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I thought once Macordes got healthy last year he played well down the stretch. I have been expecting a big year from him this year. Players develop. I am sure he has worked hard to get better. I did notice PJ playing more within the system yesterday.

I agree with your overall sentiment. I only plucked this detail out because it is a pet peeve. I hate it when QBs overthrow guys who are wide damn open. It's smarter to underthrow it and make good and sure it's completed. Justin underthrows wide open guys a lot and indeed underthrew on Summers...

IMO, ND will circle the wagons and give us their best effort at home. I am sure Brian Kelly is pointing to OSU last year and saying we can do the same thing this year. Do not forget UVA's Scott Stadium is--for whatever reason--a difficult venue to get a win in. Not just for us historically but...

Just keep winning and we'll be there in the end. We have to get better this week and get ready for ND.

IIRC CPJ said in the spring MJ wasnt ready yet which is just how he looked at the time. It's been months since the spring and guys develop, so perhaps MJ is more ready now, plus he has better players around him in the 2 deep. Add to that he is now taking #2QB practice reps. Also Johnson madr...

Skov had not yet transferred, Marcus Allen had not shown himself capable in the spring game, and freshmen were not on campus yet. Just sayin'.

We all know (or should know) first games are misleading. That said, just like us ND looked very crisp on both sides of the ball. Their QB completed 19 of 22 passes for 313 yards and is electric running the ball. Remember, he beat out the guy who transferred in and became FSU's starter. He is a...

Very True. I thought Marshall displayed quick feet in the hole, cuts at speed, and terrific acceleration. That said even Marcus was complimenting the OL and saying things were wide open.

Been high on MM since film and should be great for us. Quick feet in the hole and Dwyeresque cuts at speed. Also has a nice little stiffarm and is more physical than one might imagine. I thought the bigger story was the way the team came out focused, with energy, and with a mindset to get...

High y tight!

Two risks for fumbles are systemic (mesh, pitch), and individual (hold it high and tight). Justin of course reduces systemic risk with reads and experience. The new BB's could increase systemic risk by reading the wrong mesh point, particularly if defenses are jumping around and attempting to...

Awesome retrospective and another high quality Mule post. Thanks for that walk down memory lane. To be a grumpy nitpicker....since thats what we do yaknow....with ND and FSU coming on the schedule 8-4 is possible with a better team than last year. So much depends on injuries and other forms of...

Not terribly concerned here unless there are injuries. D-line is going to make 'backers' jobs much easier this year (barring rampant DL injury). I like Macordes and feel when healthy in the second half of the year he played well. The experience will help him this year. PJ Davis is terrific in...

To answer this question one should ask themself "when last year was an opponent's speed a problem for us, and when was our speed a problem for our opponent". When I do this I think we are probably in in the first quintile of FBS teams. Very rarely was an opponents speed a big problem for us...

True dat!

As Johnson intimated in the preseason he's going to have some inexperience that shows as a first year starter. Johnson said Hunt got away with some things he won't get away with against really good OL, iirc. What that sounds is not quite having technique down in the muscle memory yet/or not...

I remember a famous downfield pitch by an Oklahoma QB in an Orange Bowl. I think the QB was the MVP. What I remember is the QB getting tripped up and flying through the air almost parallel to the ground then making a perfect pitch while in mid-air to the trailing back who took it to the house...

Fair question. My guess is that it's more conservative to just keep it. Pigs get fed and hogs get slaughtered.

By the end of the year we werd much tougher vs the run (see UGA, MSU)