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I keep hearing on all these podcasts how Notre Dame's "three-headed rushing attack" is going to run all over us. The consensus seems to be that our defense was so bad last year that even with Heatherman, it won't improve enough to stop them.
Curious, I looked up last year's stats and was surprised to see that our run defense was actually better then expected —and statistically better than Notre Dame's.
* Rushing Defense Rank: Miami was 19th nationally, while Notre Dame was 49th.
* Yards Per Rush Allowed: We allowed 3.75, while they allowed 3.78.
* Rushing TDs Allowed: Both teams gave up 16.
The real issue wasn't our run defense; it was our atrocious safety play. With Heatherman's arrival and a revamped defensive backfield, I expect that weakness to be largely fixed.
I think the key to this game will be how well our safeties limit big runs. If they can contain Notre Dame's ground game and prevent those explosive plays, I have no doubt we'll win.

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I wonder what DT depth chart looks like. Blay, Scott, Moten, Jones, Russell, Simpson.
 
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I keep hearing on all these podcasts how Notre Dame's "three-headed rushing attack" is going to run all over us. The consensus seems to be that our defense was so bad last year that even with Heatherman, it won't improve enough to stop them.
Curious, I looked up last year's stats and was surprised to see that our run defense was actually quite good—and statistically better than Notre Dame's.
* Rushing Defense Rank: Miami was 19th nationally, while Notre Dame was 49th.
* Yards Per Rush Allowed: We allowed 3.75, while they allowed 3.78.
* Rushing TDs Allowed: Both teams gave up 16.
The real issue wasn't our run defense; it was our atrocious pass defense. With Heatherman's arrival and a revamped defensive backfield, I expect that weakness to be largely fixed.
I think the key to this game will be how well our safeties limit big runs. If they can contain Notre Dame's ground game and prevent those explosive plays, I have no doubt we'll win.

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Our defense was pretty good down by down, we just gave up big plays, and big 3rd down conversions
 
Im not a fan of how we tackle. We aren't violent or very physical. Sloppy angles pulling grabbing and dragging down ball carriers. We gave up yards after initial contact to smallish rbs and wrs all yr last yr. It won't work with the 2 most complete and probably the fastest backs in the game with Love and Price. They house runs when they get even a little day light or space. The concern should be real. Some teams rbs get the yards that are blocked run in to the 1st tackler and get taken down. Others extend runs and make explosive plays.
 
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I wonder what DT depth chart looks like. Blay, Scott, Moten, Jones, Russel, Simpson.
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This is the problem. Lack of depth and how will that play out over 4 quarters. If you can get them 3rd and long you go essentially go without any of those DT and slide Bain inside.

DT is a huge question mark for this defense .
 
I’m not worried about their running game until proven otherwise. They should be running into 7 and 8 man boxes all night. Until Carr proves he can hit one over the top, show him zero respect.

If they run all over this defense without the threat of a passing game, it’ll prove Miami isn’t ready for the playoffs and expectations should be adjusted accordingly.
 
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Im not a fan of how we tackle. We aren't violent or very physical. Sloppy angles pulling grabbing and dragging down ball carriers. We gave up yards after initial contact to smallish rbs and wrs all yr last yr. It won't work with the 2 most complete and probably the fastest backs in the game with Love and Price. They house runs when they get even a little day light or space. The concern should be real. Some teams rbs get the yards that are blocked run in to the 1st tackler and get taken down. Others extend runs and make explosive plays.
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I agree.Too many guys last year were trying to tackle by grabbing the ball trying to yank it out ( pause) instead of tackling and letting the 2nd and 3rd guy try to cause the fumble.Hoping Heatherman has fixed that.
 
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If we can leave our DBs on an island and free up extra bodies for run defense then I'm confident we can do some damage. Especially if we can move Bain and Mesidor inside on 3rd and longs. Although, I get the nagging suspicion that we're going to get burnt on some screens because of over pursuit.
 
tdubs_truckernutz said:
I keep hearing on all these podcasts how Notre Dame's "three-headed rushing attack" is going to run all over us. The consensus seems to be that our defense was so bad last year that even with Heatherman, it won't improve enough to stop them.
Curious, I looked up last year's stats and was surprised to see that our run defense was actually better then expected —and statistically better than Notre Dame's.
* Rushing Defense Rank: Miami was 19th nationally, while Notre Dame was 49th.
* Yards Per Rush Allowed: We allowed 3.75, while they allowed 3.78.
* Rushing TDs Allowed: Both teams gave up 16.
The real issue wasn't our run defense; it was our atrocious safety play. With Heatherman's arrival and a revamped defensive backfield, I expect that weakness to be largely fixed.
I think the key to this game will be how well our safeties limit big runs. If they can contain Notre Dame's ground game and prevent those explosive plays, I have no doubt we'll win.

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I see these stats a little differently.

We both gave up 16 rush TDs but ND played in 3 more games and they had 193 more rush attempts vs their defense compared to ours… that’s not so much favorable to us. Again ND played in 3 more games with 193 more rush attempts against them and gave up the same amount of TDs.

In looking at the teams who played the same amount of games there were a good amount well into the 430 rush attempts range compared to ours 391.

It appeared that at a certain point in the season teams saw “baked chicken” on the pass defense so it wasn’t that the run defense struck any fear. Teams decided to exploit where we were weak and teams passed more against us than trying to be balanced.
 
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