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The color guy was fine but the main guy was absolutely terrible. He talked about bullshit constantly. He even talked over touchdown plays.

And if my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle. The play was absolutely unnecessary given how successful we were playing it straight up. Not only was it an unneeded risk (that failed miserably and was a big momentum and point swing) but it showed future opponents the play. Just a terrible call and a sign of overconfidence from a staff that has no right to it.

Exactly. And a smart runner too. It was such a bad call. If you had to point to one play that led to almost losing the game, it was that shit call.

His stats looked good but I think the running element of Harris might be the big difference.

Absolutely zero interest in what he says.

But we are consistently bad so maybe FCS and startup programs are actually our appropriate level of competition and we should include them?

And my point was that it does. In fact, qb play might become more important because of the terrible defense since there is less margin for error from the offense. Baltimore won a Super Bowl with a so-so qb because the defense was dominant. If your defense is average you need good qb play. If your defense is weak your qb better be outstanding to win. Don’t get me wrong, I prefer our defense make massive strides immediately but I see few signs that will happen. I did see Earle give up three TOs and a TD and Rogers have a much stronger showing. If he can consistently replicate that, we might win a couple games with this awful defense. That’s my point. It is foolish to dismiss the weak start the offense had just because the defense was so bad.

Can we score a TD first and then commit penalties indefinitely? Is there a foul they can’t decline and we just let them end up 1st and goal until the clock runs out with a 7-0 victory??

I have a hard time seeing a win here. We need Rogers to protect the ball and the running game to be effective. Obviously the defense has to be better but that depends on the DC making some adjustments. I am not confident about that so I have to go with a loss.

Almost the entire AD budget

Maybe start Enoch at NT and put Rod at DE. We have a competent NT backup in Moore who reportedly is playing well. This moves Mazin back to LB as an outside pass rusher (quasi fourth lineman). Honestly I don’t know the answer but a 240lb DE in this system isn’t working and our LBs are on the small side. This would improve both problems.

How exactly did you infer that from my post? You know that two things can be true at once, right? 1. our defense blows goats 2. a qb change was needed after the last game Both true, not mutually exclusive. Either defense or qb was better last game, even just in one drive, and we likely win.

Dammit!!!!

Agreed but in case you didn’t notice, the first half pick six ended up being the difference in the game. Earle’s other two TOs and 50 percent completion rate didn’t help much either. The difference in QB was remarkable.

How about: ”Nice throw number 9! I know they let women into the academy but didn’t know they let them play QB. Thank you for your cervix!”

We don’t lack the size and talent needed to beat powerhouses like FIU, Temple, LaTech, and Tulsa. We are not using the personnel we have appropriately and we didn’t fill the gaps we needed to run the scheme they are trying to force.

It depends. If we win but let LaTech score 50 and barely scrape by because he started Earle who turned the ball over a bunch only to have Rogers come in and save the day: no. If we have a solid offensive performance and Tech scores under 30, then yes - a little. But would then need to blow out ACU, and beat one of Navy or Temple without getting embarrassed in either game. Then we will see. Anything other than the above should result in a new DC at least.

I hope Ben Gooding, Mike Jackson and all the other horrible posters that have infected this place the last few years are paying attention. This is the original.

Your use of the expression “fetal position” led me to believe that. I will take you at your word. I am not sure I have lost “all” faith but I don’t have much left. If we don’t see some defensive adjustments this game then I don’t know that I will even have a sliver of hope.

Yes