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We need someone to step up that isn’t Toney or Daniels. We won’t win vs osu and won’t win a natty. I will give Beck a pass last game cause weather

TE room needs to step up, Lofton has looked healthier recently and Bauman has been mid. WR needs either Marion or upshaw (if healthy) heck where’s Tony Johnson. Josh Moore stepping up would be nice but I don’t think he’s shown enough to earn playoff snaps.
 
If there’s ever a time to get JoJo involved and comfortable in the quick passing game, this is it.

Kids like that with natural talent - sometimes it just takes time and getting comfortable throughout a season or two. Watching his Chaminade brother on the opposite sideline who’s pegged as (and rightly so thus far) as better than him SHOULD get his competitive juices flowing.

Believing is a **** of a drug - and the cfb world knows that a Miami team that believes is a problem. We need JoJo to believe that he’s the best player on the field New Years Eve and if he does, he will show up and SHOW OUT.
 
This is by far the best defense we've played all year. They have the best players and it isn't close.

There are a lot of suggestions in this thread that won't work for a full game.

1) Tempo. Not against a defense of this caliber. Recipe for 3 and out or turnover. Will also gas our defense.

2) Short/quick passing game. I called for it many times this year. But it's not so simple in this game. It could work very early and then very late as ee adjust. We have to pick our spots in this one. If you repeat too much this will end up in a couple of picks against disguised zones with players of their caliber.

3) "Testing" the defense with deeper throws. No shot. Beck won't have that kind of time and isn't strong in this anyway. Won't happen. We'd lose by 50.

The passing game needs to work in spots, but to win, we will have to run the ball. Dawson's gonna need to figure out every running trick up his sleeve. And the OL must play the game of their collective football lives.

Be prepared for 20 third downs and many 4th downs.
 
If Malachi Tony is double team, which will be probably highly likely……don’t force into them find others


And for the love of God, find any warm TE body and make them part of the office or gameplay
 
I believe this game will mostly hinge on QB play. Which QB has the better game will say a lot in the outcome. If it's close in the 4th quarter it may come down to attrition. Which team has the depth to get over the finish line. GO CANES!!!!
 
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Cribby said:
Before I get into this, let me preface by saying I think our DL has an advantage and can cause chaos, especially if we keep OSU behind the chains. As for our OL vs. their DL, that’s a draw. Now, their secondary and scheme versus our QB/offense is where things get concerning. Matt Patricia is from the Belichick tree, so he’s going to take away your strength and force you to win with your weakness—like making a righty go left in basketball.

You won’t see nearly as much confusion or creativity with blitzing as A&M, but the confusion will be in the secondary. They’ll show Cover 8, Cover 6, Cover 4, and Cover 2, disguising one as another, and also use combo coverages. This is exactly what Beck struggles with: coming off the first read or not trusting what his eyes see. When the picture starts changing, Beck tends to get confused or throw picks.

Getting back to winning with your weakness—and being a Belichick protégé—I’d expect him to use a number-two corner on MT with some help over the top, maybe a bracket, then put the top cover guy on somebody like Daniels with no help. It makes things confusing for a DC trying to scheme around stopping a slot guy, since that player can be moved around, you never know where he’ll align, and he’s often off the LOS. That makes it harder to jam or disrupt the release.

The game will come down to Beck and the passing game, plain and simple. We won’t be able to line up and maul them like an undersized A&M defense. We just need to run enough to keep them off balance—at least get the attempts. Unlike @Hurricane23, I don’t like this matchup as much as the previous game, but I still see his point. There are enough areas where we have advantages, and IMO this game is very winnable. Just don’t beat ourselves—which is easier said than done.
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I agree. If we get in the same amount of third and longs like we did with A&M we lose as that’s where the disguising coverages will be most effective.

Also we need our WRs to win the one on one matchups. Once Beck makes the appropriate reads and gets you the ball out WRs have to make the catches. Most of those 50/50 balls went Indiana’s way which was a big reason they won.

This is what concerns me this game. We need another receiver to step up and be insulted they think he doesn’t need to be doubled.
 
Brains said:
This is by far the best defense we've played all year. They have the best players and it isn't close.

There are a lot of suggestions in this thread that won't work for a full game.

1) Tempo. Not against a defense of this caliber. Recipe for 3 and out or turnover. Will also gas our defense.

2) Short/quick passing game. I called for it many times this year. But it's not so simple in this game. It could work very early and then very late as ee adjust. We have to pick our spots in this one. If you repeat too much this will end up in a couple of picks against disguised zones with players of their caliber.

3) "Testing" the defense with deeper throws. No shot. Beck won't have that kind of time and isn't strong in this anyway. Won't happen. We'd lose by 50.

The passing game needs to work in spots, but to win, we will have to run the ball. Dawson's gonna need to figure out every running trick up his sleeve. And the OL must play the game of their collective football lives.

Be prepared for 20 third downs and many 4th downs.
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Maybe….The best defense we face all year is the defense we face on Greentree…

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