Re: New Story: Questions abound as arrival of the bees signals championship drive

Great work, as usual David. As for the kicking game, this is the one Make-or-break area at this time. I have confidence that the coaching staff will work out the structural issues with the defense. The talent is there, we just have to get them in the right spot at the right time. The offense can carry it's own weight regardless of the QB, however, we might see a much heavier dose of what will look a lot like Danny Ford Offense. Run, Run, Run to set up a play action pass, etc. I don't see us becoming pass-centric at this point in time.

As for the kicking game... well, I expect that the mindset inside the football operations center is something like this; Anything inside the 40 yard line is now 4 down territory. If we make it, the drive stays alive. If not, we still have one of the best defenses in the country, so lets get those guys in position.

It's going to be interesting. We will have to bring our "A" game at least 3 of the last 5 games, maybe even 4 as somehow South Carolina has found a way to make some noise, but, the talent is there.

Combine effort with the right game plan and we will be "OK".

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I'm going to stick with exactly what it is, is no different than it is with other elite teams around college fb that get hit with several injuries with key players, and when it happens with your starting QB, it's a top of the key injury. With most teams the starting QB is your starter bc it's believed they are the best QB on the team. With us as far as experience is concerned, Kelly Bryant was the best choice to be our starting QB, and if we are going to be honest with our selves, our coaches didn't have a better choice other than KB. When healthy, even though it hasn't always been pretty, KB has gotten us through 3 top 15 wins with two of those wins on the road, and we have to hope that we can get KB back healthy for the GT game.

With all of what I've said above, I believe it to be the honest truth. But after KB went out with injury, maybe the best choice at QB should have been the QB with the best arm accuracy that could get the ball in the hands of our elite receiving core. I just believe that a very talented Freshman with an accurate arm would have been a better choice over a talented red shirt Freshman just bc he was considered to be the best runner. I say this bc with our very talented RBs that we have, it would have been better to use the RBs for the running, and put the ball in the hands of the QB with the most accurate arm to get the ball in the hands of our elite receiving core. I know that it is easier said than done, but there is always risk with choosing the next QB when your starter goes down and your choices are two QBs with only a season separating their experience with neither having much game experience. I think that I would choose arm accuracy over the best runner, especially with the RBs we have. Just saying!!!

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New Story: Questions abound as arrival of the bees signals championship drive