Ok, i can agree with some of the comments that you’ve made but not all of them. I’m with you on Kodi needing to play when it was 5 minutes left and we are trying to run out the clock, and even with some of the play calls sat. night late in the game. Kodi would have been a great introduction at that mark going against a tired defense. But over-all i thought that we played a pretty good game Saturday. We definitely showed improvement in the passing game. If the running game was off it was simply because they stacked the front line. Using Todd to run was much better (eventhough he was slow and made a couple of mistakes as to weither or not he should hand the ball off or keep it) because it started to keep the defense honest. Unlike in the Miss St. game. We didnt kill ourselves with too many costly penalties, nor did we get into a fumble-a-thon. Ziemba blew-it a few times especially at the end when he needed to be at his best. Even Bosley got man-handled on occassions. But the play of the receivers was much better (War Eagle Montez Billings). Todd was passing much better. Making his reads quicker. Sure at times his arm was lacking some but some of the touch passes were gorgously placed. Oh and Haray for the I-Formation! Loved seeing that on the goal line. Like i said i think we made a mark improvement on the offensive side of the ball. And seeing as how it was against LSU’s defense then i have to say that i was proud of our tigers for the way they carried themselves in this NEW offense.

Everyone keeps screaming Kodi, Kodi, Kodi. Like he is some kinda magic pill that will revamp everything. Like he is the missing link in this offense that will make us great. Make us pass like Texas Tech and run like West Virginia. I mean, why not? The guy runs like a deer and has an extremely hot arm. And sure he seems intelligent enough. Sounds to me like the only reason he isn’t playing is because Franklin likes Todd better. Sorry but thats a load of CRAP. Sounds to me like Kodi isn’t grasping the offense to well. Perhaps he just can’t get a handle on the playbook enough to make the right reads. Its one thing to get out there and read the receivers running around and hitting who’s open. Its another to throw into space knowing that the receiver is going to be there after you throw the ball. Thats what a QB is suppose to do. Especially in the SEC. Where defensive speed is the killer. “But Todd throw 2 int’s.” Yeah he did and they were ugly passes too but he also managed the game well, and those passes didn’t cost us the game. Something i don’t think that Kodi can do right now. I do think that our running game would be way better with Kodi doing the spread option. However it’s not gonna mean anything if he can’t convience the defense that he could very easily throw against them as well.

And perhaps Tuberville isn’t taking the reins away from Franklin because he is in such uncharted waters that it would confuse him to so. Where as before the offensive sets weren’t so strange to him that he could make some of the calls. We all know that Defense is his fortay. Sure Franklin made some questionable calls last night but i feel that he will get better in those situations. “You live, you learn” kinda thing. I will say that he was much better in the booth on sat. than on the field last saturday ( Miss St.).

This is all so new to us. Give it time. If a year from now we are still experiancing these kinds of growing pains then maybe we do have a problem with the coordinator and the system, but since we appear to be progressing each game in certain aspects of this offense then i say let it roll. Progressing from the play calling to the execution then i say give it time and lets see where it takes us. Its like we were all expecting this miracle to happen and since it hasn’t (to “OUR” expectations) we want blood. Well sorry but thats a lil unfair to the coaches. Franklins 2nd season at Troy was much better than his 1st. Please give it time guys. Rome wasn’t build in a day……

I knew that the defensive backfield was gonna get us soon enough. And thats where we lost this game. Youth and depth is our biggest problem there. Thorpe got totally beat and turned around on that one touchdown pass. Hopefully he will learn from it. And Mcfadden should have caught that interception. That miss cost us 7 points as the drive continued to a score. Those 2 things alone help contribute to losing the game so where is all the bullets from fans on those plays.

We as fans like to think that we have all the answers. That we know all the facts, and can see better things for our team if only they would do this or do that. But the fact is we as fans dont know a Damn thing. I dont care if we played football, Coached football, or watched every open practice. We don’t know as much about the football team as the coach does. Period. And for all those people that think that Franklin would play someone he didnt think gives them the best chance to win is out of their minds.

Give it time.

The main thing is to not push the panic button yet. Much improvement was made on Saturday.

logging on here to see all of the “Queen of Hearts” fans calling for heads to be chopped. I watched the game (twice) and came away feeling as though we should have won it both times. The turning point for LSU was the onside kick in the second half that was the point that our D-line started to consistantly get beat up front in the run game. Knocking Hatch out of the game proved disastrous to boot. Over all I give our team kudos for having grit, determination, and a good game plan. Our offense didnt lose it and actually put up enough to win. Our Defense was every bit as good as billed but ran out of steam. As far as the “Miles outcoached Tuberville” thing I have been reading. No I’m not buying it. Miles gambled and won. The halfback pass was a good call and our secondary bought the run just enough to make it work (barely if the DB doesnt bite his nails he makes the play). The onside kick was extremely risky and could have gone either way and had AU recovered the ball the game was most likely over. But woulda coulda shoulda doesnt make me feel any better.

As to our future…the West is still up for grabs and we are still in good position. I fully expect Bama to get their head handed to them in Athens and “Less” Miles will still lose 2 in SEC play. So its up to AU to win games and get to the Georgia Dome.

“Hang em High” crowd around so far this week. I was proud of how our team played. They certainly left their guts out on the field. Seeing the I-formation was one of the more exciting moments for me on Saturday night. I certainly thought the play calling was better. Still some room for improvement but hindsight is 20/20.

I don’t hate Todd. He doesn’t have the arm right now to make all the throws and I think that can/has hurt our chances. I just don’t think Burns has been given a chance at all and in my opinion he deserves one. I hated seeing them pan over to him on the bench all by himself towards the end of the game.