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Calinative said:
Idk I'd bet thats more Mario.... Along with all the condensed crap.

Like if we just ran 11 or 10 and made defense choose to load box or spread out to stop pass ... I want it 5 OLine against as light of boxes as possible and just trust them to win their blocks.
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You can bet it. But I know for a fact that's a losing bet for you. When I speak on these kinds of issues it's because I'm aware who's responsible. Mario isn't hands on like that from snap to snap. He's not calling in what we run each down...
 
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BoxingRobes said:
I thought our WRs struggled to get open versus the very elite ND DBs. Big play TDs were acts of God. Had some bad drops, too.

I thought Beck lacked some velo on some passes, too. But I say that watching the game from under the roof so I was nice n dry considering and maybe the ball sucked tonight.

Playcalling in the 4th quarter could have lost us the game. Not throwing on those third downs is wild to me. I guess Mesidor told Coach he got it, just run.
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Even from standing twenty to thirty yards away on several of these bigger passing plays, it's pitiful how the refs try to bend us over a barrel constantly. Their DBS held all game and they called nothing. Typical favoritism.
 
The only thing I didn't like about Mario was the first half timeouts which he thankfully didnt do in the 2nd half. Other than that he had the players ready to go.

The game for me was on Dawson with those vanilla *** calls. Not sure why there was not more motions and also getn the ball in Lofton's hand. If we can use him in so many ways why not, especially in short yardage.

Seems like a reflex to blame Cristobal for everything and let's not also forget we will take a backseat to no one in OL play once he is here. It's refreshing.

Also we must be reminded that its the first game with a new DC, bunch of new pieces in the secondary and all over the offense. Pretty sure execution is not where it can be when u consider the opponent. Like they were one game from being the defending national champions and brought a ton back. I'm not impressed or shocked that we beat them. Most of their plays either came from our mistakes or the refs with sketchy calls.
 
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BoxingRobes said:
I thought our WRs struggled to get open versus the very elite ND DBs. Big play TDs were acts of God. Had some bad drops, too.

I thought Beck lacked some velo on some passes, too. But I say that watching the game from under the roof so I was nice n dry considering and maybe the ball sucked tonight.

Playcalling in the 4th quarter could have lost us the game. Not throwing on those third downs is wild to me. I guess Mesidor told Coach he got it, just run.
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Not impressed by ND Dbs. Sorry they were holding the entire game and the refs refused to call it. And Dawson didnt test them enough imo. We had alot of 2nd and shorts and he just ran it. Toney burnt their DB so bad they moved the other guy onto him and he was holding Toney. The play they called holding on Cooper the DB tackled Toney before the ball got there.
 
DMoney said:
I’ll have more detailed thoughts after the rewatch, but all that matters to me is that we are a real program again. We were a joke for 20 years. These types of games were not competitive. Teams like Alabama were playing a different sport.

Now, we can play big-boy football with any team in the country. Alabama is dead. The sport is open. And we are a real program again.
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Good shot from the hip, DMoney !
 
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NicKane said:
Facts! Now can you please for the love of God fix the ad problem on this website? It’s back way out of hand again and it makes it like you don’t even wanna come on here!
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Pay the subscription... or get a ad-blocker.... not endorsing ad blocking but it is a option...
 
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My eyes like what they saw last night. We are way more physical and get after it more defensively than we did last season and it wasn't even close. Our defense last season would've folded against Love and Price.

I DID NOT realize how good those two actually were. Straight dawgs! Physical and fast!! But, our defense kept ND down for most of the night.

Offensively, Beck brings the swag and maturity to lead this team. We gotta keep playing to win and we shall see when we play lesser opponents, which is who we tend to struggle against at times. I'd like us to finish teams off Sub-Zero style when we're up 14 in the 4th with multiple chances to rip a team's heart out. Please, please, 🙏🏾 run off tackle more! We'd easily average 5-7 yards a pop. OUR OL is legit, again....

Overall, we have a chance to be really good and it's time for Mario to trust this team that's he's built. We have every piece possible.
 
We get a cupcake tune up next week and then the fun starts..... got a long way to go.... Happy for the win... always good to walkaway from a huge game time environment with a W.... Does wonders for the teams confidence..... Now it's lock in and focus time.... As I said we got a long way to go...
 
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