sequencing, personnel decisions, and overall preparation. Maybe they’re not as willing or humble enough to be self critical if we win a comfortable game where we weren’t really challenged.