Recruiting Forum: Official Texas A&M Pre-Game/Game Thread

#103
#103
We're more battle-tested than aTm. We dominated the biggest stage in CFB-- the B@B-- and have already hosted GameDay twice and SEC Nation once this season. We've been behind double-digits four times and come back to win all four games. We pulled out an OT win when the team wasn't really into the game, we broke an 11-year losing streak without our three best players on defense and we just pulled off one of the biggest Hail Mary plays in CFB.

The media has praised us, criticized us and called us the Kardashians-- and we just keep finding ways to win. Can't dig a hole this week, though.
 
#107
#107
One thing to watch for is the offensive game plan for TAMU. They primarily play a lot of 10 personnel, which makes it hard to provide help to the ends. They will move the pocket and throw hot to one of the slots often. Vereen and Barnett will get a lot of 1 v. 1 matchups that they have to win for us to be successful.
 
#108
#108
TAMU only converts 70% of their 3rd and longs, but converts 90% of 3rd and short. Knight is not great on the deep ball and is most dangerous with short throws over the middle of the field letting his WR's do the work.
 
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Volnukem said:
TAMU only converts 70% of their 3rd and longs, but converts 90% of 3rd and short. Knight is not great on the deep ball and is most dangerous with short throws over the middle of the field letting his WR's do the work.
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He will turn the ball over as well
 
#110
#110
Volnukem said:
TAMU only converts 70% of their 3rd and longs, but converts 90% of 3rd and short. Knight is not great on the deep ball and is most dangerous with short throws over the middle of the field letting his WR's do the work.
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Converting 70% of your third and longs is tremendously good.
 
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engineerVOL said:
lol I thought so too unless that is a typo
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I looked up some stats. This is third down conversion percentage as a whole, not broken down by long and short.

Converting third downs (Offense):

#1. Ohio State 57%
#46. Vols 44%
#64. TAMU 40.3%

Stopping third downs (Defense)

#1. Michigan 15.4%
#35. TAMU 33.7%
#42. Vols 34.2%
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I looked up some stats. This is third down conversion percentage as a whole, not broken down by long and short.

Converting third downs (Offense):

#1. Ohio State 57%
#46. Vols 44%
#64. TAMU 40.3%

Stopping third downs (Defense)

#1. Michigan 15.4%
#35. TAMU 33.7%
#42. Vols 34.2%
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The more we learn about the game, the more it seems, at least on the surface, that we are very similar teams, in talent/production/success/etc.

If that is true, then the question comes, what will give? What will be the difference? Our destiny and force of will and resiliency? Or their "12th man" advantage?
 
#118
#118
I don't even know how to guess on this one. A slow start on the road will get us beat. UGA and UF are trash teams who probably finish the season unranked. If we play all 4 quarters we win easy
 
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jave36 said:
I don't even know how to guess on this one. A slow start on the road will get us beat. UGA and UF are trash teams who probably finish the season ranked. If we play all 4 quarters we win easy
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...so I rather doubt we're going to win this one easy! It's our toughest game yet. DeBord is too conservative--that is one reason why we don't win games more comfortably, IMO.
 
#120
#120
dgcarter43 said:
I couldn't agree more with the second part of your statement. Mike Debord is the big hindrance to the Vols offense with his ultra conservative play calling. Had he tried for a first down with two minutes left, the clock would have expired. Running the ball straight into the heart of the Georgia defense three times was exactly what they expected. His play calling stinks!!:unsure:
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I am almost positive that was Butch's decision. Did it work out? Not exactly. Did we win? Yep. I still believe in Butch.
 
#121
#121
jave36 said:
I don't even know how to guess on this one. A slow start on the road will get us beat. UGA and UF are trash teams who probably finish the season unranked. If we play all 4 quarters we win easy
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I wouldnt say they are trash teams. I would guess they are both ranked at the end of the regular season.
 
#122
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jave36 said:
I don't even know how to guess on this one. A slow start on the road will get us beat. UGA and UF are trash teams who probably finish the season unranked. If we play all 4 quarters we win easy
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Neither of those teams are trash, in fact Florida is very good and UGA is a good team. Both have a ton of talent.
 
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#123
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armchair said:
...so I rather doubt we're going to win this one easy! It's our toughest game yet. DeBord is too conservative--that is one reason why we don't win games more comfortably, IMO.
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I don't know. We have scored enough to win every single game.

We are decimated by defensive injuries. That is the reason we don't win games more comfortably.

Having said that, we could be better about scoring early and taking some pressure off the defense.
 
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engineerVOL said:
I don't know. We have scored enough to win every single game.

We are decimated by defensive injuries. That is the reason we don't win games more comfortably.

Having said that, we could be better about scoring early and taking some pressure off the defense.
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Majority have been anything but comfortable though.
 
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