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[QUOTE="Aweart23, post: 105818, member: 6"]
Or lack thereof..:(.

last year with talented senior leaders starting..  Smith, Hogue, Merk, Suter, Bud Tribbey, Mike Holmes

Shafer's defense ranks:

#7 in the nation allowing only 300.3 ypg
#17 in the nation allowing only 19.3 points per game

This year, one senior starter Marinovich (I like him but i don't see him as a leader) a whole bunch of freshman and sophs (Lyn, Anderson, Spruill, Davis, Crume, Bromley, Wilkes, Lynch)

#71 in the nation allowing 391.3 ypg
#72 in the nation allowing 28.1 points per game

Same scheme, same coaches much different result...The talent is there this year on defense, its just young talent.  The fresh and sophs that are playing right now will be as good or better than the seniors last year.  They need another year or two to mature and gain experience.

Put last years defense on this years team and I think we are 7-4 instead of 5-6.  I think we still lose to USC, Rutgers (5 TO's too much), Lousyville (flat on the road after big win) and South Florida (too many dropped TD's)
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