slowdown

6 minutes ago, USFBulls12 said:

He didn't though

had it as in it was there for the taking

had the first and ran out of it.

11 minutes ago, Roaming Bull said:

I agree we have to do better protecting the hall and field position. When the offense does its part the defense has been decent, but they can’t be expected to make miracles every game 

Lol was the defense gassed after the INT on the second possession when UAB drove that 90 yard short field?  They should not have been too tired since UAB only had to run two plays the first possession. 

The fumble was terrible.  everything else yesterday was after we were down 21+ and across the 50, except the last garbage time 4th down we converted. Field position was irrelevant and will be irrelevant for many more games this year as this is a basketball score conference and era. 

The defense absolutely earned any criticism they get yesterday. 

2 minutes ago, NinjaPenguin777 said:

Let's run the same play 4 straight. Please 

 

Imagine that. A play action works 

Yea - that's the idea in a nutshell

2 minutes ago, Bullsaficianado said:

So I don’t understand this team at all…we play The Real Alabama tough and the fake alabama spanks us? I just don’t get it…

I mean Alabama benched the starting QB to make a point and the only point made was that he was the best option by far

there is going to be another 65+ points scored in this game, its hard to be too worried yet.

hope Brown can snap the 4 play streak of putting the ball in the other teams hands.

9 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

I found Dilfer's apology, but the damage might be done already. If this was the 90s/80s it would have been overlooked. But social media has been going hard on that incident and I know those coaches have people in their ears asking them "How did you let them man disrespect you on national TV". Also if I'm a defensive player, I may not respect my coach after he let a "poo-sea" like Dilfer disrespect him. I love my job, but if my boss gets in my face he is getting punched. Do you think Dilfer would have tried that **** on our d-line coach Kevin Patrick? 

UAB's Trent Dilfer tears into assistant coach after crucial penalty

UAB head coach Trent Dilfer was seen on the sideline tearing into one of his assistants following a penalty in the fourth quarter against Tulane.

 www.foxnews.com

TBF we'd all be doomed if hard social media takes mattered.  

We can lose to pretty much anyone.  I don't know about scared but very few teams play well every week and we aren't so good that we can count on winning without playing well. 

Goach has done a good job with the next play mentality.  The guys are moving on from bad plays.  But that goes both ways, they can't get caught up in successes either and that is its own challenge especially for a team that hasn't had much success in previous years. 

On the one hand feels like we could clean up a few things and win the second half 35-0.  On the other hand, with Navy, if they convert a few series they could have the ball 24 minutes and we only get 2 offensive possessions and it's a toss up.  

Sucks cause we could be destroying them.

12 minutes ago, Triple B said:

We're not winning out. There will be hiccups in the process but hopefully building a foundation ...

"The right way"

I think if two reliable WRs emerge we will see some of the other guys able to excel in complimentary roles.  Looking at you Joiner.

Daniels and McCaffery are two very good players.  We are gonna see a few more good passings offenses.   I think FAMU illustrated it's a true vulnerability.

Just gotta get better and we will probably live by the big play on defense in our biggest games.  Turnovers and TFL's to get them off schedule and get off the field on third down.  

They are just playing so much harder and smarter than the last few years despite some misses 

7 hours ago, Bullcocky said:

What stood out to me in the comments is when Golesh mentioned that Byrum was actually the one who suggested to coach that they should go for more deep balls. Was this akin to the Quinton flowers let him cook moment with Taggart?

Maybe in legend but here is my interpretation:

QF "Coach, please let us play"

CWT "well I'm probably getting fired anyway might as well try something different"

BB "Coach, I'm ready"

CAG "F*** yeah baby let's go do it!!! Sounds like a great 4th and 11 play call from our own 20 yard line"

Coach T made that move after three recruiting classes, ~27 games, multiple OCs, some alleged pressure from the AD, and seemingly a few weeks away from losing the program if things didn't change.  

In hindsight I appreciate Coach Taggart even more. he didn't inherit a talent like B. Brown and it's a different era with transfers so all that matters (he could've really killed it here quick in this transfer era). 

but Golesh isn't waiting for the players to beg. we are seeing really positive signs of positive change somewhere on the team every week and we are still in the initial phase of figuring out what and who translates from practice to the game.

36 minutes ago, Orlando Bull said:

For the record, I have been quite hard on Simmons this season, I am happy to say that I see why he was out there and I was wrong. Great game. 

I too was underwhelmed and with reason based on what we've seen up to now.  Props to Coach who publically praised Simmons specifically this week.  That's a good sign to me that he's tuned in psychologically to the players.

5 minutes ago, hm101 said:

BB running so much is not sustainable

It's how Grothe and Daniels ended their USF careers

I agree its something we need to manage but also Grothe and Daniels played I think 89 games between them before their careers ended, and Flowers ran around for 43 games without a career ending game.  They are who they are as players.  We had coaches at time try to limit their running and they just weren't as good. 

3 minutes ago, Brad said:

Brown ends first quarter 8-8

and not just checkdowns and screens.  great to see

Agree with coach completely that this offense can take off with better WR play. There have been so many instances where a WR could make a play and didn't, and/or didn't battle for a ball that gets intercepted.  And I get they weren't perfect throws.

The difference between 50% and 60% completion rate is a huge impact in a game but is only ~3 completions in a game.  If a WR drops a catchable ball, the chance of picking up a first down that series are gonna tank. 

That's before you even start the discussion about getting the QB in a rhythm.  Really hope we see some improvement there soon. 

10 hours ago, Sellular1 said:

Was really impressed with the defense.  I appreciate CAG’s enthusiasm going for it on 4th down but some were kinds questionable and predictable plays

I have no issues going for it.  I think it's about setting a tone I inside the program that we are going to be aggressive and not just accept losing. 

2/5 on offensive 4th down attempts is disappointing but for what we were up against 3/5 is probably best case.  Severely outmanned and it isn't like Alabama's defensive coaches get out coached more than once every couple years.   With where we were last December I can live with anything besides giving up a defensive score. 

The real question is do we improve and adjust.  And I think the attitude right now is they're not going to just do nothing. 

Terrible throw and again exacerbated by the fact that our WRs have no idea what to do with a football

8 hours ago, USFBulls12 said:

It's not that farfetched. The guy is 71 years old, turns 72 on Halloween. He'll be tied with UNC's Mack Brown (72) as the current oldest college football head coach. His team isn't completely dominant this season, even by preseason expectations and then losing in their second game of the season. Perhaps he doesn't have the energy to go and try to reload the team for another shot at a championship, maybe he's not 100% health-wise..but it's not like he's going to be coaching more than another 5 seasons at most, even if Alabama would have him just based on his age. It's pretty likely to me that he's actually planning a retirement.

P.S. How much for the bridge?

With the NIL and prominence of transfers, the game is so different I don't even know if I wanna stick around.  Can't imagine if I was a 70+ yr old I'd be interesting in adapting. 

Looking more like last year's D in that play 

Just now, NinjaPenguin777 said:

CBs tries that shoulder tackling crap that has never worked and FAMU gets a huge gain 

 sooo weak

Stupid and we weren't ready for the snap so doubly bad look 

4 minutes ago, Rex Havoc said:

It’s not the playbook, the calls have been here. His footwork and mechanics are off. 

The playbook meaning with the full playbook(and fast and new on top of that) in he's a little overwhelmed and too in his head.  Backups come in with a limited vanilla playbook and it is easier to just play. 

His footwork has looked pretty off 

1 minute ago, tau.reanb said:

Byrum Brown, sadly, is not the answer at QB for USF. At least not in the long term. 

Like many before him, he looked better as the backup.  Which can just be an indication that he hasn't digested and become comfortable with the full playbook.  Here's hoping