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Since we scored 48, I can forgive them.  ;)

I'm still shaking my head at how easily they won and how bad they played. These fumles and dropped passes are going to be very costly down the road unless there is a lot of improvement there.

I think we had some improvement too, though. 

1. Except for a couple of penalties by freshman Grant Hill, the O-line played great.
2. Amari Cooper looked much better, and had some great blocks and catches/runs.
3. We found new ways to get the ball to Christion Jones.
4. Our passing game continued to improve, despite several dropped passes.  Future Ds will have to prepare for a bunch of new patterns, including our adjustment to the deep-umbrella D we faced at UK.
5. AJ looked sharp!  This time last year he had some poor games throwing the ball.

Good points, all of them. I hope we get rid of these mistakes by the time LSU comes to town and when we play Missouri for the SECCG.  :lol2:

Missouri?  :lol2:
These mistakes give CNS ammo for practice.  Worst thing we can do against these weaker teams is play a perfect game.  The players need to see their weaknesses now, then we'll have a game against the biggies like we did against ND last year!

I agree on both counts.

They played poorly in the first half, especially the first quarter, but the mistakes and miscues (and Saban) lit a fire under them, and they bounced back to play like the dominant team that they could be.  The talent is there, for the next few games they have to work on consistency.

I can't argue your points, they are good but these fumbles have been around most of the year and I'm getting a little nervous with them still happening. There are some tough games ahead that won't be as easy as some that they have played already.

I'm not sure it will be Missouri with Franklin's injury and the big games MO has coming up. 

Mizzou has a brutal schedule ahead of them. They play Florida, USCe, Tenn, @ UK, @ Ole Miss and A&M. Without Franklin I see 2-3 losses. Who knows, a 2 loss team could win the East this year.

Guys, turn your serious meters down a tad. I was kidding!  :lol2:

Fumbles have been a little more frequent than I'm comfortable with this year, but two consecutive red zone fumbles is just a fluke.  If one hadn't happened we'd all be talking about what a great win it was. 

The most important thing we've seen the last couple of weeks is that the offensive line was worked out whatever was wrong at the beginning of the year.  We're running the ball like we did last year, plus Cooper is reemerging and AJ is playing well.

LSU has a good offense but our defense is better.  They don't have a great defense this year.

I don't think we have anything to worry about.

Except Missouri.   :lol:

If we get Mizzou, then Ohio State, we will cruise right into #16.

True.  But part of me wants to show Oregon a real style of football (and shut them up).

Me too, but honestly I'm not 100% convinced we have the hosses to do it this year.  :dunno:

AJ would shred their defense, but it would probably be another aTm style game that could go either way.  I want the 3-peat more than I want to smack Oregon down.  Of course, by the time January gets here, I expect us to be hitting on all cylinders and be finished with the cornerback by committee experiment.  It will be fun to watch regardless of which path we take.

:popcorn2:

It doesn't matter what other teams do, if Bama and Oregon go undefeated, that will be the national championship game. 

Yep.

Yep here too.  As SC hinted above, come January we'll be playing like the champions that everyone expects!