We're a different team with Bru, Thornton, our DBs, etc. We still lose at Bama, and probably Mizzou and UGA... and we had our full complement against UF, and still lost...
but we don't look as bad.
And honestly -- we don't beat anybody good with Joe. He just ain't got it. Even Clemson was breaking in a freshman QB. To be fair: he's a terrible fit for Josh's system. But he's like a pretty girl. You just can't leave her alone. "if he ever plays up to his potential...". And then he flashes it, with that howitzer -- and it's like the pretty girl giving you a "come on" wink...
I quit watching pretty soon after the refs robbed us of the INT. The tickiest holding call in history -- happens on nearly every play. "Here we go again...". No way the SEC lets UGA get beat by us, at this point...
I'd check the damage. Every time I saw us with the ball, Joe's either: hitting his own lineman in the head with the ball. Or missing guys running wide open in space. Or throwing it too high, too hard, when you NEED that completion. Or overthrowing guys running wide open on fly patterns by five yards. Or, if they only have a half step, throwing it short -- assuring a pass break up.
It's pretty remarkable. Has there ever been a wider gap between potential and performance, than we see with Joe? The only thing you can rely on with him is his unreliability.
Next year will be better. If Nico is as good as advertised. You gotta score points. A lot of 'em. 17 in two games won't cut it. QB is HUGE.
