Zanders

It's over. We are going to need to win 3 toss up games plus MTSU just to get to a shitty bowl no one cares about.

At least give it a shot. We can't win with Lock playing like that. We need to be more of a running team.

If Zanders can't uplift this offense I kind of like the 3rd string qb who was throwing a few balls into windows in the spring game and one of the scrimmages.

I like Zanders but it's still too much of a kneejerk decision to bench Lock. He's not a fit for Heupel's system but look at his talent. A couple of shitty games can't erase all of the upside he has. He played like shite today but he wasn't as bad as J'Mon in two games. He's a cancer IMO. He's a diva who plays when he wants to, not to mention his role in the protests.

I want to see though how well Zanders plays when he's not playing twos and when he's THE guy. Mizzou has had QB controversies since Blaine Gabbert and I'm sick of it. Stick with a guy and don't give in to fan pressure

Ok, I'll stfu but "we'll make a bowl game" is far from a guarantee. Again, we have to win every toss up game we have left. No slip ups, and that's best case scenario just to get to 6-6. We didn't just lose to LSU and Florida we were completely dominated. It's not being pessimistic to say we are a bad football team. That's what we are. Awful, actually.

As for it being a knee jerk move. Possibly, but we have nothing to lose. Lock is playing like shite. Let's see what Zanders can do.

No question we're bad this year. But I thought we looked light years ahead of where we were in Baton Rouge. We are a YOUNG team. This season can be blamed in part on that 2013recruiting class. So many guys just didn't work out. We're playing with mainly freshmen through juniors against fifth year seniors. Got to remember, there's no senior leadership among the offensive line, the most important unit on the field. Young teams go through swings like this. Of course, it's only fitting that our young team has a young staff, too. It's all still a process of getting your feet wet.

Yes, they should start Crockett over Witter. Keep Lock. Zanders isn't the answer. Getting a running game is.

The offense looked unprepared again today.

Part of it is trying to play this tempo shite when the offense can't even execute three plays in a row. Time of possession is killing us. The absolute least Heupel should do is run at normal speed until they can get a 1st down. I appreciate Odom trying to implement what he considers one of the toughest offense to defend, but it ain't working and is killing his defense and the team.

They need to get good at something on offense. Even Vandy is good at running it and will kill us if nothing changes.

we can't throw out the baby with the bathwater as they say. florida has a national top 5 defense. Better than lsu. When we give two pick 6s, we will lose 99% of the time. Zanders came in against floridas 2s and 3s. If he had started today he might have been more effective than Lock because florida's amazing dbacks would have had watch for the zanders run. We will not face another defense like them or lsu the rest of the season.

We can still make a bowl since most people thought this was where they would be at this time of the year.

Crockett is the shite and we will have him for another 3 seasons. They seem to be realizing that. Defense was much better today.

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I am not the typical reactionary and I have seen Lock's upside BUT his performance the last two weeks should cost him time. Our coaches are too soft, do you think Saban would not be all over his arse. Sure the play calls sucked but he telegraphed two pick 6's that put the game out of reach.

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What I don't understand are all these sideline passes. Sure, it's one thing to go vertical up the sideline, but that's not the kind of passes I'm seeing. They are very difficult throws to make, even when you have the cannon arm Lock has. You misjudge the window just a little bit and the DB jumps the pass and goes back the other way just like we all saw today.

I don't know if it is playcalling, or Lock fixating on the outside routes, but the middle of the field should be getting a lot more action. Watching Connor Shaw complete eleventy billion consecutive passes to the TE 8 yards downfield back in 2012 demonstrated that. Where's the tunnel screen back to the middle of the field? The slant? the comeback? The drag route between the LBs and safeties?