re: A small step forward

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This. We aren't running as many plays. We run the ball and go deep into the play clock. It's going to mean less possessions. Add in we've faced a lot of ground based teams. Missouri I guarantee we have a ton of plays.

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It wasn't the amount of plays that was the issue, it was literally the pass selection. Franks in the previous three games, ZERO bubble screens: 34/71 (47%)

Franks with many bubble screens and shorter routes: 22/31 (71%).

You remove heroic plays/wasted opportunities you also change the TOP:

Kentucky: 28:50
CSU: 21:27
Tenn: 25:25
MSST: 33:47

The point of this is that when we're not throwing intermediate/deep passes on first or second down we move the chains. Even though the game was cut down time wise, we still moved the ball and kept it out of the hands of the opposition which forced them to throw more than they wanted to.

This offense beats Kentucky, and can beat any team down the stretch. Keeping our defense off of the field and chewing clock (e.g., Muschamp) will vastly help our thin defense out.

I think we'll probably be able to grind Missouri into the ground, same with South Carolina, FSU and really any other team that isn't UGA or LSU -- although we'll see if LSU is a top 5 team next week (they're not).