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Message: [QUOTE="GoSU96, post: 1874512, member: 114"] Irony here is that people who gripped about epic beatdowns and meathead punters are dismissive of an epic beatdown and a team that is 10th in punts per game with 7 per. Not going to get hung up on it, Lville was an excellent defense last year and returned most of those guys. While the defense is a real problem the more immediate issue is the offense. If you are going to play this style you need to be better than 5.56 yds per play, you need to be better than 43% on 3rd down, and you need to score more than 30pts per game, because otherwise all you are doing is what Shafer tried to avoid, giving the opponent the opportunity to blow you out early. One encouraging thing is the low number of TO's given the number of plays. They get to 6.5 per play and 49% things will be radically different. Total yards will be there, 3 and outs will be cut way down, and the points will be there. [/QUOTE]