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mirvin88 said:
252cane said:
I mean I know what hetherman likes to play. He is a zone defense guy. He loves cover 3. They were only 43rd in pass D last year. It isn’t bad but kind of average. And even last year all the short stuff was there for offenses to take. You saw it vs louisville and smu. It could be a thing of where the guys just aren’t that good in zone. Indiana runs a similar scheme as there DC was under hetherman with cignetti at jmu and they run heavy zone too but seem to be better at it
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Oversimplification

Our rush defense was elite and we played with a lead most of the season.

A majority of teams pass yards came in the fourth quarter, and our pass efficiency increased during these times. Our pass defense efficiency was in the 20s despite overall in yards being in the 40s. Which means, the yards were a result of volume not success.
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Exactly that’s the point. I think the frustration from the fans come from the how the short stuff is consistently open as I said like Louisville and smu last year. I get that’s the plan to not give up the explosives and force the offense to have to drive the field but it does get irritating to watch at times especially on 3rd downs
 
Biggest issue last night was 3rd and long (7+) defense. We only forced one 3 and out, but we gave up 3 third and longs on the third play of 3 other drives (we also gave up some other 3rd and longs and the 4th and short when Hetherman wanted to kill some people who screwed up the coverage, lol). We forced 4, 3 & outs in each of our first 3 FBS games. We easily could have done that against Clemson. A lot of credit to their QB for extending plays, but I am sure some people screwed stuff up in coverage as well.
 
htownkidd said:
BS85 said:
People get annoyed with the bend but don't break defense within the game but it ******* works, just like it did last year. Teams cant seem to drive the whole field without getting negative plays from pur defensove line.
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Then the second we consistently play press man with our FS and 6th string CB against those NFL WRs last night and get beat for 6 then the tears and complaints would be stronger.

They scored 1 TD. Again, Hetherman knows what he is doing. The people complaining in the game thread saying they don’t like his scheme/style from their couch, don’t.
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For me it isn’t even about playing heavy man. Press out of the cover 3 looks and don’t just give the wrs a free 5-7 yards
 
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