September 6th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
Smashing. I am now able to dissect the shortcomings of our next defeated opponent.
September 6th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
they're o line struggled, if we can get pressure without blitzing we'll win.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
If we can do that, we should win 10 games this year.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
lol Pressure without blitzing? Good one. If the oline was struggling that bad bring 7.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:11 PM ^
Short summary:
Cierre Wood: beast
Michael Floyd: beast
Rest of ND: meh
September 6th, 2011 at 8:24 PM ^
USF strips on ND 1 and takes it to the house -14
Missed Field Goal- 3
USF offsides which converts a 4th down fg to a 1st only to see a pick - 3
Pick in the endzone- let's just say they would have got a fg -3
Missed 2pt conv- (I'm only adding this because there is plenty of more to tack on) -2
********I KNOW THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MISTAKES BY USF, BUT ND MADE PLENTY MORE TO EVEN OUT THAT*******
23-20 turns into 13-41..... I'm just as worried about ND as I was preseason.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^
I understand what you're saying, but this logic isn't really the best. The turnovers and mental mistakes may be just as big a part of their team and offense as the yardage eating plays. Kind of like our offense last year. Our offense could have been unstoppable, but it ended up being turnovers and mental mistakes that killed ourselves.
Also, that USF defense, especially in the second half, looked exactly like what our defense did last year: minimal pressure, while dropping back into a soft zone that gave up a lot of yardage in front of them. The one time I remember seeing USF actually bring a blitz, Rees made a quick throw deep that the WR didn't read and it went out the back of the endzone.
Now, ND has a lot of talent, but I saw nothing in the film that said we can't beat them. The caveat, is I would like to see their D film.
September 6th, 2011 at 9:01 PM ^
The USF strip was a 3rd down play. Its odd that you assume ND would have gone for it on Fourth and made it.
Missed 2pt conv. I could see if you were to give them +1, but to just give them two points because they attempted a 2 point conversion? That's weird.
As far as the picks. I think those are legit. Did you see how many perfect passes they through, which could have been picks if not perfectly placed? If they plan to thread the needle like that every game, they will throw many more picks on the future.
September 6th, 2011 at 9:01 PM ^
Errr. Couple points on your math there.
If USF doesn't strip the ball, its 4th down. Also, USF moved the ball pretty well in the first half, so you can't really assume they wouldn't have scored on that drive. So your -14 becomes -3, most likely.
I don't understand how you are giving points for a missed 2 point conversion. If you watched the highlights, you'd see ND sucked in do-or-die scenarios.
The missed FG you gave them points for was a 45 yarder, off center. Hardly a gimme.
You can say that ND gave the game away but USF forced most of those turnovers themselves. It's not like Crist just dropped the ball while running. They made mistakes against a good defense, and paid for it.
September 7th, 2011 at 10:29 AM ^
The strip at the goal line was on third down. Gray was stopped. That's a 10 point swing. You cannot assume Kelly is going to go for it and suceed after they'd been stoned from inside the 2 twice in a row.
September 9th, 2011 at 9:37 PM ^
ND's last td was in garbage time while USF was in prevent. Honestly ND got straight blown out that game..USF's defense was laying the wood all day and causing havoc. Rese was terribly innacurate and could have throw 3 more picks easily. Not to mention USF on offense in the second half was playing it safe to protect the lead..people have been saying ND stormed back but after watching it...they got their asses kicked all game. I wish our D hit the way USF does.. It was fun watching them
September 6th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
Though, I also think a lot of Wood's long runs were because of missed tackles. Though, considering how often we miss tackles, that is not necessarily making me feel better.
September 6th, 2011 at 9:44 PM ^
...I thought our tackling looked better.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
Rees' accuracy and decision making need some work, I am just hoping some pressure can exasperate the bad decisions.
September 7th, 2011 at 1:25 AM ^
He looked quick and accurate most of the time. However, it was mostly timing to his first read. He got in the zone on that. I did not see very many multiple reads.
He throws poorly on the run. His passes from the pocket can also be batted down.
We will definitely need to bring some pressure and confusion, and press the recievers (easier said than done). If he can sit back and get comfortable quickly hitting his first read, it's going to be a long night.
Their strength on O matches up to our weakness on D. We can't get away from that. However, it turns out that WMU was perfect preparation for us. Better than most BCS teams would have been.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
after hearing so much about this game and the 2 QB's i watch this video expecting Crist to look lost. i thought he looked just as good as Rees except for the red zone pick.
September 6th, 2011 at 9:15 PM ^
I'll forward this to Gregg
September 7th, 2011 at 2:41 AM ^
looks really slow.
September 7th, 2011 at 10:21 AM ^
Seemed to me they made a lot of mistakes rather than getting dominated by USF. Also one starting WR (#7, forgot his name, TJ something) went out late with an injury, might be an issue for ND come Saturday.
They threw to Floyd about a million times, sometimes forcing something that wasn't there.