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Take any and all defensive transfers that we can get. OL bodies too. If we can cap it off with a playmaker at RB/WR that wants to come put up stats, I'm all for that too. We just need bodies at some positions, and maybe we'll get lucky with an impact player at LB or safety.
 
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Orange. said:
Sure 😏, it's the scheme. Akron winning the natty next year when they install it. Nothing to do with the bag game. 😂
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Akron couldn’t install it. You have to have the time, analyst, GAs, QCs, etc. it’s the structure. There’s a reason why guys say they have way more free time when they get to the NFL vs when they were at UGA, Bama, etc.

Some people act like these teams are recruiting a different breed of human. They aren’t. It’s development.
 
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Random thought, but we defended 1,011 plays this season. That's about 45% more than Army. SEC teams? About 25% more than the likes of UK, USCjr, etc did.

Just wonder how much that could accelerate development over a few seasons. Imagine a SR at USCjr that started as a SO and JR and one of those at UT. He'll have basically an extra half season under his belt. If we're comparing 3 year or 4 year starters, they have nearly a full extra season worth of experience.

Sure can't hurt.
 
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Random thought for the afternoon. NFL is nearing the most entertaining part of their season, playoffs. This is opposed to major CFB, where the regular season is the way more enjoyable than bowl season. Which is why an argument for anything above a 8 team playoff in CFB is ridiculous to me. It would dilute the importance of the regular season.
 
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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
Random thought for the afternoon. NFL is nearing the most entertaining part of their season, playoffs. This is opposed to major CFB, where the regular season is the way more enjoyable than bowl season. Which is why an argument for anything above a 8 team playoff in CFB is ridiculous to me. It would dilute the importance of the regular season.
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It would just shift things. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The bigger the playoffs get, the more important the post-season becomes. Like March Madness...or the NFL playoffs. The regular season doesn't need to be the most important part, it's just what we're used to.
 
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I still think about these two drives from the MCB:

Early in the 2nd quarter. We had just held Purdue to 3 points to stay up 21-10. Felt like if we score another TD on this drive we choke them out the same way that we did Mizzou and SCar.

We cross midfield after a long pass play. We are in their territory and in striking distance.

1st down: run for 4
2nd down: long pass for Tillman, incomplete, lead him too far. Flagged for HOLDING on Carvin.
2nd down & 22: pass to the sideline, through the hands of Fant. Would have set up 3rd and 10, but he didn't catch it.
3rd down & 22: bomb to no one
PUNT

Next Purdue drive we hold them to another 3.

Our next drive, another chance to score to put some distance in between us and them. We cross midfield AGAIN. 8:00 left.

Key moment:

It was a quick out on the perimeter to Peyton. It's a play we've scored on before, particularly against slower defenses. It would have absolutely got us the 1st down, it may have scored. HE DROPS IT.

All of that, and STILL we pick up the 1st.

Key moment:

3rd & 4 on that same drive. Velus blows by his man in the slot. Just dusts him. Hooker underthrows it to the outside, so Velus has to adjust. Even still, it was a catchable ball.
4th & 4: we get a false start
4th & 9: Hooker gets pressured outside of the pocket. Tillman streaks to the endzone on the play breakdown, but Hooker has no idea where he's going, or just throws a terrible ball, and misses the scoring opportunity.



This 2nd quarter was not unlike many other 2nd quarters we had this season. The defense was not exceptionally bad. The offense WAS moving the ball. However, greed and lack of execution cost us AT LEAST 7 points, possibly as many as 14, and that probably would have been enough to make the game ours.

If we're going to have big balls, or get addicted to big plays, that's fine. I applaud our aggression. But you better execute.
 
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Jack Burton said:
Stat on Basilio today:

ACC officials called two of our games this year (Pitt & Purdue) and they accounted for 33% of our total penalty yards on the entire season.
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Hey, Basilio! Thanks for reading my post from Friday 👍🏼

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Penalty stats from this year:

Every game minus the two ACC officiated games:

526 total yards in penalties with an average of 47.8 yards a game.

The two games with ACC officials:

262 total yards in penalties with an average of 131 yards a game.

ACC officials accounted for 33% of UTs penalty yards and they only called 2 out of UTs 13 games played. Unreal.
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BigSteve09 said:
I still think about these two drives from the MCB:

Early in the 2nd quarter. We had just held Purdue to 3 points to stay up 21-10. Felt like if we score another TD on this drive we choke them out the same way that we did Mizzou and SCar.

We cross midfield after a long pass play. We are in their territory and in striking distance.

1st down: run for 4
2nd down: long pass for Tillman, incomplete, lead him too far. Flagged for HOLDING on Carvin.
2nd down & 22: pass to the sideline, through the hands of Fant. Would have set up 3rd and 10, but he didn't catch it.
3rd down & 22: bomb to no one
PUNT

Next Purdue drive we hold them to another 3.

Our next drive, another chance to score to put some distance in between us and them. We cross midfield AGAIN. 8:00 left.

Key moment:

It was a quick out on the perimeter to Peyton. It's a play we've scored on before, particularly against slower defenses. It would have absolutely got us the 1st down, it may have scored. HE DROPS IT.

All of that, and STILL we pick up the 1st.

Key moment:

3rd & 4 on that same drive. Velus blows by his man in the slot. Just dusts him. Hooker underthrows it to the outside, so Velus has to adjust. Even still, it was a catchable ball.
4th & 4: we get a false start
4th & 9: Hooker gets pressured outside of the pocket. Tillman streaks to the endzone on the play breakdown, but Hooker has no idea where he's going, or just throws a terrible ball, and misses the scoring opportunity.



This 2nd quarter was not unlike many other 2nd quarters we had this season. The defense was not exceptionally bad. The offense WAS moving the ball. However, greed and lack of execution cost us AT LEAST 7 points, possibly as many as 14, and that probably would have been enough to make the game ours.

If we're going to have big balls, or get addicted to big plays, that's fine. I applaud our aggression. But you better execute.
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Despite the way we played in the 2nd Qtr, if Hooker doesn't fumble we still have the lead at the half. I love Heupels aggressiveness, but in that situation probably should just get to halftime and adjust.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Hey, Basilio! Thanks for reading my post from Friday 👍🏼
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Also, just another note on this:

The next two games with the highest amount of penalty yards after the ACC games.. Bama and UF 🧐

UF game: 85 penalty yards. UF only had 45.
Bama game: 98 penalty yards. Bama only had 30.

We averaged 37 yards/game outside of those 4 games.
 
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