Champ has to decide

[Poultry King]

he knows more abt Ropers true blame for O woes

But he and T Rob have done well on D w a maligned unit. Still not the speed and depth he needs but this D could have been 5-0

 

[viennacocks]

4-1. Defense was very shaky against KY.

 

[jeff2001]

I know Great Win today..

 

[Poultry King]

4-1. Defense was very shaky against KY.

D played well enough to win.
O made them play the whole game.

 

[viennacocks]

D played well enough to win.
O made them play the whole game.

Disagree. Defense couldn't get themselves off the field on 3rd down.

 

[nlstanford]

Disagree. Defense couldn't get themselves off the field on 3rd down.

Yeah, let's not fool ourselves. Defense dug themselves a hole that day.

 

[bushmastercock]

And yet another post wanting to blame somebody. Hey, guess what, we won today and big! Go Gamecocks!

 

[HI Cock]

If we had Dylan Thompson's offense we'd be competitive.

 

[paladin181]

Disagree. Defense couldn't get themselves off the field on 3rd down.

Because they got tired when the offense couldn't get them more than a minute and a half to catch their collective breaths from going 3 and out. D. started strong and waned as the game drew on.

 

[bushmastercock]

Offense has been decent to atrocious at times so far and the defense has been decent to great. The offense will go as far as the qb and o-line can take em. They both need to improve if we are going to finish the season well

 

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

Yeah, let's not fool ourselves. Defense dug themselves a hole that day.

The difference between our losses with KY Jelly and TAMmy vs our win against Arky...

The defense turned 3 turnovers for 3 TD's...

Boys... We're in a world hurting with this team...We can't ask the defense turn turnovers into TD in every game...

The offense has to earn their keep and start producing... This was a major problem with mUSChamp at Florida and now here at Carolina...

Great defense, horrible offense...

Get use to 6-7 or 7-6 under mUSChamp for years to come...

First step, get rid of Roper!!! Get a real Offensive Coordinator...

 

[treetop flier]

Because they got tired when the offense couldn't get them more than a minute and a half to catch their collective breaths from going 3 and out. D. started strong and waned as the game drew on.

You don't get tired if you have 3 and out on defense

 

[rogue cock]

Interestingly, the same group that is complaining about Roper was the same group complaining about McIlwain last year and his inaccuracy in passing and calling for Bentley to start. Ironically, Bentley is as inaccurate this year as McIlwain was last year, if not more so.

 

[king ward]

If we wind up having a truly respectable season - it's game to game - the UK loss is going to wind up being very irksome. It might be that anyway.

 

[Bigger_Stronger_Faster]

Interestingly, the same group that is complaining about Roper was the same group complaining about McIlwain last year and his inaccuracy in passing and calling for Bentley to start. Ironically, Bentley is as inaccurate this year as McIlwain was last year, if not more so.

I agree that coaching and scheme may have had a lot to do with our QB's lack of production the past 2 years, but let's not get carried away.

2016 B McIllwain GP 8 / 62-118-1 / 52.5% / 600 yds / 75 ypg / 2 td / eff 99.15
2017 J Bentley GP 6 / 114-188-4 / 60.6% / 1456 yds / 242.7 ypg / 12 td / eff 142.5

 

[surfincock]

If we wind up having a truly respectable season - it's game to game - the UK loss is going to wind up being very irksome. It might be that anyway.

I agree but both losses are irksome for the same reasons.

 

[wycombecock]

If we had Dylan Thompson's offense we'd be competitive.

Tell me when/where we haven't been competitive? We are 4-2 and the two games we lost we by 10 and 7. And the first was still up n the air until the long run at the end and of course 3 missed FGs. You can argue about play calling, but not about the team not being in winnable situations in those two loses.

 

[01fatboy]

boy do we have some clueless fans that love to show how clueless they really are

 

[FWB4294]

Guys , the truth is Kentucky is a pretty good football team . They struggled a bit with mizzou last night but they could very easily be undefeated right now and neck In neck with UGA .

 

[paladin181]

You don't get tired if you have 3 and out on defense

You misread me. I said the offense gave them no time to rest by going 3 and out. The Carolina offense not UK.

 

[Bongsummers]

Interestingly, the same group that is complaining about Roper was the same group complaining about McIlwain last year and his inaccuracy in passing and calling for Bentley to start. Ironically, Bentley is as inaccurate this year as McIlwain was last year, if not more so.

Interestingly, the same group that is complaining about Roper was the same group complaining about McIlwain last year and his inaccuracy in passing and calling for Bentley to start. Ironically, Bentley is as inaccurate this year as McIlwain was last year, if not more so.

Bentley' qb rating in last year was 145. It's 140 this year. McIlwain was 99. So...

 

[Bongsummers]

boy do we have some clueless fans that love to show how clueless they really are

We sure do.

 

[cocksgetgoing15]

Interestingly, the same group that is complaining about Roper was the same group complaining about McIlwain last year and his inaccuracy in passing and calling for Bentley to start. Ironically, Bentley is as inaccurate this year as McIlwain was last year, if not more so.

This is wrong

 

[rogue cock]

Bentley' qb rating in last year was 145. It's 140 this year. McIlwain was 99. So...

Was referring more to both of them underthowing or overthrowing passes that both should easily be able to make.

 

[king ward]

I agree but both losses are irksome for the same reasons.

A&M out there with the talent they have is more forgivable, I think. But yes, I hate to let go of double-digit 4th quarter leads. Too reminiscent of the Days of Whammy.

 

[E-Cut_22]

Roper is going to take Muschamp down. Looks identical to when he was head coach Florida, unbelievable

 

[Bongsummers]

Was referring more to both of them underthowing or overthrowing passes that both should easily be able to make.

Actually, I didn't think Brandon got chance to succeed. They dialed up some terrible plays for that kid.

 

[01fatboy]

D played well enough to win.
O made them play the whole game.

pretty sure the o had well over 400yrds of of offense and just ate up clock the 4th q

 

[Gamecock Lifer]

I agree that coaching and scheme may have had a lot to do with our QB's lack of production the past 2 years, but let's not get carried away.

2016 B McIllwain GP 8 / 62-118-1 / 52.5% / 600 yds / 75 ypg / 2 td / eff 99.15
2017 J Bentley GP 6 / 114-188-4 / 60.6% / 1456 yds / 242.7 ypg / 12 td / eff 142.5

That is pretty hard to argue... I was going to rip the guy for making up some completely looney tunes BS, but you just laid out the facts. Makes it pretty obvious...

 

[Bigger_Stronger_Faster]

That is pretty hard to argue... I was going to rip the guy for making up some completely looney tunes BS, but you just laid out the facts. Makes it pretty obvious...

I wasn't ripping him, just correcting. We all post hastily at times and that's how I chalked his up.
Rogue cock is a solid poster.

 

[Six Million Dollar Man]

If we had Dylan Thompson's offense we'd be competitive.

Yeah, if that kid had a defense with a heartbeat we win the East. Very underrated QB.

 

[MTsumner92]

3 starters on the OL are out? Starting a true freshman? Lack of quality depth by our past OL coach? Roper is to blame for this?

 

[rogue cock]

That is pretty hard to argue... I was going to rip the guy for making up some completely looney tunes BS, but you just laid out the facts. Makes it pretty obvious...

Oh, you can rip me. I'll admit it was a very poorly worded post. It definitely didn't convey the point I was attempting to make and conveyed a much broader point which was inaccurate.

 

[cockhornleghorn]

If we had Dylan Thompson's offense we'd be competitive.

I disagree; Dylan always choked at crunch time.

 

[92Pony]

I disagree; Dylan always choked at crunch time.

 

[fftar]

Roper is going to take Muschamp down. Looks identical to when he was head coach Florida, unbelievable

Maybe but as someone that has been very critical of Roper, I thought the play calling was much better this week. They had a man in motion several times and gave the ball to them on end arounds a few times. Just enough to make the defense respect it and not send everyone and the kitchen sink at our RB's.

I think we still need more misdirection running plays and misdirection play action throws but the game Sat was a good start.

 

[92Pony]

Maybe but as someone that has been very critical of Roper, I thought the play calling was much better this week. They had a man in motion several times and gave the ball to them on end arounds a few times. Just enough to make the defense respect it and not send everyone and the kitchen sink at our RB's.

I think we still need more misdirection running plays and misdirection play action throws but the game Sat was a good start.

Why it took this long to implement such is baffling. Glad to see it - Hope to see more moving forward!

 

[fftar]

Why it took this long to implement such is baffling. Glad to see it - Hope to see more moving forward!

Yeah, you wonder why it took so long. Let's hope it wasn't an accident and we go back to the same predictable run plays.

 

[funktavious]

Kentucky is a decent team but we really laid an egg in that game. It kinda reminds me of the game we lost to Auburn during one of our 11 win seasons, granted that was the last we saw of Stephen Garcia for his career. Against A&M I think we just ran out of gas. A&M, from top to bottom, has more talent than us and they wore us down. I'm not as upset about that loss as I am the loss to Kentucky at home. We match up well against the remainder of our schedule with the exception of UGA and Moo U. Florida is a team that could cause us to have an ugly game. We can win that game but I don't expect it to go smoothly. Could be a 17-13 type of game. 7-5/8-4 for Muschamp's 2nd season is not bad at all considering we were predicted to win 5 point something games.

 

[Gamecock Lifer]

Yet again an assault on the truth is met with cold hard fact.