re: 1-0: UMass postgame thread

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The OL wasn't great but to say they were atrocious is a little bit of an exaggeration IMO. Only gave up one sack and two hurries, and the quick passes negated any other opportunities for the offensive line to see how long they could hold their blocks. I thought LDR could've sat in the pocket a little bit longer on some plays, but that's part of the learning experience.

I'm convinced that if we decided to hand the ball off to Scarlett 10 more times and Del Rio threw the ball 34 times instead of 44, Scarlett would've had 150+ and we would've rushed for 200+ yards as a team. The gameplan was for Del Rio to get reps, and the weather made it so that those reps were exponentially more difficult to execute. The OL was slipping and sliding all over the place. I'm holding off judgement until we play Tennessee. The OL shouldn't have more than 5 sacks given up through these first 3 games.

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1 sack and 2 hurries are worrisome against the level of competition. Not converting on 4th down is on the OL.

That being said UF is not going to give up as many sacks. Treon put the OL in tough spots by holding onto the ball for way to long waiting for receivers to break open instead of throwing them open.

I thought that Del Rio did a good job of getting the ball out. I have not watched the game besides live from a low angle.

Besides the TD penalty drive, the defense played well outside of 14. He is not ready for SEC football yet. Zuniga had a great game with 2 Sacks.

UF has a fricking kicker! Besides the FGs, he was extremely good at sky kicking on kickoffs.