Well, the game has come and gone, and the Tigers came out with the win, which is more than most teams can say. Several things that I noted from this game.

Jarret Lee: He played well overall and was pretty poised. We opened up the game a little earlier on and then shut it down for the most part. His passes were crisp, timing was solid and made good decisions other than the fumble and INT.

The INT: It was a bad throw in that it was a little high, but I was really more disappointed with Dickson's half-arse attempt at catching it. That pick likely doesn't happen if he makes a full effort on the play instead of just barely moving his arm up.

RBs:

Scott played extremely well as usual. Solid in blocking, great in his running and ball security. Dude doesn't go down on first contact EVER!

Keiland Williams played extremely well. I was really impressed with his running between the tackles. Not scoring wasn't his fault as people missed blocks. Great reaction and hands on the risky screen pass, and amazing in turning it up field.

Murphy ran well, but gets what I call happy feet for RBs in the open field. He's getting into space and honestly wasn't that impressive, but solid overall.

Quinn Johnson needs to learn to hold on to the fricking ball. He was holding it out like a hot potato with no protection.

WRs and TE: What can I say. All played extremely well with few drops and consistent route running. A few of the passes were screwed up, especially to C. Mitchell as a result of HORRIBLE no calls on PI by MSU.

OL: Solid as usual. They seemed to let MSU get to them in the 2nd and parts of the 4th quarter but overall solid game.

Defense:

DL: Overall these guys played well. It's obvious that we lose a little inside without both RJF and Alexander, but hopefully both are alright for Florida. MSU dominated them at times, which really is disturbing and tackling wasn't that great. In pass rush, they lost their lanes several times and allowed for big QB scrambles that never should've happened.

LB: This was the worst group on our team tonight. I was really disappointed in their tackling, coverage, and overall gameplay. They missed easy tackles, and had a lot of arm tackling. On coverage they blew responsibility after responsibility on the running backs and that killed us, and will be used against us the rest of the year if things aren't tightened up. Cutrera as usual made some good plays, but was out of position numerous times.

DBs: My only complaint here is the safeties insistence to lay the big hit rather than rapping up. Otherwise bad tackling was the only other issue, but coverage was not that bad, despite Bob Davie's stupid rants to the contrary.

Special Teams: Solid, they had some mistakes, including two long kickoff returns, but overall were solid.

Overall, the team played well, and the coaches held back, which I found stupid. This is a conference game and was still at 2 or 3 score game most of the night and well within reach for MSU, yet the coaches just sat on the ball much of the game. Thankfully it didn't bite us in the arse.

This team is improving on offense, but regressing on defense, so I hope they fix things on that side of the ball.

What are everyone else's thoughts?