A Two-Minute Shot of Rock'n'Roll Football

I don’t think we have a choice, anyway.

It’s a new era, a new QB and a new way to assert ourselves.

Like the summers of ’69 and ’05, it is time to find a scheme to maximize our assets.

So despite what the Chicken Littles are saying, there’s hope!

He asserted that he wanted two RBs at least to step up. That’s the context McGee has to work in, regardless of what his suspension situation is. And Mack also noted there is no particular concession to senior and/or starter…they must earn it everyday. I’ll write about this later, but Mack has upped the standards again, ala after the late ’07 debacle against those guys in mud and white.

A power blocking run attack should put McGee in the right offense for his talents…the question is whether he can produce better than his competitors. Ideally, we’ll be like ‘69 when we had two extremely talented backfields…although the ’69 offensive lines were strong units in a manner this ’10 version has yet to demonstrate. We won’t run any more than we normally do, about 50-50 to 55-45%, but with a great arm and deep passing game, we set up our offense for scoring success. That’s how you get 40 points per game out of this group. It is less a pound ‘em into the ground attack and more a big-play offense. I can’t believe the caterwauling going on. We going to f**k five in the box.

In all this I have some trust in Mack, GD and Muschamp. It’s not like they’re trying to commit harakiri…they want that MNC as much as we do, maybe even more.

This team must neutralize the opponents strength up the middle and force the safeties to stay up, to put it quiet simply. Our problems…Tech, OU, KSU and NU (and probably UCLA) all have these features in their defense (well, except Tech, where Tubby wishes he has some neutralizers instead of tranquilizers)…against Tech it is to control the clock and beat a light weight D into submission.

This was the first day…I expect them to get better. These ain’t pros, they’re 18 and 19 years old.

We, in our infinite wisdom and maturity, should allow a little concession for the learning curve of youth. You ain’t got a hot rod until you get the engine running and fine tuned.

Sometimes it is easier to parse than his live conference. With his direct words and the live video, you can sometimes read between the lines. Just like a diplomat, he’s always revealing more than he’s saying.

Whether explicit or not, it is a filtered product. The running plays are basically close-ups, not the wide-screen, as are many of the plays. I suspect we’ll be shown the spectacular and the vanilla and there are some things we won’t see at all until the games.

How much the coaching staff interacts with the editors would be an interesting piece of information?

In this practice period, coaches’ attitudes and general confidence levels probably will be more revealing than actual footage we get. Yeah, chances are we’re getting teased, because there are a lot of eyes wanting to know what they’re actually doing. Especially some teams who wait all year to trap us.

For the Whaleys and Hales, they’re gonna have to show something to get their five seconds of glory.

Last year (and the years before) John Chiles and Deon Beasley each wore #7, so the rookie got #3.

Beasley is gone. Don’t know what accommodation GG made with Chiles, who is now #5.

Chiles never had much luck with #7 at Texas anyway. New number, new player. Hopefully.