I will give my point of view of how the game came out and would like to get ya'lls take.
1. Hackney showed the WORLD that he has great talent. I know we VOL fans expected a much bigger win. But lets give props to a kid who was a warrior. He made passes that were perfect. Our DB's played fair. Hackney threw the ball many times where only his reciever could get it. Allen and Fellows both played hard and well. Don't jump on them for playing good. A great throw with capable recievers is almost impossible to defend. Great Job Hackney. UAB will win their conference and if they continue to play like they did against us they may not lose another game.
2. I was surprised that we could not get more push up front from our D-Line. I was very surprised. I know what those guys can do so I agian have to give props to the UAB O-Line. I saw our D-Line run through some very good O-Lines last year, so I know what they can do. UAB gave Hackney the time he needed and he executed well.
3. The QB situation was not handled very well at all. I am a huge Fulmer fan but I think he bumbled this one. I think you name a starter and stay with him, Period! I like both kids and think both are good. If you name Ainge you stick with him until he does something bad, not once or even twice. You mess up the whole Offense by changing qb's. The cadence is different, style is different, the hand off exchange is different. Not a good move on CPF in my opinion. I know that we all knew Rick was going to play. But I saw a much different Ainge when he came back in. Before he had sharp passes that were right on and he established a rhythem and everything was clicking. Riggs was running with attitude and the oline was holding well. Now, Rick played well. Not great, well. I know it is easy to jump on EA but remember he is a YOUNG man and emotions play more in College football than any other sport. This does not excuse his two really bad passes. His bad throws were so far off I think it was all mental. Make no mistake about it this kid is for real and I sure hope there is no EA bashing like some did Casey.
4. Play selection. I for one am still sick of the screen passes. I knew before most plays that if we were throwing it was either going to be screen left or screen right. The few times we threw over the middle it worked and for the most part when we went down field it worked. This game looked like a capsule of play calling from last year. I hope we do more verticle passing from now on.
5. Our special teams play has got to get better. With all the speed I don't know why we have trouble with returns and coverage. And our Kicking game is not up to speed. Little Colquit did pretty good but Willhoit is either on or WAY off.
6. The good points were there to be seen of you looked. Big Toe looked much better than last year. That is a good sign and I think the O-Line will be even better when we drain the swamp. Over all I think the O-Line looked alright, not great but alright.
O-Line= B-
QB= C- (generous)
RB=B
WR=A
D-Line= C+
LB= B-
DB=B
Spec Team=C-(again generous without punting it would be a D-)
1. Hackney showed the WORLD that he has great talent. I know we VOL fans expected a much bigger win. But lets give props to a kid who was a warrior. He made passes that were perfect. Our DB's played fair. Hackney threw the ball many times where only his reciever could get it. Allen and Fellows both played hard and well. Don't jump on them for playing good. A great throw with capable recievers is almost impossible to defend. Great Job Hackney. UAB will win their conference and if they continue to play like they did against us they may not lose another game.
2. I was surprised that we could not get more push up front from our D-Line. I was very surprised. I know what those guys can do so I agian have to give props to the UAB O-Line. I saw our D-Line run through some very good O-Lines last year, so I know what they can do. UAB gave Hackney the time he needed and he executed well.
3. The QB situation was not handled very well at all. I am a huge Fulmer fan but I think he bumbled this one. I think you name a starter and stay with him, Period! I like both kids and think both are good. If you name Ainge you stick with him until he does something bad, not once or even twice. You mess up the whole Offense by changing qb's. The cadence is different, style is different, the hand off exchange is different. Not a good move on CPF in my opinion. I know that we all knew Rick was going to play. But I saw a much different Ainge when he came back in. Before he had sharp passes that were right on and he established a rhythem and everything was clicking. Riggs was running with attitude and the oline was holding well. Now, Rick played well. Not great, well. I know it is easy to jump on EA but remember he is a YOUNG man and emotions play more in College football than any other sport. This does not excuse his two really bad passes. His bad throws were so far off I think it was all mental. Make no mistake about it this kid is for real and I sure hope there is no EA bashing like some did Casey.
4. Play selection. I for one am still sick of the screen passes. I knew before most plays that if we were throwing it was either going to be screen left or screen right. The few times we threw over the middle it worked and for the most part when we went down field it worked. This game looked like a capsule of play calling from last year. I hope we do more verticle passing from now on.
5. Our special teams play has got to get better. With all the speed I don't know why we have trouble with returns and coverage. And our Kicking game is not up to speed. Little Colquit did pretty good but Willhoit is either on or WAY off.
6. The good points were there to be seen of you looked. Big Toe looked much better than last year. That is a good sign and I think the O-Line will be even better when we drain the swamp. Over all I think the O-Line looked alright, not great but alright.
O-Line= B-
QB= C- (generous)
RB=B
WR=A
D-Line= C+
LB= B-
DB=B
Spec Team=C-(again generous without punting it would be a D-)
