Cloninger: "Why is it that one game per season, especially over the past three, is a complete waste of everyone’s time, effort and energy?"

[18IsTheMan]

This line jumped out to me in his article. He's right and cites 2022 UF and 2023 Mizzou and now Ole Miss. It seems to be a pattern now that there seems to be at least one game a year under Beamer that's over before it even starts.

Cloninger notes that we always get the same refrain from Beamer: "We had a fantastic week of practice. I'm really surprised at how we played."

As he notes, we only get 12 cracks a year, so why is one game a year a guaranteed flush job?

Gamecock takeaways from a puzzling loss to Ole Miss: What was that?

South Carolina football is back in a familiar place, questioning the ability of the current coaches to win in the future if they can't perform basics in the present

www.postandcourier.com

 

[USCEE82]

Might indicate a lack of mental toughness among the team. That is coaching. Did Georgia fold the tent when they were down by 28 on the road at Bama? Did LSU against us? When has a Beamer team come back from 21 points down? 14? We fans have been conditioned to flip to another game or find something else to do once we are down by 17 or so.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Might indicate a lack of mental toughness among the team. That is coaching. Did Georgia fold the tent when they were down by 28 on the road at Bama? Did LSU against us? When has a Beamer team come back from 21 points down? 14? We fans have been conditioned to flip to another game or find something else to do once we are down by 17 or so.

You are right. We have these games where you can tell in the first quarter that it's gonna be a loss.

I would add the 2022 Mizzou game to Cloninger's list. That was another "waste of time" game. You could tell from the first play of the game that we didn't show up.

We're paying a lot of money to have at least one game/year leaving fans asking "Why'd I even bother to turn this game on?"

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Might indicate a lack of mental toughness among the team. That is coaching. Did Georgia fold the tent when they were down by 28 on the road at Bama? Did LSU against us? When has a Beamer team come back from 21 points down? 14? We fans have been conditioned to flip to another game or find something else to do once we are down by 17 or so.

Can you imagine if this team had been down by 25 points late in the 3rd, like Miami vs Cal ?

 

[18IsTheMan]

Can you imagine if this team had been down by 25 points late in the 3rd, like Miami vs Cal ?

I'd be curious to know the biggest deficit erased in a game that we won coached by Beamer. Have we had ANY true come-from-behind wins? I know we technically came from behind to beat Vandy in 2021, but I'm talking something along the lines of what you guys referenced. Being down multiple TDs. None jump to mind.

 

[hillna2]

I'd be curious to know the biggest deficit erased in a game that we won coached by Beamer. Have we had ANY true come-from-behind wins? I know we technically came from behind to beat Vandy in 2021, but I'm talking something along the lines of what you guys referenced. Being down multiple TDs. None jump to mind.

I'm betting 14 against Clemson?

 

[PD-Cock]

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