Here's what Bobo and Richt said,

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“I expect a big improvement this week because we’ve got to get better at throwing the ball downfield,” offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. “A couple of times we had a couple of guys and we didn’t pull the trigger. That’s easy to see on Sunday or Monday when you’re going over the tape and looking at it from the film. It’s a little bit different when you’re standing in there and you’ve got guys breathing down your neck, but that’s part of playing the position, you’ve got to stand in there and cut it loose.”

Added coach Mark Richt on his radio show Monday night: “There’s no question that we’re going to have to throw the ball better than we did this last game to continue to have success throughout the season.”

The statements above may be coach speak, but I thought it was a pretty good assessment. This isn't the first time that Bobo and Richt have critiqued Mason's performance. They said essentially the same thing after last year's Tech game, that Mason was having trouble either seeing the open receiver, or pulling the trigger. Main difference between the Tech and Clemson games was that instead of holding the ball and taking a sack, Mason got rid of everything quickly to an underneath receiver.

I watched the Auburn Arkansas game on youtube for the first time last night. I never thought I'd say this, but Auburn may have two quarterbacks who are better than our starter (and presumably our backups) at standing in the pocket under pressure and delivering downfield. Both are beginning their second season at Auburn.

This post was edited on 9/3/14 at 2:15 pm