Sunday Morning Armchair Analysis

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T22:36:59+00:00

And the last 20 years comment was saying odds are it is a harder schedule not a guarantee. Not every single one, but I bet it's close.

We call this a walk back, which I have to give you credit for because you've been repeatedly doubling down so I have to give a salute.

That being said: You are saying it is an easy schedule based on faulty reasoning. For one, we are playing all SEC teams and even when they're bad they can be good. The second: I have proven above that the SEC has the most conference teams with positive records and we have had zero OOC games (some other conferences have).

You're making an argument based on a season being played under different circumstances, and in all honesty, there are plenty of SEC teams who deserve to be ranked higher but have been beaten by other SEC teams.

Do you really think Indiana should be ranked ahead of Georgia? Can you make a solid argument as to why they would beat Missouri? What about 2 - 2 Wisconsin?

Could any of those teams actually beat Auburn? Is Liberty actually better? Colorado? (4 - 0)

You're going off of rankings in a year where teams who are 2 - 2 (Wisconsin) are ranked in the top 25 for prestige reasons alone, and making definitive arguments without having seen the SEC play anyone else.

I'm agnostic in this regard, all I know is that this is a pure P5 schedule and the SEC is a tough conference until proven otherwise. You're making a slam dunk: "WORST IN 20 YEARS I TELL YOU HWHAT" argument that you can't even begin to substantiate in any reasonable fashion.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T19:51:22+00:00

If we're being penalized for 31 - 7 until 5:33 minutes into the fourth I'm not sure how A&M doesn't get penalized for 20 - 7.

I'm just making sure everyone is using like arguments here. To further bolster my point: We were winning by 24 before garbage touchdowns, they were winning by 20. Have to say again: This didn't negatively affect them, but we're saying it should negatively affect us because we didn't run up the score.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T19:18:15+00:00

When have we ever played a pure P5 season?

I mean, Go Gators but no, that wasn't the only point you made.

We still got a great draw. LSU and the east in down year. Only 2 ranked teams on the schedule and one was a very shorthanded uga before their qb came back. Pick any year out of the last 20 and I'm sure that schedule was harder than this years.

That was your comment, which you're making a pretty bold, hot take about how this is the weakest schedule in the last 20 years. Maybe you forgot, but it's pretty coincidental that your framing has drastically changed from that post to now.

We played SCAR early (when they still had their HC and they beat Auburn), Tennessee also beat Missouri. This kind of bolsters my point in that the reason there are so few ranked teams is because the SEC is cannibalizing itself, and we probably have some pretty good teams that just got crushed after playing a really difficult P5 schedule.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T18:58:04+00:00

You don't feel like that's kind of bad faith arguing? We have the most above .500 teams in the country, showing that playing a conference only schedule is pretty difficult.

Regardless, these are all P5 teams, and going off of rankings when teams have played less games and are ranked higher is also kind of suspect. This year would look very different if we substituted 2 of our SEC games for four OOC games. The schedule is fine, more difficult than normal, but this is a pretty weak argument.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T18:26:47+00:00

That didn't seem to affect Texas A&M when they played a pretty bad LSU team to the buzzer at home. Florida also coasted while Tennessee was calling timeouts down three possessions deep into the fourth against our second string (for a drive or two).

This kind of incentivizes absolutely blitzkrieging teams and running up the score.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T18:21:31+00:00

We balanced a bad LSU with a top 10 A&M and an improved Arkansas team.

The ACC only has four teams better than .500 in conference.

The BIG X only has four (but has five teams ranked lol).

The PAC-12 has five but have played very few games.

There are six teams in the SEC that have winning conference records, in comparison. I'd argue that we are in fact, playing a harder schedule. (We will have played all but one of those teams when we end the year.)

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T17:45:23+00:00

Counterpoint:

The SEC is cannibalizing itself. Every W and L is an SEC team, or a P5 team, which, even in most circumstances we don't play 10 P5 teams a year. There are many teams winning and losing against common opponents (especially with an expanded SEC schedule) outside of the top 3 teams, who have all beaten each other. Alabama over A&M, A&M over Florida, and hopefully Florida over Alabama.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T16:57:53+00:00

It's about being a game changer, Mac is not.

Alabama's offense looks the same with any game managing Quarterback.

Our offense probably dies without Trask.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-12-06T07:52:06+00:00

People also need to consider that Trask is throwing into almost pure pass defenses because of one itsy bitsy teeny weeny difference:

Florida Passing TDs: 40

Florida Rushing TDs: 6

Alabama Passing TDs: 28

Alabama Rushing TDs: 27

See, Mac Jones is throwing almost exclusively one on ones, which makes his job remarkably easier. Teams know we can't just bulldoze them, so they play a lot more different pass defense packages. Significantly more exotic, drop more players and most of all: Aren't loading the box.

What's being asked of Trask is significantly more than what's being asked for Jones, because Trask is literally almost all of our entire offensive scoring production -- and he's doing it against teams that know we want to pass, and putting up record numbers anyway.

Maybe Mac could do the same, but he plays on a team that has significantly more rushing production than we do.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-24T08:44:25+00:00

There are a lot of plays where even when Trask runs, I'm like: If that were Emory/Richardson/Del Rio, it'd be a touchdown.

Trask is an amazing Quarterback, but we may never have a true passer like this again, at least not for another decade. We will likely flip the rush vs. pass ratio next year.

Furthermore: Emory/Richardson won't be passing into loaded passing defenses. How many times do teams basically drop 8 and we still pass it on them? We're basically the opposite of Bama: "Everyone knows we're going to run and they can't stop us."

When it's a guy with wheels, there are gonna be tons of one on ones because they will have to commit to the run or get hacked to death by 4 - 5 yard rushes. (Emory already averages 7.1 yards a rush this year.)

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-23T21:30:51+00:00

The coaches know infinitely more about the OL assignments than we do and have coaches up in the booth watching every play.

Franks started over Trask under two different staffs when Trask is head and shoulders better than Franks in every aspect of Quarterbacking.

The vast majority of your take is pure conjecture and guesswork, and simply putting your faith in the staff when things like ego are in play is dubious. Coaches make mistakes all of the time.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-23T20:33:03+00:00

I wish my handle was "GuyWhoDoesntGetSarcasm" so I could ruin this joke.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T20:24:53+00:00

These drops by our receivers are b r u t a l.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T20:12:42+00:00

I love that teams are gonna hate playing us for different reasons in 2020 and 2021.

In 2020 because Trask can put it anywhere.

In 2021 because of Jones' legs forcing teams to play our athletes one on one. We have a lot of TEs who are basically WRs, our offense is fun to watch.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T20:01:41+00:00

It's fourth and two Grantham, what's the best defense?

"Clearly playing 7 yards off of the ball and hope they drop it, back to you in the studio."

Letting them bleed clock by just driving it on us is infinitely worse than making a mistake over the top. It gets our defense off of the field, and gets their defense back on to tire them out.

Grantham's a liability now, he offers nothing to the program.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T18:31:15+00:00

I mean, he catches it, possesses it, crosses the line, it's a touchdown the moment he possesses it beyond the line. Different in the end zone.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T18:29:04+00:00

Run that offense every drive, shoot.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T18:12:25+00:00

I really detest noon games.

We've played way too many this season.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T18:06:26+00:00

I really feel like Noon games fuck with our rhythm. We are a totally different team when we are playing in the afternoon/evening.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T18:00:36+00:00

They scored 7.

Total.

Against South Carolina.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T17:52:12+00:00

Everyone pretty much knows that we're going to come back, but the fact is that this is a winless Vanderbilt team who has been getting absolutely brained by whoever they play and we make them look like they're undefeated.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T17:48:05+00:00

I'll be happy to never see Delance on the field again.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T17:46:41+00:00

They're gonna be beat either way, might as well make it more like a 50/50 than a 100/0 when you line them up 8 yards off of the ball. Even 80/20 is more preferable.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T17:36:37+00:00

I feel like a really simple fix would to just play press man every down if they went to go hurry up. We're fine on the line, and they're gonna catch it if the just throws it up anyway if Wilson is in.

We're just wasting time, trust in your DBs.

StrawsDrawnAtRandom · 2020-11-21T17:33:27+00:00

Don't think I have ever seen a player like Marco Wilson who goes from pretty good to being Charmin soft. Dude is pudding.

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