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So I came across this yesterday, and it didn't exactly give me warm fuzzies. Thought I should pass it along, though:

On the Ben Ford Practice-ometer (patent pending), today's workout at the Loftus Center was about a 9 on a scale of 10 in terms of interesting things to see. The highlight was watching the Irish offense work on blitz pick-up, which didn't go too well for much of the time we were permitted to watch.

The starting Irish offensive line participated, with walk-on Justin Gillett standing in at quarterback while the rest of the QBs worked with Ron Powlus on another part of the field. Running backs Travis Thomas and Junior Jabbie took reps in the backfield and tight ends John Carlson and Mike Talerico were also in on offense. The defense was a scout team-style group being told which blitz to run against the offense. They weren't asked to hold back — Charlie Weis shouted, "Give me some tempo, now, defense!"

The Irish offense wasn't performing up to par as the drill began. Offensive line coach John Latina yelled, "Let me see more protection!", and after one rep, Weis just shouted, "Again! Again!" He also got angry with guard with guard Mike Turkovich, at one point yelling, "Turk! You don't do _____ except listen to Sully!" The Irish seemed to be doing better as we were escorted out of practice, but it doesn't look like this issue has been totally resolved yet. It may not have been a coincidence that Jimmy Clausen and the rest of the quarterbacks were practicing throwing on the run a few yards away.
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Yikes. If we can't even stop OUR linebackers from blitzing, how the heck are we gonna stop PSU? That last line is pretty funny, though ...
 
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johnnd05 said:
So I came across this yesterday, and it didn't exactly give me warm fuzzies. Thought I should pass it along, though:

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Yikes. If we can't even stop OUR linebackers from blitzing, how the heck are we gonna stop PSU? That last line is pretty funny, though ...
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Keep in mind though, this was the first time since the game that they had practiced blitz pick-up, so the snaps being talked about here were the very first snaps working on this all week.
 
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Timugen said:
Keep in mind though, this was the first time since the game that they had practiced blitz pick-up, so the snaps being talked about here were the very first snaps working on this all week.
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That's not clearly true. It was THURSDAY'S practice, so I would hope they would've been working on it earlier in the week ... not to mention earlier in the season (and preseason).
 
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johnnd05 said:
That's not clearly true. It was THURSDAY'S practice, so I would hope they would've been working on it earlier in the week ... not to mention earlier in the season (and preseason).
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And CW said in his THURSDAY presser after that practice that it was the first time they worked specifically on blitz pick-up this week. That was just one of many problems they were concerned with and they worked on different things different days. The offense had been blitzed earlier in the week in practice, but this is the first time they had a segment of practice dedicated specifically to that.

Just go to und.cstv.com and check out his 9/6 interview/presser.
 
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Timugen said:
And CW said in his THURSDAY presser after that practice that it was the first time they worked specifically on blitz pick-up this week. That was just one of many problems they were concerned with and they worked on different things different days. The offense had been blitzed earlier in the week in practice, but this is the first time they had a segment of practice dedicated specifically to that.

Just go to und.cstv.com and check out his 9/6 interview/presser.
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Oh, okay, thanks for that info; I hadn't seen that he said that. Sorry if it seemed like I was getting snippy.
 
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i didnt wanna start a whole thread for it so i jsut put it here... cuz this is where to cool kids hang... haha... I made it with photoshop at school today....I can do them faster now but that one took me about an hour haha
 
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Looks excellent! I'd like to do one with Brady in Browns gear one of these days. Gotta beat back Scooper somehow.... ;)
 
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