Hi Jerry- I agree with you that it was sweltering. They did give out free small cups of ice at the concession stand--and sold $1 bottles of water until they ran out.
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Jerry Belloit <bell...@clarion.edu> wrote: > As I have thought about the game some more, the following have come to > mind: > > 1. The last minute suspensions and injuries on the offensive line > may have had an even worse impact that first believed—especially from the > tackle and tight end blocking perspective. The offensive line that played > was simply not ready to play as a team. I believe that one of the problems > with the running game was that the offensive line was not doing their job > very well. I think it is true that Rainey and Demps seemed to be easily > stopped on several plays. Part of that problem might have been that they > were often hit in the backfield before they were really moving forward very > well. Another problem that seemed to be originating with the offensive line > is that Brantley had little time to throw before someone was on him from the > end rush. This lead to him throwing the short passes rather than > intermediate or long passes. I think that still another problem with > Pouncey was that he was not comfortable with the patchwork offensive line so > he had to think about what he might have to do to compensate—thus losing his > concentration on the snap. Likewise, I think the porous offensive line > caused Brantley to worry about the pass rush causing him to lose his > concentration. > > 2. Although it is not without some risk, Brantley needs to pull the > ball sometimes from the running backs and run himself. Often he would fake > keeping it and run in the opposite direction of the play. Almost always, he > was completely unchecked. This left their defense free to shoot linebackers > to the play. > > 3. I was really disappointed with our kickoff game. We have to get > the ball kicked higher and deeper. Our kicker is supposed to have a cannon > for a leg but you could not tell it Saturday. The ball needs to at least go > to the goal line, if not a few yards in the end zone. > > 4. I am sure that there were several persons that stayed home > because of the heat. I was really excited to be there but the heat was > oppressive. There were several in my area that left after or during the > first half of the game and did not return. I of course stayed to the bitter > end. I think that the AA should provide free ice during games like these > and I think that the water fountains should provide chilled water. I also > think that the AA should provide misting fans so that people could go cool > off. > > > > I am expecting that we will improve dramatically next week. The good news > is that we have a relatively light schedule leading into the Alabama game. > There is time to correct most of the problems. > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 www.helenhuntley.com -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
