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Message: [QUOTE="Old Scout 65, post: 5584520, member: 661"] I've watched SU football since Bernie Custis quarterbacked. I've seen good coaches and bad. I've seen us when they said our second team was the second best team in the nation. I've seen us when we didn't have a dozen power five players on our roster. This team has a fair amount of talent, most of which is young, but there are, in my opinion serious problems with the "brain trust" that, if allowed to go unchanged, will prevent the influx of talent from ever achieving success. After seven straight games trying to use Nixon's offense, SU tried to do what ten teams have done successfully against one of the worst run defenses in power 4 football, run the ball. In the first half we were somewhat creative and actually moved the ball. Should they have taken a couple shots down field on first or second down, I think so, but we were tied at halftime. In the second half it should have been clear to everyone, (I think there were at least four straight 3 and outs), that BC had made adjustments on defense and we had made none on offense. On defense in the first half we committed to stopping their running attack, and did a good job. We also blitzed putting pressure on their QB's in passing situations. After halftime, not so much. BC came out in the second half throwing, we didn't make any effort to pressure the QB, and they had receivers running wide open the entire second half. Neither team was fired up to play in the first half, (why would they be), but SU just plain quit again in the second half. On the subject of Joe Filardi. He was shackled by the play calling, lack of protection, (has Nixon successfully blocked a blitzer all year?), receivers who drop passes, won't lay out for the ball, and fail to seemingly ever win 50/50 balls. Yes, some of his passes weren't perfect, which effects yards after catch but his upside is head and shoulders above what we witnessed from RC. He is an exceptional athlete in two sports. I doubt he saw a rep with the ones or twos until the last month. He clearly isn't ready to play quarterback for a power 4 team this year, but he sees the field, is fearless, can throw the football and is a competitor. Hope he stays with football. [/QUOTE]

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