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Syracuse is an awful, awful team!

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UConnDan97 said:
I agree with this. I think that the play calling was following a designed script. Mostly vanilla, except for the rare "ridiculous" play (like the reverse-throw to Griffin). It was as if to say, "We want NCState thinking about the following things..." If it works, then great. Perhaps NCState prepares for a heavy dose of running up the middle and wildcat, and maybe we use those things very sparingly when we play them. I guess we'll know in a week...
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I guess I am a pretty ignorant football fan because I have never heard of this before: predicating an entire offensive scheme for a game on fooling a future opponent. Boy, UConn is really going to put one over on NC State.

Hope you guys are right because I do not think the Dandy Randy power running game, up-the-gut-for-two-yards, with the occasional throw is going to get it done. McCombs is small and can't carry the team on his back. This team needs a second running option which hasn't emerged yet (I know it's early). The one hopeful sign is that Davis and Smith look like real athletes, tall, rangy, fast.

I don't care how bad NW's secondary was, Nassib was dropping precision passes right into Sales hands. That's got less to do with cornerbacks and more to do with QB throwing and WR playing-making abilities. Precision throws like the ones Nassib threw can even burn the somewhat disgraced Honey Badger.
 
I do think that Nassib is a nice quarterback and a very good passer. But I'll also be surprised if Northwestern wins 6 games. As far as what UConn was doing on thursday night, I have the feeling that they weren't particularly concerned with UMass and used that game as essentially a scrimmage where they could and did try a few things, moved guys around in the oline checked on McCummings shape after missing a chunk of camp, that sort of thing. Pretty much ran their basic plays without a whole lot of trickery, though they did use a bit. I doubt they are trying to fool NC State so much as not show them all the cards. I mean Tom O'Brien has been around long enough to guess that when McCummings takes the field UCONN is going with the wildcat...It is another matter that needs to be defended but it wasn't as if they didn't know we run it sometimes.
 
Mr.Phat said:
I guess I am a pretty ignorant football fan because I have never heard of this before: predicating an entire offensive scheme for a game on fooling a future opponent. Boy, UConn is really going to put one over on NC State.
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You've really never heard of coaches and teams not opening up the offensive playbook against much inferior competition??? Really??

This happens all the time. Run up the middle, run up the middle, conservative passing plan. So long as you are having success with it against the minnow, there is no need to dig down deep in the bag of tricks, especially the week before arguably your biggest OOC game (only arguably because of the "Edsall Bowl"). This happens all the time...
 
UConnDan97 said:
You've really never heard of coaches and teams not opening up the offensive playbook against much inferior competition??? Really??

This happens all the time. Run up the middle, run up the middle, conservative passing plan. So long as you are having success with it against the minnow, there is no need to dig down deep in the bag of tricks, especially the week before arguably your biggest OOC game (only arguably because of the "Edsall Bowl"). This happens all the time...
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Like I said I'm not as knowledgeable as I thought because I have never heard of this. I learned something which is always good.
 
UConn9604 said:
Why are you surprised? If any league covets awful football, it's the ACC...
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I think the ACC is implementing a mad scheme to elevate Duke to middle of the pack...
 
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Mr.Phat said:
Like I said I'm not as knowledgeable as I thought because I have never heard of this. I learned something which is always good.
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That means you're better than me. I'm incapable of learning new things without displacing something that I used to know. For instance, if I learn a new fact about the new playoff system that the NCAA is going to implement, I might forget how to drive home...;)
 
Mr.Phat said:
I guess I am a pretty ignorant football fan because I have never heard of this before: predicating an entire offensive scheme for a game on fooling a future opponent. Boy, UConn is really going to put one over on NC State.
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PP said they have to be careful with what they put on display in a recent interview. Wish I could find it easily for you.
 
whaler11 said:
I think it's funny that people are focused on the final score and not the fact that Syracuse plays like a team that should take the field to the theme from Benny Hill.
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I made the original post in this thread in the second quarter. What you just posted was my point. Other than Nassib, they looked like a collection of players that couldn't get out of their own way. They had a Juco DE who looked good, but got hurt I think and Sales is decent, but keep in mind he has a damn good QB throwing him the ball. I also like Shamarko Thomas. That was pretty much it for guys I'd take on UConn.
 
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Interpret this how you like, but I think that this quote shows that they weren't trying to show too much to UMass.

From Coach P:

“I thought Chandler really played well, without giving away the keys to the car."
 
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