I feel kind of like I did before the SC game

We s'posed to be SEC

Even though I know Ole Miss is #3, I still cant force myself to think of this as a "big" game. My brain still sees Ole Miss and thinks "meh".

If Hill throws accurately and hits receivers in stride, I like our chances.

If he throws behind and our guys are reaching back or stopping to catch balls, this won't cut it tonight. We really need significant yards after catch. Our entire offense opens up when this happens.

Not sure how you fix something like this that he has been doing for a month now.

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If Hill throws accurately and hits receivers in stride

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The problem is this hasn't happened yet this season.

Seriously, go back and watch the USC game. We were all so wrapped up in the aura of winning that game (and I was as guilty as anyone) that nobody seemed to notice that our receivers bailed Hill out all night long.

Only in hindsight did I notice it, but watch how many passes the receivers were catching at awkward angles or with their arms and bodies fully extended. The majority of our slants and crossing routes were behind receivers as well. USC was so bad in the secondary (and they played so far off the receivers) that we had HUGE throwing windows and it didn't really matter that he wasn't that accurate.

It has become readily apparent to me that Hill just isn't a very accurate quarterback at this point. He throws a low velocity, wobbly ball and it causes his passes to drift in the air. Because of this, our offensive success has been based almost entirely on how the defense decides to play us. When the defense narrows the throwing windows, we cant do much.

IMO, I think there is a very strong chance Hill loses his job next year to Allen. Allen throws a much better ball, especially deep, but takes more chances and makes dumb freshman mistakes.

Any pass he throws beyond 10-15 yards floats on him. It doesn't have a tight spin and the wind resistance gets it.

We will beat OM.

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he problem is this hasn't happened yet this season.

Seriously, go back and watch the USC game. We were all so wrapped up in the aura of winning that game (and I was as guilty as anyone) that nobody seemed to notice that our receivers bailed Hill out all night long.

Only in hindsight did I notice it, but watch how many passes the receivers were catching at awkward angles or with their arms and bodies fully extended. The majority of our slants and crossing routes were behind receivers as well. USC was so bad in the secondary (and they played so far off the receivers) that we had HUGE throwing windows and it didn't really matter that he wasn't that accurate.

It has become readily apparent to me that Hill just isn't a very accurate quarterback at this point. He throws a low velocity, wobbly ball and it causes his passes to drift in the air. Because of this, our offensive success has been based almost entirely on how the defense decides to play us. When the defense narrows the throwing windows, we cant do much.

IMO, I think there is a very strong chance Hill loses his job next year to Allen. Allen throws a much better ball, especially deep, but takes more chances and makes dumb freshman mistakes.

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I don't like your entire post because it is all true. He didn't get a scholarship at A&M by throwing like this in high school. He is innacurate with time or with pressure, doesn't seem to make much difference. Don't know what has happened. `

I think we beat them also. If we don't win, it is because we made too many mistakes on our own.