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Why does this name seem familiar?

Maybe he was listening to Gerry's Tushy ad read?

Yeah Arch's shoulder is definitely hurt, in fact it's so hurt the player after this grimace everyone keeps posting about was one he ripped down field to Butler,wasn't it? If he was hurt, you would know about it.

Literally, that's it. He was good at using the talent that Giles brought in, but he left the room bare.

I've no idea how we missed out on him, seemed like we had it locked in and then Oregon dropped in and said "have you heard about Nike?" and boom he was gone.

I'm not going to lie, I was so disappointed. I started yelling "Blake noooo, whyyy." lol.

I've actually been wondering about that. Who do you even replace someone like Sark with, if he does go to the NFL like some people suspect he wants to. That's always tough to do, huh? I'm not really in the know when it comes to good coaches and all that, except the obvious ones out there.

Just to be serious for a second, I would like to see a bit more out of our pass rush, considering how talented that room is. Even with a vanilla defense, we should still have been all over SJSU, sack wise. We'll see moving forward but I'm expecting big things from that group this year. Simmons needs to stop trying to do too much and just go with the flow.

I love that Schloss has gone hard on Pitchers this time around. He's determined not to be short handed this year. I think he'll make a playoff run this time, but that's just my uneducated two cents.

Also, I agree with everyone about Steve Patterson, that guy ruined a lot. No mistaking that. But you can't deny that while Mack had some great seasons, he did under perform, for his talent level, etc. Though Mack was never a great X's and O's guy, he was a good leader and program builder at Texas. I'm not sure Saban would've made much of a difference with the leadership around Texas at that point. I'm hoping that we're determined to NEVER let it get to that point again.

After that Natty loss to Bama, he was never really the same, for some reason. But we're always thankful for him for that 2005 title and recruiting Vince Young. Though he could've definitely had a few more under his belt before that, imo. Either way, I'm fine with him hanging around. Although if he starts talking about coaching again...lol.

Well they have to collapse first before you start poaching their players man lol. We all thought he would flop last year and they managed to pull it together.

Yeah against teams that have no pulse lol. All they have offensively is Mateer making plays, that's it. Improved, maybe. But the jury is still out on them.

I have a feeling the boys get things clicking this week more on the offensive side. I know the D is keeping this very vanilla but would love to see us do a bit more in the pass rush department, show us a pulse.

I don't mind Baker, he's only a SO but you might be right. Not a fan of having FR on the OL. Maybe Cojoe would've been better before the injury?

This next 4 weeks is going to be brutal for Napier and Florida. With all that talent, they still couldn't beat USF at home. Not only that, you're facing some really good teams. I'm not sure he survives the year.

I'm not about going off the PFF scaling, but that's my opinion. I'm not a fan of rotating OL, but that's my opinion. I think you need to do it like this. LT - Goosby, LG - Umeozulu, C - Hutson, RG - Campbell, RT - Baker. I think that's your best OL, right now. I thought Stroh did well last week, but against the SJSU front he got caught with cement feet more times than not and really missed some blocks. I think Umeozulu moves better and continues going after guys, etc. I don't think they played terribly, they're still trying to find their groove. Also don't understand the Hutson hate, he's been good for us ever since his Fr year. Though I'd like to see him be a bit more aggressive.

I didn't think we'd be going after more DT's, I love it. Stack the room Coach Baker! Someone tell Flood he needs to go out and do the same lol.

I think my only negative of that group is maybe Kanu? The few times I remember seeing him, he got washed out of the play, thrown to the ground, etc. Maybe that's nit picky. But I think it's Watson, who does this nasty spin move several times, that sh*t was wild lol.

One thing I'll say about Mateer is he is very shifty. But him running that much is not a great idea. You just spy that with guys like Hill or Smith and hope he throws one of those ducks up that he got lucky with several times last night. Michigan should've picked him off like 2-3 more times than they did lol. Had to mute the audio with how much Herbstreit and Fowler were drooling over him.

Sorry, I didn't mean my comment to mean he played bad. I actually thought he was much improved from a week ago. Went through his progressions properly, etc. You're right that penalties and drops were much more impactful today. But there is some clear progression there. I'd love to see the younger WR's like McHutcheon, Lockett and Ffrench get some run. We need to see what we've got and no better time than the next few weeks. Plus Wingo needs to snap out of this fuzz he has himself in. Hope Moore is okay, too. Livingstone has been a bright spot, despite a few things from him (believe he had a penalty or two). Also, when I say see the field, I don't mean he needs to force plays down the field. I just think he needs more game experience, which is obvious. He's making the progression that we and I'm sure Sark wants. He's getting better and that's all you can really ask. By the mid point of the season, I think he's going to be humming really well.

I didn't expect them to come out firing, but I did expect a bit more than I've seen so far. Not that I'm thoroughly disappointed or think the season is lost, far from it. I believe that things will continue to improve, perhaps I just had my expectations too high but I do believe they'll get it clicking eventually. There is flashes of it but just too much nonsense going on today. Ironically Arch was good today (outside of some stuff I've said elsewhere) it was penalties and drops that really hurt him today. OL also looked a lot more shaky today than it did last week.

Well so far, he seems to be the only WR doing much of anything and most people certainly didn't have that penciled in to start. Moore has been pretty unimpressive so far. Though he did go out injured in this one, I believe. Wingo last week had some pretty bad passes thrown his way and then turned around and didn't help his QB out in this one. It's going to take a while to switch on for some of these guys (not just the WR either). I have to agree with Bobby's assessment before the season, that this team will look completely different the 2nd half of the season. The question is, will they still be in a position to play for the SEC championship/playoffs? I believe they will be.

My only complaint about Arch or several, is that he needs to start seeing the field better and I think more game time will help with that and he needs to be more consistent on drives and not just go for the big plays. We'll see how he progresses these next couple of weeks. My concern is those around him, too many WR drops and poor play there, etc. We had penalties from the OL and WR that brought plays back. Tons to clean up, but I'm certain the coaches know that.

Hope January gets back. I was pretty disappointed with Kanu's play today, every time I saw him out there he was getting rag dolled or bullied. Might have been the worst of the bunch when it comes to DL transfers (my opinion). Everyone else there is really good. I've no idea who's doing those spin moves on the interior but holy crap were those exciting. Anyway, enough of my nonsense. Thanks for keeping us up to date, Jeff.