Observations on WCU game

[The Jackal]

Watched the replay last night.

2) Other Blocking - We are asking some skinny dudes to make some tough (and key) blocks on the inside - Wingbacks & TE’s on LB’s & occasionally DLmen. They’ll get better at it, but this is where most of the ‘breakdowns’ occurred on plays that went for little or no gain. Don’t think I’d change the scheme...just maybe be a bit more cognizant of who is in the game & what we’re asking them to do on each play, if possible. And get those boys a few cheeseburgers!!!

Great win! Fun to watch live & on the replay.

It appears we are playing Ryan Miller a bunch at TE. He's listed at 208, which makes him sort of a hybrid TE/WR. I can imagine the blocking responsibilities he had last season seem pretty simple in comparison to the kind of guys he is being asked to block now.

[FUBeAR]

Watched the replay last night.

2) Other Blocking - We are asking some skinny dudes to make some tough (and key) blocks on the inside - Wingbacks & TE’s on LB’s & occasionally DLmen. They’ll get better at it, but this is where most of the ‘breakdowns’ occurred on plays that went for little or no gain. Don’t think I’d change the scheme...just maybe be a bit more cognizant of who is in the game & what we’re asking them to do on each play, if possible. And get those boys a few cheeseburgers!!!

Great win! Fun to watch live & on the replay.

It appears we are playing Ryan Miller a bunch at TE. He's listed at 208, which makes him sort of a hybrid TE/WR. I can imagine the blocking responsibilities he had last season seem pretty simple in comparison to the kind of guys he is being asked to block now.

Yeah...and we had a 190 lb former QB in there trying to mix it up with some DLmen & LB’s also. As most know, I’m not a big “size matters” guy, but we seemed to be putting ourselves into a few more mano a mano mismatches (not angle or ‘crack’/counter-advantaged situations) at the Point of Attack than is ideal.

[cavedweller2]

Move Bo McKinney to tight end. He was an all region, all county basketball player in a high School. He could be quite effective in the red zone. Bring it down like a rebound.

[The Jackal]

Watched the replay last night.

2) Other Blocking - We are asking some skinny dudes to make some tough (and key) blocks on the inside - Wingbacks & TE’s on LB’s & occasionally DLmen. They’ll get better at it, but this is where most of the ‘breakdowns’ occurred on plays that went for little or no gain. Don’t think I’d change the scheme...just maybe be a bit more cognizant of who is in the game & what we’re asking them to do on each play, if possible. And get those boys a few cheeseburgers!!!

Great win! Fun to watch live & on the replay.

It appears we are playing Ryan Miller a bunch at TE. He's listed at 208, which makes him sort of a hybrid TE/WR. I can imagine the blocking responsibilities he had last season seem pretty simple in comparison to the kind of guys he is being asked to block now.

Yeah...and we had a 190 lb former QB in there trying to mix it up with some DLmen & LB’s also. As most know, I’m not a big “size matters” guy, but we seemed to be putting ourselves into a few more mano a mano mismatches (not angle or ‘crack’/counter-advantaged situations) at the Point of Attack than is ideal.

I often tell people that a smaller, technically sound football player will beat a bigger player 9 times out of 10. The problem occurs when that bigger player is also technically sound. Then you are screwed.

[Flagman]

I was pleased to see that we could be a quick strike team if we needed to be. I was worried about that game right up until we went into the victory formation.

[The Jackal]

I was pleased to see that we could be a quick strike team if we needed to be. I was worried about that game right up until we went into the victory formation.

It was certainly concerning after the debacle at ETSU.

Looking back on that game, Furman did a better job of making the plays they needed to against WCU to seal the game. We didn't play stellar football, but when the offense needed to make a play or the defense needed a turnover, we were there.

We have to be able to shut down a game in the second half, though. We kept giving WCU life with penalties, turnovers, and mental mistakes.

[Flagman]

It was a real shame we couldn't do that against ETSU. Wofford will present a completely different set of problems. The mistakes and penalties really hurt us, and that is so uncharacteristic of Furman teams. I'm certain the coaching staff had some words to say about that.