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Free Manera said:
Based on what O'Malley and Prister have said, Marcus dictated the Miami game plan to Ash. The dictations will continue continue until morale improves. Or until Ash is gone, one or the other.
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Freeman needs to take over the scheme and calling. I'm afraid Rhett Lashlee would coach circles around Ash. They've got a trio of really solid WRs and Kendrick Raphael in on pace for 1,000 yards rushing...
 
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In addition to just being more effective, the players just in general are more pumped to play an aggressive / attacking style of defense. That energy is definitely contagious, you can tell.
 
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Will be tougher to play man due to Jennings legs. SMU/Jennings issue is they move the ball plenty but then shoot themselves in the face consistently for 3 years. The argument for the same game plan would be Jennings is likely to make mistakes.

Could do very similar but then sim pressure more than outright blitz a bit more and have a linebacker spy.
 
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NDPhilly said:
In addition to just being more effective, the players just in general are more pumped to play an aggressive / attacking style of defense. That energy is definitely contagious, you can tell.
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Agreed. I think we'll see it. Senior Day. Night game. If SMU beats Wake Forest this week we can expect them to catapult up the rankings. Probably in the teens somewhere
 
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Man against a mobile QB works but only if you blitz and contain the edges. Even if he's a great runner which he is, standing and getting pinched in the pocket will hurt them.
 
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YonkersEejit said:
Freeman needs to take over the scheme and calling. I'm afraid Rhett Lashlee would coach circles around Ash. They've got a trio of really solid WRs and Kendrick Raphael in on pace for 1,000 yards rushing...
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Just not realistic for him to do that. Also, Ash still called the Miami game and put together the gameplan (he just had guardrails/directives).

Ash's shortcoming is that he is too philosophical. He's like "on paper, this is the best defense to beat this team, so that's what we will do," regardless of whether his personnel is a fit for that. This is the kind of stuff Freeman has been calling out post-BYU.

It's not like you stop playing zone forever, it's just gotta be 1. simplified so the players can play confidently and 2. the changeup rather than the fastball.
 
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SMU needs to be concerned.
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Ha. Before the season started and as it currently stands, there were/is 3 teams that have the ceiling to play well enough to beat ND if ND wasn't on their game. We know the first two, SMU all season long has been the third. SMU is not a great team but they are good, they have the ability to play well enough to win if ND doesn't bring it. They have a QB/OL/WRs/RBs that can make plays all game if we play like we did vs BYU & UNC on D.

I have next to no concern about ND beating BC and Syracuse even if ND has their C game. SMU is more similar to the type of game ND lost in 93 than this upcoming BC game is. BC in 93 was a good team, as is this SMU team. SMU is the game ND needs to be real sharp in. I love it's a night game. Depending on how the wake game goes I expect the line to be between 13-17. Clear favorite, should win, but 3rd lowest line of the season.
 
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PutuporShutup said:
ND just announced today that the BC and SMU games are sold out. Secondary it is
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Sorry about that. I got mine after the Navy game, but before the Miami game. I'd keep looking. With Thanksgiving next week, perhaps some ticket holders will be traveling elsewhere. I think you'll be able to snag some tickets that aren't astronomical
 
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Ha. Before the season started and as it currently stands, there were/is 3 teams that have the ceiling to play well enough to beat ND if ND wasn't on their game. We know the first two, SMU all season long has been the third. SMU is not a great team but they are good, they have the ability to play well enough to win if ND doesn't bring it. They have a QB/OL/WRs/RBs that can make plays all game if we play like we did vs BYU & UNC on D.

I have next to no concern about ND beating BC and Syracuse even if ND has their C game. SMU is more similar to the type of game ND lost in 93 than this upcoming BC game is. BC in 93 was a good team, as is this SMU team. SMU is the game ND needs to be real sharp in. I love it's a night game. Depending on how the wake game goes I expect the line to be between 13-17. Clear favorite, should win, but 3rd lowest line of the season.
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Yeah, I'm under the belief that if we can lose to BYU, we can lose to SMU. Now, if we played like we did against Miami, we'll win by 4+ TDS.
 
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RudyVerse said:
Man against a mobile QB works but only if you blitz and contain the edges. Even if he's a great runner which he is, standing and getting pinched in the pocket will hurt them.
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Jennings does not want to run, but he will. We didn't do a great job vs mensah containing him, we over ran some pressures. I think he had over 40 yards rushing before you take away sack numbers.

Jennings has a lot of similarities to Mensah. A lot of quick throws, but he's a little better athlete and will take some really deep drops, kinda like Bear did vs ND that makes it a little harder to get to him.

It's a very similar game plan IMO as the first half vs Miami when you have moore and sanders.
 
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Look at the gap between ND and SMU. That is basically the variance of this game
 
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YonkersEejit said:
Sorry about that. I got mine after the Navy game, but before the Miami game. I'd keep looking. With Thanksgiving next week, perhaps some ticket holders will be traveling elsewhere. I think you'll be able to snag some tickets that aren't astronomical
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I have tickets, i probably have 1 extra. I think Rtrn2glory was looking for some.
 
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SMU, Louisville, Wake, Miami and Virginia Tech are basically all clustered in good offense, haven’t faced any good defenses. It’s the ACC version of Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota etc on defense
 
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Dale said:
SMU, Louisville, Wake, Miami and Virginia Tech are basically all clustered in good offense, haven’t faced any good defenses. It’s the ACC version of Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota etc on defense
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Any or Many?

I think Wake will probably be the best D that SMU has faced. It's why it will be telling if they struggle to move it some on them or light them up.

Also, I think Louisville takes down Kentucky at Kentucky to end the season if their key players remain healthy.
 
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I would lay that line on Utah in a heartbeat. They aren’t getting much love from Vegas this week either.

For us, it’s essentially the same situation as BYU, about a 2 touchdown favorite on a neutral field. Up to us to have a good gameplan and execution this time though.
 
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Man, looking at SMU’s schedule and results to try to figure out how good that team is, is nearly impossible. The ACC is complete dog shit. It pisses me off that the only thing that keeps this game close is if we see the passive BYU defense again.
 
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peadeam said:
Man, looking at SMU’s schedule and results to try to figure out how good that team is, is nearly impossible. The ACC is complete dog shit. It pisses me off that the only thing that keeps this game close is if we see the passive BYU defense again.
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Or if Moore or Sanders get dinged up. SMU's offense IMO is very similar to Miami's without Toney. If ND has a similar plan to Miami and Moore and Sanders are good all game, we can get after them.
 
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