Bambi

September 5th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^

My guess is he scores well, but not as high as we expect. He did a good job for sure, but a lot of it seemed like free runs through open holes since the DL had all the OL engaged/collapsing. And that's fine, because my guess is that's generally what Brown wants to accomplish.

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Michigasling

September 5th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^

9 tackles (3 1/2 for a loss), 2 sacks and one forced fumble.

Considering he hardly got on the field since he got here, kept having to look at my roster.  Who's this #9?  Oh.  Of course.  Grant Perry. 

He was zipping around so un-LB-like, looked so slender, I forgot we were on defense.  Add another great feel-good story. 

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bluebyyou

September 5th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^

I had the same thought.  I always figured we'd be startstruck by Gary, who played well and his big days will come sooner than later, but post-Saturday, lots of talk about Evans and McCray and Bredeson.  Very pleasant surprises.

It's so good to have tremendous coaching talent capable of taking good recruits and finding ways to quickly use their skills.

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Double-D

September 5th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^

LB looks like a strength right now after our initial concerns. McCray was a handful all game and is only going to get better as he gains experience. Congrats to him!! And fuck Scott Frost.

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UMForLife

September 5th, 2016 at 11:27 AM ^

I am repeating, but one thing I noticed with McCray was how fast go to the edge. I was so happy to see that and thinking about OSU game. It will be a great story if he ended up being our top 3 defensive player by the end of the year. What a great comeback.

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HAIL-YEA

September 5th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^

for McCray and he was really good on saturday, but I think Delano Hill had the best game and not just because the pick six. I was honestly in shock at how well he played, I hope he can keep it up against better competition.

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DCAlum

September 5th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^

I think I ton of that was on the DL. In the plays the linebackers made, they basically never had to take on a block. DL kept them squeaky clean all day. LBs played great too, but when the DL is faced with a better OL we'll see if they can still fill the gaps when they are taking on blocks.

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Bodogblog

September 5th, 2016 at 4:22 PM ^

I vote DL. The holding by Hawaii was lol, if not for that the carnage would have been much worse. Would have bordered on comical. Yes I know there's holding every play, but so many obvious ones this last game that would have resulted in sacks/TFLs. Multiple on holds on the same play: one down saw the left guard and center both hold Gedeon, and the left tackle grab Glasgow's shirt from behind and yank him down. Either sack if not held blatantly.

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GreatLakes4

September 5th, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^

This was an awesome opportunity to gain confidence and play composed. McCray was awesome, flying to the ball with purpose. Very happy to see a great game from a kid who has certainly seen his up's and down's from within our program.

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VauntedD

September 5th, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^

Congrats to McCray. Hope he has a good senior year stays healthy and continues to realize his full potential. I believe that Dr. Blitz will defenses will se several of these awards this year. Go Blue! GO D!

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Jamezz23

September 5th, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^

There's going to be teams that will move the ball on us more than we'd like, there's no hiding from that, but when the field shrinks down in goal to go situations is when I think we will be at our best. I see a lot of field goals instead of giving up TD's in the red zone for this deffense and that right there will win you a bunch of games

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Jamezz23

September 5th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^

Im not saying teams are going to run up and down the field against us, cause I think we have a very good defense. Just saying, we are going to be a tough unit to score a TD on. Its almost impossible to aviod a sustained drive at least a few times a game, but i was just implying our ability to keep teams out of the endzone, I think is going to be key for us and our biggest strength. Big difference in giving up 3 instead of 7

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