EastboundJacket
Damn Good Rat
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Let's talk football again:
I'm not worried about our O vs their D. Our offense has been chugging right along and should continue to do so against ND. If not, and they can shut us down, we have bigger problems- we won't have a very good year. It's not like they're the best defense we'll face all year, not by a longshot, honestly. They're good, but we're supposed to be an elite offense.
My analysis before this game goes to our defense vs. their offense. To me, it'll be a big test for the 2015 defense. The 2014 defense, with all of its early struggles, found a way in the big games to give the offense a chance. Mostly through turnovers. Our 2015 defense should, in theory, be more talented and shouldn't need to rely on turnovers to get stops. But will they? Honestly, we don't really know. We played Tulane and Alcorn St. We played fine. But I ask: how do you think we'll do?
To me, they lost a lot of starters. Yet their RB STILL looks good, which speaks of the talent and depth they had before injuries. Then of course there's Kizer. He looked fine, but he only had 1 drive. Do we even know anything about how the matchup between our D and their O will turn out?
I'm not worried about our O vs their D. Our offense has been chugging right along and should continue to do so against ND. If not, and they can shut us down, we have bigger problems- we won't have a very good year. It's not like they're the best defense we'll face all year, not by a longshot, honestly. They're good, but we're supposed to be an elite offense.
My analysis before this game goes to our defense vs. their offense. To me, it'll be a big test for the 2015 defense. The 2014 defense, with all of its early struggles, found a way in the big games to give the offense a chance. Mostly through turnovers. Our 2015 defense should, in theory, be more talented and shouldn't need to rely on turnovers to get stops. But will they? Honestly, we don't really know. We played Tulane and Alcorn St. We played fine. But I ask: how do you think we'll do?
To me, they lost a lot of starters. Yet their RB STILL looks good, which speaks of the talent and depth they had before injuries. Then of course there's Kizer. He looked fine, but he only had 1 drive. Do we even know anything about how the matchup between our D and their O will turn out?