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Message: [QUOTE="SuperHuski, post: 4740027, member: 12894"] Listened to the whole thing. The GAST guy they brought on seems pretty knowledgable. He obviously felt confident in his team. GAST has a first year DC who installed a completely new scheme. They also lots of a lot of their best players to P5 schools. This explains the many, many miscommunications and breakdowns on defense I saw against Rhode Island. It's highly unlikely these issues will be resolved in one week. GAST's strength on offense is their running game. Their o-line is their biggest strength, but they also have a very experienced dual threat QB (Grainger, #3) and a workhorse RB (Carroll, #23). The GAST guy said the key to stopping their offense is to stop the run. They use a very similar zone blocking scheme to us and we supposedly have a more experienced defense. They aren't very deep on offense, so they don't sub a lot. If the aforementioned #3 and #23 are having a tough day, then that's it for them. (Everything matches up with what I saw and typed out in a previous post.) Keys for us: [LIST] [*]Can we tackle a running QB? [*]Can our offense improve more than their defense needs to improve? [*]Can we stop their run game? [*]Can we get anything out of our passing game? [*]Can we stop with the untimely trick plays? [/LIST] [/QUOTE]