Game Week: Coastal Carolina

90% chance of rain. Even if all seating was covered, they'd still stay home.

We'll be there.

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Originally Posted by Corndog308

90% chance of rain. Even if all seating was covered, they'd still stay home.

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rain chances go down to less than 10% at 6pm. will still keep people away though

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Originally Posted by zephyr

I don't think we are a sieve or swiss cheese. I think the problem is that we don't have playmakers on defense. I think that we will have trouble getting off the field and we just don't have a lot of playmaking pass rushers and on man defenders in the secondary.

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Fun fact for you. Through 3 games, only 1 team has even 1 sack vs MsSt. That would be UL. We are certainly not great up front, but we are not nearly as bad as you imply. LB is a bigger issue as are cover guys.

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Originally Posted by VObserver

Fun fact for you. Through 3 games, only 1 team has even 1 sack vs MsSt. That would be UL. We are certainly not great up front, but we are not nearly as bad as you imply. LB is a bigger issue as are cover guys.

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I thought I was kind of making that same point but Ok. I didn't say we were poor up front. I just said we don't have many playmakers or difference makers, however you want to term it. We don't have guys making that play in the backfield and we don't have those big interior D linemen who will plug those initial running lanes. I agree, our linebackers are not great but they are better than our secondary. We have a recent walk on and receiver starting in our defensive backfield. This is why I feel that our defensive scheme needs to change. We need to incorporate some more risk taking an blitz guys off the edge. This will help everyone.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

I thought I was kind of making that same point but Ok. I didn't say we were poor up front. I just said we don't have many playmakers or difference makers, however you want to term it. We don't have guys making that play in the backfield and we don't have those big interior D linemen who will plug those initial running lanes. I agree, our linebackers are not great but they are better than our secondary. We have a recent walk on and receiver starting in our defensive backfield. This is why I feel that our defensive scheme needs to change. We need to incorporate some more risk taking an blitz guys off the edge. This will help everyone.

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I think the issue is lack of speed. We may have to go feast or famine by being super-aggressive and hoping that it doesn't bite us too often on big plays. If we are giving up those plays anyway, maybe dialing up some pressure will help.

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Originally Posted by Ragin4U

I think the issue is lack of speed. We may have to go feast or famine by being super-aggressive and hoping that it doesn't bite us too often on big plays. If we are giving up those plays anyway, maybe dialing up some pressure will help.

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Pressure's going to be tough against an option that passes as much as Coastal. They're going to be very tough to defend.

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Originally Posted by jllanclos

Pressure's going to be tough against an option that passes as much as Coastal. They're going to be very tough to defend.

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Two things: 1. They have not been really efficient in the passing game; our best bet is to stuff the run and make them beat us in the air. 2. They have not played anyone with a really good running game or a really good defense [South Carolina ain't no Mississippi State]; and their pass defense is worse than ours.

I believe we can score early and often, control the clock with the running game, toast them in the passing game, and force them to throw more than they want to.

We will win this game; probably by multiple scores.

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Originally Posted by VObserver

Two things: 1. They have not been really efficient in the passing game; our best bet is to stuff the run and make them beat us in the air. 2. They have not played anyone with a really good running game or a really good defense [South Carolina ain't no Mississippi State]; and their pass defense is worse than ours.

I believe we can score early and often, control the clock with the running game, toast them in the passing game, and force them to throw more than they want to.

We will win this game; probably by multiple scores.

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You make sense. Feed Ragas. Feed Mitchell. Take a deep shot or 2. Win 48-21. Prepare to whip the Gumps.

I would be shocked if we don't rush for more than 250 yards in this game.