Carl Pickens
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Alabama and Georgia also played weak teams for the first 3 games of the season and neither were holding their opponents to as many yards of total offense as we were. You can talk level of competition all you want however the fact remains we dominated that weak competition more than other teams when they played that same weak competition. For example, we hammered Kent State 65-0 in the first half with our backups playing most of the second quarter while Penn State was only up 14-0 against Kent State with 1:30 left in the first half with their starters still in. We also only gave up 10 points to NC State in a nuetral site while Clemson gave up 35 points to them at home.
You can only play who is on your schedule and we've handled our competition in a more dominant manner than similarly suited teams have done with the same teams we've faced.
His street cred has been taken a hit multiple times over the years on these forums. I like his positivity, though.NC State, Chattanooga, Kent State, & Oklahoma. Slow your roll. Did you see what just happened to Ole Miss when they finally played a team with a pulse?
I think tier 2 and 3 are just a big bungled mess. I don’t think LSU is very good. There’s no one that’s really separated themselves . I still think Ole Miss has the highest ceiling.4 Tiers = 4 Teams per Tier 2024 Season to date
Tier 1
Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee
Tier 2
LSU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Missouri
Tier 3
Texas A&M, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kentucky,
Tier 4
Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt
Who has Arkansas played that’s got a defence?I just looked up total offense stats:
NC State #109
Oklahoma #122
Kent St. #130
UTC is FCS…..
The D has not been tested at all.
Arkansas is #13
I just looked up total offense stats:
NC State #109
Oklahoma #122
Kent St. #130
UTC is FCS…..
The D has not been tested at all.
Arkansas is #13
Scheduling dictates who you play. Sh1tting on your team and being a constant nagging thorn in the rear gets old pretty quick. These same two world beaters beat the same caliber of teams we have in less than stellar manners and yall are up in arms. When we win how we are suppose to win and look and it's we haven't played any body yet..... GTFOdidn’t say they were, I just said we haven’t played anyone, outside of a good OU defense.
All this game told me is that AL and GA are beatable.This thread is gonna be filled with receipts no matter how the season goes. As with most things in life, the answer lies somewhere in the middle of most of this drivel. We are a good, potentially great, team that has to prove it against top tier competition. (Which we've yet to play)
It's funny you bring that up. The Circus catch that 17 year old Ryan Williams made last night, absolutely nobody starting on our roster has demonstrated that level of concentration and athleticism. And yet there Mike Matthews sits on the bench, having barely played. Where the hell is OUR 5 star freshman? I dont think it's because our starters are so much better, I just think our staff has a strong belief in starting upper classmen over freshmen.
I just looked up total offense stats:
NC State #109
Oklahoma #122
Kent St. #130
UTC is FCS…..
The D has not been tested at all.
Arkansas is #13
All last night showed was that Georgia is still Georgia and Bama is still Bama.
What a game.
Georgia wins this game by a larger margin in Athens.
We are now seeing the best at this point in the season of GA and Bama, and I haven’t seen a team that can hang with this.
Either way, same ole same ole.
I think this is what we expected,
Albeit, when you consider what we have seen so far, the margin is smaller.
I expect to see more separation between these two from the rest of the pack as well as between the tier 2 teams to create a 5th tier.
I think TX will either join Bama and Georgia, or join some teams in tier 2 that separate themselves from the rest.
As of now, I think you have to put a lot of teams in tier 2.
Tier 1 = Bama, Georgia
Tier 2 = LSU, SC, KY, Ole Miss, Tennessee, TX
Tier 3 = TA&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Vanderbilt, Missouri
Tier 4 = Miss St, Auburn
Tennessee has a heck of a challenge ahead of itself.. I think we have been a little high on ourselves considering the stats we have put up and the competition we have faced so far.
Tennessee has to get a LOT better. I also think this bye week, while early, came at a very good time.
If we stay healthy and get better… who knows? But as of now, it seems we may be a big step away from beating GA or Alabama.