steve deberg
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Huge win! Don't care if the narrative out there is that Clemson is reeling and Dabo is done. That's a talented team with an incredible record at home.
The Angeli injury hurts (wishing Steve all the best), but going into this game I felt like Angeli was covering up for a lot of issues with this team. I felt like we’d need him to throw us into competitiveness and cover up for some team weaknesses.
Today I saw a team that made some great strides to address some glaring issues.
I have faith that with Rickie getting a full week of first team reps, and with continued improvement in the above mentioned areas, we could be looking at a 9-10 win team.
Hell, playoffs are on the table until they’re not.
Go Cuse!
- Fran’s Big Cajones
- That onside kick was a thing of beauty. I truly believe that recovering that kick and making it a two score game before Clemson touched the ball was a big reason why we dominated that first half. Throw a gut punch early to a team questioning their legitimacy.
- Going for it on 4th down. The days of punts on 4th and short at the opponents 40 yard line are far behind us.
- Offensive Organization
- For the most part, our coaches were decisive with the play call, got it in quickly, and the guys got aligned quickly and correctly. This has been one of my biggest gripes thus far this year.
- We didn’t have many procedural penalties. Willis had that false start on the QB sneak which hurt, but I can’t think of many others.
- Pass Blocking
- Considering the pedigree of Clemson’s pass rushers, I was very happy with how they did from a pass blocking standpoint today.
- I don’t think Clemson ran as many stunts/ loops/ cross dogs as our previous opponents, but I can’t really think of any instances of a guy running free because our protection was confused about assignments.
- Maybe the return of Mack was a stabilizing force?
- Also liked seeing more Byron Washington
- Pressure in Obvious Passing Situations
- We brought 6+ guys in 2nd or 3rd and 7+ yards a few times. The 2nd and 10 where we loaded up the boundary, brought 7 guys, and Klubnik threw the ball off his back foot 5 yards behind his receiver comes to mind.
- Another step in the right direction, but I still want the pressure dial turned up to 11. I feel like (and hope) that as guys like Samuel and Kerr continue to make strides, Robinson will continue to increase the pressure.
- We dropped 8 with success a few times - I want that to be the surprise, not for pressure to be the surprise.
- Tackling
- Defence played light outs, and their solid tackling was one of the biggest reasons.
- Grant made a couple nice tackles for a loss on screen/ bubble plays.
- The Long also made several nice plays on the ball carrier/ receiver coming downfield hard with proper angles and technique.
- Deslauriers continues to impress. Made some big hits with great form, and that punch out was a thing of beauty.
The Angeli injury hurts (wishing Steve all the best), but going into this game I felt like Angeli was covering up for a lot of issues with this team. I felt like we’d need him to throw us into competitiveness and cover up for some team weaknesses.
Today I saw a team that made some great strides to address some glaring issues.
I have faith that with Rickie getting a full week of first team reps, and with continued improvement in the above mentioned areas, we could be looking at a 9-10 win team.
Hell, playoffs are on the table until they’re not.
Go Cuse!