Grade you team's first game performance

[GAMEC0CK2002]

South Carolina. C+
Got out of the gates quickly, but miscues let Vandy get confidence and hang around the rest of the game. Special teams and lack of WR production is going to costs us some games if not corrected.

Hard to be too critical about a SEC road win.

[Note: can a mod fix my title? Typing on a tablet.]

[Orange Blood]

B

Boyd loked pretty good, would have looked better if not for all the dropped passes by the WR's.

Ellington was very good.

O-line was good, but was a little lacking at at times. Need to get better at punching it in the endzone.

WR's were average, with too many dropped passes, but also made some timely catches.

Defense is better, but no where it needs to be. Gave up too many big runs, and was lucky none were broken for a TD's by some timely shoestring tackles by the last guy to beat. We were also lucky that Fazier just didn't pass very well.

Happy for the win, but need the Defense to really improve. Offense needs to get a little more oiled up and functiong smooth.

[Perfect Zero]

As A&M and Texas Christian didn't play, I guess it's incomplete.

[lonewolf371]

Purdue: B+
Large margin of victory and the team asserted itself like it should.

Michigan: D-
Only reason there's no F is because there were some positives in pass defense. Got good pressure on McCarron for the most part.

[XSmooth]

B+

That ish Bray!

Da'Rick who?

DAT SEC SPEED!

[Watson]

LSU (W 41-14 UNT)
QB- C+
HB- A+
OL- B-
WR- A-
DL- A-
LB- B
DB- B-

Pretty vanilla and lazy game. Hilliard/Blue along with the OL simply imposed their will whenever they wanted, however the pass pro needs a little improvement. I gave the DL an A- because later on in the game UNT was able to pound the middle, but I'm not putting a lot of stock into that. Same with the DB's Mingo...good lord. Speaking of Good Lord, the player I was highest on, Odell Beckham Jr, BALLED OUT. Let's just say Mathieu will NOT be missed on special teams after all. The rest of the WR's were fairly a non-factor, but you can pin that on the vanilla play calls, the same with the QB's (Mettenberger and Rivers). The biggest question mark (LBs) was addressed early in the game when Minter left due to injury and Debo Jones made a statment with his PT last night.

Overall- B


Oregon (W 57-34 Arky State)

LOL...didn't you watch this one?
QB- A++
HB- A
OL- B+
WR- A
DL- B
LB- B-
CB-B+

Overall- A


I'll come back after the Tech game

[TDenverFan]

Duke- A+

A 20 point win over an FBS opponent? As Duke, you can't do much better.

Lehigh- B

Colvin looked OK, not neary as good as Lum was. They got the W and on the end, that's all that matters.

[Amoo316]

UF:

Offense: D+...it was pretty bad, but last year showed us it could have been worse.

Defense: A-...Solid unit this year, should keep any game close.

Overall: D-...Squeeking out a win in the 4th quarter against Bowling Green thanks to a timely missed tackle is completely unacceptable for the talent level of this roster. Only would have given an F if they lost.

Miss State:

Offense: B-...rolled up a FCS school. Russell looked decent, but I saw at least two throws that would have been picked by SEC defenses. The running game looked solid and Perkins lost some fat and added some muscle. Still not sure Tyler has the mental makeup to be an SEC QB, but we'll see. With 4 SR wide receivers, no excuses.

Defense: B+...The first year starters actually played really well. The secondary played zone most of the game, which isn't their style and it left some HUGE holes in the defense. If it wasn't for 6 dropped passes this game could have been more competitive. Tackling was much improved in their first game this year vs first game last year, so things are looking good.

Overall: B+...Good confidence builder going into the Auburn game. Auburn had to play tough for 4 quarters vs a good team, MSU played a cupcake and was resting starters in the 3rd...advantage MSU. Sadly the game isn't on Thursday this year so Auburn will have the full amount of time to recover. I have MSU at 9 wins this year and as long as Russell can play under pressure the talent is there. Next week's game is a must win for the program going forward as a whole.