it was ugly. Truly a tale of two halves. Thank god for Smelley this time, who came off the bench after a sluggish (that is putting it nicely) to lead three touchdown drives against N.C. State that turned a 13-0 defensive struggle into a 34-0 blowout. But what worries me for the rest of the season was the play of offense…yes we won, yes we won big but we can not putter for a half against the likes of UGA, UF, etc. We need the offense to step up like the defense did and execute.
On the offense side, their were some good plays and good performances – I liked how Mike Davis looked and Taylor Rank performed at running back. Our WR/TE was not stellar but did some good things. Again sore spot was the O-line but they began to play good towards the end of the game but not sure if that was fatigue on the NCSU side or good better play.
Defense and Special teams we were great. Succop has one heck of a strong leg and should get paid nicely for it in the NFL. Defense held N.C. State to 138 yards total offense, got some INTs, forced a fumble and put a lick on some players. Lindsey up front looked real good and he put a licking on the NCSU qb but thank goodness he is going to be okay.
-Hit of the game goes to USC RB Mike Davis, who after a Beecher bad pass that resulted in a NCSU INT he laid a lick on the NCSU secondary player….pancaked the kid.
-Dumb play of the game – E.Cook and his pushups….
Safety Emanuel Cook was called for an unsportsmanlike penalty after he missed an interception and started doing pushups – the only whistle against the defense all night. “That was a touchy call,” Spurrier said. “In practice when they drop an interception they do 10 pushups. So E-Cook thought he needed to do some pushups. But you can’t do that. The referees can call almost anything they want to. But it was a touchy one.”
I know it was a win and I am happy but still left with some mixed emotions . Our pal at Garnet & Black sums it up nicely with 5 points. I think the team has some things to work on this week and I will close with one last thing….Smelley deserves the start at QB against Vandy….now go to work b/c it is a long season!
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