App State treating this like the Super Bowl

[BoroCane83]

Well, hopefully we can finally properly welcome a program into 'our league'. Unlike when we first entered into the ACC, or when we played Louisville for their first official ACC game.

In this case, it'll be App St getting their first Power 5 opponent at home.

 

[Gransapo]

Mark Richt post-game:

"There were a couple that might have hit our hands that we could have made a catch on, too. The throwing and catching tonight was really what stagnated us a little bit, so we said, ‘Alright, if we’re not going to throw and catch, let’s hook it up and run the zone and throw some bubbles out there and see what happens.’ It really settled the game down for us."

Maybe it was the nine years of asinine play calling (Whipple refusing to run Cooper and Barry in games like 2009 UNC), but I was impressed by Richt's adjustments. For whatever reason Kaaya was off, and Richt ran it down FAU throats with RPOs mixed in.

Best part was this quote:

"I had the itch to launch one, because they were selling out completely to the run, and we probably could have got another deep ball. But at that point, it’s time to finish the game and not get stupid. You drop back, get hit and the ball pops in the air and when there’s a fumble, scoop-and-score, and all of a sudden the game changes with just four minutes to go. So just line up in two tight [ends] and finished it out. That’s about how it went. One more thing - the roughing the kicker, we can’t do that. Especially playing that good defense early in the game like that, and they have to go back out and play D again...we either have to get better at that technique or just not come after it.”

Not getting stupid helped Miami win a lot of games over the years.

 

[mossmadness]

The game will be about coaching more so than pure athletic ability of individuals.

That's never been true when one team has such a talent advantage. Obviously you can't go out there and just make horrible coaching calls. But this game will come down to whether the Miami players on the field can just execute. If they do that, they win. Kaaya comes out and plays like he did against FAU, we might have a game.

 

[mossmadness]

Regardless, the two star defensive ends and nose tackle dominated UT's 4 star offensive line. I expect a lot of this was due to where the fourth man was coming from and the fact that UT never picked it up pre-snap. If I had to choose a defense similar to App's in term of scheme, I'd say Arizona Cardinals. A 3-4 with an active front and constant pressure.

I believe all App fan's a little leery of the offensive outside of Marcus Cox and the #3 ranked offensive line (according to PFF).

And that's the problem App. State will have Saturday. Tenn., as talented as they are, have an absolute idiot at QB. That made things so much more easier for them. Tenn. wasn't able to exploit the advantages they had on the outside because Dobbs couldn't make any reads or throws for that matter (it's both mental and physical with him). This bottled everything into the box. And the Tenn. OC, not wanting to put the game in Dobbs' hands, just kept running into it play after play. Richt won't do that.

 

[can4life]

Man it's time to put some respect on our name.

 

[DTP]

*respek

 

[NJshoreCane]

I remember when all schools treated Miami week as the Super Bowl.
It felt that much better walking out of those places after our typical dominating performance.

 

[NJshoreCane]

Regardless, the two star defensive ends and nose tackle dominated UT's 4 star offensive line. I expect a lot of this was due to where the fourth man was coming from and the fact that UT never picked it up pre-snap. If I had to choose a defense similar to App's in term of scheme, I'd say Arizona Cardinals. A 3-4 with an active front and constant pressure.

I believe all App fan's a little leery of the offensive outside of Marcus Cox and the #3 ranked offensive line (according to PFF).

And that's the problem App. State will have Saturday. Tenn., as talented as they are, have an absolute idiot at QB. That made things so much more easier for them. Tenn. wasn't able to exploit the advantages they had on the outside because Dobbs couldn't make any reads or throws for that matter (it's both mental and physical with him). This bottled everything into the box. And the Tenn. OC, not wanting to put the game in Dobbs' hands, just kept running into it play after play. Richt won't do that.

Just like FAU, Richt will take that underneath stuff all day if it's there.
Whether we like it or not.

 

[MizCane]

We can game plan accordingly or we can open up the playbook for the message board OC's. Maybe throw in a half back pass. Im surprised that play in the bowl game was criticized so much around here..

 

[ericsaid]

Regardless, the two star defensive ends and nose tackle dominated UT's 4 star offensive line. I expect a lot of this was due to where the fourth man was coming from and the fact that UT never picked it up pre-snap. If I had to choose a defense similar to App's in term of scheme, I'd say Arizona Cardinals. A 3-4 with an active front and constant pressure.

I believe all App fan's a little leery of the offensive outside of Marcus Cox and the #3 ranked offensive line (according to PFF).

And that's the problem App. State will have Saturday. Tenn., as talented as they are, have an absolute idiot at QB. That made things so much more easier for them. Tenn. wasn't able to exploit the advantages they had on the outside because Dobbs couldn't make any reads or throws for that matter (it's both mental and physical with him). This bottled everything into the box. And the Tenn. OC, not wanting to put the game in Dobbs' hands, just kept running into it play after play. Richt won't do that.

You are right and wrong. Tennessee tried to throw the ball but outside of one play were pretty much ineffective. They saw that a true freshman was starting on the outside and tried to pick on him. He responded by fighting till the end on a catch in the end zone by raking the ball out of the receivers hands, broke on the outside of a screen pass to break it up, and finished the game with 5 tackles I believe. He got caught not being able to track the long ball for a TD and payed for it against a 6'5 receiver.

I'm thinking that UT's game plan going in was to run the ball and throw when needed, not because of Dobbs but because of their belief that they could dominate the LOS. The fact that the center never could pick-up and adjust the protections and that Dobbs was confused as to where to go with the ball could mean a few things: Dobbs isn't a presnap genius, App mixed up coverages and were effective enough in doing so to make Dobbs second guess everything, Dobbs has gotten by on athleticism and App had a game plan to contain him in the event he tried to escape the pocket.

I think this week will be more difficult simply because the under center offenses are more difficult to prepare for in my opinion. There are so many more variations of plays that can be run from an I-formation than from the shotgun, especially in a college offense that only offers half the field to the QB.

 

[ericsaid]

Regardless, the two star defensive ends and nose tackle dominated UT's 4 star offensive line. I expect a lot of this was due to where the fourth man was coming from and the fact that UT never picked it up pre-snap. If I had to choose a defense similar to App's in term of scheme, I'd say Arizona Cardinals. A 3-4 with an active front and constant pressure.

I believe all App fan's a little leery of the offensive outside of Marcus Cox and the #3 ranked offensive line (according to PFF).

And that's the problem App. State will have Saturday. Tenn., as talented as they are, have an absolute idiot at QB. That made things so much more easier for them. Tenn. wasn't able to exploit the advantages they had on the outside because Dobbs couldn't make any reads or throws for that matter (it's both mental and physical with him). This bottled everything into the box. And the Tenn. OC, not wanting to put the game in Dobbs' hands, just kept running into it play after play. Richt won't do that.

Just like FAU, Richt will take that underneath stuff all day if it's there.
Whether we like it or not.

App won't give up and specific part of the field. The safeties will blitz, one or two backers will blitz on every down that isn't 3rd and long, guys will drop into the flats, 10 yards deep or 20 yards deep on any one play. For a G5 defense, it's fairly complex and part of the reason it has been successful is because the systems being run don't allow the QB many options. Kaaya has all of the options of an NFL QB at his disposal due to the offense you all run and I believe that will present issues if App allows UM to dictate the game.

I hope for a good game and to be able to trash talk my best friend who is originally from Port St. Lucie. Dude just had a kid so he won't be there but the text's should be flying.

 

[The Franchise]

The tickets for the game are expensive as **** too still trying to find a way to get up there to watch

Bribe the person working the gate with a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew.

 

[ericsaid]

The tickets for the game are expensive as **** too still trying to find a way to get up there to watch

Bribe the person working the gate with a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew.

Go up Howard's ****, once you arrive at the top, you will find a quart of the purest Shine in the Appalachians. Take this back down the **** to downtown and you will find a man in a suit, he will ask for the shine, turn him down because he is the DEA. Continue to the stadium, find "The Rock" at the ticket plaza, pour the entire quart out into a crevice and duck beneath the rock, make sure you catch the entirety of the quart. Once this is completed, look down and there will be two field level tickets with seats right behind the UM bench.

 

[mossmadness]

You are right and wrong. Tennessee tried to throw the ball but outside of one play were pretty much ineffective. They saw that a true freshman was starting on the outside and tried to pick on him. He responded by fighting till the end on a catch in the end zone by raking the ball out of the receivers hands, broke on the outside of a screen pass to break it up, and finished the game with 5 tackles I believe. He got caught not being able to track the long ball for a TD and payed for it against a 6'5 receiver.

I'm thinking that UT's game plan going in was to run the ball and throw when needed, not because of Dobbs but because of their belief that they could dominate the LOS. The fact that the center never could pick-up and adjust the protections and that Dobbs was confused as to where to go with the ball could mean a few things: Dobbs isn't a presnap genius, App mixed up coverages and were effective enough in doing so to make Dobbs second guess everything, Dobbs has gotten by on athleticism and App had a game plan to contain him in the event he tried to escape the pocket.

I think this week will be more difficult simply because the under center offenses are more difficult to prepare for in my opinion. There are so many more variations of plays that can be run from an I-formation than from the shotgun, especially in a college offense that only offers half the field to the QB.

I think you should go back and watch the game. The entire first drive Tenn. just went down field throwing simple bubble screens and easy outs. Those cushions in the zone were there all game. Dobbs just missed it most of them (the second drive he threw into the coverage on the far side when it was the near side that had the open man), or the WRs just failed to make the play (whitey letting the ball go through his hands when he split the coverage at the end of the first half). But that didn't have much to do with App. State's defense. I'm sure you followed Tenn. all off-season since it was a huge game for your team. The one thing people said over and over again was that Dobbs can't pass. He can't see the field and isn't accurate. For Tenn. to take the next step they passing game needs to progress. Etc. We all heard that, and you saw it the first week. Actually both weeks. You can argue that VT's passing defense was great too and really confused Dobbs. But the truth is he sucks.

 

[TerragonSix]

App won't give up and specific part of the field. The safeties will blitz, one or two backers will blitz on every down that isn't 3rd and long, guys will drop into the flats, 10 yards deep or 20 yards deep on any one play. For a G5 defense, it's fairly complex and part of the reason it has been successful is because the systems being run don't allow the QB many options. Kaaya has all of the options of an NFL QB at his disposal due to the offense you all run and I believe that will present issues if App allows UM to dictate the game.

I hope for a good game and to be able to trash talk my best friend who is originally from Port St. Lucie. Dude just had a kid so he won't be there but the text's should be flying.

They will give up something, they have to. Defenses can't be good everywhere at the same time, not unless you have high quality talent that never makes a mistake; ever.

The only thing I'm really concerned about is our offensive line. They play good, Kaaya will have all the confidence in the world to throw. If I were App State, I would be blitzing like crazy from the get-go to get Kaaya out of his comfort zone.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

Ive been to this campus its one of the most beautiful places in the country.

Just be sure your brakes are in shape to handle the mountains lol.

Bro you are not kidding! That place is murder on brake pads and brakes in general. Love the area though!

 

[TreOFive]

any way we can schedule north alabama or Valdosta state next year? If only AG was still here. We would make our way through the sunbelt, MAC, and D2 gulf coast conference

 

[Saviorcane]

*respek

 

[Ispyin]

Can't believe we're playing at App State. smh

I heard the reason was a few years back a big school dropped wanting to play a home and home so we where stuck scrambling and a home and home came up with them. It was just one of those things. Im cool with throwing a bone to schools like this as long as the boys show up to play and we walk out stomping a mud hole in them.

This is a fact. When someone cancels on you with short notice (and yes a couple of years is short notice in scheduling) you are stuck with few options.

Personally, I think it's awesome that Miami, once one of the little guys, is making this trip. I think we are getting more positive pub than negative. Any place any time shouldn't have restrictions. If they were already a power 5 conference team, no one would have a big issue. They certainly play like one.

That ain't the reason. If I'm not mistaken we got to go to arkansas state too I think next year.

It is the reason for app state.

 

[Saviorcane]

The tickets for the game are expensive as **** too still trying to find a way to get up there to watch

Bribe the person working the gate with a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew.

Mountain Dew will get you no where you need a 2 liter of Cheerwine.