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Cribby said:
I have a wild idea , how about we play complimentary football ? Balanced offense that moves the ball and a defense that gets stops. Offense takes a step or two back but the defense will absolutely take a couple forward. That unit went from a weakness to a strength. Add Xavier and it’s a deep , playoff caliber secondary.
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Can we do that? I mean... you can actually win games by not having to score 45 points a game?!?!
 

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Calinative said:
Probably doesn't want to play for Bobo plus he had little weapons or OLine help in a year that was supposed to be his send off to the NFL and he entered season projected #1 and ended it with a ****ed elbow and likely only a 3rd rounder....
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Maybe. For his sake, if he comes here he better play better than he did last year.
 
Cribby said:
I have a wild idea , how about we play complimentary football ? Balanced offense that moves the ball and a defense that gets stops. Offense takes a step or two back but the defense will absolutely take a couple forward. That unit went from a weakness to a strength. Add Xavier and it’s a deep , playoff caliber secondary.
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Imagine both offense and defense are good. That’s wild
 
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k9cane said:
Can we do that? I mean... you can actually win games by not having to score 45 points a game?!?!
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I know your knowledge of UM goes back a ways, so I don’t need to convince you that many of our good/great offensive years were aided by dang good defense and special teams. Would be so nice to be a well rounded team again.
 
Cribby said:
I have a wild idea , how about we play complimentary football ? Balanced offense that moves the ball and a defense that gets stops. Offense takes a step or two back but the defense will absolutely take a couple forward. That unit went from a weakness to a strength. Add Xavier and it’s a deep , playoff caliber secondary.
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Yes the talent on paper is minimum top 25 and could be close to top 15 with Lucas

But none of that matters if we are calling inside stunts when the team is running outside

We need a chef to cook
And I think this could be a very good defense
 
k9cane said:
that Gatech game, yeah, they only gave up 28 -- but they flat out could not get off the field. And it limited the opportunities for the offense. And when you give up THAT many yards on the ground to a team which doesn't have a consistent pass threat -- that's terrible defense, bottom line
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Simply not true. GTech went 3 & out 4 times and on another drive punted after 6 plays and just 25 yards. We only scored 10 points off those 5 stops by the defense.
 
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k9cane said:
Can we do that? I mean... you can actually win games by not having to score 45 points a game?!?!
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Yea, we won 7 (or 8 depending how you can’t it) in 2023 with TVD. That roster was much worse. And TVD sucked

I don’t understand how you look at our roster today, with Beck (22-3 as a starter) and conclude the best we can do is 8 wins in the ACC
 
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canes1996 said:
I know your knowledge of UM goes back a ways, so I don’t need to convince you that many of our good/great offensive years were aided by dang good defense and special teams. Would be so nice to be a well rounded team again.
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people forget that most of our big wins in the Erickson era was keyed by the defense. Even the 2001 juggernaut had a game like BC (where the offense stalled)

It's really a shame Damien Martinez is gone, he would've had a monster 25 for UM...
 
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k9cane said:
what's our ceiling next season with Emory as the starter, or Nickel...maybe 5-7 wins

With a solid, healthy version of Beck, it's probably around 8-9, right?
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We back to 10 wins on the table boys

With Beck its ACC title or bust. Miami and Clemson are the 2 clear favorites to win the ACC going into 2025 season
 
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Reyrey said:
Yea, we won 7 (or 8 depending how you can’t it) in 2023 with TVD. That roster was much worse.

I don’t understand how you look at our roster today, with Beck (22-3 as a starter) and conclude the best we can do is 8 wins in the ACC
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I probably have PTSD from Mario losing a game or two every year as the heavy favorite (something that happened twice in November this past season).

I'm becoming more and more cynical as I get older. I can't help it
 
TwentySix said:
Are people actually saying they don’t want him in here or are you guys arguing with the wind
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I haven't seen it in here. Over on the youtube side I see some hate but not much. I feel like most of the fanbase is happy over this. The 2nd half of the pop tart did wonders on the pro Emory crowd
 
JHallCanes said:
If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I would be less shocked than if OSU was actually interested
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