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re: Let's go ahead and set the bar for the SWC Championship game

Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:36 am to
Posted by Drewbie
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:36 am to
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It's NIU
11-2 last season.
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
60152 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:49 am to
I mean nobody is doubting your run game. It's clearly elite. UNLV threw for 400 on Northern Illinois. What Allen did is not impressive in the slightest
Posted by ocelot4ark
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2009
12458 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:58 am to
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Because it's still Northern Illinois


Northern Illinois defense > Aggie defense.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:59 am to
4 of them were against Nicholls. That means Allen threw for 1 vs Auburn and one vs Texas Dreck.
Posted by ocelot4ark
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2009
12458 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:00 am to
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What Allen did is not impressive in the slightest


What WOULD have been impressive? Anything?

I'm going to go ahead and just ignore everything Kenny Hill's done this year, absent USCe. And 1 game can just be a lucky fluke.

In essence, I'll do anything/everything to diminish the accomplishments of my competition and anything/everything to make my own accomplishments look more impressive.
Posted by ocelot4ark
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2009
12458 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:01 am to
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4 of them were against Nicholls. That means Allen threw for 1 vs Auburn and one vs Texas Dreck.



Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
60152 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:04 am to
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I'm going to go ahead and just ignore everything Kenny Hill's done this year, absent USCe. And 1 game can just be a lucky fluke.


That's the thing, Hill lit up a top 20 team. Allen has yet to do anything remotely close to that, not to mention I saw him play last year and it was obviously not impressive. If we force you to start throwing it will be a major victory for us, if he beats us he beats us but I'll take my chances
Posted by Hogwall Jackson
Denver
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:06 am to
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4 of them were against Nicholls. That means Allen threw for 1 vs Auburn and one vs Texas Dreck.

We could have thrown zero passes and beat Tech.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25196 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:13 am to
We are a run first team to set up the play action pass, which, I might add, we've done fairly well the last few games. If we can't back teams off the line of scrimmage with our passing game then we are in a heap of trouble.

The Aggies rely on their passing game and use the run to keep teams honest. Sumlin likes to wear teams out chasing the pass for three quarters and then run the ball at them while they are gassed in the 4th. If Arkansas is effective at controlling the clock, keeping that young defense rested, and moving the ball on offense then Texas A&M could be in trouble.

In other words, its the same game we played this last weekend vs Texas Tech only with better personnel for the Aggies. I think we are a year away from where we need to be, but if the running game works and our play action passing game can keep pace this could be a heck of a game.
Posted by ocelot4ark
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2009
12458 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:14 am to
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Allen has yet to do anything remotely close to that


Why would he be asked to? Seriously. Ask yourself that question. I'm PRETTY sure you know football well enough to know the results when an offense doesn't require that a QB throw the ball 40+ times per game.

For A&M to win, 9 times out of 10, the QB has to have a good/great game. That's a staple of any Sumlin team.

Arkansas can win without stellar QB play. All he has to do is be a game manager. And he's much more than that, IMO.

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not to mention I saw him play last year and it was obviously not impressive.


Hey guys! Brandon Allen totally sucks. Shane says that he's terrible because he saw him last year and he was terrible. Nevermind the fact that he played hurt from week 3 til the end of the season. Nevermind that our QB situation was so piss-poor that we had no choice but to play him. Nevermind that he practiced ONE frickING TIME PER WEEK. Nevermind that he took injections into his THROWING SHOULDER before each game just so he could play.

But yeah. You saw him play last year and this year is exactly like last year.

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If we force you to start throwing it will be a major victory for us, if he beats us he beats us but I'll take my chances


If you force us to start throwing, it'll be because you've committed 9 people to the box because we're gashing a hole through your TERRIBLE (I mean TERRIBLE) run defense. I saw them play last year and they were TERRIBLE. And since you have no one that can match up with a TE (since they were TERRIBLE at it last year), I'd look for Henry, Derby, and Sprinkle to have huge games (again in Henry's case).

Fortunately for us, Brandon Allen (for anyone that has actually watched us play this year) is a much, much improved player over last year. His VOLUME numbers aren't great (why would they be - that's not our offense), but his efficiency is GREAT. Stack the box all game. It'll make life that much easier on Brandon Allen...since he sucked last year we'll need all the help we can get.
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
60152 posts
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:15 am to
That's a fair assessment and I agree
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