- Special teams were awful again. The botched snap will get the most attention, but it was a problem across the board. Their punter is an Australian who holds the ball, yet we didn’t bring any pressure against him until their fourth punt of the day, which meant we were consistently pinned deep. Our kick return average was 16. We didn’t come close to blocking either of the 50+ yard kicks.
- Mozee has 24 yards on 13 carries this season. 7 of those yards came on a single rush to the outside, so he’s averaging 1.42 on carries between the tackles. Brunson, Downing, and Davis are a combined 17 carries for 72 yards (4.24 ypc), so it’s a problem entirely with Mozee
- Going for two after the TD to try to cut it to 6 was absolutely the correct call. The logic for that strategy has been covered extensively, including on this board (Other college football games 2024 - #151 by Quinoaburger)
- I would have kicked the FG on 4th down when the score was 24-16, but going for it was a defensible decision. The playcall was atrocious though
- Why are students leaving en masse from a one possession game in the fourth quarter?
- We don’t have the gameday ops infrastructure to deal with turnout like what we had today. I got to Oxford before 11:30 and still didn’t get to my seat until after the midpoint of the first quarter. I left before the final drive of the first half to get a drink because I was sweating and dehydrated and I didn’t get back until after the first drive of the second half
- Last year we were outgained by 180 yards, but won because they got 24 points on 8 red zone trips and we got 24 points on 4 red zone trips. This year we were only outgained by 21 yards, but we lost because they got 14 points on 3 red zone trips and we only got 9 points on 4 red zone trips
- We’re going to start 0-3, but based on the performances so far, we’re clearly a top 3-4 team in the conference at worst
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