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This game wasn't great by any stretch of the imagination, but it's also not the end of the world...

On the positive side, our defense played great and held them to only 47yds rushing & most of that came on the TD run which wouldn't have even happened if Jenkins wraps the guy up.

We absolutely got after Driskel all game long and was in FAU's backfield on nearly every play.
I believe we had 13TFL's & 7 Sacks (couldn't find specific individual Defensive stats, but I counted stats on Post game Play-by-Play, so correct me if I'm wrong). Point being, we completely dominated the line of scrimmage.

Individually, Pickney, Chad, DJack, McIntosh, Jenkins (despite the late TD run), Redwine, Jaquan & the entirety of the Defense all had a stellar game.

On Offense, Walton & Yearby single-handedly won the game for us... Kaaya was pretty **** bad & the OL wasn't great either, although I felt they did a good job in run blocking, but were below average in Pass blocking.

There's no question we need to improve in these areas, and I believe we will. I don't think we should project this performance onto other games in the future simply based on the fact that college football is a week to week pendulum swing for a lot of teams.
That doesn't mean we're not going to have anymore bad games later this season, because we are, but it also doesn't mean we're not going to have great games later this season because we are.

To put things in perspective, here's some of the scores from week 2:
Bama vs West Kentucky - 38-10
Clemson vs Troy - 30-24
UGA vs Nicholls - 26-24
Notre Dame vs Nevada - 39-10
Ole Miss vs Wofford - 38-13
LSU vs Jacksonville St - 34-13
Central Michigan vs Ok St - 30-27
Baylor vs SMU - 40-13

And so on and so forth... What's my point? Long season, a lot more games left to be played & no reason to have a panic attack over a bad performance by Kaaya vs FAU.
 
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Liberty City El said:
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To put things in perspective, here's some of the scores from week 2:
Bama vs West Kentucky - 38-10
Clemson vs Troy - 30-24
UGA vs Nicholls - 26-24
Notre Dame vs Nevada - 39-10
Ole Miss vs Wofford - 38-13
LSU vs Jacksonville St - 34-13
Central Michigan vs Ok St - 30-27
Baylor vs SMU - 40-13

And so on and so forth... What's my point? Long season, a lot more games left to be played & no reason to have a panic attack over a bad performance by Kaaya vs FAU.
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Also, two things that we absolutely have to get cleaned up was 9 penalties for 90yds & 2 turnovers (possibly 4 if you count the fumbles).
 
The corners got help with drop one was a slant a td on jackson i think. Its going to be a building year but at least we got a d thats going to fight now
 
No need to freak over Kaaya imo.

Dude had a bad game. **** happens.

He's a smart kid, and we got a QB guru coaching him up. Kaaya is the least of our worries.
 
Dwinstitles said:
The corners got help with drop one was a slant a td on jackson i think. Its going to be a building year but at least we got a d thats going to fight now
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That's basically my point, it's football... Those plays happen every Saturday.
Sometimes the WR drops the ball & sometimes they catch it, sometimes our guys make the plays & sometimes they don't.

We can't assume because the passing game struggled that it will continue to do so, that's why they practice & that's why we play the games every week, lol.

Otherwise, they could just say, "well y'all struggled on offense vs FAU so you have to forfeit vs App St..".
We just need to take it one game at a time & keep working hard at what we do. This sh*t ain't over yet, it's just getting started! Lol
 
Im not a big fan of using the spread to evaluate a game, but when playing lower level opponents, I think the spread has some value. The Canes were a 24.5 point favorite and they won by 28. I guess there's something to be said for that.
 
SFbayCane said:
Im not a big fan of using the spread to evaluate a game, but when playing lower level opponents, I think the spread has some value. The Canes were a 24.5 point favorite and they won by 28. I guess there's something to be said for that.
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You should get more involved....the spread is the most accurate thing going.

It's not perfect but it's **** powerful

Money makes the world go round
 
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Great to see the sacks and TFL. I expect to give up a few big plays when being aggressive. Especially with the personnel not matching up. Looking forward to seeing how this DL performs against a good App State OL.

The run game really got cranked up once big Marquez Williams started blowing people the **** up. It was so beautiful to see at times. If the OL continues to struggle bringing him in will be very helpful the next 3 games.
 
I love what I saw from the Defense. Most people here thought the D would be the weakness but so far so good. Constant pressure and decent tackling most of the game.

The offense looked out of rhythm and horrible most of the game. However, we have a good coach who is going to dissect every little mistake in the film room and emphasize what went wrong.

On special teams we made some good plays but also made some big mistakes. Hopefully the FG we made in the second half helps Badgley's confidence.
 
Good news is even when the QB has an off night the dl and rbs can bring home a win against an overmatched opponent.
 
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Liberty City El said:
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After five years of the shower boys, this makes up for any ugly offense and other problems. Dline and young pups at LBs brought back distant memories that make me smile. Offense and ST brought back not such fond memories. BUT this is a Cane defense and without one we are nothing but with one we can shake things up.
 
Miami's OL sucked last year; they don't look much better this year. Improved coaching hasnt overcome the lack of talented players.
 
Yes it's early but our defense looks **** good and that is a young defense that is decimated by injuries and youth. Can't help but imagine how much better we would've been without injuries and dismissals but at the end of the day we got what we asked for 4-3 and winning at the point of attack. Let's enjoy this season because after this it's gonna be domination for years to come.
 
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