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1. Duke was a hoss. We definitely lose this game without him taking that monster role today.
2. We're 7-0 even though it seems like an illusion. We're a good team, and in light of what we've been for many years, it's refreshing to be so much better than we've been. But we're miles away still from an elite team.
3. Running game stepped up again at the end. How about this? If you don't trust your QB (and they obviously don't), then become a run-first team for the ENTIRE game, not just for the last 10 minutes of the game. Pound that sht and then hit them over the top off of playaction. About the only good ball Morris throws at this point is the deep pass, so pound it and occasionally give him a one, or at most 2, read high low deal every once in awhile.
4. The Distinguished Brit Clive basically saved the game for us with that one-handed grab.
5. Crawford looked good there in coverage aside from that bogus PI call. He's improved from earlier this season for sure. Nice to see him get rewarded with the pick.
6. Chick played hard for us today as usual. But he was bull out there collapsing the pocket in the 2nd half and making things tough on Price.
7. Coley brings a new element to the return game. He's got the ability to make something out of nothing as he did on that one long return. Dorsett fair catches that one or gets tripped after 1 yard.
Now the multiple down points:
1. We are still pretty slow. We lack those electric guys on offense and defense that just accelerate past people or explode into them on defense. There are too many plays where we're just too slow to get there to make the play. Looked like we were running in quick sand for much of the first half. I'm sick of hearing about Miami speed because we're more of a grinding and mauling well-conditioned team than we are a fast explosive team. We badly need an infusion of speed on both sides of the football.
2. I'm not a big fan of trying to cover their best player with a LB. I don't care where Campanaro lined up, it was sinful to ax a LB to try to cover him.
3. Our pass rush is still an illusion. It's nowhere to be seen against reputable offensive lines.
4. Why the **** would you allow a team to line up its OL in 5 yard splits and not shoot any of those gaps? I don't get it. How about some blitzes in the A gaps and you'd get to Price before he could set his back foot.
5. At this point when you're in nail biters with everyone maybe we're not playing down to our competition. Maybe we're just a little bit of smoke and mirrors with that 7-0 record. If you struggle once or twice that's playing down. If you're in a dog fight every single week, then maybe that's just who you are right now. Let's not forget, we were awful last year. So this is a **** good improvement.
Let me close by looking at fsu. Jemima has turned fsu from a good team into a team that is a toss-up right now with Alabama for best in the country. It pains me to no end to say that because I hate that program with ever fiber of my being. But it's going to take everything we've got to avoid the rock slide up there.
If we go up there with shtty QB play like we've had with a couple 3 and outs early they'll absolutely jump us in like that Mexican kid in "Colors". Jemima is so accurate it's sickening, and they've got WRs coming out of their asses. And you guys know how we struggle to cover people. If Bush was healthy I'd feel a lot better about us trying to defend the pass in that game, but if poor AJ is out there he's going to get thrown in the wood chipper by those guys.
We will either need to go balls to the wall and hope to strike a couple early quick long scores to keep our bearings and gain some confidence. Or we'll have to go in with a run run run and run some more plan and try to shorten the game and hope for the best. We shall see, fellas.
2. We're 7-0 even though it seems like an illusion. We're a good team, and in light of what we've been for many years, it's refreshing to be so much better than we've been. But we're miles away still from an elite team.
3. Running game stepped up again at the end. How about this? If you don't trust your QB (and they obviously don't), then become a run-first team for the ENTIRE game, not just for the last 10 minutes of the game. Pound that sht and then hit them over the top off of playaction. About the only good ball Morris throws at this point is the deep pass, so pound it and occasionally give him a one, or at most 2, read high low deal every once in awhile.
4. The Distinguished Brit Clive basically saved the game for us with that one-handed grab.
5. Crawford looked good there in coverage aside from that bogus PI call. He's improved from earlier this season for sure. Nice to see him get rewarded with the pick.
6. Chick played hard for us today as usual. But he was bull out there collapsing the pocket in the 2nd half and making things tough on Price.
7. Coley brings a new element to the return game. He's got the ability to make something out of nothing as he did on that one long return. Dorsett fair catches that one or gets tripped after 1 yard.
Now the multiple down points:
1. We are still pretty slow. We lack those electric guys on offense and defense that just accelerate past people or explode into them on defense. There are too many plays where we're just too slow to get there to make the play. Looked like we were running in quick sand for much of the first half. I'm sick of hearing about Miami speed because we're more of a grinding and mauling well-conditioned team than we are a fast explosive team. We badly need an infusion of speed on both sides of the football.
2. I'm not a big fan of trying to cover their best player with a LB. I don't care where Campanaro lined up, it was sinful to ax a LB to try to cover him.
3. Our pass rush is still an illusion. It's nowhere to be seen against reputable offensive lines.
4. Why the **** would you allow a team to line up its OL in 5 yard splits and not shoot any of those gaps? I don't get it. How about some blitzes in the A gaps and you'd get to Price before he could set his back foot.
5. At this point when you're in nail biters with everyone maybe we're not playing down to our competition. Maybe we're just a little bit of smoke and mirrors with that 7-0 record. If you struggle once or twice that's playing down. If you're in a dog fight every single week, then maybe that's just who you are right now. Let's not forget, we were awful last year. So this is a **** good improvement.
Let me close by looking at fsu. Jemima has turned fsu from a good team into a team that is a toss-up right now with Alabama for best in the country. It pains me to no end to say that because I hate that program with ever fiber of my being. But it's going to take everything we've got to avoid the rock slide up there.
If we go up there with shtty QB play like we've had with a couple 3 and outs early they'll absolutely jump us in like that Mexican kid in "Colors". Jemima is so accurate it's sickening, and they've got WRs coming out of their asses. And you guys know how we struggle to cover people. If Bush was healthy I'd feel a lot better about us trying to defend the pass in that game, but if poor AJ is out there he's going to get thrown in the wood chipper by those guys.
We will either need to go balls to the wall and hope to strike a couple early quick long scores to keep our bearings and gain some confidence. Or we'll have to go in with a run run run and run some more plan and try to shorten the game and hope for the best. We shall see, fellas.
