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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 825162" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Man, really proud of our guys. You hate to lose any game, regardless of how much of an underdog we are. However, you see clear improvement in our team that we didn't see from last year to the NIU game. Our defense battled and gave our offense a chance. The offense needs to make the most of our opportunities...especially in the red zone. That was difference. Clemson took advantage of their opportunities in the RZ, we did not. Against a team like Clemson, we should have schemed some pick plays in the RZ or line up our two best OLs and have one of our RBs run behind them. </p><p></p><p>IMO, the other difference was Clemson's yards after contact. Our guys would get to the ball carrier, but it seemed like 2-3 of our defenders would fail to bring the ball carrier down and Clemson would get more yards after contact to keep the chains moving. We had them stopped several times only for them to extend the possession because we just could not tackle. This isn't just a CGC defense problem, we've had this issue going back years now. </p><p></p><p>The better QB on the night was playing for us. Yates is just a baller and outplayed 5 star DJ. I wrote in his recruiting thread that Yates had that "something" that certain QBs like Russell Wilson have. The ability to extend plays, and keep the chains moving. Very savvy. He had a few questionable decisions, but you can live with that because he seems to learn from them. Will be interesting to see how this plays out the rest of the year because this is starting to turn into Yates's team...</p><p></p><p>Someone get on the bat line and tell Choice and Patenaude that you need to find a way to get Dontae the ball. He was the only player on our team that could turn the corner on Clemson because of his speed. IMO, he's almost a hybrid of Mason and Gibbs with more speed. Smith has surprising power, with the all purpose game of Gibbs. We need a way to scheme more touches for him.</p><p></p><p>Kyric McGowan. We heard a lot of good things about him during camp, and he showed glimpses of his skillset the first two games against NIU and KSU...but the real test was against P5 competition. Consider Kyric McGowan proven. He was open so many more times than Yates actually found him. So savvy in his ability to get open. </p><p></p><p>Still no sacks from our defense. We had opportunities to get a few but we need to work on bringing the ball carrier down. </p><p></p><p>What an absolute beast of a game by Charlie Thomas and Tariq Carpenter. When I see Charlie Thomas, I actually see the potential of what Tariq would be in that role. Tariq is faster and more athletic than Thomas...and I shake my head that we would have two guys with similar impact each game.</p><p></p><p>As much crap as we gave our coaches against NIU, let's man up and give them credit for the gameplan against Clemson. By far the best coached game by our staff...even if it was a loss.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully we can build on this and get a few more wins than predicted, which would give us a real shot at a bowl game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 825162, member: 360"] Man, really proud of our guys. You hate to lose any game, regardless of how much of an underdog we are. However, you see clear improvement in our team that we didn't see from last year to the NIU game. Our defense battled and gave our offense a chance. The offense needs to make the most of our opportunities...especially in the red zone. That was difference. Clemson took advantage of their opportunities in the RZ, we did not. Against a team like Clemson, we should have schemed some pick plays in the RZ or line up our two best OLs and have one of our RBs run behind them. IMO, the other difference was Clemson's yards after contact. Our guys would get to the ball carrier, but it seemed like 2-3 of our defenders would fail to bring the ball carrier down and Clemson would get more yards after contact to keep the chains moving. We had them stopped several times only for them to extend the possession because we just could not tackle. This isn't just a CGC defense problem, we've had this issue going back years now. The better QB on the night was playing for us. Yates is just a baller and outplayed 5 star DJ. I wrote in his recruiting thread that Yates had that "something" that certain QBs like Russell Wilson have. The ability to extend plays, and keep the chains moving. Very savvy. He had a few questionable decisions, but you can live with that because he seems to learn from them. Will be interesting to see how this plays out the rest of the year because this is starting to turn into Yates's team... Someone get on the bat line and tell Choice and Patenaude that you need to find a way to get Dontae the ball. He was the only player on our team that could turn the corner on Clemson because of his speed. IMO, he's almost a hybrid of Mason and Gibbs with more speed. Smith has surprising power, with the all purpose game of Gibbs. We need a way to scheme more touches for him. Kyric McGowan. We heard a lot of good things about him during camp, and he showed glimpses of his skillset the first two games against NIU and KSU...but the real test was against P5 competition. Consider Kyric McGowan proven. He was open so many more times than Yates actually found him. So savvy in his ability to get open. Still no sacks from our defense. We had opportunities to get a few but we need to work on bringing the ball carrier down. What an absolute beast of a game by Charlie Thomas and Tariq Carpenter. When I see Charlie Thomas, I actually see the potential of what Tariq would be in that role. Tariq is faster and more athletic than Thomas...and I shake my head that we would have two guys with similar impact each game. As much crap as we gave our coaches against NIU, let's man up and give them credit for the gameplan against Clemson. By far the best coached game by our staff...even if it was a loss. Hopefully we can build on this and get a few more wins than predicted, which would give us a real shot at a bowl game. [/QUOTE]
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