The D looked okay, and I think may have done better if Taylor hadn’t been knocked out. We were prepared for his game and I doubt he would have completed half the passes Glennon did.

Offensively, we improved after a horrible 1st quarter, but the O-line just wasn’t very good. It will be hard to keep winning when defenders seem to run right through them with ease. It would be nice if the running game had a little more consistency. It seems like we either get negative yards or more than 5 yards.

It seemed to me like Ponder was scrambling for his life on every single passing play. I don’t think that means the O-line played “okay” in pass blocking situations. It tells me they were absolutely horrible. For the most part, I feel like the RB’s and WR’s played pretty well, and Ponder played well considering he was rolling out of the pocket literally every passing play. The OL is showing signs of their youth, and having Furlong out didn’t help the matter. They’ll get better, I just hope it happens quickly.

D showed flashes of being awesome and let up on a few plays. Overall, I thought they played a good game.

Graham Gano is the best and most important player on the team. I almost threw up when they said he hurt himself during pregame kicking drills.

1) This is the first game I didn’t see real improvement by Ponder. He held the ball too long, didn’t runwith good vision, got happy feet too early. He really seemed to be playing scared — trying to NOT make a bad play. Of course, that could be the reason we won the game, but I don’t know. Not a step forward for Ponder.

2) Of course, part of the problem is that our O-Line continue to be overmatched. When we run left, we have a chance, but otherwise, no push, poor protection, we don’t pick up the blitz very well (the one play when A. Smith gave the blitzer a good shot was telling — he jolted him, then just released him rather than sustaining the block. I think we could be called for holding EVERY PLAY — yes, that may be true of all O-lines, but it’s especially true of ours.

3) Defense was as good in the second half as it was lousy in the first — less than 50 yards offense. I do think that the Taylor injury actually worked against us — when you spend the week scheming for an offense you don’t end up seeing, it has to throw you off.

4) Was surprised by Jimbo’s scheme — where was the option? The zone read? (saw it just a couple times and only once did Ponder keep it). Screens? Reverses? It seems to me that’s how you protect a weak O-line, lots of misdirection. Slow them down.

5) It was nice to see Thacker make a play.

6) Brown is — as my 10 year old would say — a beast.

7) Wish we take a few shots deep EARLY in the game to loosen up the defense.

8) Very disturbing to see how poorly we defended the option with Ga. Tech up next.

All I can think of for now …