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We will run through Duke and GW with no problem.
We have a good coach.
Duke beat the top 1AA team 31-7. They were edged by an undefeated Northwestern team. They beat Navy and kept the score manageable.
I know PJ is awesome, but Duke is a decent Div 1 FB team.
James Madison is still an FCS team no matter how you look at it, Northwestern has played nobodies to reach 4-0, and Navy is NOT what they were with PJ.
Duke is decent but I fully believe that PJ will not let the guys overlook the game... that said: Georgia Tech will roll in this game. As we know, if BC, VT, and MSU can't stop GT running the option, neither can DUKE.
1) Duke- bottom line is that David Cutcliffe has Duke putting points on the board with an excellent and efficient passing game....the thing our defense loves least. They are averaging 31 points per game...UNHEARD of at Duke. Remember...they are smart...and will understand assignment defense. However, out athleticism will win the one on one's. If our defense comes out and stuffs them early we will be ok....but if we let their passing game get in a rhythm, then Cutcliffe will take advantage of that.
Anyone on our schedule except GW can beat us. Miss State despite the SEC hype is not good and has coaching on par with Miami but with far less talent. We barely beat a depleted BC team and lost to the worst Hokie squad in nearly 20 years.
UNC woulda beat VT bad if they hadn't lost their QB. They should have him back for our game plus perhaps an experienced second option at QB by then. Miami demolished a bad A&M team. They are getting better. Don't let the Alabama meltdown fool you, Clemson is very good. UGA is a juggernaut.
Duke and UVA do look beatable, but if we lay an egg with turnovers we will lose.
Cold water:
Our D is young and is giving up a lot of yards against horrible offenses.
We don't have the depth to absorb many injuries.
The PJ O neutralizes great DL more than the other D positions. We will see better back 7 groups than we have seen so far.
I am very excited. If we stay healthy and we get a bunch of good bounces this season could be special. However GREAT teams struggle to go 10-1. We are a LONG way from being good enough to talk like 10-1 is more than a longshot IMHO.
If we (the team, not us fans) are looking ahead to Clemson we will be lucky not to lose to Duke. They are Div 1 athletes with a good coach and they have been practicing for the triple O and have played against it. They are also smarter than many and should be able to play their assignments.
Man, I remember when Spurrier was there back in the big 80s. Duke would go up and down the field and there was nothing anybody could do to stop them.1) [Duke] is averaging 31 points per game...UNHEARD of at Duke.
Duke has faced exactly zero defensive lines like ours. Counting UVa, NW, JM, and Navy together and you have 0 potential All Americans and maybe 1 potential All ACC. We have been able to get good pressure by rushing 4. Although we did have to blitz more against BC in the second half to get pressure.
Tenuta's defense had trouble with efficient passing teams. Womack's problem seems to stem from slashing type running backs and scrambling QB's. That may be a problem with Clemson, but not Duke. Duke's QB is going to be looking at 7 men in coverage most of the game.
This will also be Duke's first road game. If the stadium is load (and it may be if Duke comes in at 3-1), we'll see how well their Oline handles the silent count.
Yes, not long after the start of the 3rd quarter I remarked to SWMBO: "You are seeing a completely demoralized defense."They will be more disciplined defensively than Miss St which essentially gave up at one point in the game and did not even attempt to maintain their assignments. It was pathetic.
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- ...Jonathan Davis is very close his father seemed excited about GT. The commits that were present had a great time and seem very excited about the future of the program.
Win that one and we roll into Athens at 10-1, with a skinny 3-point loss between that and undefeated.
Well, in fairness, we were tied in yardage at halftime because the endzones kept stopping our progress. MSU's defensive philosophy is to attack the ball. That is why they had so much trouble with our offense.
Our weakness is the youth at LB. Cutcliff will certainly scheme to attack us there. But what we don't know is how Duke's QB will do under pressure. Especially if they pressure is coming from a 4 man rush.
Hey I'm as excited as you are, but Clemson will not be easy. Yeah their starting DL is young, but that freshman DE is DaQuan Bowers, the #2 recruit in the country last year...right behind Terrel Pryor. Let's not act as if they're not talented on that side of the line.stinger78 said:CU is soft across both lines. Their OL has 2 FR to go with 2 JR's and 1 SR. I think our senior-laden DL will manhandle them. They don't pass real well. Their DL has a FR, a SO and SR starting, and FR Brandon Thompson is backup for the SR NT. Their LB's are 2 JR's, a FR and a SO. I think our O by that time will manhandle them, too.
Overall, that's 4 FR, 2 SO, 4 JR's and 2 SR along the OL and defensive front 7, with the main backup at NT being another FR. Alabama blew both of those units off the field. That unit is certainly no better than BC, VT or MSU, and we got progresively better against each of those week to week. We have as good, if not better O than Alabama.
Settle down. Clemson and UNC are going to be very very tough road games. Even with the big production last week, we are still putting the ball on the ground too much. We were just lucky not to lose any against MSU. This is still a very young team at many key positions.
What you say is possible, but its nowhere near likely. I would put 10-1 down as having the same chances as we lose to Duke or UVA.