First-down dominance was a major cause of the turnaround.
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The lone goal came midway through the first half when Danielle Henley slipped a through ball to Charde Hannah, who beat goalkeeper Cassie Miller and tapped the ball into the goal for her second goal of the season. Cook finished the first half with 35 yards on 11 carries but finished the game with 192 all-purpose yards. The offense committed six of them before halftime: three false starts, a hold, an illegal participation, and a personal foul. “We’re just going to go out there and start fast from now on”. Massey is capable of lining up at receiver, running back, quarterback, returner and even punter. A lack of well-rounded receiving play contributed to inconsistency.
The real reason the Seminoles came back-Freshman QB Deondre Francois. Plus, not including the sack, he rushed five times for 85 yards. The offense was going three and out in 15 seconds, and the defense was getting gassed by a freshman quarterback. His redshirt freshman season lasted about 28 minutes. Monday looked quite familiar, then, for the Noles.
For the third year in a row, Alabama entered an offseason with a question mark at quarterback. That’s what a game manager does; they’re playmakers.
We don’t yet know that this has been rectified, though signs are certainly encouraging.
Kelly had 267 of the Rebels’ 312 yards in the first half, throwing for 215 (14 of 23, three touchdowns) and rushing for 52.
Georgia’s Jacob Eason, who entered during the second quarter of the Bulldogs’ 33-24 win over North Carolina, had a 51-yard completion to Isaiah McKenzie during the fourth quarter that was Georgia’s longest pass play in almost three seasons and led to a go-ahead field goal. And we got a quarterback that’s gonna toss that thing.
It took eight minutes and 18 seconds, but the Seminoles were able to erase a 22-point deficit to Ole Miss on a misdirection jet sweep from wide receiver Kermit Whitfield. Freeze has built his Rebel squad around physical dominance, looseness, and volatility. But the jolt seemed to give Francois confidence, as he completed 9-for-13 in the third quarter and made plays with his legs.
FSU tried to answer with a touchdown, but a Cook fumbled out of bounds inside the 5-yard line. He’s certainly going to be receiving a lot of double teams the rest of the way this season, but he’s off to a great start for the National Football League scouts, showing he can rack up sacks against the 11th ranked team in the country on a big platform.
With the first weekend of games in the books, it’s time to take a look at the best of the best and honor some of the top performances.
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Tennessee is focused on the long-anticipated matchup that is being billed as the “Battle at Bristol”, a game first discussed in 1997 and that is expected to draw a crowd of 155,000 or more to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
