stpeteirish
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I watched the NC St /UConn video yesterday and have to agree with the consensus view that we don't have a lot to worry about here. NC St was underwhelming and to the NC writer who thinks they were "holding back" I'd say you've got a rose colored view. That game was close, you don't hold back when you might lose and UConn's unforced errors were the big reason why ND St didn't.. There was a pass interference call on UConn in the end zone that gave NCSt a first and goal when they would have had to kick a FG and a pair of penalties on a kickoff that gave NCSt the ball on the UConn 27 to start the "drive". Note to RB-don't do a flip in the end zone if you score.
NC St may have been vanilla on defense. UConn's QB stunk. They will get killed if they play the drop 8 vs us, so they won't. How we handle the blitz will be a key. We took Navy apart in that regard. Their personnel looks pretty good on defense but nobody really stood out. They play a 3-3-5 so they are not overly big #11., Peyton Wilson is probably their best player. They use him on pass coverage a lot and he's not fast enough to handle a RB in space but is a sure tackler in the run game. UConn had a 75 yd run on an off tackle play. Their safeties aren't fast.
On offense its telling that Brennan Armstrong is their best runner. RB's didn't stand our and the OL did not dominate UConn. Armstrong did mostly dump offs and ran often without waiting to get guys open. So he appeared to lack confidence in his WR's. The WR's, RB's and OL all looked pretty average to me. They'll have to hit some passes in the red zone to score TD's IMO. Didn't vs UConn.
I see a lot of fretting about the weather but the forecast looks pretty benign. Not windy and the rain chance isn't anywhere's near 100%. Biggest worry could be a lighting stoppage which could add some uncertainty.
NC St may have been vanilla on defense. UConn's QB stunk. They will get killed if they play the drop 8 vs us, so they won't. How we handle the blitz will be a key. We took Navy apart in that regard. Their personnel looks pretty good on defense but nobody really stood out. They play a 3-3-5 so they are not overly big #11., Peyton Wilson is probably their best player. They use him on pass coverage a lot and he's not fast enough to handle a RB in space but is a sure tackler in the run game. UConn had a 75 yd run on an off tackle play. Their safeties aren't fast.
On offense its telling that Brennan Armstrong is their best runner. RB's didn't stand our and the OL did not dominate UConn. Armstrong did mostly dump offs and ran often without waiting to get guys open. So he appeared to lack confidence in his WR's. The WR's, RB's and OL all looked pretty average to me. They'll have to hit some passes in the red zone to score TD's IMO. Didn't vs UConn.
I see a lot of fretting about the weather but the forecast looks pretty benign. Not windy and the rain chance isn't anywhere's near 100%. Biggest worry could be a lighting stoppage which could add some uncertainty.
