Key to winning - run the Friggin ball

MACHETE said:
We have a much improved O-Line and two stud RBs. Just run it all night. Don't let the frosh QB beat us.
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We have four stud RBs of which three are available but I totally agree 100%. Pound the ball, shorten the game, wear out their defense, and take a load of the QB's shoulders.
 
Run the ball, but also focus on putting your young QB in positions where he can be successful. We're moving the ball fine, we just need to avoid situations that create turnovers.
 
johncu said:
Run the ball, but also focus on putting your young QB in positions where he can be successful. We're moving the ball fine, we just need to avoid situations that create turnovers.
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That is partly on Sims. He has to hit that deep ball more often. FSU wasn’t expecting us to have a short passing game. They were expecting deep ball (Brown) or a run.
UCF and Cuse just put everyone up. They covered the short pass and running game. They let Sims have 1v1 on the outside. He has to be able to throw early without just hanging a ballon out there for the corners to grab.
 
WracerX said:
That is partly on Sims. He has to hit that deep ball more often. FSU wasn’t expecting us to have a short passing game. They were expecting deep ball (Brown) or a run.
UCF and Cuse just put everyone up. They covered the short pass and running game. They let Sims have 1v1 on the outside. He has to be able to throw early without just hanging a ballon out there for the corners to grab.
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Our receivers may not separate well, but they can definitely win 1v1 battles on jump balls. If we've got 1v1 on the outside, I'm fine with Sims just putting air under it and letting Malachi Carter or Jalen Camp go get it.
 
johncu said:
Our receivers may not separate well, but they can definitely win 1v1 battles on jump balls. If we've got 1v1 on the outside, I'm fine with Sims just putting air under it and letting Malachi Carter or Jalen Camp go get it.
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Yes, but the ball needs to be outside so that if we don’t catch it, nobody does. And no floaters over the middle. Especially with a safety over the top.

Sims seems to be waiting for separation rather than putting it in the air. That isn’t unusual for a freshman or an NFL rookie. What is ‘open’ changes at each level.
 
WracerX said:
Yes, but the ball needs to be outside so that if we don’t catch it, nobody does. And no floaters over the middle. Especially with a safety over the top.

Sims seems to be waiting for separation rather than putting it in the air. That isn’t unusual for a freshman or an NFL rookie. What is ‘open’ changes at each level.
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yep, opponents have more "int-return' YDS THAN ANY IN us
 
johncu said:
Run the ball, but also focus on putting your young QB in positions where he can be successful. We're moving the ball fine, we just need to avoid situations that create turnovers.
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Practice, improvement, and player development is more important this year than winning a handful of games.
 
I agree with more run heavy but we need to pass and let sims get into rhythm, and get better with how he views passing lanes and pocket awareness.
 
WracerX said:
Yes, but the ball needs to be outside so that if we don’t catch it, nobody does. And no floaters over the middle. Especially with a safety over the top.

Sims seems to be waiting for separation rather than putting it in the air. That isn’t unusual for a freshman or an NFL rookie. What is ‘open’ changes at each level.
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Sims, as well as several others, are waiting to be instructed. They want to get better---to be coached up.
 
johncu said:
Our receivers may not separate well, but they can definitely win 1v1 battles on jump balls. If we've got 1v1 on the outside.
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I really haven't seen any evidence of this being true.

We have some big bodied guys that look the part, but I can't remember the last time we had a receiver go up and fight to make a catch over a DB. We haven't had a QB accurate enough and/or a receiver dominant enough to make a covered 1V1 deep ball worth the down consistently since JT + Smelter/Waller. Our guys need to be wide open, and you said it yourself, they don't do that very well either.

I would have thought A. Brown would have slipped through the defense a little more, resulting in more big plays than we have seen. Maybe he is open but Sims hasn't been able to connect.

I have liked our short/intermediate passing game, when Sims is not turning it over. He will get better. I dont think forcing low % deep balls is going to pay off for us this season.
 
Helluva Entrepreneur said:
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I have liked our short/intermediate passing game, when Sims is not turning it over. He will get better. I dont think forcing low % deep balls is going to pay off for us this season.
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The last two games, the defense has forced him to throw deep. Until he hits a few, the short passing game is going to generate a few extra picks. Cuse dropped back a bit after Brown made his big catch.
 
Pretty much this. Patanaude might should be at Coastal Carolina or somewhere's else with all his snappy offensive play calling. Establish the run. Live and die. Why is this so hard? GO TECH!!!
 
johncu said:
Our receivers may not separate well, but they can definitely win 1v1 battles on jump balls. If we've got 1v1 on the outside, I'm fine with Sims just putting air under it and letting Malachi Carter or Jalen Camp go get it.
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Brown, Carter, and Ezzard, can separate.
 
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