bigtrain21":bi14zz6e said:
So I watched 3 quarters and then I had to take off so I listened to the game in my truck.
Was that fake punt call as bad as it sounded on the radio? I really hope they audibled into that because if they called that on the sideline it was really crazy. 4th and 9 and even if we get the first down we were moving so poorly we were unlikely to get anything out of it.
Other long time fans should get this reference but it reminded me of when Jim Lambright called the onside kick against Nebraska in the 1990's after we had just came back to make it a game.
You have a great memory. I do remember that. Lambright certainly had his moments that suggested premature senility.
Maybe you can help me with this one (it's blurry like a bad dream). We were ranked highly and playing ND. We were ahead (but by less than a TD). IIRC, (was it) Derrick Mayes messes up big (Fumbled punt return?). He's crying like that Duck last year over on the ND sideline.
We had been moving the ball with success and a 1st down seals the win for us. Mayes is still crying. Lambo runs us up the gut for little or no gain, 3 x in a row. He's playing to punt instead of playing for the game winning 1st down but Mayes keeps crying.
Our punter drops back to like our own 3 (?). BAD SNAP and he drops to a knee to field the punt. ND ball at the spot and they win a couple plays later as Mayes rejoices in our misery. I have no idea how many years ago this was, but despite his merits, it is my first thought when I think of Lambo. I believe it ended our hopes of a title shot.
I'm just sick over today's game. Not just because of the game it's self, but because there's a helluva lot of soon to be departed talent on this 2014 team. This sux for recruiting and this sux when a player might have been on the fence whether to go pro or not.
How in the hell is it that with this team, these weapons, our history (esp with QBs) and a new stadium, we end up with Cylar Miles as our best option? I just can't get my head around this at all. Sark has developed top level (college) QBs and was decent himself. He knows the position. Did Sark set us up for this fall knowing he would likely be replacing his GF Kiffin down south?
I don't think that's all that far-fetched. The man is a proven liar and cheat. Why would sabotaging this program be out of character for him? Some will suggest Miles has been on the team for a couple years and Sark left only this year. To that I say Kiffin was on his way out of SC about the same time Miles came to U-Dub. Call me crazy, I don't care. I'm pissed.