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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 48371, member: 722"]
I think our coaches finally outcoached the other guys by a definitive margin.

We destroyed their nickel formation (they call it a stack...) all night. With our beast if a guy who is only short and 200.  Our tight ends were too much to handle, mostly because their linebackers were in bad positions.

Our running game worked against this team better than most any other all year.  We passed against the nickel, we ran against the nickel, we enjoyed their defense very much.

As for defense:

Does our big man Jones coming back matter so much?

Those of us who remember Dwight Freeney might say so...  I think Jones had a huge game.  He certainly was forgotten by WVU in their gameplan for tonight.  He made only a few plays after they doubled him, but his impact was huge.  What a great game.

It seemed to me the boys were giving better smacks tonight than in recent weeks.  Lots of heads popping back.  The interceptions were entirely the other boy being confused and scared.  I am fairly certain confused and scared is our goal.

When it ends in interceptions, we are happy.

PS, I love to see coach Dan Conley on the sideline.  He is bigger than most of our kids out there.  Nice to see him help a WVU kid up after a nice hit by one of his linebackers.  Coach Conley was one of the best players in the country back in the early Nineties.  One of our better linebackers ever.  I am glad that we have Marrone choosing guys who love the program come and coach for us.
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