Blog of Drewry Morris - l'Esprit Ouvert: September 2009

I love how ESPN's ranking puts us at 24 but why have the others not even ranked us? We are 3-0 and yet there are still so many teams that are 2-1 that are above us. Well, I think I have an answer to that question but first I'd like to say that I think we've got great potential this year. Our team has been starting out slowly (have you noticed this?) nearly every game. But like a big freight train once we get going it's hard to stop us. I think I like this strategy much better as it will take some of the bigger teams off of their feet. With their team starting out with a pretty commanding lead, then before they know it we are coming up in the lead at very fast rates.

But I don't know what to say about our defense. While we had 5 interceptions last week, at the same time we also let nearly 500 yards go. I think we've got a great defense, Auburn has always had a great defense, but I think we've got to have more yards than the other team every game. Next week I hope we see this. If we are going to do well against some of these teams we have to have a tried and true defense that stops yards and doesn't miss tackles. When we get into the back field we have to get the QB and not let him squirm around for 5 minutes.

Sure you might be saying, what's your point we won last week despite all of these faults? Sure we won, we won because the other team made more mistakes than we did (the reason all teams win or lose). Frankly, we got lucky. We cannot rely on luck and be considered a good team. And that is the reason why we are not ranked above 25.

Our win next Saturday over Ball State will certainly put us on the map, but I hope it is not on luck that we are relying. However, looking forward I'm not certain whether we should be worried about Tennessee or not. I wasn't able to see that game but from the looks of it (just by looking at the score) it looks as though Florida struggled a bit. If the #1 team in the nation is struggling then we may have some problems. I will certainly take a look at Tennessee's game vs. Ohio next Saturday though.

Well, we had a pretty nice victory over LA Tech yesterday. However, this did not come without some worries. Firstly, I think our offense started off quite slowly but really picked up the pace. This can prove to be a huge advantage over some of our more difficult competitors who traditionally start out very strong and then lose steam. Secondly, I think our defense was mostly a big disapointment (with the exception of that interception and a few other nice plays).

We had a few bullshit calls by the ref, a pass interference for an uncatchable catch to name one. We also had some really awesome game statistics for a first game and for our freshmen players. We saw that having two quarterbacks in the backfield proves two things: 1) Reinstates why Kodi Burns is not starting QB, 2) keeps the defense guessing which one is going to throw the ball. If they really iron out this technique, we can be a very strong team.

Finally, I think we have a lot of colors on the palette but we have found only 2 or 3 that we know to be good. This worked for LA Tech, but will it work against the other teams that have a full palette? My worry is that if we don't reinvent our team further, we won't be able to compete with the big boys in the SEC. We will see next weekend!

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