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Last week the upper north stands were full of Mercer fans and they stood out in their bright orange tees. This week the high school bands dominated the upper north stands but they left their seats early in the game and left a lot of vacancy. One whole section east of 217 was full of Mercer fans...

Burden.

Camp, Howell, and Messick all played in the second half late in the Mercer game, but you are right, the opportunity to "contribute" as the fourth WR down is limited.

That strategy worked when scores were often 6-0 and the best defense would win. Much better athletes and beneficial rule changes (like OL holding and limits on low blocking) greatly helped the offenses and the game has changed. Dodd recognized that trend was coming and it was one if the reasons...

Defense is a process early in the season. It would take me as a coach about 3 games to find the right D players based on game observation (practice drills help find the right players but anticipation, finding the ball, getting off blocks, the results of conditioning, and taking good angles can...

If your free safety is breaking up passes or getting interceptions, that is good. If he is getting a lot of tackles, that is not so good.

CPJ answered that question a couple weels ago by saying all 4 QBs (Martenson, Swilling, Jones, and Johnson) "were rolling reps" on the Scout Team.

You are absolutely right. If the MLB is flying out toward the perimeter the C has no chance to get to him and the playside T cannot get him either if the MLB is deep and fast or if the T gets an effective rub at the line. Our BB position needs about 1200 yards + this season to keep the MLB...

Lynch and especially Qua may not run over people like Mills but they regularly "slither" and "dodge" and avoid the head on lick, resulting in them usually falling 3 yards+ after initial contact. L Griffin and M Jordan seems to consistently get yardage as well after initial contact. I do agree...

In the short yardage situation with a lot of bodies and especially near the goal line Quaide needs to learn to run hard and get low and finish low. He got straight up and surrounded by defenders and that gave the defense a good chance for a strip. Note how M Jordan and Mills usually finishes...

I would like to see 2 or 3 screens per game to MLD.

And on our TO3 plays A Marshall can really get out there. We have really good OL movement from Bryan, Braun, Marshall, , Klock and Fromayan. Big push comes from Burden and Devine. The OL is coming along fine. By the eighth game I expect our AB playmakers will be Searcy, Cottrell, Lynch, and...

One of L Simmons attributes is his size to "jam" receivers at the LOS. I hope this becomes/remains his style of play.

I believe he can under certain circumstances. Cannot block low back toward the spot where the ball was snapped and must cut the defender from the front, 2:00 to 10:00. For example a AB in slot left can cut straight ahead or to the left sideline direction, but not back toward the center of the...

Last week or so we were bombarded on this forum about wearing gold. I sat in the N stands on Saturday with a lot of Mercer fans and I took notice of who was wearing what. The men and women from Mercer were mostly all wearing orange tees. Those tees were pretty uniform in color. There was a lot...

There have been several posts complaining about questions not being heard during press conferences. We hear CPJ's answer but often have to guess about which player he is talking about. This leads to all sorts of misinfo and disagreements on this forum. This happens a lot and is a source of...

That agrees with CPJ's comment that Klock tried to go back in and play but could not. He seemed to suggest the injury was not serious or that could be a general answer about team injuries? There was a picture of Klock on the sideline (ESPN3 replay) during the game with his shoe off and ice on...

You are right...critical for not pitching but IMO the goal right now is to overcome the turnover bug (6 miscues in the Miami game), build some confidence in MJ, and use him in relief of JT to pound the other team and pound in the red zone. CPJ expressed confidence in MJ and seems to be...

I agree with you about MJ's reads in general but yesterday CPJ said he told MJ to run the ball downhill and he was following CPJ's orders. Coach agreed when questioned in the post game interview that there was bigger yardage to make if MJ made more pitches but his orders to keep it and run were...

Saw the game in person from the N stands and the D did look "awful" from there, especially on possession downs. However, I just watched it again on ESPN replay and it was not as bad. We have some D reserves who made some plays. I liked what I saw with Curry, Simmons (DE) again, and L Simmons...