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After the Storm: Pitt

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you could tell richt wasnt really happy after such a good win and its becuase HIS offense was a shytshow
 
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Don’t really want to see us play A&M because if we win Richt won’t change anything
 
All in on hiring an offensive coordinator. Sorry, just find some of the logic and rational to be at a naive, sophomoric level. Not sure how current coaches get blamed for dropped balls. And yes, JT was missed, but isn't he the same JT who whiffed on a punt at GT and factored significantly into the loss? Maybe the characters who take to social media about wanting to eat, wanting more burn, etc. need to chill & make some plays.
 
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Thanks for the write up. I really hope we play a team that we are favored to beat and come up with a W in the bowl. As disastrous of a season as this was, riding a 3 game win streak into the off season would provide a needed positive vibe in the building for the next 8 months or whatever. A loss in the bowl would be a blow.
 
We're back to having no elite speed at the skill positions without Thomas and Richards.
 
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Here's the crazy part -- as dysfunctional as the offense looked on Saturday, it was still an improvement over what we saw during the 4 game losing streak. Without the dropped passes we probably put up at least 2 more touchdowns. Even with the drops and dysfunction, spreading the defense out and throwing the ball on 1st and 2nd down opened up the running game. Bring in an OC who actually knows how to run a spread offense and we might have a stew brewin'.
 
Stefan Adams said:
Pitt’s offensive line was one of 10 nominated for the Joe Moore Award for best O-Line unit in the country and had been averaging over 350 yards rushing per game in their 4 game winning streak prior to this game.
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Wasn't notre dame nominated for the same award when we kicked them into the fetal position?

Bring on the bowl team with their line nominated for the Joe Moore Award!
 
Dawgcane said:
Good summary of the finale against Pitt. @Stefan Adams would question your assessment of the OL last couple games. Canes have averaged 350 yards on ground and OL has kept Perry somewhat clean when attempting passes.
Perry still raw at position, but wonder would he be better had he played all year, (might be broken beyond repair).
As you said receivers atrocious, can just imagine how much more efficient offense would be if we had Payton and Haselwood lining up in place of Langham/Cager and Harley

Thanks for your work this year.
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I would have to disagree on the O-Line. The stats simply do not back that up. They actually averaged under 200 yards per game rushing on the season (197 ypg, 44th in FBS) and did not hit 350 rushing yards in any single game, so not sure where you're getting that from. Miami is 64th in the country in sacks allowed at 2.17 per game and it's a credit to Perry that the number is not much worse: he escaped a lot of immediately collapsing pockets this season.

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/23

In terms of advanced analytics, the O-Line is actually worse in every statistical category than they were in 2017 when the line was considered mediocre at best.

The categories: Line Yards, Std. Downs Line Yards, Pass. Downs Line Yards, OppprtunityRate, Power Success Rate, Stuff Rate, Sack Rate, Std. Downs Sack Rate, Pass. Downs Sack Rate.

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaaol

All of this against one of the easiest schedules in the Power 5 mind you.

I was going to write an article breaking these numbers down further, but I feel like most understand this is just not a good O-Line, don't need 1,000 words to tell you that. If there's interest, I will write it though.
 
KrazyCane said:
I disagree that the WR group will be a question mark in 2019. Too much talent among that group and Dugans will have them motivated to live up to expectations imo.

You can tell a lot of those players weren’t use to being counted on like that Jeff Thomas was a security blanket that allowed them to both play their roles quietly and also complain about playing time.

But now when ur number gets called you see why you barely played all season lol it’s a good learning lesson for them and I think this season will pay off.
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You're a dumb a##
 
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Stefan Adams said:
I would have to disagree on the O-Line. The stats simply do not back that up. They actually averaged under 200 yards per game rushing on the season (197 ypg, 44th in FBS) and did not hit 350 rushing yards in any single game, so not sure where you're getting that from. Miami is 64th in the country in sacks allowed at 2.17 per game and it's a credit to Perry that the number is not much worse: he escaped a lot of immediately collapsing pockets this season.

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/23

In terms of advanced analytics, the O-Line is actually worse in every statistical category than they were in 2017 when the line was considered mediocre at best.

The categories: Line Yards, Std. Downs Line Yards, Pass. Downs Line Yards, OppprtunityRate, Power Success Rate, Stuff Rate, Sack Rate, Std. Downs Sack Rate, Pass. Downs Sack Rate.

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaaol

All of this against one of the easiest schedules in the Power 5 mind you.

I was going to write an article breaking these numbers down further, but I feel like most understand this is just not a good O-Line, don't need 1,000 words to tell you that. If there's interest, I will write it though.
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It's the worst O'Line in since the mid '90's.
 
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