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No complaining about the refs this game.

We are getting owned fair and square.

This 2 minute offense is brutal . . .

Incredible catch to bail it out.

I'd almost say what's the point of a play action on 3rd and long, but then I remembered we always run on 3rd and long.

Special teams again. How does he ask for the biggest staff in school history but not have a special teams coach.

This is embarrassing.

I think they will settle in just fine. Moving the ball and Johnson/Etienne haven't gotten going yet.

I'm just glad we have a QB that can complete a screen pass and doesn't throw it 90 miles an hour to an open receiver in the flat.

Jordan Travis is really good, but I don't think he makes that play against half of the teams in the SEC right now.

I'm going to start sounding like a grumpy old man. But I coach my kids' teams, played for a pretty good Florida HS team, and played in college.

Go watch the play again. Not wrapping up, not breaking down, looking like they are trying to strip instead of tackle, rushing upfield to create a lane, slow pursuit. Osweiler was a bit insufferable but even he compared us to a Pop Warner team.

Great coaching can make up for a lack of talent.

Great talent can make up for a lack of coaching.

I just think right now we don't have either. Seems like Billy is fixing the talent issue quickly. I'm sure he sees some of the coaching issues too - sounds like he's too focused on details and discipline not to.

That play was on everyone. Scheme on a 3rd and 10 with a mobile quarterback. Bad fundamentals tackling. Lack of talent to make up for the poor fundamentals (which is also on the coaches).

Agree Toney would have been limited working with what he had, but he shares some of the blame too.

I agree Napier was moronic the first 3 series of the third quarter, and AR's run on a free play should be enough to drop him to the 3rd/4th round of the draft.

But we scored 35.

Our biggest complaint should be this defense. Not just talent, which is obviously lacking right now. But coaching. Missed tackles and misalignment out of a timeout are all on defensive coaching.

With even a middle of the road defense our run game this year could have had us in contention for the SEC east.

All the games we lost, our defense was awful.

We need to wait and see how they respond after this game.

It will be interesting to see if they quit on the season like all of Mullen's teams tended to do once things got hard and all they had left to play for was pride.

Side note - I live in Houston, Texas. It feels like the Aggies are in a similar place, but they are five years in with Jimbo and really no exit route in sight. Of course their problem is offense, not defense. But the point is we aren't alone in having good talent that just isn't performing. At least we are in Year 1 instead of Year 5.

Agree Tebow never had a game this bad. And I don't think Richardson is nearly as good. But Tebow had a few really rough days.

I'm more interested in how he responds. If his personality isn't as fiery that's fine. Let's just see how he responds and how the coaches help him respond in the next games.