(1) Miami played a small/fast D-line game plan to near perfection. When someone ends up
In your quarterback’s lap that often and that quickly, you moan and bitch (at least I do,) but you would like to see it, again, in slow motion to see how they came so clean.
And like good “slight-of-hand” card tricks, really good “stunts and twists” need to be seen in slow motion to be understood. Without seeing a replay, I think the guy/position getting to Levis the most should have been the responsibility of our left guard. I think it was the DE on that side cutting in behind his DT and pulling it off quickly and smoothly, and catching our left guard flat-footed.
I assume there were blitzes up the gut mixed in that got home, too.
I stand to be corrected after watching the replays.
Yeah, and several of our players will be watching those replays A LOT. We weren’t being pancaked; we were literally being tricked, and kudos to those capable of doing it.
(2) The Naked Boot Leg. Yeah, they had a safety, corner or end crash it every time. Kudos to their prep. I don’t think we can say there were missed assignments, as it typically is “naked,” or without a blocker to clip that speed rusher: instead, he’s supposed to be fooled into crashing down.
We got hurt with naked bootlegs last year, too.
Maybe our alignment signals it? Or maybe we have encountered 20 coaches in a row who have schooled the guy sealing the edge on the left of the defense TO NEVER GET FOOLED BY THE NAKED BOOTLEG?
And maybe we run it against Georgia, and suck the edge setter 20 yards to the inside?
Sometimes it’s just a football thang.
(3) Newcomers’ Night at Kroger. I expected a Sophomore from Frederick Douglas High School to score our last TD, or at least that”s the only way our youth movement could have been any more stunning. Sure, we all knew Barron Brown, Tavion Robinson, Dane Key and Alex Afari would play . . . but to look mid-season sharp?!?!?
I did not expect either of the twins to play, but damn, he’s a year and a half ahead of where Josh Allen was as a true frosh (and don’t misinterpret what I just said).
(4) Oh, The Biggun. Yeah, I look down early in the game and notice that Justin Rogers and Octavious Oxendine look like safeties standing next to Deone Walker. They doubled him, they doubled him and chipped a back into him at times. And even though they came to the mountain, the mountain kept coming to them.
Let’s just say that (1) God is Great, (2) beer is good, (3) people are crazy, and (4) we have Deone Walker and no one else does.
We’ll be able to say it this year and two more, max.
ENJOY HIM.
(5) Ruffalo. He’s still perfect from inside 35 for his career, and his 50 yarder would have been good from 55/60. You can tell he has his teammates respect. But he’s older than half the coaching staff, so there’s that . . . .
(6) Levis. He’s tough. He showed more dedication to checking down before running, absorbed multiple hits from beautifully executed stunts, had a top 50 All-Time UK football game at QB, and I’m sure he would say it was just “so-so.” And for his abilities on special nights, it was just “so-so.”
Hence his value.
(7) Barion Brown. Yep. He’s all that, and more. When he turns a corner, he turns a corner. The kicker had him squared up against the sideline with “the angle,” dove, . . . and caught nothing but the air recently stirred by Brown’s brief presence.
Damn.
(8) Chauncey Magwood. I cannot imagine the difficulty in transitioning from high school to college football. Even for the most talented, there have to be frustrations and moments of self-doubt. So, it is really cool to see a guy you know has worked hard standing so alone, and grabbing such an “easy” throw for his first TD. Maybe it’s God’s way of showing appreciation for the tougher moments of development. And at this point in his career, CM is “up one” on Lynn Bowden for TD receptions!!
(9) The Defense. They put it all together after the first drive, holding a quality MAC opponent to lesser points than we have averaged surrendering to our OOC opponents during our nation-leading winning streak against OOC opponents (16.6). It’s a long season, but this performance might just be the beginning of a top 10/15 national ranking in scoring defense.
And nobody better bad-mouth Carrington V. Sure, he had two PI calls on one drive! But how many TD’s did they score on that drive? A good corner is like George Washington: he can lose battles while winning wars!
In your quarterback’s lap that often and that quickly, you moan and bitch (at least I do,) but you would like to see it, again, in slow motion to see how they came so clean.
And like good “slight-of-hand” card tricks, really good “stunts and twists” need to be seen in slow motion to be understood. Without seeing a replay, I think the guy/position getting to Levis the most should have been the responsibility of our left guard. I think it was the DE on that side cutting in behind his DT and pulling it off quickly and smoothly, and catching our left guard flat-footed.
I assume there were blitzes up the gut mixed in that got home, too.
I stand to be corrected after watching the replays.
Yeah, and several of our players will be watching those replays A LOT. We weren’t being pancaked; we were literally being tricked, and kudos to those capable of doing it.
(2) The Naked Boot Leg. Yeah, they had a safety, corner or end crash it every time. Kudos to their prep. I don’t think we can say there were missed assignments, as it typically is “naked,” or without a blocker to clip that speed rusher: instead, he’s supposed to be fooled into crashing down.
We got hurt with naked bootlegs last year, too.
Maybe our alignment signals it? Or maybe we have encountered 20 coaches in a row who have schooled the guy sealing the edge on the left of the defense TO NEVER GET FOOLED BY THE NAKED BOOTLEG?
And maybe we run it against Georgia, and suck the edge setter 20 yards to the inside?
Sometimes it’s just a football thang.
(3) Newcomers’ Night at Kroger. I expected a Sophomore from Frederick Douglas High School to score our last TD, or at least that”s the only way our youth movement could have been any more stunning. Sure, we all knew Barron Brown, Tavion Robinson, Dane Key and Alex Afari would play . . . but to look mid-season sharp?!?!?
I did not expect either of the twins to play, but damn, he’s a year and a half ahead of where Josh Allen was as a true frosh (and don’t misinterpret what I just said).
(4) Oh, The Biggun. Yeah, I look down early in the game and notice that Justin Rogers and Octavious Oxendine look like safeties standing next to Deone Walker. They doubled him, they doubled him and chipped a back into him at times. And even though they came to the mountain, the mountain kept coming to them.
Let’s just say that (1) God is Great, (2) beer is good, (3) people are crazy, and (4) we have Deone Walker and no one else does.
We’ll be able to say it this year and two more, max.
ENJOY HIM.
(5) Ruffalo. He’s still perfect from inside 35 for his career, and his 50 yarder would have been good from 55/60. You can tell he has his teammates respect. But he’s older than half the coaching staff, so there’s that . . . .
(6) Levis. He’s tough. He showed more dedication to checking down before running, absorbed multiple hits from beautifully executed stunts, had a top 50 All-Time UK football game at QB, and I’m sure he would say it was just “so-so.” And for his abilities on special nights, it was just “so-so.”
Hence his value.
(7) Barion Brown. Yep. He’s all that, and more. When he turns a corner, he turns a corner. The kicker had him squared up against the sideline with “the angle,” dove, . . . and caught nothing but the air recently stirred by Brown’s brief presence.
Damn.
(8) Chauncey Magwood. I cannot imagine the difficulty in transitioning from high school to college football. Even for the most talented, there have to be frustrations and moments of self-doubt. So, it is really cool to see a guy you know has worked hard standing so alone, and grabbing such an “easy” throw for his first TD. Maybe it’s God’s way of showing appreciation for the tougher moments of development. And at this point in his career, CM is “up one” on Lynn Bowden for TD receptions!!
(9) The Defense. They put it all together after the first drive, holding a quality MAC opponent to lesser points than we have averaged surrendering to our OOC opponents during our nation-leading winning streak against OOC opponents (16.6). It’s a long season, but this performance might just be the beginning of a top 10/15 national ranking in scoring defense.
And nobody better bad-mouth Carrington V. Sure, he had two PI calls on one drive! But how many TD’s did they score on that drive? A good corner is like George Washington: he can lose battles while winning wars!
