Fire Baker - NOW

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Originally Posted by cscollis

It's the lack of aggression, and really poor tackling. If you are going suck at D at least be aggressive and go for turnovers.

Has tech ever beaten an Academy school in football. Should be a high scoring game.

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This! I'd rather crowd the line and blitz. If they can beat us over the top, we're not any worse off.

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Originally Posted by glm47

This! I'd rather crowd the line and blitz. If they can beat us over the top, we're not any worse off.

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The triple option LOVES a blitz. It's would look like what Rice did to Bicknell that time.

The only way to beat the triple option is one on one. Everybody has a tackling assignment and they stick to their assignment.

It's difficult to defend with zone tackling like we use. We line too far off the line.

They will get 6 yards a down with our current defense.

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Originally Posted by revf

They will get 6 yards a down with our current defense.

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Not sure HCSH will play the guys who can actually tackle. Some of you will blame Baker for deciding who actually plays, but HCSH is the one making these goofy personnel decisions (like punter and LBs last week).

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Originally Posted by PawDawg

The triple option LOVES a blitz. It's would look like what Rice did to Bicknell that time.

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Most of the teams we play are spread offenses, so a pressure defense makes sense, rather than always being back on your heels. But in any case, you should vary your defense where applicable and try to be unpredictable. You can still be aggressive playing a zone, but apparently not the way we play it. A good zone should not consistently allow guys to be wide open 25 yards down field like we see virtually every week.

By the way, Tech finished # 100 in total defense and # 123 in pass defense. Out of 128 teams.

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Originally Posted by glm47

By the way, Tech finished # 100 in total defense and # 123 in pass defense. Out of 128 teams.

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It will be worse after the bowl fame

And #57 in special team efficiency. I was a little surprised by that. I'm not going to try and explain how that's calculated. It's explained on the ESPN Stats.

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Originally Posted by glm47

By the way, Tech finished # 100 in total defense and # 123 in pass defense. Out of 128 teams.

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This year? I'm seeing 70 in Total Defense, 122 in pass defense, and 30 in rush defense.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22

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Originally Posted by T1

This year? I'm seeing 70 in Total Defense, 122 in pass defense, and 30 in rush defense.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22

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http://www.espn.com/college-football...sition/defense

http://www.espn.com/college-football...t/passingYards

I think only 3 teams gave up more passing TD's than Tech - Arizona St, Arizona and Bowling Green.

I see what they did. That's showing total yards, but we've played 13 games and most other schools have played 12. If you click on "yds/G" it changes us to 70.

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Originally Posted by T1

I see what they did. That's showing total yards, but we've played 13 games and most other schools have played 12. If you click on "yds/G" it changes us to 70.

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Yep, I see that now. I didn't see a table for pass defense that showed us at 122. But 70 does look better than 100 for total defense and is more accurate.

Either way it's pitiful. And I would say the only reason we are # 30 in rush defense is because we were so easy to pass against.

Here's an encouraging stat:

WKU (#5 passing offense in the nation) and Texas Tech (#1 passing offense in the nation) got 1,749 yards on us 3 games. (583 yards per game)
The other 10 teams got 3,685 yards on us. (369 yards per game)... that would have been good enough for #38 in the nation.