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MikeDeTiger

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #252 on: October 28, 2024, 12:00:09 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on October 27, 2024, 11:29:18 AM
Last night was really special. The seats were amazing, and the game was great.

I didn't particularly think so. 
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #253 on: October 28, 2024, 12:06:49 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on October 27, 2024, 01:52:45 AM
And condolences to MDT.

I didn't get to see any of the game, had family obligations, but it sounds like it must have been pretty exciting.

Meh.  Like I previously said, this is a very flawed team, and all the flaws came out to socialize in one sitting.  

Sometimes they're able to spread them out, in which case we could win the Alabama game.  Or they might do that again, and give OU a feel-good springboard to next season.  
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #254 on: October 28, 2024, 12:08:50 PM »
As Badger likes to say, the game still boils down to 1) run the ball, 2) stop the run, 3) pressure the quarterback.  Tigers can only do one and a half of those things. 
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #255 on: October 28, 2024, 12:14:08 PM »
How often of late has one team really shined at every moment in a season?  Never?  Don't they all have ups and downs?
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #256 on: October 28, 2024, 02:00:49 PM »
Probably not much, if ever.  

But it's fair to look at the floors and ceilings of teams.  UGA can have an off game against most teams and still be formidable.  At their best, they might crush you.  LSU at their best may claw out a tough win against a tough team, and not at their best, they could lose to many teams.  They don't really stand a chance vs the really good teams. 

It's a flawed team.  

UGA might have flaws.  They might be overcome at times.  Their worst might still get them to the playoffs.  We have flaws that can only be masked or mitigated....they're not capable of fixing them.  Our worst leads to....well, it leads to the second half of the A&M game, is what I'm tempted to say, but really it was the first half too.  Can't fail to convert yards and quality drives into points and not expect consequences.  It's a recurring theme this season and it's not likely to get better.  Winning is hard, and it's nearly impossible when you can't run the ball.  
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #257 on: October 28, 2024, 02:36:36 PM »
Every team is flawed and capable of a poor game.  For the best teams, a poor game against a bad team still means an ugly win.

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #258 on: October 28, 2024, 02:47:36 PM »
There's certainly more parity in the sport, at least among the teams that can afford it.  NIL and the open portal transfer rules have created a free agency that allows bad or mid teams with means, to become competitive, far more quickly than before.
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #259 on: October 28, 2024, 02:53:51 PM »
It's really quite something to continue to adjust to teams that are the inverse of the Les Miles blueprint we had for so long.  Teams which could run on everyone not named Alabama even if you knew it was coming, teams which featured brutal defense and brilliant special teams, and teams which frequently couldn't pass for 150 yards. 

The run game has been poor under Kelly, the defense has been LOL and special teams have several meltdowns per season, and the passing game is frequently lethal.

Given my druthers, I'd take the former, which drove many of our fans nuts.  Objectively, my preference may be justified, as Kelly in just 2.5 years has a worse win% than Miles did in 11.5. 

Like it or not (for our fans), most of Miles' teams win that game with A&M.  C'est la vie. 
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #260 on: October 28, 2024, 05:15:10 PM »
Wow !  These are near the seats I had Saturday.  $3,025 each for Tx/Tamu.  Holy Schneikes ! 

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #261 on: October 28, 2024, 05:16:17 PM »
Better have some bux to make this game.  

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #262 on: October 28, 2024, 05:58:53 PM »
Insane what's happened to ticket prices.  In 2006 I got a couple of tickets to the Ole Miss game, about 15 rows up at the 45 yard line, on the home side.  Felt like you could sneeze on the back of player's heads sitting on the bench. 

I don't remember what I paid for them, but I don't think it was exorbitant.  No telling what that would cost now. 
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #263 on: November 02, 2024, 01:11:12 PM »
I don’t like this matchup with SCAR tonight. They are dangerous and well coached. I feel like we were lucky in a couple of our games, and OL has been mediocre to bad. QB is unsettled, and it’s in SC. I just hope we can squeak by with a 1 pt win to keep our SEC hopes alive. 
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #264 on: November 03, 2024, 12:54:02 AM »
You were prescient, Gigem.
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #265 on: November 03, 2024, 07:20:28 AM »
South Carolina is a strange place to play, can be very tough, can be not.  They usually are a bit short on talent but the crowd really gets into it against better teams.

So, now the top teams are all tied with one L.
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