Duke Highlights

[GhostofVenice01]

Are you telling me that, this year, in real life (not a hypothetical of what we'd like to see), when we had the opportunities to close out games with ball control (that according to you we don't use because of our defense), we just chose to try something different? Are you telling me that we intentionally tried to force Morris into a 4-22 completion percentage in the red zone because of...our defense?

My point is that we don't employ ball control because that's not the style our coordinator uses. Blaming that on the defense doesn't match up with the evidence.

Besides Virginia, point me out where we could have grinded out a win and didn't.

BTW, against Virginia, we ran it 3 straight times, and punted on our final possession, employing the blocking scheme that we are pining for.

I hope you're kidding. We are 116th in the NCAA in rush attempts. And, running the ball "3 straight times at the end of the game" is not an effective way of being committed to successfully running the ball (which is what provides ball control).

I see where this is going. Nevermind.

Didn't think you would be able to provide examples

Please don't bring snide remarks into the discussion. You'll lower the quality. Here are some examples off the top of my head:

(1) Duke. Yesterday. Remember that game? We were up 45-24 at one point. Do you believe we effectively controlled the ball from that point?
(2) Virginia. You mentioned it yourself. We were up 38-28.
(3) NC State. We were up 23-7 and 37-27 in that game.
(4) GTech. We were up 19-7 in that game before it became a complete shootout.
(5) Boston College. We were up by double digits in the 4th quarter and then went on a crazed 10 play drive that took off a masterful 2 minutes off the clock. We scored. We went up like 18 points. They later tightened up the game and we needed a 4th and goal stop.

Those are 5 examples out of 11 legitimate games. The 116th in rush attempts isn't enough to show you we are not committed to any kind of effective ball control?

I look forward to your response. I hope it's relevant to what was written here.

BOOM

 

[mirvin88]

Besides Virginia, point me out where we could have grinded out a win and didn't.

BTW, against Virginia, we ran it 3 straight times, and punted on our final possession, employing the blocking scheme that we are pining for.

I hope you're kidding. We are 116th in the NCAA in rush attempts. And, running the ball "3 straight times at the end of the game" is not an effective way of being committed to successfully running the ball (which is what provides ball control).

I see where this is going. Nevermind.

Didn't think you would be able to provide examples

Please don't bring snide remarks into the discussion. You'll lower the quality. Here are some examples off the top of my head:

(1) Duke. Yesterday. Remember that game? We were up 45-24 at one point. Do you believe we effectively controlled the ball from that point?
(2) Virginia. You mentioned it yourself. We were up 38-28.
(3) NC State. We were up 23-7 and 37-27 in that game.
(4) GTech. We were up 19-7 in that game before it became a complete shootout.
(5) Boston College. We were up by double digits in the 4th quarter and then went on a crazed 10 play drive that took off a masterful 2 minutes off the clock. We scored. We went up like 18 points. They later tightened up the game and we needed a 4th and goal stop.

Those are 5 examples out of 11 legitimate games. The 116th in rush attempts isn't enough to show you we are not committed to any kind of effective ball control?

I look forward to your response. I hope it's relevant to what was written here.

BOOM

**** and I bet jerzey didn't even prepare his ****

 

[DaU83]

If we play ball control, we lose a couple more games this year. Our run game just isn't as good as people want to think it is. all this "establish the run" "commitment to the run stuff" is silly.. bama can do that because they've got a nasty D... we do that. and we start getting trounced.