Jeorme Smith and Andre Williams

[SWC75]

From a BC fan, here's the deal with Williams. He's all power and speed. He's the opposite of our last great RB, Montel Harris... Harris had none of Williams' natural talents but he was a ninja... he could find openings, break tackles with balance rather than power... he was Greg Maddux to Williams' Roger Clemens. Williams does not have great vision or lateral movement. He breaks a lot of tackles once he's moving forward, but he's not the kind of RB who breaks tackles in the backfield by spinning out of them and making something out of nothing. His success is due to the fact that BC's offense is perfectly suited to his strengths, and the offensive line has done a good job. BC runs a lot of jumbo packages... you'll probably see a package with 6 OL, 1 TE, 1 WR, and then Williams and maybe another OL lining up at fullback and motioning. They'll run a lot of counter out of the jumbo formations and use other wrinkles to keep the defense guessing. The idea is to block man on man, win the most important blocking matchups, and if one of the free defenders misread the play or gets run over, it's gonna be a big play. So there can be a lot of 2 yards, 1 yard, -1 yard, 65 yards for Williams. BC will go spread in and long situations, and is still willing to run the draw play pretty often. Our QB can be incredibly bad, especially on the road... he locks onto his favorite targets (to be fair, the other guys can't get open anyway). For the most part though, he's at least been able to stay out of the way, not lose the game himself, and make the occasional big play once the defense is completely preoccupied. Here's to a good game on Saturday.

Sounds a lot like us except you've committed to the run more than we did. Can you tell us how you managed to play Florida State close?

 

[Buttercup]

Sounds a lot like us except you've committed to the run more than we did. Can you tell us how you managed to play Florida State close?

For one, they might have come in a little flat. But really, most teams aren't used to playing a team like BC these days. It can be a shock to the system. FSU came in and BC really punched them in the mouth early, and was dominating the game. BC is a lot better at home than on the road, so that helped too. We beat New Mexico St in a way too close game on the road, and then rallied and kicked a 52 yard FG to beat Maryland. Before those, we hadn't won a road game in near 2 years. Anyway, BC could have won that game but Winston really took over. We blitzed and blitzed and he would find a way to get away and then hit his talented receivers against our man coverage. BC is almost defiantly aggressive on defense. We were leading Clemson on the road, and Boyd hit Watkins with a touchdown bomb against single coverage with no help... but it was called back on a penalty. When they lined up for the next play, everyone in the stadium knew they would run the same play again, but BC still blitzed with the same lone man coverage and got burnt. Hunt could have a career day in terms of yardage against BC... BC's hope will be to pressure him into a few key mistakes.

 

[SWC75]

For one, they might have come in a little flat. But really, most teams aren't used to playing a team like BC these days. It can be a shock to the system. FSU came in and BC really punched them in the mouth early, and was dominating the game. BC is a lot better at home than on the road, so that helped too. We beat New Mexico St in a way too close game on the road, and then rallied and kicked a 52 yard FG to beat Maryland. Before those, we hadn't won a road game in near 2 years. Anyway, BC could have won that game but Winston really took over. We blitzed and blitzed and he would find a way to get away and then hit his talented receivers against our man coverage. BC is almost defiantly aggressive on defense. We were leading Clemson on the road, and Boyd hit Watkins with a touchdown bomb against single coverage with no help... but it was called back on a penalty. When they lined up for the next play, everyone in the stadium knew they would run the same play again, but BC still blitzed with the same lone man coverage and got burnt. Hunt could have a career day in terms of yardage against BC... BC's hope will be to pressure him into a few key mistakes.

I don't like our chances if it's hunt's passing vs. Williams running. We would have a better chance if it's Hunt's, Smith's, Morris' and McFarland's running vs. Williams.

 

[sufandu]

Sounds a lot like us except you've committed to the run more than we did.

I was going to say the same thing. Sometimes you have to have a little patience, especially when you're passing game stinks (is the QB, WR, or both?) and your best player is the running back. GM is too busy playing with his new toy to stick with anything. The Pitt game was too close to not be patient with the running game and see what happened.

 

[Chip]

Isn't it possible that Williams is just a better back?

And that maybe BC's OL is better than ours?

 

[Orangepace]

I was going to say the same thing. Sometimes you have to have a little patience, especially when you're passing game stinks (is the QB, WR, or both?) and your best player is the running back. GM is too busy playing with his new toy to stick with anything. The Pitt game was too close to not be patient with the running game and see what happened.

And your coaching experience is?

 

[SWC75]

And your coaching experience is?

Irrelevant. Yes, coaches know more than fans, (we hope), but they are hardly infallable. This is a fan's board and it's OK for fans to ask questions about the decisions that are made.

 

[sufandu]

And your coaching experience is?

Nada. I see two teams that can't pass the ball and one scores one more touchdown per game than the other. Which one do you think that is? Me not being a coach doesn't exclude me from having an opinion. If it did, we'd have a lot fewer people commenting on this board. I noticed you didn't question SWC75's credentials, and I was merely agreeing with his statement. Why is that?

 

[upperdeck]

Where do you see all these holes Smith is missing? I see several plays where almost as soon as he gets the ball 2 linemen have been stood up and he's running into a wall.

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watch the replays

 

[Orangepace]

Irrelevant. Yes, coaches know more than fans, (we hope), but they are hardly infallable. This is a fan's board and it's OK for fans to ask questions about the decisions that are made.

To ask questions, agreed. To act like you could have done a better job from your armchair, no chance and i will call you out every time.

 

[Orangepace]

Nada. I see two teams that can't pass the ball and one scores one more touchdown per game than the other. Which one do you think that is? Me not being a coach doesn't exclude me from having an opinion. If it did, we'd have a lot fewer people commenting on this board. I noticed you didn't question SWC75's credentials, and I was merely agreeing with his statement. Why is that?

Would have been redundant. Wasn't specifically trying to target you in particular.

 

[rrlbees]

watch the replays

I have, several games (the wins) and I completely disagree.

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