kyledr04 said:
Criticism after Miss St was warranted. That game was a mess and we should not have lost. Beating Bama showed what we were really capable of. So praise after making improvements is also appropriate.
No, it was not warranted. Both the Pig and State games were due to one thing and one thing only, Zach being so new and inexperienced and not playing up to his potential. As soon as he started to do that we have been a great team. Jimbo was coaching him hard and coaching him the same then as he is now, it just hadn't clicked yet fro Zach for whatever reason. And he would not have had to play as good as he did vs. Bama to beat Pig or State, if he played as (well) as he did vs. Mizzou or USC we win those games vs. Pig and State.
The OL was not yet playing as well as they are now, but they still played well enough in the two losses that with better QB play we win those games.
If you know anything about football, understand what you are watching and seeing, we were the better overall team vs. Pig and State, but this game is so dependent on QB play, and so on those days for those games were not the better team on the field that day.
But the overreactions of fire Jimbo, Jimbo is an overpaid fraud, out-coached, needs to hire an OC, etc., etc. was all crybaby BS. I'm sure we will lose another game at some point and the dips****s will post more of the same.
And no, having Zach have had more PT in blowouts vs. spare non-conference games would not have prepared him better to play better from the jump once he became QB1, so no need to advance that argument either.