• Mercer

 #94480  by FU3
 Sat Nov 23, 2024 6:31 pm
We just couldn’t run the ball at all. I still think 8 is going to be a good QB but we ran a lot of the same running schemes that we had with Huff only 8 isn’t a runner and our O line wasn’t going to bully people like we did last year. D was young to begin with and was decimated by injuries.Just a very strange season with several years with of bad events condensed into one.
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 #94481  by gofurman
 Sat Nov 23, 2024 6:33 pm
The Jackal wrote:
Sat Nov 23, 2024 5:48 pm
Defense played well early, but like so many games, our offense just cannot stay on the field and cannot stop shooting itself squarely in the foot.

Our lack of a running game this season has just been a complete head scratcher.
This. It all comes down to this. What I meant in part by LOS. We MUST get better at running the ball. Even if Hedden were a year older it’s too much pressure on the passing game. We are playing with half an offense

And it would Really help if our QBs were more mobile. That would work in tandem with helping the OL
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 #94503  by Thorny
 Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:23 pm
First off, thank you coaching staff and players for all of the work you put in.

However, if Furman's offense sinks or swims based on QB play, I'm not sure that is smart in the post portal world where any star skill player is going to get poached immediately.

On the other end of spectrum we could go triple option and no one would look to poach our offense, whether they be coaches or players, no matter how good they are.

I don't know that much about football. I'm just suspicious that a power run game will be more consistent with players being continually added and taken away from the football program.

/and I think the counter argument is we were REALLY young so it's hard to really read into any of this.
 #94523  by Davemeister
 Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:56 am
The Jackal wrote:
Sat Nov 23, 2024 5:17 pm
Regardless of what happens today, this season will mercifully end tonight.

Not with a bang but a whimper. May it Rest In Peace and not come back to haunt us.
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