re: Kelly said the team lacked energy in the final 24 hours of preparation going into the game

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This game is 100% about the effort given and that falls on coaching.

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I can understand that if the team sucked it up against UAB. This was aTm…at Kyle Field…still alive for the CFP. If you need a coach to motivate you for that game, you’re not doing it right.

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Maybe they’ve been playing over their heads for 6 weeks and pushing through the flu and other issues and just ran out of gas

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this. Looked like they ran out of gas versus a team that was fired up.
We are thin in positions and don’t have many subs

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That’s the coaches fault 100%

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So players have no responsibility to get themselves up and ready for the game? At best that is 50% the coaches' fault.

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That’s the coaches fault 100%

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No matter how hard u try, u can't always energize someone or get them excited over a 4-7 team. It's on the players to be energized and excited

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That’s the coaches fault 100%

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We say this but at the end of the day, coaching can only do so much. The individual players have to at some point be responsible for their own performance and motivation.

It has been a tough stretch for the team mentally/physically starting with Bama.

Team used a lot of juice to beat Bama. I know I was spent as just a fan after that game as awesome as it was.

Then you hit the road for an early kickoff in cold weather at Arkansas (some players were reportedly sick that week).

Then you come back home and have to play in horrible weather conditions with a late kickoff against UAB (Some players still sick).

Then you have to go on the road during a non-typical Thanksgiving week to play an A$M team with nothing to lose in what amounted to their bowl game. A$M clearly had the psychological edge.

And NOW you have to turn around with another road trip to face GA in what amounts to a de facto home game for them.

Just life in the SEC right? But really not surprising how the team played last weekend when you think about it.

I just hope the team has enough to give one last max effort game vs GA before getting some much needed time off. It's been a grind in November.

What you need is depth. Knowing you could be replaced if you do not bring it every game is generally all the motivation a player needs. In addition depth would help with the energy levels any way.

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You could tell from the first drive how hyped and into the game the A&M players were compared to ours

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That's happened in a lot of games this year. Started off down 17-3 to FSU, 13-0 to MSU, 17-0 to Auburn, 17-3 to Ole Miss

In the 2nd half we were able to make a rally in all those games (even the FSU game, just had blocked PAT). To start the 2nd half against A&M we forced a 3 and out, then tied the game, then forced another 3 and out, and looked like we were about to go take the lead and we all thought "ok I guess this is just going to be the same old story" but then the scoop and score happened and we just never bounced back. Even after the scoop and score we got a couple first downs the next drive but then that holding penalty on Jones forced us to punt.

Hopefully next year it doesn't take us an entire quarter+ and going down multiple possessions until we start finding our rhythm. It's kind of amazing how much we've been able to win games this way this year but eventually you're going to find yourself in games where you just can't make enough plays to come back or just never get into a rhythm. We need to find out how to start fast (both on offense and defense).

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We never found our groove offensively. Reminded me of the TN game. It is what it is

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They scored 23 points, had a TD taken away by a questionable rules interpretation and had 2 crucial drops by a WR which many have ended possible scoring drives. Thats winning offense most games.