AugustaSwarm
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We gave up 5.2 yds/rush to Ga State. Credit them for showing up and being physical in the run game. Their backs were bottled up until they weren't - 41 yd run by Wilkerson, 23 yd run by Brock, 21 yd run by Dukes. Hats off...Could not agree more. The defense did not pass the eye test last week to me at all. After going back and watching again we are getting no pressure unless we bring 5-6 guys and our secondary doesn't seem to be handling man coverage all that well to me. I'm no expert, but I'm not sure we have made a massive jump on defense yet. I think we are more sound and have improved, but I'm not sure how much. I think we have gone from a D- defense to maybe a C or C+ defense. I think we will need to run the ball and control the clock. If we can force a turnover or two we can definitely outscore them, but this game will be a fight.
Our D had zero sacks, but we did rack up 8 TFL. Huge shout out to Tren Tatum - 3 total tackles, 2.5 TFL. We will have to be better at preventing big plays vs. Cuse - they've got a legit QB who will capitalize on busted coverages. We were able to pressure the Ga State QB quite a bit, but they were running short routes for quick throws. Cuse will likely test us deep a lot more. Santucci did not appear to get too creative vs. Ga State, probably by design. I expect a much more aggressive defense vs. Cuse.
That said, they gave up an *** of yards rushing to Ohio...that certainly looks good for us. If our OL comes out angry like they did vs. F$U, we'll be able to control the clock and the flow of the game. Will this be the game where we open up the passing game? I hope we don't need it.