I disagree heartedly. While I did not understand running the ball on 3rd down when you have a ton of yardage to make up, as we did in the SEC championship game, I see no problem with running it on 1st down. Sure it is a passing situation, which the defense expects. You need to do the unpredictable from time to time. And I certainly would not be overcritical of Fisher because of a single play. During the second half of the SEC championship game I wrote down every offensive play, and there was nothing conservative about the play calling. It was a good mixture of running/passing plays. Unlike the Tennessee game, we lost the game against Georgia on the field, not on the sideline. Foir the last two years we have been praising Fisher as an offensive genius, and now we want to hang him after a very good 10-2 season? Well, we may lose him to one of the schools looking for a new head coach, so be careful what you wish for. You may get it.
There was an article recently, in the Advocate I think, where Jimbo completely dodged all questions about whether he was conservative, played "not to lose" or played to our team's defensive strength... I think it's pretty obvious that the coaches have had to be conservative this year with the offense. With our best 2 running backs injured & our WRs dropping balls, you do what you gotta do to win the game.
How is he an "offensive genius" when he has one of the best WR's in the nation, and he never feeds him the ball? I'm talking about Xavier Carter.
The Intelligence Quotient of this forum is being seriously undermined. Just when I think posts can't get any dumber, crap like this turns up.
