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re: How Good Is La Tech? Can they beat A&M?
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:25 pm to srotaG adirolF
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:25 pm to srotaG adirolF
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TAMU is soft, imo
We'll see how soft on Sept 8th
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Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:28 pm to CaptainBrannigan
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It is not like AM have SEC cailber linemen.
Instead of focusing on being a jerk, maybe you ought to spend more time doing your homework. It'll improve your smack by making it believable and impactful. Your comment here is akin to saying "Bama will lose to Michigan because Bama lacks an SEC caliber D-line".
You know, say something sorta intelligent like "new coach, new scheme, new QB, on the roads, looks tough" (although that'd hardly be a really insightful post, because it's already been said many times before) instead of predicting a loss based on a team strength. If A&M loses to Tech, and we well could, it'll be because our defense is terrible again and the system offense isn't in synch yet, not because the O-line gets blown up.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:35 pm to TeLeFaWx
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TCU blows. 24 game win streak...
This isn't about TCU. A&M hasn't even played TCU in what 11 years in football. My guess is you still must be upset about the Baseball Regional. Let it turn to something else.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:38 pm to TCUFan
As soon as you post something about anything college football related with the username "TCUFan", it immediately becomes about TCU
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:39 pm to RoughRider
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We'll see how soft on Sept 8th
When you're running only 80 plays in a scrimmage, it says "we don't have many players, and the ones we have cannot get hurt". Also, it says that "we are offense oriented, so we're finesse".
They lead to soft teams.
"Mug" your WR's as soon as they get off the bus. Hit 'yo qb as soon as he steps off that same bus and make him feel it. Confuse and maul that O-line, because they're soft.
"Air Raid" 2012 is just Hal Mumme's Kentucky Wildcats v2.0
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:42 pm to taylormade
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taylormade
Not sure why ya laughing, didn't they beat bama?
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:44 pm to srotaG adirolF
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Confuse and maul that O-line, because they're soft.
Lolocaust
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:49 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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ShaneTheLegLechler
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Lolocaust
Name me a dominant Big 12 D-lineman that you guys went against last year NOT from Tx or Oklahoma?
I'll wait...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:52 pm to srotaG adirolF
Name me an O Line you will go up against this season that is as good as ours not named LSU
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:03 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Thanks for the non answer to my question.
How do you know that your O-line, who we've established hasn't played any dominant D-line or D-line player, can be dominant in this league?
Last year(outside of OU and texas), we did play both NC participants, and got beat. We weren't physical enough for them-we were soft.
The positive of our team is that when Ohio St. punched us in the mouth, we didn't back down and get pushed around like we did earlier with the better teams on our schedule. Hopefully this trend continues.
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Name me an O Line you will go up against this season that is as good as ours not named LSU
How do you know that your O-line, who we've established hasn't played any dominant D-line or D-line player, can be dominant in this league?
Last year(outside of OU and texas), we did play both NC participants, and got beat. We weren't physical enough for them-we were soft.
The positive of our team is that when Ohio St. punched us in the mouth, we didn't back down and get pushed around like we did earlier with the better teams on our schedule. Hopefully this trend continues.
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:07 pm to srotaG adirolF
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How do you know that your O-line, who we've established hasn't played any dominant D-line or D-line player
We have, you eliminated the best 2 D Lines in our old conference from my answer
That's why I gave a non answer. You can't expect a serious answer when you add ridiculous qualifiers. quote:
The positive of our team is that when Ohio St. punched us in the mouth, we didn't back down and get pushed around like we did earlier with the better teams on our schedule. Hopefully this trend continues.
That's cool, we also beat a 6-6 Big 10 team in our Bowl Game. The difference was ours was over long before the last minute of the game
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:12 pm to srotaG adirolF
2011 stats:
Sacks - 1st (3.92/game)
TFL - 3rd (8.00/game - #2 is now our defensive coordinator)
We return players responsible for 70 of our 104 tackles for loss (including our #1, #2, #4, and #6 players in that category) and 33 of our 51 sacks (including our #1, #2, and #6 players in that category).
Sacks allowed - 4th (0.69/game - 9 total sacks in 13 games)
We return the entire offensive line.
Against the best offensive line we faced (Oklahoma, only 11 sacks allowed), we recorded 1 sack and 3 tackles for loss.
Against the best team in sacks that we faced (Oklahoma, averaged 3.08/game - 40 total), we allowed ZERO sacks.
Sacks - 1st (3.92/game)
TFL - 3rd (8.00/game - #2 is now our defensive coordinator)
We return players responsible for 70 of our 104 tackles for loss (including our #1, #2, #4, and #6 players in that category) and 33 of our 51 sacks (including our #1, #2, and #6 players in that category).
Sacks allowed - 4th (0.69/game - 9 total sacks in 13 games)
We return the entire offensive line.
Against the best offensive line we faced (Oklahoma, only 11 sacks allowed), we recorded 1 sack and 3 tackles for loss.
Against the best team in sacks that we faced (Oklahoma, averaged 3.08/game - 40 total), we allowed ZERO sacks.
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:17 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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That's cool, we also beat a 6-6 Big 10 team in our Bowl Game. The difference was ours was over long before the last minute of the game
I understand your point...but we came very close to blowing a 23 point 4th quarter lead.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:18 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Our game was not nearly as close as theirs was my point.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:20 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Aggies, what are your expectations of Manziel in this game? How is your RB situation this year? How good are they at picking up the blitz?
Anybody know what La Tech has in terms of line play and defense? Think how La Tech plays there will be the big factors in the game.
Anybody know what La Tech has in terms of line play and defense? Think how La Tech plays there will be the big factors in the game.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:22 pm to TCUFan
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Aggies, what are your expectations of Manziel in this game? How is your RB situation this year? How good are they at picking up the blitz?
No idea what to expect from Manziel honestly. Our RBs are good- Christine Michael is back and healthy, Ben Malena is a serviceable backup and we have blue chip Trey Williams. That might be our biggest strength aside from O Line.
D Line is one area of La Tech I don't know much about. I know they throw the ball well and have a good secondary, but I thought I remember reading their weakness was up front on defense. If so, we should run all over them.
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:34 pm to TCUFan
I think A&M wins, but only by a TD or so. La Tech will be decent and I really think A&M is going to be pretty awful this coming season.
If they do happen to lose, I can't wait to feed off of the tears of all my Aggie coworkers and will be sure to "gig 'em!" every one that I see.
If they do happen to lose, I can't wait to feed off of the tears of all my Aggie coworkers and will be sure to "gig 'em!" every one that I see.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:35 pm to TCUFan
Tech runs a 4-2-5 defense. #29 rush defense in the nation last year (129 yds a game). Both DTs return, but lost both DEs. 1 new DE is a good pass rusher, the other is a question mark. Lost both LBers and they were the 2 top tacklers.
Oline returns everyone and have 93 combined starts. Very solid group. Not great run blockers, but solid. Pass blocking is negated by so many quick routes. Oline is supposed to be one of the strengths of this team (along with WRs). Not top of the SEC good, but better than national average.
I don't think A&M will have great success rushing, but I don't think that's their gameplan either. Tech probably won't have great success rushing either, but rushing is not a big part of the game plan either.
This one might come down to which QB plays the best.
Oline returns everyone and have 93 combined starts. Very solid group. Not great run blockers, but solid. Pass blocking is negated by so many quick routes. Oline is supposed to be one of the strengths of this team (along with WRs). Not top of the SEC good, but better than national average.
I don't think A&M will have great success rushing, but I don't think that's their gameplan either. Tech probably won't have great success rushing either, but rushing is not a big part of the game plan either.
This one might come down to which QB plays the best.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:40 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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No idea what to expect from Manziel honestly. Our RBs are good- Christine Michael is back and healthy, Ben Malena is a serviceable backup and we have blue chip Trey Williams. That might be our biggest strength aside from O Line. D Line is one area of La Tech I don't know much about. I know they throw the ball well and have a good secondary, but I thought I remember reading their weakness was up front on defense. If so, we should run all over them.
Just going off the TCU game last year, I would expect A&M to be able to run the ball but I would also anticipate that La Tech will blitz a bunch to test the new QB and the RBs ability to pass block in passing situations. They had some success in that area against TCU last year but don't know what they have coming back this year.
I think the biggest unknown for La Tech is can they run the ball as they were down to their 3rd or 4th string RB when they played TCU. They would seem to also have a good passing attack if the O line returns but then again TCU's D last year made a lot of offenses look good in the air last year.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 1:42 pm to T1
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I don't think A&M will have great success rushing
This despite A&M having 2 lock NFL tackles on O-line (one of whom will be a 1st rounder), 2 5* RBs and 1 4*, and a scrambling QB who is a living folk-hero in Texas?
We very well could lose, but it'll be because we insisted on passing wihout being jelled into this offense yet and because our defense is terrible. It won't be because we won't be able to run at will if we want to.
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 1:43 pm
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