'19 NC RB Quavaris Crouch (Tennessee signee)

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Devo182 said:
Tempo and moving the chains is better than an inefficient slow tempo'd offense at sitting the D.

Besides, why not just score daggum points?
CBJ ran it fast and he had some good Ds before Shoop came along.

Data doesn't support the idea that tempo kills your D. Does your position that it does have research behind it or just some good old boy thoughts on football?
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It’s not tempo per se that kills the D, it’s inefficient use of tempo. How many times did Butch run the “hurry up and punt” where we went 3 and out in a flash — that’s what wore our defense down and cost us a couple games (like Oklahoma)

We are still having too many 3 and outs, but at least taking some time off to rest the D a little. I’m all for moving the chains, move the football and score (tempo or no tempo). Once our OLine grows up, I’m hoping we can get back to those days of sustainable drives instead of our “hurry up and punt” offenses of the past few years
 
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cHiZzLeVOL said:
I mean everyone looks better when your Defensive line looks better. So as long as the whole unit improves I believe Taylor will look like he did in those games.
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Hopefully Solomon will be eligibile this year. Otherwise it’s hard to see the front 7 being too much better than they were last year. There’s gonna be a whole lot of inexperience on the DL next year and a whole lot of unknowns there.
 
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nash101 said:
It’s not tempo per se that kills the D, it’s inefficient use of tempo. How many times did Butch run the “hurry up and punt” where we went 3 and out in a flash — that’s what wore our defense down and cost us a couple games (like Oklahoma)

We are still having too many 3 and outs, but at least taking some time off to rest the D a little. I’m all for moving the chains, move the football and score (tempo or no tempo). Once our OLine grows up, I’m hoping we can get back to those days of sustainable drives instead of our “hurry up and punt” offenses of the past few years
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So then it's really about efficiency. And if tempo gives you the best chance at efficiency, moving the chains, scoring, tgen why not?

What is the difference if you go 3 and out with either tempo? You snap it on play 1 whenever, it doesn't matter. Play 2 let's say you snap with 25 seconds vs 10 seconds, same on play 3. Play 4 is a punt, so probably the same. That's a whopping 30 seconds difference! And meanwhile (a point everyone seems to ignore) the opposing offense is also resting. Don't tgink the OL like resting too? They are the ones that raaarely substitute and are probably the least in-shape.
 
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Devo182 said:
Who said he wasnt offered? 247 disagrees
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There's 2 different stories

Tennessee 247 says Pruitt made advances never really got serious, Yurcich was interested, never really advanced from there. And for the record, this was weeks ago around the first of December. From my understanding, no formal offer was made.

Oklahoma state 247 says Yurcich was offered the job at a substantial pay increase, which is more than likely false. What's most likely is in an attempt to speed Ryan Days decision up, Yurcichs camp told the okie state beat writer some Bs to speed this up.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Hopefully Solomon will be eligibile this year. Otherwise it’s hard to see the front 7 being too much better than they were last year. There’s gonna be a whole lot of inexperience on the DL next year and a whole lot of unknowns there.
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I agree completely. We can only hope.
 
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AngryButchJones said:
Yeah, Pruitt has said they really want to add guys who are "4-for-4 linebackers" when they can. They viewed Peterson as one of those types of LBs, and I think Crouch could be that way too. You didn't have very many (if any) of those guys on the roster this year.
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Banks...gotta learn the position tho.
 
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goooooovols said:
Just looks very much like the offense we ran under Butch.... runs on delay plays and always out of the pistol or gun. I actually liked our offensive scheme this season minus our offensive line struggles but enjoyed the more pro look. I’m hoping Yurcich heads to the other OSU and we bring in someone who is not changing our offensive philosophy completely again this upcoming season.
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First of all: I've got nothing against a "pro look", though almost all pro teams have spread concepts and sets now, but we were scheme-less this year. There was no rhyme nor reason to the play calling. Secondly: the Oklahoma State offense has nearly no resemblance to Butch's scheme. Oklahoma State attacks: they use the whole field, rarely throw behind the line (Butch's favorite play) and rarely to a receiver standing dead still (another of Butch's favorites). On average, the pass patterns are deeper, leading to more big plays. 10% of our completions under Butch went for more than 25 yards; under Yurcich, 15% of Oklahoma State's went for 25 or more yards.
 
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Quavaris Crouch spent the morning working at inside linebacker. The 6-foot-2, 237-pound Charlotte native told VolQuest.com after practice he feels very comfortable and confident at that spot. Crouch said he’s played ILB and dime/BUCK in high school. The 4-star athlete wore No. 27 in white — technically an offensive jersey — but he was with the defense the whole day. During individual drills, Crouch was very attentive and focused on learning the proper footwork. He took that instruction to the field, making a pair of thumping tackles in 11-on-11 drill work. The East Team front-7 dominated at times Tuesday, with Crouch contributing on a couple nice plays. He suffered a shoulder stinger after one rep that forced him to miss the remainder of practice, but he said he’s fine and will be back out there Wednesday. He also said his hip and ankle (which caused him problems his senior season) are good to go.

Crouch told us post-practice that playing linebacker feels “easy.” He explained that because he’s played so much running back he knows the moves (and lanes) a guy can or cannot take. He definitely funnels to the ball well and isn’t afraid of contact. We’ll see what Day 2 brings tomorrow.
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-Simonton
 
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Thank you for the link whoever sent it.

Ive never understood until now why players back in the day, Tee et al looked bigger amd stronger than guys on team in past decades. I recall back in '10, when Auburn whipped our asses how much bigger and faster they were. And I recall how we used to do that to teams.

Since then, Bama, Oregon, OK. All bigger faster and stronger. It occurs to me, even the players Botch recruited seemed to be not be of same mold. Ill let resident physique experts break it down. It seems Quavaris is a throwback to old school type of player.
 
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