CFB Week 5 Thread

[MSTSatchmo]

OM just needs more possessions.   Both defenses look pretty good.  Too many penalties for OM though. 

[NoWammies]

Need to be more balanced as well. Just 4 carries so far by RB’s. Haven’t even tried to get the run game going to open up the pass. 

[NoWammies]

Looking like bye bye playoffs hello Music City Bowl. 

[Dawg83]

Man that’s a game you gotta find a way to win at home if you’re gonna be a playoff team. Kentucky is no slouch but they historically do not win those kind of games against the upper tier of the league.

 

Huge questions for me about OM now. Thought they’d win that game easily. And now the upcoming schedule, which once looked like a breeze, maybe has more loseable games than many expected.

 

 

[NoWammies]

Keep playing like we did today and we’ll be lucky to win two more games. OL got pushed around the whole game, Dart didn’t look comfortable, WR’s other than Harris were nowhere to be found, DL barely caused any pressure and the secondary killed themselves with penalties. 

[Bulldogs4]

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”And if they have that dreaded off game with some turnovers and poor play on defense, it is game they could lose. Kind of a scary game for Ole Miss even if they don’t want to admit it.”

 

 

I wrote above earlier in the week. KY was battle tested and Ole Miss was not. They made it an ugly game and sometimes the worst thing that can happen to a team is to score quickly and easily. It seems to take the air out of a team. Thinking it will be easy. 
 

Lastly, I question the play calling after the fourth down conversion. They had plenty of time on the clocks plus time outs. Why not pop a RB run there? 
 

Tough loss to swallow. 

[s1nglewing]

And the OC went completely off track from what was being called in the earlier games

[MSTSatchmo]

5 minutes ago, NoWammies said:

Keep playing like we did today and we’ll be lucky to win two more games. OL got pushed around the whole game, Dart didn’t look comfortable, WR’s other than Harris were nowhere to be found, DL barely caused any pressure and the secondary killed themselves with penalties. 

I thought the DL did get pressure.  They gave up some rushing yards, but KY just made a couple big plays.  
Offensively, OM would look good running a few first and second downs, then just do nothing.  There’s no reason OM can’t spread the ball around all day long.  They should have someone open damn near every play.  
They’ve put themselves in a more difficult position.  Based on what others do, OM could still get to Atlanta and make the playoffs, but they can’t lose more than one more game.  

[pancho]

continue in today's path and there are 3 or 4 sure L's left.  weak ass early schedule is useless as well

[NoWammies]

5 minutes ago, Bulldogs4 said:

Lastly, I question the play calling after the fourth down conversion. They had plenty of time on the clocks plus time outs. Why not pop a RB run there? 
 

Games like this he always seems to abandon the run for some reason. On the opening drive of 2H we fed it to Parrish then all of a sudden stopped when we got in the red zone. 

[NoWammies]

Depending how the rest of the season goes, Ole Miss giving up the 4th and 7 to Kentucky will almost rank right up there with the 4th and 25 against Arkansas. 

[MSTSatchmo]

4 minutes ago, NoWammies said:

Depending how the rest of the season goes, Ole Miss giving up the 4th and 7 to Kentucky will almost rank right up there with the 4th and 25 against Arkansas. 

It’s crazy OM went up 17-13 on a 4th and 7.  

[NoWammies]

Just now, MSTSatchmo said:

It’s crazy OM went up 17-13 on a 4th and 7.  

And then the WAOM karma train came calling. 

[NoWammies]

25 minutes ago, MSTSatchmo said:

Based on what others do, OM could still get to Atlanta and make the playoffs, but they can’t lose more than one more game.  

JMO but I see the only way making the playoffs now is running the table and hoping Georgia is undefeated when they come to town. I don’t think they can afford another loss with the schedule this year. 

[MSTSatchmo]

11 minutes ago, NoWammies said:

JMO but I see the only way making the playoffs now is running the table and hoping Georgia is undefeated when they come to town. I don’t think they can afford another loss with the schedule this year. 

Probably the top 5 SEC teams will get in, and OM could have the easiest schedule out of the top half of the league.  

[Dawg83]

State being weirdly competitive with Texas through a quarter? Ok then.

[Insideradvantage]

That game didn’t surprise me at all. Strangely enough I’m not even disappointed. I thought we’d win by about the same score we lost so the exact opposite isn’t much of a difference. Everything we wanted is still there for the taking. 

Edited September 28, 2024 by Insideradvantage

[Dawg83]

14-6 Texas at half. And was 7-6 until the last 30 seconds. I am baffled by this and don’t expect it to be close much longer.. But kudos to State for showing up with a solid plan and executing reasonably well.

[MSTSatchmo]

Good call 83 on Auburn.  If they aren’t throwing INTs, they ain’t bad. Lol 

[MSTSatchmo]

35 minutes ago, MSTSatchmo said:

Good call 83 on Auburn.  If they aren’t throwing INTs, they ain’t bad. Lol 

And then Auburn decides to do  Auburn things.  

[rebmus]

Me and a few others had questions on Ole Miss. I don't think Ole Miss is near as bad as they played today, but they aren't a top 12 team. They have a chance to finish top 12, but zero chance if they play like today again. I also said Kentucky took UGA to the ropes and will beat Ole Miss if Ole Miss played poorly... games aren't played on paper and here we are. 

 

MSU loss to Texas will be over shortly, BUT... who can say MSU doesn't look much improved this week vs previous weeks? I'm no moral victory person, but I do see some hope for MSU fans that this season won't be THAT bad like everyone seemed to think after the past couple of weeks. 

 

Auburn proved what 83 and I have said... quit turning over the ball and they'd win enough games to be decent. 

Arkansas is a lot like Auburn. Both of them are likely to pick up an upset win or two somewhere along the way if the other team doesn't take the game serious enough. 

 

Edited September 28, 2024 by rebmus

[Bulldogs4]

Have to give Lebby & Co. and our players some credit. Obviously we were not going to win the game but we made it competitive for three full quarters. 
 

Hopefully we can build on this game. Being able to run the ball effectively the last two weeks certainly bodes well for the offense. 

[Dawg83]

Yeah I can’t really complain about anything State did today. Way exceeded my expectations. Liked the gameplan a lot, just ran out of gas in the second half.

 

Bye week next before another game where they’ll be a heavy underdog at Georgia.

 

Speaking of UGA… boy is Bama taking it to them early.

[Bulldogs4]

Shades of Oregon-State in 2003 when Oregon jumped out to a 28-0 lead early. Eventually held on for a 42-34 win.

 

After their close call against KY (who is good but not great) and now getting boat raced (28-0) it is readily apparent that Georgia is not the same Georgia team this year that they have been over the last 6-7 years. Talk about a blow out. 

[Dawg83]

And the Bama dynasty is still very much alive at the moment. Kudos to them for having a great AD in place at the time Saban stepped down. Greg Byrne hiring Kalen DeBoer was arguably the best case scenario for them.