You are correct. No OL help at all
Today. D is causing turnovers and hitting QB but our O is not getting it done
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Today. D is causing turnovers and hitting QB but our O is not getting it done
Our defense is not near as good as we thought/hoped.
Very, very, very lucky to be close at half. Should be down 3 or 4 scores. UTC has more penalty yards than we have offense. Very poor clock management at end of half.
pretty sure this is not going to plan.
Refs are doing all they can and Chat is helping out also
Refs are doing all they can and Chat is helping out also
We have them just where we want them. We get the rock to start the 2nd half
UTC has to be kicking themseives. Dominating first half and only up 4.
Can we please find a real QB for this anemic offense? There’s no continuity at all after a few games.
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Any QB needs an OL too. But yeah, the whole O is just painful at times. Which is a shame as I think the D - for the most part- gets it done
These opposing teams don’t respect our passing games
These opposing teams don’t respect our passing games
Basically a middle school game so far. The refs and UTC coaches are going to give us this one. We’ve given up just enough pass plays to keep them thinking they should pass when all they have to do is steamroll us.
It's really bizarre how bad the offensive line is at this point in Hendrix's tenure. It's actually kind of interesting - like, presumably Hendrix didn't get amnesia and forget everything he knew.
What makes it so strange is that the OL is weaker than other units that, in theory, should be more dependent on hard-to-find athleticism (particularly on defense). This seems to point towards a structural explanation (as opposed to some kind of program-specific problem with the position group).
It might go something like this - even though HS football participation in, say, the Atlanta metro area is roughly similar to the past, there are underlying demographic changes in the participants . . . middle and upper-middle class parents may be discouraging their kids from playing football at a high rate, more than might be assumed. The number of players on the field does not decrease, but the number of kids trying out for the team would decrease, at least for certain positions. Due to Furman's academic requirements, the Paladins would be more negatively impacted by this than most, due to demographic correlations between household income and HS academic performance. This would also be an issue at the QB position.
Note that the issue of more college football programs does not explain this at all, because that should similarly impact all positions.
Unfortunately this seems like a more or less unsolvable problem, because FCS football does not produce enough returns to justify the large expenditures that would be required to compensate for the negative structural changes.
What makes it so strange is that the OL is weaker than other units that, in theory, should be more dependent on hard-to-find athleticism (particularly on defense). This seems to point towards a structural explanation (as opposed to some kind of program-specific problem with the position group).
It might go something like this - even though HS football participation in, say, the Atlanta metro area is roughly similar to the past, there are underlying demographic changes in the participants . . . middle and upper-middle class parents may be discouraging their kids from playing football at a high rate, more than might be assumed. The number of players on the field does not decrease, but the number of kids trying out for the team would decrease, at least for certain positions. Due to Furman's academic requirements, the Paladins would be more negatively impacted by this than most, due to demographic correlations between household income and HS academic performance. This would also be an issue at the QB position.
Note that the issue of more college football programs does not explain this at all, because that should similarly impact all positions.
Unfortunately this seems like a more or less unsolvable problem, because FCS football does not produce enough returns to justify the large expenditures that would be required to compensate for the negative structural changes.
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Agreed, but even when the O line does give him time, the end result is not usually positive.
They have to be that way, there is no other option. Hoping the incoming freshman will be realky good but understand he is not a great passer. We should really be on the transfer portal every day. Yes it is not just Sisson.
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