It was an ugly game last night, that's for certain. However, it's really hard to judge a team by it's first game, good or bad. I honestly think y'all just came out flat, believing the hype that y'all were favorites to reach the SEC title game and A&M was toothless without Manziel.

Some positives to take away from the game, in my opinion:
-Williams-Brice is still an intimidating venue in which to play. The place was rocking last night at kick-off and through most of the first half. Any stadium will get quiet when the visitors start to pull away, but y'all still have one hell of a home field advantage.
-Your offense has big play capability. That alone makes you a dangerous team to play. On the road a couple of quick strikes can quiet a crowd; at home a couple of quick strikes can whip the crowd into a frenzy and make life difficult for the opponent.
-The defense will get better. The young kids in the secondary will get it together, it will start to click. The inexperienced DL will improve as they play each week. Skai Moore is a damn beast.
-Spurrier is probably cutting people's asses left and right today. He's not going to get caught with his pants down again. I think the team looked unprepared yesterday and he won't let that happen again this year.

I'm still very worried about the game in Columbia. If y'all can limit Gurley without moving safeties into the box then Mason will have a rough day and I still have no clue how our defense will look. I think y'all rebound and still have a pretty good season; might not be the kind of season y'all put together last year, because there are some real reasons for concern, but still a respectable W-L record.

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Posted by Mr.Sinister

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Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 8/29/14 at 11:48 am to crispyUGA

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-Spurrier is probably cutting people's asses left and right today. He's not going to get caught with his pants down again. I think the team looked unprepared yesterday and he won't let that happen again this year.

The coaching in this game, seemed to be the bigger issue to me. Yes the defense looked confused and scared. So why not help them out by running the dam football? Three throws and a punt just puts them back center stage to get pounded on. Davis being down maybe hurt or maybe it didn't. Wilds has the ability to run the ball and he had good runs when he got the ball once a quarter. I really feel that the staff pressed the panic button too quickly to try and catch up. The dropped pass at end of half hurt of course, but coming right back out with the ball in the 3rd and throwing 3 more incompletes just sealed the game, the mentality was set that it was gonna be pass and nothing else.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda I know.

I feel we will post a decent record this year, but Don't think we will contend for shite. DT is a good kid and he has flashes of awesome, but he throws the home run ball every time no matter who is open underneath. A loss to UGA and I think we start seeing DT and Mitch splitting time to prepare for next season.