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[QUOTE="0.2 YNdeeR, post: 4485140, member: 8125"]
No doubt our offensive malaise after Shrader went down put more pressure on our DL. And it's an overstatement to blame the DL as "the [[B]sole[/B]] reason" we lost 5 games. It wasn't.

However, our inability to stop the run - with undersized interior personnel - was clearly a big factor in those losses. In (at least) 3 games our opponents ran through us at will: ND (255); Pitt (180) and Clemson (327). This led to other problems. We gave up a ton of TOP (ND - 37/22; Pitt 36/23; and Clem. 33/26). We stressed our defense even more, and we deprived our offense of opportunities. So in these games, and partially in two others (Wake 233, Top 35/25; and FSU 254, top 36/24), stopping the run would have kept TOP more balanced, given our defense more rest, and maybe gotten us a win against Clemson. In short, our defense was on the field because it couldn't get off.

The injured guys you mentioned will help. Let's hope Perry and the transfer can shore up this unit.
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