1. Sims threw into coverage late against Ole Miss, but that was a perfectly thown ball that OJ didn't fight to catch, allowing a DB almost a foot shorter to take it away.
I remembered the Ole Miss play but forgot that it could have left Bama undefeated. I'm still wondering if he had a chance to make a play in the OSU game. It didn't look like it to me at the time but I didn't watch a replay. Seems like the ball was thrown very quickly right to the defender while Howard was moving across behind him. Also, there was plenty of game left with the OSU interception.
Yep. If you lessen the "keys" the other team has to worry about, and they shout the primaries down, you're toast.
Yeah I agree. I remember Seeing Javier Arenas at an autograph signing after the bcsncg and someone asked him " how is our defense going to be in 2010". To which he said " they are going to be a highly talented group but I'm concerned that the most talented players won't play .because CNS won't let you see the field if you don't know his defense, and his defense is very complicated."
Did he really? That's not a rhetorical question. I haven't had the stomach to go back and look (may never). My impression was that the ball was thrown so low and OJ was so far (would have been and easy TD) behind, he didn't really have a play on it, except by maybe coming through the DB. I thought Blake thought the throw so easy, he just babied it too much...
what's even worse, is the sds link provided about that play shows deandrew wide open at the one on that play
He made the same mistake that he made against Ole Miss - he was waiting for the ball to come to him. He did not adjust his route or move toward the ball or the defender at all. That does not make it his fault, but he clearly did not help Sims on that play.
Ouchie! That would have made an entirely different game...what's even worse, is the sds link provided about that play shows deandrew wide open at the one on that play
That was the game winner that wasn't...
Missed opportunities like that occurred often this year. Blake had a tendency to lock in on 1 guy or 1 section of the field. I'm anxious to see how Coker handles this.what's even worse, is the sds link provided about that play shows deandrew wide open at the one on that play
yep, the momentum had definitely shifted to us at that point with our d stepping up a good bit and i think with a score there we would have won.
I think this play demonstrated the QB's major weakness.
Which makes us all ask, "IF we've seen it, discussed it, and analyzed it" then surely CNS and CKS have too.
As the play developed, I saw one of the skill guys sneak out the backside, so I figured the play was the McElroy to Colin Peak play from the 2009 SECCG.what's even worse, is the sds link provided about that play shows deandrew wide open at the one on that play
yep and over 1000 yards as well. Next year one of two things needs to happen either A. our offense doesnt miss a beat and plays high caliber football or B. our defense finally figures out how to play the ball when its in the air. If both happen then I see us playing 15 games, and if one happens then I see us atleast playing 14.
