Don't apologize. tenebrism is one of our regulars who is around win or lose. He's entitled to complain a little bit, but you are entitled to call him on it as well. There are a lot of members who feel exactly as you do. They are the silent majority.
Watch Brandon Cox get rattled by the atmosphere? Receiver problems will be dealt with. Closed practices or not I can bet you either Lafell's hands will be glue next week, or he'll just end up a downfield blocker for Dickson. They'll try to build his confidence, but if drops continue you're right. Something has to change, or somethings gonna give... The one thing I'll add... Eugene actually played very well considering when he was asked to step in and step up.
It's crazy how a few players can make such a huge difference. I'm starting to feel the way I did before the Miami game last year. If our passing game doesn't improve, Auburn stands a good chance of beating us. Our passing game has been weak for the past few weeks and I don't feel great about it improving this week. It doesn't seem like an easy fix. I don't know what to think about our defense... I can't believe our 3rd string CB is so weak. I expect Florida to have a lot of success against Kentucky and control the tempo of the game more than we did. If Kentucky wins against Florida, maybe the way our defense struggled isn't such an anomaly. The number of penalties we are accruing is bad. We'll see how the Auburn game plays out, but as things stand now we aren't playing on the level of a national title contender. We've still got a strong team, but it is incomplete until the receivers figure out how to catch the ball and the QB figures out how to pass.
I think many of your points are valid and can understand your pessimism but perhaps the thread title is a bit too sensational. Seems a bit more apocolyptic than rational to me. I think there are issues with this team(as there is every year) but I am not ready to say we are "falling apart".
My sentiments exactly. What an over reaction to an overtime loss to #17, who has a Heisman caliber QB, on the road, the week after an emotional Fla. game, a game we won! This was never going to be easy, going through the SEC. :geauxtige
