1) I'm not sure the regression from last year to this year was in the O-line. Judkins was covering up their problems all along.
Last year, Judkins had the lowest number of yards before contact of any qualifying running back in the SEC (1.36 yards). He led the conference in broken tackles (100). Yet, he finished second in total yards behind Schrader from Missouri. See: https://secstatcat.com/sec/rusher-stats.
(2) I'm not sure the decision to go for the 4th down is the moment that I would have running through my head coming out of the Florida game.
In my mind, the moments that I keep returning to are (1) the muffed punt (Defense dominated the first drive out of half, was going to have great field position and momentum, handed them 3 pts instead) (2) the Wells dropped TD and (3) the missed chip-shot FG. But of course, its hard to blame Kiffin or the teams psyhcology for any of those plays. Its just tough luck.
Last year, Judkins had the lowest number of yards before contact of any qualifying running back in the SEC (1.36 yards). He led the conference in broken tackles (100). Yet, he finished second in total yards behind Schrader from Missouri. See: https://secstatcat.com/sec/rusher-stats.
(2) I'm not sure the decision to go for the 4th down is the moment that I would have running through my head coming out of the Florida game.
In my mind, the moments that I keep returning to are (1) the muffed punt (Defense dominated the first drive out of half, was going to have great field position and momentum, handed them 3 pts instead) (2) the Wells dropped TD and (3) the missed chip-shot FG. But of course, its hard to blame Kiffin or the teams psyhcology for any of those plays. Its just tough luck.
