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With 6 minutes to go and a two score lead milking the clock is the winning strategy..... "situational awareness" that I have been preaching. Pitt should not have had time for that last score. However this issue for winning is not near as big as the issues we have of such poor yardage on first...

Agree, but we need a short yardage package (some TEs out and more Ols in to make the blocking line longer to spread the D more). We tried on third to hit the middle with our usual personnel. Pitt anticipated and threw everything at us in the middle. We were predictable and not creative. Our red...

I also counted 4 when watching the game but I saw the replay and there was a fifth late in the game. We were very fortunate. Maybe a wet ball early in the game helped. Most throws are still short and outside. Sims has to run more and be part of the run attack. This should help his passing as the...

Not being able to score in two tries from a foot out has been a real problem for 3+ years and needs priority to get fixed. After the 8 minute mark in the 4th Q both teams were spent on D. Pitt could not stop us run and we could not stop the pass. The game was very physical and hopefully our...

I saw a replay where he severely twisted his ankle. It looked like his toe stuck in the turf as he was rolled over.

With two chances to run it in from less than a yard we should have scored a TD to put the game away. A field goal (with this team is "iffy") still keeps it at only a two score lead. To be a winning team we must improve enough to score running inside the one yard line, especially with two...

I agree that some development skill improvements will take time but one area where we could see sooner improvement is situational awareness: Earlier recognizing of trick plays (throwbacks, reverses), the O going fast so get the call and line up on D faster, knowing where the first down line to...

I am not so much in counting the wins but am watching for the improvement in execution, competitiveness especially in the fourth quarter, lack of embarrassment in special teams, play calls, penalties, clock management, red zone O and D, and sideline clowns , not feeling we lost because we got...

Rugby kick until I knew I had the punting fixed. Cut the number of plays down for now and target more often who gets the ball based on past success (D smith more running and screens and McCollum and Rutherford receiving) Run more power plays and more two back sets Concentrate on first down...

Unfortunately White is a super senior playing his last year.

We do not need a coach with a successful resume with lots of player talent. We need a sharp, tough young coach who has made a mark with a shortage of talent but who has innovated, got the most from his limited talent, and developed and got the players in the right spot to take advantage of their...

If the coaches have given up on the game with 3.5 minutes left why is the backup QB not in the game? You cannot be a winning football player and make unsuccessful plays to protect from getting hit. You cannot be a leader on the football team and fail to make plays while giving the appearance...

Milton made the play against the Dawgs, White made the play against Pitt. I believe Milton's play put the ball out of bonds on the 2 and we then got a fumble recovery on our goal line stand to prevent the score. White's play was very much like McCollum's. All three plays were great individual...

My mistake: pre snap penalties.

Poor coaching, lack of discipline, and red zone play calling no doubt but some blame for situational awareness is on the players, for example the QB not running for the sticks on possession downs, receivers not routing to the sticks on possession downs, D players giving away 3rd down stops with...

Agree. Same effort and result as the Pitt play in 2014 I believe and a similar play against UGA. Both players in past games got to the NFL. Great job McCollum.

Why would any player deliberately run out of bounds on 4th down short of the line to gain to maintain possession (especially when behind in the game)? We have repeated examples of such on unsuccessful third downs but today it happened on 4th down. Give up message clear!

The punter has been blamed for being too slow to kick, the snapper has been blamed for low snaps, the team has failed to block everyone needed. I will add that the punter pre-snap is lining up 13 1/2 yards deep (as opposed to 15) and he steps up after catching the snap as well. No excuse for 4...

About a dozen game losing mistakes, mostly in the first half. Kicking game once more embarrassing. Can't play D without Charlie T. In spite of another bad game we did show some improvement on D but 5 trips to the red zone without a score is crushing.

We can blame the low snap or the slow to kick but in this case it was another coaching issue of not getting lined up properly to block everyone we needed to block. We make a lot of mistakes but good coaching would go a long way to eliminate a lot of them. It seems the good coaching retired and...