Rebel Roundup - 9/25/09 - Aftermath

Is the USC defense really that good? Just an off game? What?

Tough loss. I knew USC at their place would be tough, but I was surprised to see Snead perform so badly.

At least you get Vandy next and not somebody like ’Bama or Florida. The Rebels still have a shot in the West.

was the way we ran the ball down SC’s throats on the second possession with Bolden. I told a buddy that if we keep up that kind of game plan, we would own the 4th quarter. SC’s D-line is thin…why not keep pounding Brandon? Instead, we give Cordera too many touches, don’t give Dex enough, and only let Brandon carry on first down. Terrible game planning.

but Chris Lowe picked us to win the SEC West, so the old trite and stupid adage that “when you point your finger, you’ve got three pointing back at you,” really applies here.

He was pounding Ole Miss for being the “euphoric” pick at the end of last season, but seems to forget that he had them in the top 5 of 2009-10 after the bowl game. Then he had the audacity to say that TT “didn’t want to be there” in the Cotton Bowl. ESPN can lick my balls.

And while I’m venting, it’s time for the Sowell experiment at LT to end. Let Massie have his shot. Maybe the spotlight won’t bother Sowell as much from the bench.

I’m not going to pretend that a lot of people are picking us because it’s the fun, trendy thing to do right now. While I do think this Rebel squad is damn good, I also think a lot of mainstream media types don’t know shit about football and just choose whatever is the “sexy” thing to pick.

desde aqui.

and i don’t really see why you guys should be penalized for these dumbasses coming back down to earth. i mean, for gods sake, having to suffer your team’s loss is bad enough without the unending revisionary history we’ll hear from the talking heads until saturday afternoon and something else catches their attention.

as much hand wringing and i-told-ya-sos that are going to fill the air the air today, the fact is the question marks and weak points about this ole miss team are the same as they were a month ago and it’s nonsensical to think that all the strengths just evaporated into the aether. bottom line, as an alabama fan, the game on oct. 11 just got harder, not easier.

if ole miss wants to claw back into the sec race they gotta win in tuscaloosa – and we have seen before this is a team that can pull that kind of game out of their ass if they are focused and catch their opponent on the right day.

I was so enthused to see us actually running the ball against Carolina. My fear was founded last year when we had no ground game against them and thus couldn’t play action our way out of a wet paper bag (excuse the cliche, please). I thought we would have a great day running against them until…the staff obviously decided to open it up in the air and it all came crashing down. Sir Sowell was giving a decent run block and allowing the ball to move but when someone doing the game calling had the wild idea to switch her up. Over. Done. All momentum left us and ne’er to return. Now, what have we learned boys and Sowell??

The more I hear about them, the upset they make me. I’m reminded of Tebow’s press conference after the Ole Miss game last season, and there was no talk about ‘now we got that defeat behind us, we can get on with business. ’ No, all there was was a deep disappointment with the defeat, and a determination that it would not happen again, and, I might add, it has not. I also see Sowell’s strange attitude as indicative that this team is in no way ready to be among the elite. Not until they relish the challenge and the prestige of a top 5 ranking as do Florida, Texas and Alabama, will they be a serious challenger for the SEC title. In other words, maybe the coaching approach against SC was bush league, but so then is the team’s immediate response (or lack thereof). Comments?

It seemed that on many passing plays he only had two receivers to throw to.
With the marauding Norwood never more than 2.5 seconds from killing him, I would have liked Snead to have a third option.

Was I missing something?

It seems like he was wayyyy too slow to pick up blocks

It’s like going to an old Hog site a couple of years ago and hearing the complaints about only having 2 WRs on an obvious 3rd down and long pass play, bad playcalling, weak O-line play, and terrible passes thrown by the QB.
But what the hell, we didn’t need to pass, we had D-mac, right?