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I think it was close to unanimous after yesterday that without PJ, the linebacking is the weak link. Would it be possible to play with yet another safety? If PJ is back, play him but replace all others with safeties. We are facing some teams which live and die with the pass in the coming...

After I saw the stat sheet for the game, it occurred to me that this was the issue of the weakness of a pass only offense. When you get in close, you really need to be able to run the ball some to get seven points instead of three. It looked to me that without a solid run game, they had to...

Cuse, are you allowed to tell us or hint at who the guests are? Will Paul be there, or does he get the week off? Either way, I'll probably be listening.

Great call on the three man blitz Glad to see us playing tighter on receivers. Got more pressure today, blitz or not. I'd have liked to have seen what Favian Upshaw would look like at quarterback in our offense. Great call on the play where Justin reversed field. Mills' downfield blocking made...

One of my favorite calls today. Sent Mitchell and Griffin. They had someone to pick up Mitchell, but not both of them. Griffin in in a split second. No time for the quarterback to do anything. Often we blitz a single linebacker and the back kept in the backfield to block picks him up. I'd...

I watched a little of one of their games a couple of weeks ago. They ran a play repeatedly which looked unusual to me. I only watched a few minutes, so I can't say how effective it was. They lined up in a shotgun with a back near the quarterback. A slot back started in motion and ran to a...

My two cents says we have a whole lot of good head coaches these days. In terms of what we've seen recently, it's about time to admit Dabo is really good. Mark Richt is the best coach Miami has had in a long, long time. Narduzzi's team looked sharp and well coached the last two years.

Here is a another little part of Monday night's conversation. Before the game, Pat Narduzzi and Paul met and had a brief conversation. The first thing from Coach Narduzzi was something like "Boy, you don't get a week off in this league, do you? When I was in the Big 10 (or 12), we had a few...

I was hurricaned out. Even the local radio station wasn't working, but found the game on some distant signal. I started listening just before they had the ball with first and 25. I was looking for something to kick after they converted. Did we play their receivers any tighter, or did we...

bke, I'm with you. I think that is going to be our best hope for the rest of the year.

I'm fairly certain he said that just after the back to back losses in 2014. Said he had such confidence in the offense he felt that we could always win a high scoring game.

I told the team we are playing one game seasons from here on out. Pitt game we probably played the hardest we have so far. Total stats both offensive and defensive are deceiving because both teams tend to have fewer possessions in our games. 4th and one play was a good call, but we bungled...

I hurt for the players and coaches today. Between last year and this year, they have played way too many games that could have gone either way go only to end up with another loss. You know whatever we're feeling, you can double it for them. . As was said up the thread, we can't seem to get...

This is something I've been wanting to hear. I hope there will be follow through. Coach said Monday night Simmons isn't as good against the run, as we suspected. But what I see every week is we stop the run pretty well, then let the other team convert first downs with the pass. It's pass...

I wonder sometimes how Coach Johnson deals with the frustration of his offense messing things up. A caller asked for some examples of "missed assignments," since Johnson is always talking about them. Coach says okay, here's one. We are playing a freshman at guard who hasn't had much playing...

Longfor, that is not an exact quote. I can't remember exactly how he expressed it. But that was the gist of what he said. He clearly expressed that he doesn't approve. When he said just before "we have to challenge the receivers," that was close to an exact quote. Like 33 and others, I...

One other kinda depressing note. Talking about recruiting, he said we go after plenty of big star guys too. We have FSU, Georgia, Clemson, Tennessee, Alabama all nearby and they are after those same guys. Facilities and home attendance are two areas we can't compete in. It isn't the first...

1) Step will be ready Saturday. 2) Clinton Lynch's father was a standout at Illinois. Paul's Hawaii team beat them in a bowl in the 90s. 3) On pass defense, specifically lack of a rush. Paraphrasing: Well, you have to cover to. We did get to him some in the second half. Almost were able...

For me, 8-4 is somehow more than a single step up from 7-5. I'm not sure why, but it is. 8-4 is a pretty good year, while 7-5 is mediocrity. 8-4 usually gets you a more respectable bowl. The desire to get to 8 is the main reason I was upset over the loss to Miami. If it had come later in...

One other point about the defense. Gamble or one of the DTs said something like " we have gotten better each week as the game goes on. We just need to find a way to start off like that." There is a lot of truth to that. Both played both Clem and Miami way better in the second half. I sure...