Can't say I want or NEED that kinda performance on a regular basis, for the sake of our record, growth OR sanity, but DAMN!
Can that kind of growing frustration and hopelessness turned suddenly to determined waves of talent, execution and efficiency, CLASSIC "Victory snatched from the (closed-and-LOCKED) jaws of defeat" ending be matched for soul-cleansing relief and satisfaction?
Of course, we almost handed it all back, much like the last time the Vols actually won one of these:
"Hey Mac! Don't PULL that weak-ass, by now corny and not very effective last-tic time-out to supposedly 'ice' the kicker-crap!"
Not for super-long desperation tries to end it...MIGHT be worth a try for a seemingly sure-thing chipshot (kickers ARE a weird buncha headcases), but it seems to clearly work the other way when its a real long one by a guy who's never hit anything close. They're "cold" on the first try, by definition, in every way. Do NOT give them a "ranging shot" AND a chance to calm down, get familiar with field, crowd, reality of situation.
That was the last of several less-than-impressive coaching sequences by our guy yesterday. It was starting to eat at me earlier, and I said so.
But ultimate results of THAT nature transcend all the rest. Your team doesn't come together, rally so far, so well, so late by accident. Yes, the OTHER guys' Coach has to do a few things to help, leave the door open for you--but when was the last time a Gator team DID something like this?
I can't quite remember (E-? Someone? One of y'all will have to remind me), but if it was this century it musta been at least with a certain #15 there to keep us up and positive.
But PLEASE, we do not wanna hear about our supposed "ranking", entrance to the Top 25 or ANY of that horse dung. Yes, the teams we've played close (as in, all bit one) are all looking pretty good--but we are the proverbial "work-in-progress", and our guys CAN'T be reading their press, thinking they're ANYTHING but "potential parts of what MAY be a good TEAM, eventually"--not if they're ever gonna BE that, for real.
Anyway, again, wouldn't wanna go thru' the "preliminaries" that set us up for it very often, but there's no feeling quite like it. This is the first Sunday this season I have been watching the Sunday college post mortem shows... Hell, I've been catching every damn one!
Can that kind of growing frustration and hopelessness turned suddenly to determined waves of talent, execution and efficiency, CLASSIC "Victory snatched from the (closed-and-LOCKED) jaws of defeat" ending be matched for soul-cleansing relief and satisfaction?
Of course, we almost handed it all back, much like the last time the Vols actually won one of these:
"Hey Mac! Don't PULL that weak-ass, by now corny and not very effective last-tic time-out to supposedly 'ice' the kicker-crap!"
Not for super-long desperation tries to end it...MIGHT be worth a try for a seemingly sure-thing chipshot (kickers ARE a weird buncha headcases), but it seems to clearly work the other way when its a real long one by a guy who's never hit anything close. They're "cold" on the first try, by definition, in every way. Do NOT give them a "ranging shot" AND a chance to calm down, get familiar with field, crowd, reality of situation.
That was the last of several less-than-impressive coaching sequences by our guy yesterday. It was starting to eat at me earlier, and I said so.
But ultimate results of THAT nature transcend all the rest. Your team doesn't come together, rally so far, so well, so late by accident. Yes, the OTHER guys' Coach has to do a few things to help, leave the door open for you--but when was the last time a Gator team DID something like this?
I can't quite remember (E-? Someone? One of y'all will have to remind me), but if it was this century it musta been at least with a certain #15 there to keep us up and positive.
But PLEASE, we do not wanna hear about our supposed "ranking", entrance to the Top 25 or ANY of that horse dung. Yes, the teams we've played close (as in, all bit one) are all looking pretty good--but we are the proverbial "work-in-progress", and our guys CAN'T be reading their press, thinking they're ANYTHING but "potential parts of what MAY be a good TEAM, eventually"--not if they're ever gonna BE that, for real.
Anyway, again, wouldn't wanna go thru' the "preliminaries" that set us up for it very often, but there's no feeling quite like it. This is the first Sunday this season I have been watching the Sunday college post mortem shows... Hell, I've been catching every damn one!