kryptonite
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Do not, I repeat, do not let Dalvin Cook demolish us again. The gameplan needs to be do whatever it takes to limit this guy and make Francois beat us. This really isn't earth shattering strategy, so I'm sure the coaches are going to be focused on stopping the fsu run game and I'm confident that we can limit him this year. However, what scares me most is Cook in the passing game. Here is what he's done this year receiving:
Ole Miss 7-101
Louisville 1-8
USF 4-62
UNC 6-106
Cook can do major damage when he gets the ball out of the backfield in space. I don't know what Louisville did to limit him to one reception, but we need to do that. It's too bad we don't have Grace around with his speed to shadow Cook wherever he goes. Perhaps it would be a good idea to have Jaquan fill that role. He's a smart player and good tackler. Giving this responsibility to the freshmen lbs is worrisome. We've already seen those guys lose track of tight ends and rbs coming out of the backfield a number of times.
Francois can play--dude can spin it. We'll play Cook better because we're a better tackling team. It's the combo of Cook and Francois that's problematic. It's pick your poison and Francois can beat you with his arm. They'll be locked in because this is the biggest game of their season, they've got 2 losses already, we're ranked #10 , and we're Miami. This may not be the toughest to defend but it'll be the toughest to play. All these kids know each other and I don't care what FSU has done all year, they'll play their best against us Saturday night. Strangely enough GT was good prep for FSU.
Cook is cyanide, Francine is one too many wine coolers.