I've already tried talking about this and no one wants to hear it, so don't even bother OP.
The "this isn't a beauty contest" argument is nonsense. I'm sure the excess weight has nothing at all to do with our highly touted freshman linebackers all taking a step back this season, and arguably the worst unit on the defense now that the secondary has improved.
Yep, nothing to do at all. You guys go ahead and keep those orange and green shades on for a while.
They'll see it when ND or VT manhandles us up front. When you can't get any push on 3rd and 1 or 2 or 2nd and Goal against Syracuse or Toledo boy oh boy wait until ND and VT get here.
Our O-line is the equalizer for other teams. I don't think people understand part of the reason our offense doesn't blow teams out is being our O-line get whipped up front when the defense knows what coming on 3rd and 1. They expect us to run trick plays on 3rd and 2 every time against teams less talented then Duke. LMFAO.
Exactly. I do however think we can beat VT (the more important game, really), but with the way we and ND have been playing, ND may just run us out of our own stadium. I'm sure I'll get negged, but that's just the **** truth. We better start playing complete games and turning FGs into touchdowns, or else it could get ugly against upper-tier teams.
I had the ND game as a lose since the off-season. IDK were everyone's confidence about beating them came from. They went 4-8 last year and we still lose to them. They had loses to Duke and Navy.. DUKE AND NAVY.. Had it not been for Kaaya catching fire, a nice OS kick call, and a couple of fumbles on special teams we would of gotten smoked. I knew they weren't going to be any worse from last year (was expecting a 8-4 team), but the way they played Georgia with all that talent and speed UGA has on offense and all the offensive struggles we have we might get blanked. I'm sure everyone wants to point to a bad FSU team as their case that they can play with anyone but but truth be told this ND team would clap FSU 35-14 this year. ND DL was one of the worse DL in football entering that game last year and they were throwing our O-lineman like tissue paper. I'll admit our O-line is a bit better (even though they get no push on short yardage plays) but ND's defense is x50 better this year and our Defense has gotten worse especially against the run which is their strength offensively. Side Note: The USC win didn't impress me because USC wasn't that good to begin with IMO. USC had like 3 unforced turnovers on special team and a missed FG and were down 28-0 before Sam Darnold even knew what hit him. Darnold went 14-19 and 2 TD.
As for the VT game.. I gotta see what the UNC game looks like. If we can't completely dominate a 1-7 team with nothing to play for, a revenge game for us with everything to play for, a team riddled with injuries EVERYWHERE, No O-line, No real playmakers, and 2 AWFUL QBs then we're going to get slapped by VT and this team would be almost no different then the 2013 team IMO.
