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Message: [QUOTE="CuseCrew08, post: 3968596, member: 56"] I watched Liberty vs. Troy last night. My observations: Troy's OL blew Liberty off the ball in the first drive, they seemed to be able to get 4+ yards at will. These were not RPO type runs, they looked like inside and outside zone. Troy scored a TD on the first drive and then decided to stop pounding the rock... On defense Liberty likes to blitz 1 or both MLB in passing situations. They seemed to show their cards quite often presnap. They did some stunts with the DL which I imagine they will do more often with all issues we've had with them. The Troy QB got sacked a few times because he didn't get rid of the ball, couldn't tell if anyone was open. Looks like Liberty ran lots of man coverage in the secondary. Malik Willis- Did not have a very impressive day throwing the ball. Most of his damage was done with his feet, on broken plays. MW is not a fast twitch guy, but has plus speed and it tough to tackle due to his size. Troy got pressure with 4 on multiple occasions, but when they didn't get home or MW broke contain he did damage. MW likes to roll out right so the DE's will need to keep good angles, MW just outran the DL to the edges multiple times. Very tough to bring down. When he started scrambling he didn't seem to continue looking down field, just looking to get yards. #3 Douglas and #1 Louis are undersized quick/shifty guys on their offense. #1 is a running back but more of a pass catcher, he runs lots of wheel routes from the backfield and to the flat for MW to give a dump off option when he is scrambling. Louis is very good in open space and we need to keep an eye on him. Liberty runs lots of RPO and designed roll outs to take advantage of MW's running ability. Josh Mack didn't get a ton of run, didn't look great in the carries he did get. Their RB #15 seemed to run well between the tackles. Hard to decide how good Liberty or Troy are. Troy couldn't get anything going on offense even though I thought their OL won the battle in the trenches. The game will come down to tackling MW, he probably broke 15 tackles in the backfield against Troy. Can Marlow Wax and Mikel keep up with him? I think he can. On offense is our O-Line as good as Troy? If so Tucker should be able to eat. If not I don't know if have the athletes to get open in man coverage. Unlike Rutgers, Liberty seems pretty average on ST's. Should be a good game, I think we will know whether we can win or not within the first couple Liberty drives. [/QUOTE]

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