In postgame, CPJ made the point that skill guys covered up a bunch of deficiencies last year on blocking. Even in the postgame of the Orange Bowl, he said JT played great but also said "I think he made big plays despite mistakes in front of him." Or WTTE.
No, I really don't get how 4th and 5th year guys would block the wrong guy. I saw plays where both OL chipped the first level guy and tried blocking the second level. That's obviously going to be a bad time for JT.
Duke supposedly implemented some of ND's. Did they just make the formation intentionally very weird? I doubt that. For any kind of formation, how could fourth and fifth year seniors make those basic mistakes?
Good news, I guess, is the blocking got a lot closer to correct in the 4th quarter. It wasn't an illusion that CPJ was giving it over and over to Skov. He ran the same play five times until the blocking was right. Duke was crashing down inside out, and the dive should have been there. But our B-Backs also couldn't break it for more than 4-5 yards like Days or Laskey could have.