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As a life long Bucs fan, Suh is an exponentially better pro than the former Buc going into the HOF next year (Lynch) & this ring should help certify his legacy. For anybody questioning how productive he still is, he was the most double-teamed player in the NFL the past 2 seasons. And, the fact he's missed 2 games his entire career as an interior lineman who garners the attention his has is almost mind boggling. As big a Suh fan as I am, I was a little upset when Arians essentially swapped Suh for McCoy 2 years ago. I've met McCoy on multiple occasions, he's was just a great ambassador for the game, and Tampa. But, the difference in the run game w/Suh was immediate & stark.

I was surprised to see Williams in Bennings S6. He doesn't look real fluid in coverage to me. Fidone & Lutovsky look like utter studs. Kpai & Ho'ohuli not far behind. Prochazka is super raw. He has a non-existent pass set , his pass blocking is sheer athleticism, & plays way too high in general. But, he has freakish athleticism. We'll see what kind of coach Austin is with this kid. Cause he's about as raw as it gets fundamentally, but he's exactly what you'd want to work with. His HS O-line coach should be embarrassed. Ervin - He hasn't run in NU's type of system, but his running style fits it perfectly. Sleeper - Buford, he looks extremely fluid in coverage, and mirrors receivers.

I assume the only difference between rumorville & threads such as staff changes, transfer portal, & mass exodus are that the first rule of rumorville is nobody talks about rumorville??? If so, YES

I thought quality control coaches/analysts were allowed to coach on field during practice this year due to covid.

Wan'dale the recruit: They want to utilize me like De'Anthony Thomas Wan'dale the player year 1: Returning punts and kicks is too much wear and tear Wan'dale the player year 2: Taking snaps at RB is not going to prepare me for NFL This one is definitely on Frost

A couple things I recall not already mentioned: Charlie Ward sitting w/FSU's biggest booster at the time, Jimmy Hewitt at a Miami Heat/Orlando Magic game 2 days before the game. Trev Alberts alone sacked Ward more times in that game than he had been sacked all season. Floyd not only fumbled, he barely cracked the 1 yard line. There wasn't anything close to a clip on that punt return. FSU should have been penalized for storming the field prior to NU's FG attempt. That would have been 15 yards & a stopped clock. It would have been sweet to hit that FG & have Bowden lose after being showered w/Gatorade

Used to have an assistant who loved using that quote, I still cringe every time I hear it. Putting the other benefits aside, In my experience, when players understand why, and better yet how in-game, their input is invaluable.

Seeing Cooper on special teams, he looks like a much better athlete than Payne & Nelson with more size than Tannor & JoJo, but it's probably not a positive sign he didn't receive any defensive reps this season. I know if I was in Dawson's shoes trying to develop an impact pass rusher, I'd be giving this kid every opportunity to translate what I see on KO coverage to pass rush.

I memory serves correct, Frost played through a significantly elbow injury his Jr season, and Crouch played through a severely compromised shoulder. I would bet Adrian's carries are in line with what we saw from TF & Frost & nowhere near Crouch. Solich underutilized the FB and fell in love with the lead option.

I normally wouldn't bet on a true Fre starting at RG, but that kids film is highly impressive. Not because he mauls inferior competition, but his footwork, and short area quickness standout. The way he works off combo blocks and redirects in pass pro surprised cuz he's built like a refrigerator. If Farniok doesn't come back, a lot of dogs fighting for 1 bone, hard to say because we haven't seen any of them play, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Lutovsky and the CSU transfer rise above. Put me in the camp that thinks the Jurgens position switch was a good idea, but 2001 should have been the target for him actually starting. I think we'll see all those growing pains pay off next year.

I learned that when you bite on a sucker route (Dig + Post) & leave your OLB manned up vs a slot receiver on said deep post, the next opponent will test you with same look on their opening play.

There are a lot of things Frost and Co. need to address, I don't see attrition as a problem. Attrition weeds out players who aren't part of the solution & it's necessary to manage a 85 player roster as awful as that reality is. Did Spielman tear it up at TCU? Did Shorter become Randy Moss after ditching Penn State for Florida? Is Tyjon Lindsey Jaylen Waddle at OSU? Outside of the QB position, where opportunity is limited, the vast majority of players entering the transfer portal are the same kids who would have simply washed out, or redirected their playing careers through JUCO or lower divisions in the past, & the cold hard fact is that is exactly what happens to most anyway. Maturity & the marriage of entitlement/personal responsibility has always been an issue in the transition from HS to CFB & it always will be. The transfer portal is nothing more than a vehicle for the NCAA to give players the elusion they have more power so they can delay the inevitable as long as possible and keep the gravy train rolling. Losing breeds discontent & I hate seeing talent like Keyshawn Greene & Marcus Flemming leave the program, but if they aren't willing to put in the work, the talent is useless anyway, & as we've seen, often counter productive.

This is the part that confuses me, because they ran plays out of the pistol at UCF, & I've seen them in the pistol formation at NU. It's not a blocking issue either, because these veer concepts are blocked with IZ, power, or duo schemes, which NU runs. The only difference is that instead of attack both sides of the LOS, you are attacking 1, but that side isn't tipped pre-snap. IMO, this stuff all goes together. I run a similar offense, our back starts every play in the pistol, then will shift to the left or right if we aren't running veer. I've seen Frost do this at NU, he just never runs veer that I can recall. It's a moot point now because Mills is gone & we don't have another back like him, but I really think they missed the boat on maximizing the personnel they had with him as the primary back. And, for a team that's struggled at the QB position, those reads on play action from the pistol are much simpler, again, you're reading 1 side of the field behind the LB's off play action. I know it's easier to judge others & I don't know what they see in practice, maybe they don't see an O-line capable of moving the LOS, but to the original point, I can say with confidence Mills was a power back that was limited running East/West, & I'm frustrated they didn't try to utilize him better as a North/South runner, primarily because there is a natural answer for this in their offense.

I've been surprised Frost didn't utilize the pistol formation more with Mills much the way Baltimore utilizes Ingram. Which is also more in line with how he was utilized at Tech and at JUCO. To me, he's a much more natural fit running those Veer type concepts versus the IZ, OZ, Inverted Veer Concepts NU has run w/him. Mills had some moments, but I can't ever recall watching him run outside zone effectively, and there are far more times than not he fails to make effective cuts on inside zone.

For everything that has been discussed in this thread, if you want to boil it down to one thing, imo it's a lack of explosiveness. Most scoring drives are field position & big play dependent. In addition, it's incredibly difficult to be efficient and consistent when defenses are in the box and smothering your routes. I was optimistic Manning, Flemming, & Brown would be what the offense needed this season, for a variety of reasons they weren't, & the results speak for themselves.

The defense ran a scrape exchange (DE/LB exchange gaps responsibilities) & I would be surprised if the H-back didn't block the wrong man. I would be surprised if he wasn't supposed to turn that crashing DE loose and climb to the 2nd level & instead locked onto his pre-snap "man". The Huskers had outside leverage on that play, coaches had to be frustrated it didn't convert. Highlighted above was Scott's 2.8 AVE, but I think that stats misleading, and thought he looked pretty good. Off the top of my head, he had a couple negative runs on Outside Zone plays, & a couple short yardage carries, but I thought he showed a little juice running downhill on series 1 & 3 I believe. If I'm looking for a silver lining in this game, I thought the rhythm of the offense was improved. Meaning the tempo, the play action passes, but McCaffery was late or missed everything available, which of course begins to throw off the timing of the entire offense eventually. The amusing aspect was I thought, he reminds me of my JR High QB, who would drop back only to run 80% of the time, only to find myself screaming for him to run on 2 4th down plays where the middle of the field opened up.

There appeared to be a fumble on the Honas sack & everybody was too busy celebrating to recover the ball. You emphasize takeaways, you emphasize getting #'s to the ball, you emphasize playing through the whistle, you emphasize details. As a coach, there's a lot I wouldn't be happy with yesterday, but this would upset me because it's indicative of all those things not happening. While on that subject, that fake punt might be the most embarrassing example of the missing attention to detail I've seen from this team & that's applicable on multiple levels. There are 3 pet peeves I have as a coach, O-lineman not hitting anybody when they pull, not having enough players on the field, & going through the motions on a play because you assume you know the result. 2 occurred on that play.

It for sure has a different effect, but still freezes 2nd level defenders, & S's. When run from the pistol, very similar imo.

Exactly. Wisky has intelligently stolen a lot from this new wave of power football in the NFL lead by McVey, Shanahan, LaFleur, & Stefanski. In fact, even in saying that, I wonder if there hasn't been some New Orleans/LSU style coaches meetings as Wisky mixes in a fair amount of spread, & run a ton of mesh concepts in pure passing situations, all very similar to how LaFleur runs his offense. One play in particular today where McCaffery had a ball tipped by the LB trying to hit a WR on a deep over. Pretty sure that came on 1st down and if it comes off play action, that LB is completely out of the play. That concept is an Oregon spread staple & it's puzzling to me why they wouldn't run that off play action, particularly in that situation.

I'm a bit baffled by the absence of play action passing in this offense. It's a natural aspect of this offense anyway, but you're a run first & second team w/a limited passer. The drop back, quick passing game isn't a natural compliment to what NU is running, or who they have to run it. The offense had moments, but is far from in sync, but but we saw a little more juice in there today w/McCaffery, Robinson at RB, Betts on the Jet, even Scott. Hopefully, Frost & Co. continue to integrate the athletes into the offense, & we start to see more explosive plays.

100%. Momentum builds. Lost in Minnesota's "breakout" season was 3 close calls vs cupcakes to start the season. I try to avoid playing psychologist, but it's appeared Frost & Co. keep expecting this singular performance that is going to turn the tide, and when they find themselves in a tight game instead, the pressure sets in, & they wear it poorly. There's another thread which addresses the psychology of a team, but the only thing I know for certain is that L's breed doubt & W's breed confidence. Frost & Co. have to start finding ways to come out on top & there's just no way around that.

Player & coach reactions after L's are a no win situation.

They ran the offense much faster & they were a big play offense. They ran the ball for chunks very consistently at UCF & it opened up the offense. That last year at UCF, their average scoring drive was under 3 minutes. In turn, the D played complimentary ball, and was more aggressive. They played the quintessential b-ball on grass and when the D produced stops and TO's, they could bury an opponent under an avalanche of pts quickly. At NU everything has slowed down. Even when NU plays reasonably well, the O lacks explosiveness, the D is in turn more passive, gives up longer drives, the O has issue re-establishing rhythm for stretches as a result. Both sides of the ball have traded turns lacking faith in the other (for good reason) & as a result we see a much slower pace than they play at UCF. I don't think it's an issue of willfully trading power for speed, they haven't had explosive players, and in turn plays to build off.

My disdain for authority seems to be growing exponentially by the day

I recall addressing this issue in the Mega-Thread as it related to all of CF & the collective response was it's not about W's & L's in this covid season. Unsurprisingly, that changed quickly. As Frost said, teams will find a way...