This win means little in the grand scheme

We beat the best team Spurrier had at USCe in 2013, and it took until today to beat another ranked team.

With that being said, I'm glad we won, but it took everything we had to do it. Bama will boat race us at home.

 

Pretty much.

 

I maintain he made the wrong decision in not going for it on the final possession because we had a better chance of gaining one yard than stopping them. A perfect punt cannot be counted on and they would have most likely pushed it to OT and won under normal circumstances.

 

Nope. Ya wrong.

 

Disagree.

You punt it there when you're up 7 late in the 4th against a suspect QB. No doubt about it.

 

The reason we won is because they had to go to the length of the field.

 

It's a lot harder to close a game on defense.

 

Agreed. What peeves me is the fact we stopped bringing pressure. The game is over sooner if we rush more than 3.

 

If on the other side of the 50, maybe go for it. That time with that few yards, punt it.

 

I agree. Pissed me off when once they were in range of the endzone, we went back to rushing 3.

 

I think if you establish yourself as a *****, come out like you're going to try to draw them offsides, and then just go on the first count you stand a good chance of getting it. Kind of the long con.

 

Is Butch gonna whip out his back pocket list on Monday? He probably thinks beating one evenly matched opponent trumps blowing double digit leads to 3 inferior ones/

 

Fair enough

 

What? Are you nuts? No, it doesn't mean Butch is the General. And, it doesn't mean he is the future. But it does mean he bought time.

 

i'll say this, i can't stand Butch Jones, but I can't ever root for a loss because to me, the kids don't deserve that shit. they work too hard. i don't blame any of y'all who feel differently. just where i stand

 

I'll agree. The kids are pretty much just doing what they're told. I can't fault them for that.

 

I'll never root for a loss, but knowing what winning this game will likely do for Lyle's job security makes it damn near feel like a loss to me.

I am sincerely happy that the players get to enjoy a victory over a team with a pulse. I hate that the majority of them will be wasting their talent playing for Butch and floundering in the middle to bottom of the SEC. They all deserve better.

 

Yup. You go for it n something ignorant like you don't pick it up happens and they've got all day and an extremely short field.

 

I look at it differently. The likelihood we pay $12mil to get rid of him this year is pretty much nil. But, if he protects his resume by winning 7 or 8 games, he might choose to leave.

 

I worry about that shit again in two weeks. Until then, I'll just be happy.