I am thinking of three pass plays, where our receiver was wide open and the pass wasn't even in the same zip code. I don't know how you fix that, but assuming we could, we would have had 75 more yards passing, maybe one or two more scores, and who knows how that passing success would have boosted our running game. Yes, it was Alcorn, but in our more successful seasons under CPJ, the pass has always bolstered the run. If we can't get the defense back off the line, we are going to have trouble---even with the middle of the road opponents.
They do have transfers, for example Cronkrite is 4-star RB, missed first game tho, and QB Barnett is a 5-star, but couldn't cut it at Bama and ASU, so actual talent level difficult to tell at this point...
I am not sure about their current roster, but in the past they have gathered in rejects from P5 programs and done pretty well. They basically have zero admissions requirements, and in the past have turned a blind eye to some pretty bad actors, ala Dontae Aycock ( a bust, but an example). I think Charlie Strong puts a higher premium on good citizenship than Taggert did. But be assured, they have some athletes, probably as good as the middle tier in the ACC.
I don't know man....we didn't look light at DT just not athletic as other more successful teams. There were many overhanging bellys on our sideline.
You can have a belly at 285 lb. But you are "light" if you are lining up opposite a 326 lb guard. South Florida won't be as athletic as Clempsen or Miami, but they aren't chopped liver either. They have speed and size at running back, and don't need much to get five or six yards running inside. Our best strategy is to keep our defense on the sidelines if we can. But that is a big "IF".
You obviously consider Georgia Tech's roster to be P5 caliber. I think that's where you might have left the track.
I think I understand you but you don't understand me. However the word you are looking for is athletic. Our guys could magically be changed to 6ft7 340 and they would do the same.
You obviously consider Georgia Tech's roster to be P5 caliber. I think that's where you might have left the track.
At long last!!!
I saw the same thing at least twice. From my POV it looked like the receiver's fault (I think Stewart once and Cottrell once). IIUC, the run-n-shoot passing offense involves lots of option routes where QB and receiver read the defense and basically go to the open spot. On one particular play, Cottrell (I think) turned upfield into double coverage instead of sitting down into what looked like a wide open hole that Marshall threw a perfect pass into. Searcy dropped an easy pass and Stewart also slipped on his route just as Marshall released the ball once, which doesn't help things out either.
