SB Nation User Blog: tankertoad

LEADERSHIP

tankertoad — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:33:18 -0000

Those that have been there all year know I don't see Stafford as a great leader, and morale and team work I see as severe weakness this season. That being said - let me quote the kind of leadership I saw as lacking this season from a returning player, and what I hope gets invigorated.

"One more year won't hurt me. I love college, and I'm glad to be here," Owens said. "I didn't have a senior year like I wanted. We lost to (Georgia) Tech, and I can't leave losing to Tech. I've got to get revenge on that."

- OWENS.

You know what - HELL YEA. That is what I am talking about. That is bleeding red and black. That get's me fired up.

Tech is so destroyed 2009.

probably wrong to look ahead to '09 BUT

tankertoad — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:04:32 -0000

UGA has Oklahoma State for the opener next year. That, plus ASU, we get a Pac 10 and Big 12 opponent. Although ASU is now seen as a nobody and that game failed to give us the push we were looking for, I don't remember ever playing a Pac 10 and Big 12 team in the regular season ever. That is very cool and good forward thinking.

Ok, let's talk about beating the heck out of tech!

T Kyle - stats I would be interested in

tankertoad — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:35:08 -0000

Would be average starting position breakdown for the last 6 games. Maybe the data won't be as bad as my gut thinks, but I am convinced we are not flipping the field due to about 10 reasons, but I think that stat will show why the defense is on its heels and the offense isn't scoring. It _feels_ like we are starting deep and our opponents aren't. It definitely happened that way against Kentucky.

Also, Red Zone Offense breakdown in the past 4-6 games.

And, number of Personal Fouls and Pass Interference compared/contrasted to the SEC and the nation. Offsides and what not are going to happen, but I am curious in the numbers of PFs and PIs, especially by comparison to other teams and % of our total penalties.

Another stat would be punting stats.

Finally, if there was a way to get how many 2nd and 10s/ 3rd and longs resulted from play action bombs, I would be very interested in that. That may require watching every single game. )

That should give you some stuff to number crunch!

Sick of the programming choices

tankertoad — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:02:12 -0000

I live in North Carolina, in ACC country, I get it - I may not get an SEC game in lieu of an SEC game. But according to the scedule - CBS is going to have NAVY vs Notre Damn rather than UGA - Auburn. WTH? I paid for gameplan to get the smaller non conference, Div II type games, but I am thinking the #10 team in the nation deserves a wider audience (and this is the 3rd time this year) than NAVY-NOTRE DAMN.

Somebody thow out "tradition and history" at me for Navy - ND - and I will come back with since _1892_ there has been UGA vs Auburn.

It would be nice to see this game in HD - RayCom on gameplan STINKS.