h/t Mac
If you ask me, the stat that encapsulates the horrendous tragedy that was Saturday night the best is the average yards per pass attempt. Sure the rushing game never got started and wasn't able to have the impact we were expecting/hoping. But we only averaged 3.5 yards per attempt, one week after lighting up Tennessee's defense to the tune of 11.0 ypa. It explains how we were never able to slow down the Gamecock pass rush and were never able to stretch the field through the air. And most importantly, our coaches never really attempted to adjust to anything that was transpiring on the field.
In short, our dynamic and high powered offense was reduced to a blundering mess. Our defense continued its descent into a regression towards 2009. Our special teams yet again affected the game in a not so special way.
Now the truly hard part. There's no easy way to say this. At the end of the massacre I tried to say it Saturday night, but perhaps the point was lost. There's truth to the argument that Sanford Stadium can get loud, rowdy and boisterous. Auburn last season is a recent example of an electrified Bulldog crowd fully engaged and doing everything they can from their seat.
But folks, Sanford ain't got what Williams-Brice has going on. Sure, their stadium is a mess of metal closer to a fairground than the campus. Their new video board is crap. But their fans are fully engaged and participate at a level Sanford can only dream about. The Gamecock team played with a hunger that their fans fully embraced and put on display for over three hours.
To call for a coach's head takes less than one breath. To egg a house takes only an elementary education and some drunken aim. To boo your own team takes even less. Whether you watch the game on television or from a seat in Sanford...whether you love the coach or wish he was gone...are you doing everything you can to support the team? Are you leading by example, or just following the miserable masses?
Maybe that sounds as if I'm calling out my own people. But I won't you to understand that I'm starting with me when I ask all of us to answer one question: How committed to the G are we?
In short, our dynamic and high powered offense was reduced to a blundering mess. Our defense continued its descent into a regression towards 2009. Our special teams yet again affected the game in a not so special way.
Now the truly hard part. There's no easy way to say this. At the end of the massacre I tried to say it Saturday night, but perhaps the point was lost. There's truth to the argument that Sanford Stadium can get loud, rowdy and boisterous. Auburn last season is a recent example of an electrified Bulldog crowd fully engaged and doing everything they can from their seat.
But folks, Sanford ain't got what Williams-Brice has going on. Sure, their stadium is a mess of metal closer to a fairground than the campus. Their new video board is crap. But their fans are fully engaged and participate at a level Sanford can only dream about. The Gamecock team played with a hunger that their fans fully embraced and put on display for over three hours.
To call for a coach's head takes less than one breath. To egg a house takes only an elementary education and some drunken aim. To boo your own team takes even less. Whether you watch the game on television or from a seat in Sanford...whether you love the coach or wish he was gone...are you doing everything you can to support the team? Are you leading by example, or just following the miserable masses?
Maybe that sounds as if I'm calling out my own people. But I won't you to understand that I'm starting with me when I ask all of us to answer one question: How committed to the G are we?
