No ... it wasn't an aberration. It was what it was - we sucked. Maybe an aberration insomuch as we are normally pretty good along the DLine, historically, but I don't count on history so much as I do what they actually accomplish from year to year based upon having a solid approach and a steady, capable coach on the line coaching them up. Brad Lawing was that and he was for many years. Deke Adams was a departure from that ... he was not a good DLine coach.

I used "abomination" because they disgusted me last year. They half-assed it, they showed no energy or enthusiasm, they were poorly coached, they were piss poor tacklers ... they were an abomination. Some of them did not deserve the scholarships they were awarded. Others were cancer to the team - bad attitudes, bad work ethics. They put a putrid product on the field and now, thankfully, many of them are gone and those remaining are left on notice that the bullshite they put us through last year is not going to be tolerated. You can lose, but you'd better go down swinging, you'd better show some effort, you'd better be fearless and you'd better be prepared.

And it wasn't like they couldn't have done it all season ... their best game last year was their last game. The one they decided to get-up for and put forth some effort ... the Clemson game. That made what they did the rest of the season all the more disgusting in my eyes - because they had the ability and the talent but they coasted through the whole season for whatever reasons ... none of which were acceptable IMHO.

Last season was an abomination.