Because Edwards was successful as a receiver against TCU, not a runner (24 yards on 6 carries).
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Outlook for the rest of the season
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I wish I had said that...
In fairness, looking over the stats a lot of people have you on ignore.
Wow, really? Okay, mainly I was just giving Yak some good natured grief.
I was going to make an ignore joke, but Goose beat me to it.
This OL coach and playcaller/OC doesn't know how to scheme an offense around a bad OL. Not saying it's easy, but the "blame everything on the bad OL" excuse rings hollow when they are consistently going 4 wide with a 170 lb RB as the only other blocker, or worse, 5 wide with no help.
A run game has to be developed, practiced, worked at constantly and there has to be patience with it during the game. Like their personnel decision during games, the in-game playcalling has immediately gone away from something when it doesn't work.... Except for the Rick Ross package. They keep trotting that thing out there like it's some automatic short yardage pickup package and it never actually works.
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I didn't think what happened on Friday could have happened under HCDS.
I was wrong.
And, I still believe. I believe in him. I believe in his vision for this program. I believe we beat UCLA.
The problem is harder than expected, and he's figuring this out.
I was wrong.
And, I still believe. I believe in him. I believe in his vision for this program. I believe we beat UCLA.
The problem is harder than expected, and he's figuring this out.
All things considered, we're 29th in scoring at 34.4 ppg despite playing no real powder puffs. All with what might very well be the worst line in college football.
We played Nebraska
Yeah but going forward they are running the table in the B1G ( according to a nub 247 article I saw today)
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DT was amazing at JSU. We had one of the most disciplined teams too.
Its going to take time for Prime to change the culture here. He changed it quickly at JSU but at JSU is basically one year scholarships, he can cut players on the fly. This is a lot more difficult.
This is also the negative side of the portal for so many players. Sure, you get some really hungry guys but there is a reason why a lot of these guys were backups and role players at their previously bigger school.
If you look at it, most of our best transfers have been G5 and FCS guys. The good FBS guys cost money. The ones for free are just low motivation jags. I actually think he got better people at CU than JSU in terms of how they respect people and handle school, JSU had a miscast in that area but those boys had heart and they grind their ass off. These are some spoiled bitches in the most respectful of ways.
As I said before, expect 40 new players next year. Easily and all of quality because Deion knows quality costs at this level. It didn't at HBCUs and the cream would raise to the top.
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Trust. They don't trust the others to do their job but they also are overreacting. 3 shouldn't have been completely pulled because he slipped.
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We don't have a RB issue. We have a run blocking issue and it's mainly because of the interior OL especially the guards. They are just not the quality at this level. I wish we had Roddick and Brown back from last year.
This.
Exactly. I feel like I can count on one hand this season the number of times one of our RBs had hit downhill momentum before dealing with a tackler.
Also due to the nature of draws and RPO’s though. No momentum.
Marcellus Marshall (LT) was their best OL I believe and he transferred to UCF. Their C and RG were also RS Seniors, so 5th or maybe even 6th year players (covid year) and both were basically two year starters.
Tank is serviceable but certainly not special, Bailey isn't very good, Savion Washington is solid, maybe even above average, but not special. RG has been a revolving door and obviously Savion being out for a couple weeks has really hurt. I'm wondering just how good Van Wells really is. The dropoff between he and Zalinskas is huge, but that doesn't necessarily mean Wells is a great player.
End of the day, they had a veteran laden OL that had continuity and multiple years in the offense. We certainly need a talent infusion on the OL, but the success of wholesale changes will still rely on how quickly and well they can all come together.
At the beginning of the season, we all knew that DEPTH was a huge problem. We really should have won Friday night, but can anyone really say that 4-3 after 7 games is concerning?
I see it this way. Arizona is a MUST WIN. Somehow ... someway, we will beat one of the remaining 3 ranked teams or WSU. Utah does NOT look like they did last year and we can hang with Wash State, Oregon St, and UCLA.
If we win at least 2 more, this season was a success. Then the depth comes in the next 2 years. Then we expect 9 wins plus.
I see it this way. Arizona is a MUST WIN. Somehow ... someway, we will beat one of the remaining 3 ranked teams or WSU. Utah does NOT look like they did last year and we can hang with Wash State, Oregon St, and UCLA.
If we win at least 2 more, this season was a success. Then the depth comes in the next 2 years. Then we expect 9 wins plus.
4-3 is nothing to sneeze at and a HUGE improvement over recent history. I think why some are mildly concerned (me included), is the complete collapse against a lesser opponent, one that was as close to a gimme as there is in the P12...at home. Coupled with really sloppy undisciplined play, and two squeakers against teams CU should have beaten easily (CSU and ASU) has us wondering. All the teams the rest of the way are playing pretty solid FB. And where fUCLA and Utah are concerned, CU does not necessarily have a talent edge. Two more wins will be harder than most of us like to admit.
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Helps their QB is a pretty good RPO QB even if he's average at best
at least 2 disciplined efforts. If I see 5 disciplined efforts, then we will go bowling.
Ever?
I am concerned, but no that concerned.
