Georgia Southern Grades: The Report From The Tire Store

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Good job, Commissioner.  We don't really know what to take away from the game on Saturday, but that has never stopped us before.

Our linebackers and defensive backs need to do a much better job of getting around cut blocks.  You can bet the API brain trust was watching that.

We really do not need to play many offensive downs with Hanks and Maze both on the sidelines.  Smelley stepped up for a game that he will never forget.  Good for him.  And let the API brain trust think about that for a little while.

As you know, we generally do not call out individual players by name in this space but I'm willing to make an exception this time.  I don't know, and do not want to know, exactly what "team rule" Nick Gentry violated.  But a senior player managing to get himself suspended for Senior Day?  Well, words fail me.

Speaking of which, having a group of Jesse Williams, Nick Gentry, and Josh Chapman watching the game is probably the equivalent of having one of the best defensive lines in the conference, and therefore the nation, as cheerleaders.  We understand that Chapman has been battling nagging injuries for awhile and that Williams was ill rather than injured.  Here's hoping that they show up rested but in a nasty mood in Lee County.

Georgia Southern is a quality football team.  I do not expect they would have any trouble beating at least Mississippi State, Kentucky, or Mississippi from the SEC.  I will be interested to see how far they go in the playoffs.

Sad to see the gallant Will Lowery go down.  We will miss him at dime more than most probably realize.

Beyond that, we hope that the 24-hour rule was more like the 24-minute rule on Saturday.  This team still has the opportunity to achieve its ultimate, most important objective, by which, of course, we mean avenging last year’s Thanksgiving weekend debacle.  Down here at the Tire Store it is been almost 365 days of driving like there was a roofing nail in the radial. 

Roll Tide.  Beat Auburn.  Nothing more is required, nothing less will suffice.

The Correspondent From The Tire Store