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Post by CatamountW-S on Sept 16, 2024 10:53:49 GMT -5
I haven't come on here and posted in awhile due to wedding planning (If you aren't married, Just get married at the courthouse and call it a day).
In years past we have said that the offense has kept us in games and the defense could never get a crucial stop. Today the roles are reversed. Our defense has dramatically changed and I think we can thank Coach Odom for that. Coach has this defense playing with an extra chip on their shoulders. These guys are flying around and having fun. We are playing a good amount of young talent and we are still seeing great results. The biggest thing for us has been never being able to get off the field on 3rd down. Elon was 2 of 11 on 3rd down and 1 of 2 on 4th down. This and the turnovers we have been able to create have been huge. We are definitely improved at every position this year and it's showing. Our secondary is still a little bit of a concern just due to their size but you can't say anything bad about how they are playing right now. I hope this defense is able to keep this up and most importantly stay healthy. There is definitely a championship caliber defense being built.
The offense is definitely missing Kade Bell and Desmond Reid right now. Got to give a shout out to Reid who is leading the country in all purpose yards. I'm not sure who is doing the play calling for us right now but I'm not sure they have what it takes to run this high powered offense. I'd like to see us get back to establishing the run with Adams. He looked really good last game. I'm also not sure whose idea it is to keep doing these QB draws but they need to stop. I would like to see my QB kept in one piece, not taking big hits and doing flips into the end zone. I know some of his runs are also due to pressure so I'm fine with those. Cole is still getting a feel for his new receivers this year. I lot of good receiving talent was lost last year but there are a number of talent receivers that can be better then those guys. Cole just has to start building a trust with these guys and I do believe this will improve as the season goes on. I think we are just going through a transition with a new OC, no Reid and new weapons. It will get figured out and we will start to flex our muscle in conference play.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 16, 2024 12:11:17 GMT -5
Great comments W-S. Regardless of if it is Bell or Wells doing the playcalling, the schemes and plays haven't really changed. Wells played for Bell at Jacksonville, and he coached with Kade at both Tusculum and here. What is no doubt hurting us on offense is the lack of the homerun hitter. We not only lost Reid (who obviously could turn a short gain into a long TD), but we lost Censere Lee and David White Jr. who gave us much more of a deep and vertical passing threat than we have been able to show so far. I really haven't seen us throw the ball deep much at all.
We need the offensive line to play like they are as good as Bell thinks they are, but we also need to put some pressure on our opponents by stretching the field and getting some long TDs. I love Columbo and Cal Jones, but we need Fleming or Booker (is he back yet) to become a deep threat, and we need a guy like Knight as a 6'2" WR to step into the David White role. Loosening up defenses would go a long way in us finding that offensive rhythm we have all been accustomed to the last few seasons.
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Post by retiredcat on Sept 16, 2024 12:17:17 GMT -5
You are SPOT-ON Catamount W-S. Almost exactly how I explained our team situation to a couple guys this morning. If one of our tailbacks steps up, Cole and our offense will get better. Where would we with Reid. Its going to be a challenge to finish 4-4 in SoCon play as Wofford and ETSU have improved, Mercer looks as strong as ever, and you know how we struggle at Furman even though they are not the Paladins of the past few years. Same scenario for Samford....where he haven't won since 1969. Chattanooga seems to be in a funk offensively, but we know they have the talent. The Citadel and VMI might be the only games where we will be favored.
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Post by whitey on Sept 16, 2024 12:24:34 GMT -5
Anyone else thought about Calvin Jones at tailback? Not coaching, but the open date between Montana and Wofford could be great time to work him into a new position...although he was a great high school running back.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 16, 2024 12:31:17 GMT -5
Jones was a tremendous HS running back. We also have Markel Townsend who was an all-world RB in SC. And Reddick has looked good on the touches he has gotten. Honestly Adams has plenty of good plays and ran pretty well against Elon. But again, I think we need some kind of deep threat and we need to hit a couple of long plays (things we did routinely the last couple of seasons) to make the whole thing start humming again.
We looked good offensively at NC State, but I think we are still recovering as a team from getting shell-shocked against Campbell and feeling the pains of what all we lost while the other guys step into their roles.
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Post by Catback on Sept 16, 2024 12:42:59 GMT -5
Why is Townsend not playing more?
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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 16, 2024 13:02:56 GMT -5
He was not dressed out at Campbell
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Post by The Cats on Sept 18, 2024 20:16:06 GMT -5
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