re: Damn hard to watch OSU this weekend

quote:

---

Against almost every team in CFB this isn't an issue

---

The "almost" is the problem. We need to beat the teams who can create that issue.

Catch a couple footballs, run the right hot reads and we don’t need explosive. With that said, the explosive TD to #4 was good .

quote:

---

Yea. Maybe because the qb we signed to do these things quit like a dumbass bitch. Why did you and others ignore that season changing event?

---

What? I'm not ignoring it.

I think y’all miss the point. When you play great defense and get 1st downs, big plays will happen. On offense and defense. As the game goes on and the opposing defense tires, 5 yard runs turn into 50: yard runs. Receivers get open on PA as LBs and safety’s start to cheat. Circling back to the Bama game, they didn’t beat us because they were explosive. They beat us because their QB had plenty of time to wait for long plays to develop with their elite receivers who had man coverage. If we have a consistent pass rush in that game, y’all would be whispering Stetson for Heisman.

quote:

---

The last 5 national champions have averaged:

35.1
39.2
37.1
44.3
48.4

Ball control and great defense won't cut it anymore. When you get into these huge games against great teams, you're going to need to put 40+ points on the board.

---

We averaged 35
+ ppg in '17 and 38 ppg in '18 with an offense the "ate up" 1st downs.

Bama had an offense in '18 that was more explosive (45 ppg) than it's '17 team (37 ppg) but ultimately lost because their defense wasn't as good and didn't have more of a ball control offense vs Clemson.

Lets also not forget that Venables got a huge assist from Kirby

LSU last year is a great example.Their #1 RB had over 200 rushing attempts and average d 6.6 yards per carry. Burrow had 115 rushes... their QB had 115 rushes. Their top receiver Jefferson averaged 13.9 yards per catch. They were very balanced. Their QB was a running threat and they were not afraid to use him to run. They scored a lot because they were so balanced. You play zone, they throw it to the soft spots. You play man they run it for 6.6 yards. You blitz, their receivers and QB made the reads and burned you. They beat you because they kept getting first downs. Their big plays were set up because they could run effectively and their receivers could make the right reads. ...and yes, LSU lead all the NCAA in 1st downs. Thats not a team that relies on big plays. That’s a balanced team who wears you down, frustrates you, and pops big plays when you get tired or try to take chances with blitzes.

Against Bama?

Agree with that and on offense, we didn’t make them pay for their blitzes. We had receivers not making their hot reads. That’s on the coaches I guess, but it puts the QB in a pickle. We also dropped Tds and had a ball bounce off our hands into the defenses hand while threatening to score. We make the right reads and catch the ball a few more times and we score more and Bama has less possessions.

On defense, when we blitzed, Bama blocked us and beat us 1 on 1 with those receivers. Bama took what we gave them and executed better. Frankly, I think we tried to be disruptive on defense and take chances and we got beat. We also got held mercilessly, as the football wold knows, but not much we can do about it now,

QB play is about confidence. When wrs start dripping balls it creates a dip in confidence.

We need wrs that will catch everything thrown AT them.

We all know Stet is not an NFL talent, they have to help him out because it appears, he is the only qb who can run out offense at this moment

quote:

---

To buy the holding argument, you have to be willing to accept that the SEC is corrupt

---

I’m not talking about Bama. They don’t call holding in college football unless the OT tackles the outside pass rusher.