I’m glad we won the game. But there was no way that game should have gone two overtimes. Up 17-7 our corner jumps the rout, picks off a pass…and falls down! NOBODY in front of him…and he falls down. Can we blame that on coaching? Because I think we should. We end up with zero points off the turnover, next thing you know So Miss runs it right down our throats and it’s a 3 point game. From then on it was a struggle. If we get that pick six it may have broken their backs. (More like probably). Little things like that are often the difference between winning and losing. How many times did we give up first downs in the fourth quarter and overtime on 3rd and 10 or longer? And we had guys running around WIDE OPEN! On obvious passing downs. If we are going to let the quarterback stand there all day, then could we at least cover the receivers?
But the offense looked fantastic in the overtime period, which is a bit surprising after that awful second half. They really stepped it up when we needed it. O-line was opening up some huge holes. It’s tough too when you come out down 7 and you have to score not once, but twice. Was this our first overtime win? Because I can’t think of another one. I remember Culpepper tripping on the center’s foot at Ole Miss when he could have walked into the end zone for a win. I remember Prater missing an extra point in our first ever bowl game in overtime. I remember losing to USF in overtime the last time we played them. This is the first one I can remember us winning. So that’s a good thing.
But, this team we played is now 0-6. They were 17 point underdogs in this game. And they damn near came into our house and beat us. I hope the Big East doesn’t invite them anytime soon, because O’Leary is now 2-6 against them. At least he learned his lesson about going for two. I was sure glad to see the kicker come out in the first OT to tie the game. FYI, for all you who thought going for two made sense last year, this is why it did not.
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October 14th, 2012 at 11:55 am
Glad for the win,however, it was the same issue we have every game. I would have to assume there is NO halftime discussions at all in our locker room. Every week, our opponent makes adjustments at halftime and comes out with a “punch”. UCF on the other hand, makes NO adjustments, plays with the exact same plan, and either loses or in last nights case, almost loses the game. There is a serious coaching problem here…I will continue to say, GOL has done all he can for UCF, we CAN NOT afford to take him to the Big East!!
October 14th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
He didn’t learn a lesson about going for 2. He didn’t have the option. A good coach knows that sometimes it is better for you to just tie it up and force them to take the game from you.
Anyway, love your site and hopefully he is gone after this season. I gave up my season tickets because of him, and I will watch on TV. (I am that guy that O’Leary complains about) When UCF gets rid of him, I will become a season ticket holder again.
November 6th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Don’t be surprised if George O’Leary goes and loses to UTEP in El Paso. It’s reported that when college football teams travel across two time zones they win only 15% of the time. The last time O’Leary went up there he choked it up to Mike Price and a winless UTEP team that had the longest losing streak in the nation 58-13. UTEP has been stuggling on offense but their defense held #4 Oklahoma the whole time. They now look as if they have found an offense under a new quarterback. If UCF struggled to beat a winless Southern Miss team at home in double overtime they can lose in El Paso. I also doubt that O’Leary will do well come the next three seasons in the Big East. Wouldn’t be surprised he goes winless in the Big East that UCF then has to pony up the cash for the buyout to finally fire O’Leary’s ass!!!!!!!