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I knew we were inexperienced on O so I understood some struggles but they haven't gotten better in 3 weeks. Last week they were good in a short burst of great play and then long periods of nothing. Struggle to move the ball, struggle to get a push against lesser competition, struggle to run the ball (I don't care that your top guys are out, you should still be able to run better). It's not so much the score (again) that bothers me, it's the level of play being put out there.

Let's go Colt! Great stuff and thank you for keeping us in the loop, Blake. Wish him nothing but the best and healthy season

Sark in the presser "You know, I think we just gotta get better and what face do you make on the toilet? Because that's how our offense looks right now"

If I was one of them, name and shame me lol. Because I deserve it.

Yeah, I might be starting to worry a little. It's 3 weeks in a row of the same miscues, the same penalties, the same mistakes. Yes we're missing some guys, but against UTEP? No wonder Ohio State didn't need to do much of anything offensively, they knew our O couldn't do anything. Did we completely change the O up or something? I've no idea what is causing Manning to look this bad right now. He has flashes of brilliance, but most of it is just bad. OL looks bad. I know we aren't supposed to openly criticize things because "playoffs two years in a row" but boy are the wheels coming off a little this year.

I'm making another post to apologize to you, you were almost spot on lol.

I wish I would've known the team was going to sh*t the bed today against UTEP, now my score prediction looks stupid lol.

People don't like any criticism of Flood anywhere, but it might be time to start, imo. Him and Milwee.

Just coming back to this thread to say...oof

Yep, thinking about how talented the team will be next year. January, Watson, Kanu, Sharma, Charles, Terry at DL. Simmons, Umeozulu, Vasek (whenever he decides to come back and stay healthy), Jackson, Spence (can also move back to LB if needed), Smith at Edge. Lefau, Smith, Barnes, Atkinson at LB (I think I'm forgetting someone here?). DB's have Hicks, Filsaime, Black, Littleton, J. Williams, D.Williams (I think he'll 99.99% come back lol), Phillips, Johnson-Rubell, Roberson, Mack and I'm probably forgetting some from that list to choose from. A lot of these guys are getting some run this year, too. They might be overall less experienced next year, but imo could be just as talented if not more so.

I'm not too sure about that. There is a ton of young guys getting snaps. Sharma, Charles, Terry, Jackson, Smith, Littleton, Black, etc. The guys behind them are very talented. On top of guys like Lefau, January, Watson, Kanu, Johnson (if he decides to come back) and the younger guys stepping up. Could see a step back, but I don't know. The D has been humming as of late and PK and Nansen have really done a great job. Especially PK, who garnered nothing but ridicule his first couple of years here, whilst he was building a championship D. Now we're still waiting for the O to catch up lol.

Maybe, you'd know a lot more about that than me. I'm just going off what little I know. Seems like they need to get one guy out there with the 1st team and let him stay there to gel with the OL starters. Either pick Neto or Stroh and so be it, imo. Hell ,if it needs to be Kibble, doesn't bother me. Just get it sorted.

This is also true but he isn't the only one doing that. He also is very slow on his feet.

I don't know about that, he doesn't get to decide who plays or not, I've liked the small sample size from Neto. Stroh is good, too, just think he needs to have a bit more work.

I don't think Neto has really had a proper chance, tbh. But they need to figure this out before SEC play starts, imo. Same with Baker, he really needs to elevate his game.

I've been hearing talk about how well Nate Kibble played, not sure if that's a reasonable solution but if Stroh can't get his play elevated, the job should go to Umeozulu.

If this game is 21-17, the season outlook is no where close to what it should be and the team is not t hat deep or talented.

More consistent on O, better play from the OL, WR's running better routes and perimeter blocking, TE's more involved. Keep the penalties down. Defensively, let's get after UTEP a bit and let the boys do their thing. Tighten up the coverage and don't get lazy just because you're playing SJSU or UTEP. KEEP.YOUR.FOOT.ON.THE.GAS....sorry..but seriously lol.

55-6

You know what? You're probably right.

I truly think that it was Notre Dame that was trying to lure Ewers to come play there. Maybe he should've gone? Who knows, not sure he really fits their offensive style but what do I know? Could've been Oregon, he would fit that offense more than Notre Dame's, imo.

The problem is, can you rely on a portal transfer at QB all the time? What happens when the guy you get doesn't work out or gets injured? I can see the pro's of it but the cons are also there for that deal. Mateer looks pretty good so far against sub-par teams. Even this years Michigan team looks worse than last years. Outside of Mateer they have nothing offensively and their OL isn't all that great. Even their D that was hyped up isn't that impressive. Anyway, it's a good conversation starter, that's for sure.

One thing I've learned is to stay out of the game threads. I've no problem with people reacting to stuff as it's happening, that is normal. But it personally does my head in lol. Now I just watch the games and react afterwards.

"Wasn't t hat a great play?" - Yeah, it sure was...whatever they did, great stuff...lol.

I don't remember us recruiting Smith? But I know we wanted Moore and Williams.