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  3. Jason Bean the favorite to start at KU

    in Mean Green Football

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    I always leaned toward Bean over Aune. Now, I just hope Aune has improved his ball placement. 

    On 8/31/2021 at 9:35 AM, meanrob said:

    In fairness I looked up Fine’s first year comp pct and it was 59.4. So maybe Aune can show improvement as well. 

    Fine's % was partly in due to his Romo-esque run-around and throw it up style early on. Aune sometimes struggled to put it within reach on a screen or a hitch. If I see the same struggles this weekend I am gonna need to speak to a manager.

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  5. Siggers credits God with move to SMU

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    34 minutes ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

    Siggers is old news around here. It really doesn’t matter. We are stacked at RB and he felt like he wouldn’t get snaps so he went on down the road to a school where he can get playing time because clearly they are not as deep. Good for him. 

    I can feel the hair flip from here lol

    Also that backfield is stacked 

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    Former 4 Star Grad Transfer QB Jace Ruder Commits to North Texas

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    Getting triggered by "offense hasn't been the same" comments but I will stay in my lane. My top 25 offense lane.

    When it comes to questions about QB competition, and Ruder's ability to take the helm, we have to remember that the floor is Aune. And that's a pretty good floor. A full season of Aune or Bean would have had some great passing stats in the league.

    If Ruder can do better than that, then damn sign me up.

    Full disclosure: I'm fully on board the Pioneer Football Player train, but let the best man win.

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  9. Jason Bean has entered the portal

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    Of all the losses we've had, this one hits the hardest. It's a QB with stats, for goodness sake.

    As frustrating as it looked at times, that QB tandem was good, and we were lucky we could flip back and forth between Aune and Bean.

    Having unknowns behind Aune isn't ideal (from a fan perspective who doesn't know what we have coming in).

    Maybe one of the newbies is great? I hope so, but it's not something we can count on. But I REALLY hope so.

    If y'all didn't like his attitude, then go and keep a Kason Martin dancing b-roll on standby for any time you feel a little offended.

    There's only so much scattershootin' on the field my little football heart can take.

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  16. Why 3-3-5?

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    1 minute ago, eeeeagle said:

    Interesting article! I'll definitely read through it all later today.

    One of the things you mentioned as a positive - "Lots of options". This goes back to my complexity concern. Do you think having lots of options debilitates our players to some degree?

    I can point back to a lot of plays where we'd give up chunks of yards, specifically last year, where a coverage is supposedly blown or we got completely blind sided. I also worry about players coming out of HS and not being able to utilize the best of their abilities by having to learn this style of defense.

    I understand the recruitment challenge with trying to beef up our team, but would a 4-3 system be that unsuccessful with the players we have now?

    I think the article covers some of it, but yeah there's always guys that will get lost on any given play. The hope is that there will be reduced complexity. A big part of it is maturity and we're rolling out some young guys. Talented, but young.

    The last DC ran a similar system and ran lots of pass rushes and blitz. I am not as good talking defense, but you can use your OLB as a 4th lineman to purely pass rush, or a rover. We used to blitz with the corners often too.

    We probably went with a vanilla base just to get our ducks in a row, and not show too much before SMU.

    Just think of it has having 1 or 2 specialized players on the field (smaller OLB/hybrid safety/safety) that can either purely pass rush, rush or be run support, or defend against the pass (and yes maybe rush). 

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  18. Why 3-3-5?

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    11 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

    Difficult to recruit DTs. Easier to recruit LBs and DBs. I know there is plenty more to it but that has to be a huge part of it. 

    aka we don't have the big boys, we use hybrid guys to run a hybrid defense.

    You can also sometimes think of a 3-3-5 as a 3-5-3. Disguise and use specific personnel groupings with hybrid players. Sometimes can also think of one of the LBs as a DL because that's where they'll live depending on the play.

    Easy to blitz from, disguise the gaps, and can defend against the run or against the spread, or even the spread option. Lots of options.

    @aztecskin covers a bit of it here: https://meangreennation.com/north-texas-begins-the-pandemic-season-with-questions-2020-mgn-season-preview/

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  25. UT Athletes demand removal of racist song

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    2 hours ago, MeanGreenTeeth said:

    No.  But he was unquestionably the major hero at the battle of Saratoga which was a vital victory for the patriots.  I believe there is a statue of the leg he lost there to honor the part of him that remained a hero. 🙂

    Benedict Arnold couldn't even beat Canada so there's strikes 2 and 3 right there

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