Ive wondering if the backs were undersized too. I was actually going to compare our backs to backs around hte league but havent had a chance to do that yet.
So with Tebow.. do you think its a matter of he doesnt trust anyone but Harvin? or am I reading too far into that? Woody On 9/29/08, PCGator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, there was a reason, Ole Miss changed the defense. They went > from a zone to a man to man coverage. We had just completed 3 consecutive > passes underneath the two deep zone with little pressure on Tebow. Ole Miss > went to man to man and blitz, but Tebow missed them. Everybody believes > that the play was called for the post, but I am not so sure, I believe it is > entirely possible that Tebow saw the coverage and changed the play. Both > pass plays were open we just missed them. > > At this point I want to reiterate something that Dave Rice pointed out. > When in the no back set, there are only 5 blockers, the defensive counter > measure is to blitz from one side or the other to overload the defenders. > This nothing new, Bo Pellini and Nebraska showed everyone how to defend the > no back set in 1995. The point is you don't have time for a receiver to run > a deep route, instead the receiver to hook up where the blitzer is coming > from and have the quarterback deliver the ball. I know for a fact that > Riley Cooper missed the read once, and Tebow missed seeing Harvin on > another. > > Since I am on a roll, a couple of other things to consider. > > Rainey and Demps are just too small to run inside the tackles, a strong > wind will knock them over. With Tartt out and Moody injured we had no > inside running game and as much as I like Rainey and Demps, neither is Percy > Harvin. Deonte Thompson, Carl Moore, Louis Murphy, Aaron Hernandez, and > Percy Harvin, you have 3 seconds to decide who you are going to get the ball > to, who are you going to choose? My point is, maybe we are trying to get > the ball to the other guys, maybe Tebow is locking onto Harvin. My > reasoning for this is the touchdown pass Tebow threw to Harvin. If the Ole > Miss defender could catch, that would have been a pick six going the other > way, Tebow clearly was looking at Harvin the whole way. > > JAFO > > Randy Platt > aka "The Armchair QuarterbacK" > aka "PCGator" > aka "The Other Randy" > > Later Gators! Afterwhile the Rest! > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Stacey Hartley-McBride > *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2008 2:01 PM > *To:* gatortalk > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Ole Miss game > > > All, > > My thoughts during that last drive of the game were: why are we spending > 1st and 2nd down chucking a long pass (incomplete) to the end zone instead > of continuing to get around 10 yards at a time like we had been doing up to > that point? I was so perplexed! My limited view on Raycom showed me the > Ole Miss defense was practically giving us the short passes, to better > defend the long ones. Why oh why weren't we exploiting that? The 3rd down > run was beautiful, but not quite enough (9 yards). We all know what > happened on 4th down. > > There was enough time to continue the 9-10 yards at a time. It was as if > we simply didn't want to win this game. > > Tebow should not take all the blame, and Meyer shouldn't let him. This > starts with the coaching and goes all the way down the line with all the > mental and physical mistakes. > > All this said, it is GREAT to be a FLORIDA GATOR!!!! Let's get our teeth > and claws back into the game and go to Arkansas to kick some piggy butt! > > Stacey > face=Tahoma size=2>* > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.383) > Database version: 5.10800 > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/<http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/> > * > > * > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.383) > Database version: 5.10800 > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/<http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/> > * > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
