I have never SEEN Mullens simply "lay down", have his team "play not to lose any worse" before.
Everything about our team's demeanor, players on and off the field, Coaches TOO, since that penalty that got the Franks TD taken off the board, has been tentative and haphazard.
Nothing short of some kind of miraculous "rebirth" of Gator pride and confidence when they come out in the 2nd half will change what seems the inevitable outcome of this sad performance.
It isn't just that we are losing. We are playing SCARED. Scared and confused, with a complete lack of cohesion. And I don't see how it can change--not to the degree necessary to change this game's seemingly unavoidable outcome.
Consider this: WWTTD? "What Would TT Do?" How would HE react, first out here BEFORE the half, then in the Locker Room, then when he led his team back onto the field after halftime??? And does ANYONE believe we will see anything LIKE that kind of leadership from Feliepe Franks now? From ANYONE ON THIS TEAM?!!
Because THAT is what is required here--for the sake not just of this game, not even just for THIS SEASON: Either SOMEONE steps UP right here, right NOW--or you may as well cash in your chips, gentlemen. Write off not just this season but whatever it is y'all had in mind in building this whole damn PROGRAM!!!
I MEAN it!
Someone has got to somehow light a fire here NOW! We have got to somehow find that fire in ourselves RIGHT AWAY, play the rest of this one TOGETHER and with WILD ABANDON, or you can just kiss it all goodbye. OK, we may still lose--but either we find something within ourselves and come together, show it OUT THERE and go down FIGHTING, or this team just won't be worth WATCHING.
Who FEELS what I am saying?