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Let's talk about how large of a difference just losing the DC/OL/WR coaches made

Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:11 am
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:11 am
Or was it the loss of Trickett that doomed WV from the start? Their QB looked like a white Swopes out there.
Posted by Warrior Poet
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:21 am to
No he didn't. He played good enough to win but made some errors, no different than Allen throwing a pick six.
Posted by cokebottleag
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:30 am to
Meh, I didn't get to start watching until midway through the second quarter, but from what I could see, Howard was overthrowing receivers a lot. With more accurate passing he would have torched us.

Howard went 20-45 for 346 yards. Yes, the 346 yards looks nice, but he was less than 50% completion rate, and that wasn't due to drops.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 8:38 am
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
81611 posts
Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:42 am to
Our LB played better than they did in every game since SC.

Our DB on the other hand...
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:50 am to
He had his moments and he had some bad moments. Over throw after over throw. We could not defend the long ball and he stopped throwing it. We really shut down their run game which put too much pressure on him and our DL pinned their ears back got more pressure on him in the 2nd half.
Posted by Iosh
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 9:25 am to
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We really shut down their run game
This was the most surprising part to me. The color guy was spouting the usual "RUN THE DANG BALL" schtick and not noticing how badly they were getting stuffed whenever they did. And WVU has 187 ypg rushing.
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
51791 posts
Posted on 12/30/14 at 9:31 am to
We you are used to get pounded by big physical, powerful, explosive SEC run games, WVU's is a little bit easier. It also seemed like we were putting more guys on islands in the secondary and had more guys in the box. Don't know if that's true or not, but I just happen to notice it a few times. It helped to spy on the QB in the 2nd as well. It really limited his scrambling.
Posted by ColoradoAg03
Denver, CO
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:42 am to
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Over throw after over throw.


...after over throw after over throw after over throw
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61050 posts
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:13 am to
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We you are used to get pounded by big physical, powerful, explosive SEC run games, WVU's is a little bit easier.


this

The WVU alum in the booth didn't really seem to understand that having a good run game and run D in the Big 12 means jack shite when the opponent had to go up against Bama, Auburn, LSU, Miss St, Ole Miss, and Mizzou all throughout the year.

WVU was basically USCe (who also had issues w/overthrowing open WRs). We had more overall talent on the field than they did and it became obvious as they wore down during the game. Hell, if not for the pick 6 keeping it closer than it should have been I don't think they would have even had the fight left in them to get that late score.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 11:16 am
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 1:56 pm to
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We had more overall talent on the field than they did and it became obvious as they wore down during the game. Hell, if not for the pick 6 keeping it closer than it should have been I don't think they would have even had the fight left in them to get that late score.



Completely agree.
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