re: Pioneer is here, Lets Talk Football

quote:

---

I feel confident in our entire offensive unit against OM, I don't think we'll have too many problems moving the ball. Between Henry, JCorn, Reed, Morgan, Sprinkle, and Duwop we actually have a pretty dominant receiving corps ("core" for some of you) - surprisingly. Of course I'm confident in Allen, Collins, and Walker is running like a madman since returning from injury. We'll get our yards, just have to finish in the redzone. Defense is another story. Kelly and Treadwell could combine for some huge plays against our porous back 7, and there's plenty of other receiving threats in OM's starting lineup too. My hope is that they'll play like they have been playing on the road, particularly the Bama and UT games. They'll HAVE to stop them more often than not, our offense isn't built to come from behind; especially behind a couple TDs. We need the corners to play close to the line and jam the receivers as much as possible, or Kelly will pick us apart with dink-and-dunk passes all game long. We also need the safeties and corners in ball-hawk mode, constantly turning their head to see the pass coming or jumping routes and coming up with INTs. I'm not even sure of a score to predict, the entire game depends on which back 7 shows up.

---