Was thinking about it today. Clemson was our best overall performance this season. Was definitely our best RB performance. But overall, that was our best game this year.
Miss State was the best offensive performance. Texas in Austin was the best defensive performance. But Clemson was the best overall.
The day we pounded Clemson in Atlanta, Miami wore out Florida in Gainesville. People were saying Florida might be lucky to go 3-9. Granted Florida had a lot more room to get better from week one, but they did.
Part of the reason I was so confident about beating Notre Dame was seeing them in October. They just didn’t look like that good a team when they played tech at Mercedez Benz. They sure looked like a much stronger team last night.
I don’t know what to make of it. We didn’t have the problems with dropped passes last year. We were arguably more talented defensively this year, but not nearly as good. We were arguably more talented at RB this year, but couldn’t run the ball.
When you consider all that, it really is something that we won the SEC. And went 4-1 against teams that made the 12-team field. Maybe that’ll be more of a point of pride later on. Feels hollow now.
We also didn’t have any play makers emerge who weren’t on the field, and making plays, against Clemson. I guess Etienne would be the exception. Maybe. I don’t know the last time that was really the case either - and we had a couple of guys who looked better against Clemson than they did the rest of the year.
I don’t know the reason for any of that. Maybe things have gotten stale over there. That happens. Either way, this was a pretty atypical season - though we managed to win a lot of games and the SEC anyway.
Miss State was the best offensive performance. Texas in Austin was the best defensive performance. But Clemson was the best overall.
The day we pounded Clemson in Atlanta, Miami wore out Florida in Gainesville. People were saying Florida might be lucky to go 3-9. Granted Florida had a lot more room to get better from week one, but they did.
Part of the reason I was so confident about beating Notre Dame was seeing them in October. They just didn’t look like that good a team when they played tech at Mercedez Benz. They sure looked like a much stronger team last night.
I don’t know what to make of it. We didn’t have the problems with dropped passes last year. We were arguably more talented defensively this year, but not nearly as good. We were arguably more talented at RB this year, but couldn’t run the ball.
When you consider all that, it really is something that we won the SEC. And went 4-1 against teams that made the 12-team field. Maybe that’ll be more of a point of pride later on. Feels hollow now.
We also didn’t have any play makers emerge who weren’t on the field, and making plays, against Clemson. I guess Etienne would be the exception. Maybe. I don’t know the last time that was really the case either - and we had a couple of guys who looked better against Clemson than they did the rest of the year.
I don’t know the reason for any of that. Maybe things have gotten stale over there. That happens. Either way, this was a pretty atypical season - though we managed to win a lot of games and the SEC anyway.
