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Yeah, but it also illustrates the importance of actual playing time and experience, right?

Very good analysis. Love this!

Good stuff. I thought Buyers played really well. Was really pleased with the DL play. Exceeded my expectations last night. Need to get QB sorted out quick. They say improvement is greatest between weeks 1 and 2. Let's hope that's true for the passing game.

Defense just got 6. Yeah, they've played well.

Several 2s in last drive.

Nope.

You're watching the same game I am.

No.

Greer is shell-shocked. He'll regroup.

No. I don't.

Yep. Trial by fire tonight. He'll be fine.

Defense is playing very very well. Great to see. Very encouraging.

But wait, shouldn't Houston have the great equalizer with their "high-speed, high-flying" pass-happy offense??

Thanks for doing these!

The spread (as has been discussed for years here) is great when your opponent either doesn't face it week to week, or the spread team has comparable or better athletes. Teams that face it weekly or have better athletes will shut it down. Mike Leach and his pass-happy WSU Cougars were picked by 10 over Rutgers yesterday. Rutgers ran the ball down WSU's throat, completed timely passes, played more defense than WSU, and that was that. Last year in the Fiesta Bowl, George O'Leary and UCF, who probably had lesser athletes than Baylor on offense, destroyed Baylor with a ground game, timely passing, and ferocious defense. Baylor *had* no defense, essentially--similar to Leach's teams--and that was that. The spread, and "throwing the football" means nothing if it can't be executed better than the other team executes.

Me too. My loathe meter is high for both those squads.

Probably. But that's genius, right there. And I don't throw that word out freely.

The way UCF shut down Baylor last year.

LOL...we go through this every year. A team scores a lot of points with the run and shoot against a team that doesn't face it every week, and suddenly "why aren't we doing that".

I agree!

ATM looked pretty salty last night. Keep in mind that SC started two freshman CBs last night and lost 3 of their starting DLs to graduation--including Clowney. Secondly, Sumlin is running a type of offense that the SEC isn't used to seeing that often. They will catch up with it eventually. He is wearing defenses out with it right now though. Regardless--the ags destroyed the ball coach on his home field last night.