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What this brings to mind is how do these teams seem to field a credible defense when we can't? Coach Johnson also keeps saying how good Dukes' defense is. These teams aren't getting four star factory types. What the heck are they doing that we aren't? And why can't we study what they are...

Several calls about the defense. PJs answers: Didn't line up right. Lots of problems with our eyes. If you are supposed to cover the right side wide receiver, you must do that and not be looking in at the running back. Fundamentals... If we are going to blitz, we need to commit to bringing...

I'll take cheese's side on this. Maybe a different scheme would make a difference. I don't know. But for whatever reason, our line and linebackers totally lack impact players. What's really scary is the two best -- P J and Pat Gamble -- are seniors. It could get worse next year, if such a...

What about Freddie? Anyone know the nature of his injury?

GTR and Tampa, you're both right. For most of the season we got seven when we got close. Our offense is well suited for short fields and PJ does some of his best play calling down there. I think this is exactly what Boomer was on about when he started the thread. We have gotten error prone...

I second wreckrod's call for the D getting their hands up. We aren't going to get pressure on the quick passes anyway. Trying to tip them at the line has some chance of doing some good. .Monday night Andy told PJ the scoring pass to Lynch looked like the same play with the same result we had...

Two factors. Neither of these is a huge stretch either. 1) Offense must play well, but also, offense must play smart. Many of the killer turnovers have been caused by someone on the line failing to block his assignment. Someone then comes in unblocked and catches the back at a time when he...

Great! Thanks for finding this, Supersize! I swear I check Ken just before I posted the above.

Anything new? Ken says there will be an injury report Thursday. Which is today.

ez is right. It is hard to pass when there isn't much field left to work with. Until the last two games we were pretty good run stoppers, and that combined with the tighter pass receiver coverage made us a good red zone defense. I don't know how much that had to do with PJ not being on the...

What Longest Day says a few posts up the thread captures it. Gave our defense too much to think about. I didn't write much down, meaning not a lot of substance. When asked about both lines, PJ said that the offensive line is young but improving and looking promising. On the defensive line...

One thing I had thought would happen in the Duke game was that we could be trading our touchdowns for their field goals. Except for Georgia Southern, we had played the run pretty well. We also had been good at stopping teams once they got to the 20. At Duke, we didn't stop the run and not...

I always find it interesting to see the national perception of the games as reflecting by where they set the lines. I think two are two high. Just as I thought we were less than a touchdown better than Duke, I don't think we are 11 points worse than UNC. Also don't think VT is 10 points...

An interesting thing to think about. I can't say this is a good thing, but it might be that JT is by now half expecting the A back to be outflanked. It is pretty clear sometimes there are no yards to be had by pitching it. So he quickly sees he has no choice but to see what he can get out of...

Love what Inside had to say about the defense way back up the thread. Following cheese's comment about the DTs, what has happened to our run defense the last two games? Before that we were a pretty good run stopping team. The last two games we stopped nothing consistently. It'll be...

I wonder how much of the last two weeks angst has to do with the teams being Georgia Southern and Duke? I cant' say the defense didn't suck in both. Miami and Duke are comparable this year. But Duke still caries an aura of weak football about them. It might take a decade to change that. If...

During that strange coachless coaches call in show, Roddy Jones was asked what makes Clinton so good. His answer was an "uncanny ability to make tacklers miss."

A good point, A Love! I may be doin' some griping, but I'm really, really glad to get that W. After we failed on the fourth and one and they went in for the score, they had all the Mo. I was not liking our chances one bit. But we found a way. by the way, PJ was fuming on the radio about...

Last week Andy noted that he played wide receiver in high school. Asked CPJ if it was a hard sell telling him we wanted him as an A back. Coach said, "I don't know. We only recruited him for a week." As you say, we got one of our top offensive players as an afterthought. The recruiting game...

It was pretty obvious today why Dedrick is the starter. I didn't expect such a drop off in inside running. We are no better at running the TO this year, but we are a good passing team these days The protection is at least pretty good, JT is throwing the ball on the money, and we are using...