re: Golding is underwhelming!

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Mississippi started the game converting 4 of the first 5 on third-down conversions.

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Yep, and then proceeded to convert 2 of the next 8 with one of those conversions being via penalty. Why do the first 5 matter more than the next 8?

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had 476 total yards and 279 on the ground against the Tide

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Interesting that you point out that they converted 4 of their 5 first downs and ignore their total lack of success the rest of the time the game was competitive and then use their total yardage to support that position yet ignore that 228 of the 476 came on their LAST 5 POSSESSIONS when they were training by 35 points and many Bama starters were on the bench.

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No optical ilussions on why we wore down in the 4th quarter.

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So you're saying the guys that came into the game in the 3rd for the starters that left (see SoG's thread for a list) weren't ready for the heat? Ok. I'll take your word for it. I have no idea if guys like DJ Dale were ready to go or not because they were not in the game.

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How does that stuff translate against teams standing in front of where we want to go?

In 2017 we were leading Clemson 24-14 going into the 4th quarter. On the 99th defensive play of the game we gave up the 21st point in the 4th quarter and lost the NC.

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There's a gulf the size of the Pacific ocean between a 10 point lead starting the 4th and a THIRTY FIVE point lead early in the 3rd. The first you're still in a dogfight. The second you're building depth for the time when you're in that 4th quarter fight.

So what does it mean? It means the guys that back up the 1s aren't ready to play particularly effectively yet. Not a surprise since several of the guys now starting were supposed to be the backups.

It means the staff better use every opportunity to get them snaps so that they will hopefully be ready when Bama gets in a late dogfight.

It means that while the starters could have probably played a couple more series and kept the final to a fan-pleasing 59-17 or so, the staff knew it was more important to get those other guys in the game, see how they hold up, and work on fixing the deficiencies. I for one am glad they made the choice they did.

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We have a middle of the road defense with elite CB' s and it isn't an illusion.

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That's a fair assessment. The lack of depth in particular is a very serious problem. They aren't great right now and probably won't end up being considered great, but they haven't been hot garbage when it mattered either.

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Easily the worst defense since 07 and we just have to wait and see if they can improve as the year goes on.

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I think this is TBD. Despite the record, 2013 and 2014 had some very glaring weaknesses too. Gotta see how it all plays out before I'll be willing to place them.

This thread needs to be anchored

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In 2017 we were leading Clemson 24-14 going into the 4th quarter. On the 99th defensive play of the game we gave up the 21st point in the 4th quarter and lost the NC.

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Well dammit you’ve convinced me, Golding should be tossed because of his defense costing us the 2017 NC!

Whattaya mean he wasn’t DC back then? Who was?



Not to mention it wasn’t entirely the D’s fault Clemson ran 99 plays...