Reaction to Tennessee game

Obviously the knee jerk reaction is to blame Spurrier and the playcalling- and I think its a fair criticism. With 6 minutes to go Mike Davis, as the best player on offense should have gotten more touches in an attempt to run out the clock. Using the 2 timeouts without going for the 4th and 2 was also a questionable decision. Once the timeout were used I'd have liked to see us go for it (11-16 on 4th down I believe)

But something that shouldn't be lost is that the players simply didn't execute well enough to win the game. Going into the 4th quarter the only players with positive yards were Shaw, Davis and Byrd. The offensive line struggled to both run and pass block and Shaw held onto the ball/wrs weren't getting open.

Finally the consistently poor performance on special teams finally cost us a game. Penalties on returns, poor fielding decisions, a terrible punt and a missed fg all contributed to this loss.

The defense looked much improved, especially in run defense but still allowed a few 3rd and longs late in the game. One i'll credit to North being a beastly receiver but another one was on Golightly for missing the sack on Worley in the backfield. He doesn't deserve a scholarship and I hope he doesn't return to the team next year.

Moving forward we're fortunate that both UGA and UF lost today and it will be interesting to see how the team responds on the road next week against Missouri. This could be a rallying point for the rest of the season or the beginning of the wheels falling off.

Hopefully Shaw and Quarles make speedy recoveries because they are huge parts on both sides of the ball