But Stevenson also said this team was fast. For yrs we’ve been hearing how, “in practice”, this team is notably faster, but whether we play Bama, FIU, BC, UNC, or even NC St last yr, I don’t see a fast team. I see fast moments, but not a fast team. Strength wise, I see us have good moments, like Gaynor pancaking someone, or Zion holding his leverage, but then I’ll see our guys on both sides get completely blown off the ball, or getting dragged for extra yardage, no matter who we play.
So I don’t take the Bama game as they are so much more superior than us from a player on player standpoint, versus what we’ve seen for a while from the entire staff. If we saw UF, & Ole Miss (Mullen & Kiffin) make Bama sweat w/ far inferior athletes, against a vet team, then we definitely should’ve made them sweat against a young, mostly inexperienced team.
The positive I saw was X, Smith (w/ a pretty snag going across the middle), Flagg having some good moments, McCloud having some good moments, and Oluwaseun looking like a solid pick up. That’s my solace.