mjmartin1970
Special Teams Player
One thing I think that is going to be hard for us to over come. The blown coverages can be fixed, but this really can't (well not this year at least).
What I see is that we basically have 4 D-linemen, and that's it. Almost zero depth here. Normally in situations like this you would want to run the ball, ALOT, and eat up the clock. The problem is, we can't. Well, we can't against a good team. So, if we do what our offense is good at -- throwing a lot, we put too much pressure on this D-line.
Thus the real question to the success of our season is how good are our future opponents at stopping the run? I've "heard" that we won't face a better line than VTech, but I'm not drinking that cool aid. Here is what I see:
Rush Yards Given Up Per Game
VTech - 125.6/game
MU - 99/game
TTech - 100/game
IState - 187.5/game
Baylor - 127.5/game
OU - 73/game
KU - 94.75/game
KSU - 206.5/game
CU - 172/game
So, I think we have excellent chances against IState, KSU, and CU, and I think we'll beat Baylor. The rest are going to be very tough to win unless our running game improves significantly to keep our D-line fresh.
What I see is that we basically have 4 D-linemen, and that's it. Almost zero depth here. Normally in situations like this you would want to run the ball, ALOT, and eat up the clock. The problem is, we can't. Well, we can't against a good team. So, if we do what our offense is good at -- throwing a lot, we put too much pressure on this D-line.
Thus the real question to the success of our season is how good are our future opponents at stopping the run? I've "heard" that we won't face a better line than VTech, but I'm not drinking that cool aid. Here is what I see:
Rush Yards Given Up Per Game
VTech - 125.6/game
MU - 99/game
TTech - 100/game
IState - 187.5/game
Baylor - 127.5/game
OU - 73/game
KU - 94.75/game
KSU - 206.5/game
CU - 172/game
So, I think we have excellent chances against IState, KSU, and CU, and I think we'll beat Baylor. The rest are going to be very tough to win unless our running game improves significantly to keep our D-line fresh.
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