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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 752888" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>While looking over some games it was remarkable how similar our offense was against UL was compared to Miami's. </p><p></p><p>Miami scored 48, we scored 47. Both of us were right at 50% on third downs (6-13 vs 6-12). Both had 19 first downs. 485 yards to 450. No turnovers. Forced three turnovers. Both got whooped in the ToP. 5.3 ypr vs 5.6. 10.8 yards per pass vs 11.7. 8.08 yards per plays vs 8.03. Just found it interesting. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, against Clemson I expect a trouncing. Their DL is scary to me and think they are in a class by themselves in the ACC to me. But other than them I don't see why we can't have some solid success against the others. Both ND and Miami have some common opponents with us and don't feel like their defenses really performed all that much better than ours did in those games and I wouldn't be all that concerned about our offense going against our defense. By no means is that a complete, or even good, argument, but with so little data early in the year I think it's worth noting. </p><p></p><p>IMO I expect our OL will look worse in the coming weeks than it has. So far it has been okay with too many breakdowns rather than consistently being a big issue like it was last year. I expect Clemson to dominate it and the others to pose issues more common than we have seen this year but less so than last year. I think there are some things that really work in our favor though. For one it's our RB group. Even without Mason we have a group of RBs that have shown to be able to produce even when blocking breaks down. In particular Gibbs has deceptive speed (on top of already good speed to begin with). He's the type of back that can make people misjudge the angle they need and that is very big when it comes to bouncing it outside. Also, Sims has shown good judgment on when he needs to tuck it and run. I don't really recall a play where he took off too early imo nor one where it felt like he held onto the ball too long when he should have gotten what he could. That combined with his pretty good accuracy in the short to mid range passing game puts pressure on the defense. In year's past we would have QBs who would take off too early which meant lost opportunities in the passing game and allowed defenses to focus more on that. With Sims, teams need to respect his ability to pass even when under pressure, and that opens up things when he does decide to run. All of that just goes to the point where I don't think a good defensive line is enough to completely shut us down like we saw last year. Now, I do expect more sacks/turnovers caused by pressure and those along with penalties could derail promising drives, but I still think we'll be able to move the ball decently against anyone we played not named Clemson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 752888, member: 2299"] While looking over some games it was remarkable how similar our offense was against UL was compared to Miami's. Miami scored 48, we scored 47. Both of us were right at 50% on third downs (6-13 vs 6-12). Both had 19 first downs. 485 yards to 450. No turnovers. Forced three turnovers. Both got whooped in the ToP. 5.3 ypr vs 5.6. 10.8 yards per pass vs 11.7. 8.08 yards per plays vs 8.03. Just found it interesting. Anyways, against Clemson I expect a trouncing. Their DL is scary to me and think they are in a class by themselves in the ACC to me. But other than them I don't see why we can't have some solid success against the others. Both ND and Miami have some common opponents with us and don't feel like their defenses really performed all that much better than ours did in those games and I wouldn't be all that concerned about our offense going against our defense. By no means is that a complete, or even good, argument, but with so little data early in the year I think it's worth noting. IMO I expect our OL will look worse in the coming weeks than it has. So far it has been okay with too many breakdowns rather than consistently being a big issue like it was last year. I expect Clemson to dominate it and the others to pose issues more common than we have seen this year but less so than last year. I think there are some things that really work in our favor though. For one it's our RB group. Even without Mason we have a group of RBs that have shown to be able to produce even when blocking breaks down. In particular Gibbs has deceptive speed (on top of already good speed to begin with). He's the type of back that can make people misjudge the angle they need and that is very big when it comes to bouncing it outside. Also, Sims has shown good judgment on when he needs to tuck it and run. I don't really recall a play where he took off too early imo nor one where it felt like he held onto the ball too long when he should have gotten what he could. That combined with his pretty good accuracy in the short to mid range passing game puts pressure on the defense. In year's past we would have QBs who would take off too early which meant lost opportunities in the passing game and allowed defenses to focus more on that. With Sims, teams need to respect his ability to pass even when under pressure, and that opens up things when he does decide to run. All of that just goes to the point where I don't think a good defensive line is enough to completely shut us down like we saw last year. Now, I do expect more sacks/turnovers caused by pressure and those along with penalties could derail promising drives, but I still think we'll be able to move the ball decently against anyone we played not named Clemson. [/QUOTE]
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