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- Thread starter Low country Gamecock
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You shouldn't do that. There are a number of individual plays one could point to. What about throwing a pick when in field goal range when a check down receiver is wide open? We should also mention not protecting the ball deep in our own end. That ended up leading to a FG for them. Then there are the multiple missed tackles on #29 for them. As I said, it's too easy to point to only one play.
Jim Carlen used to repeatedly say that, first of all, we don't want to beat ourselves. Well, today, we beat ourselves.
I don't have the heart to watch any more games today.
I don't have the heart to watch any more games today.
I think the OP is correct. I can't recall one player costing this team a win with such laser precision. He just kept looking for flags in the worst possible situations.
Idiots, without #5 we would have not found ourselves in that position. He’s our best defender and made LSU think twice every play. To put any blame on him for playing wide open is completely uncalled for. If anything he deserves a game ball that should be mailed to the SEC office.
I love #5. He's one hell of a ball player and made some huge plays today. However, he certainly lost his head in both of those late game situations. You have to keep your cool there and never do anything even resembling hitting the QB.
It's heartbreaking if you're a Gamecock and I'm sure nobody feels any worse than him right now. That being said we had 13 penalties for 123 yards and 3 turnovers. Death by 1000 self inflicted cuts today.
It's heartbreaking if you're a Gamecock and I'm sure nobody feels any worse than him right now. That being said we had 13 penalties for 123 yards and 3 turnovers. Death by 1000 self inflicted cuts today.
It was one of many plays that cumulatively cost the game. There were breakdowns offensively, defensively and special teams. Just like there were good things offensively, defensively and on special teams. To single out one player is not cool.#5 cost us the game, no debate, the td is the difference
With Ashford at QB, think we needed to get him some easy pitch and catch plays. Let him utilize his legs to make plays and feed the horse Sanders.
Our defense was gassed but penalties prolonged drives whether it be ticky tack away from the ball penalties or the play on 5 you mentioned or lining up off sides on 4th and 3.
What I did see, in spite of non perfect play, was a lot of heart on all sides of the ball. At times our D dominated LSU’s vaunted line of scrimmage. Our edges that you slammed out a lot of pressure on the QB and forced errors. Our OL gave Sellers time to push the ball downfield.
Simply LSU made one more play than we did. Nothing more and nothing less.
Who cares about a bowl game? It’s the playoffs or go home these days. 3 games in and you are concerned about missing a low tier bowl game? What a loser mentality.
I think we'll care a lot about a bowl game when we're on the edge of 6 wins and the season is winding down.
Missing a bowl will be held against Beamer. Making a bowl, even a small one, is still better than missing one.
And i dont think we need to worry about the playoffs any time soon.
It would do Beamer well to show improvement over last year. Minimal improvement is making a bowl. Can't say I have ever not hoped to see improvement.
One of the first rules of coaching is to NEVER call out a player for a penalty when the penalty is the result of playing with fire and passion. Hard to turn it off and on in a game like this. Kennard is one of the key reasons our DL is wreaking havoc on opponents and he played one heck of a game.
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The game changed drastically in the second quarter when we went to a three man rush. You cannot allow a quarterback of that caliber to have time and get comfortable! They scored 10 points in the quarter & made it a game.
That also took a lot out of our defense rytham
That also took a lot out of our defense rytham
#5 played hard. Can’t put it all on one guy. That block on the QB was legal by the rule definition.
Don’t be a sht disturber. He played extremely well. Helped immensely in Q1. Hopefully the coaches do teach that if the D-end crashes to rush QB the take and Land need to protect the outside. That play was wide open on our overshot on the 2nd half. That was a good coaching adjust they made. Our over pursuit cost us. They block 5 made should so be a legal block. QB started charging. It was a medium sized shove and QB flopped dramatic style. Looked like a police drawing on the ground.#5 cost us the game, no debate, the td is the difference
We also didn’t have our starting QB for half of the game. Having him in probably would have been enough. We can’t lay it all on one player.
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