More impressive today: O or D?
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Both played well. Both had some serious issues I'd like to see resolved.
Offense- on one hand Hunt made several tough throws into little windows, on the other he shouldn't have to be making those throws against a CM team. Against a top notch defense a few of those throws could easily be going the other way. The running game seems disjointed. We can't decide who to roll with and when to do so. AAM had the hot hand on one drive, then we take him out as we get inside the ten. I like getting everybody touches in a blow out, but who's the guy we are going to when we really need it? Who does the staff trust most? If I had to guess I'd say none of the RBs, it would be Hunt getting the carry. I'm always weary of a QB running lots against a big hitting defense.
Defense- we adjusted well and shut them down for all intents and purposes after their opening drive. But we keep leaving TOs on the field. Not saying we should have made all these plays, but if we want to win against a team we aren't supposed to we need to make some of the following plays: cam's near interception, two more fumbles that didn't take immediate hops into anyone's hands, two plays we had their QB wrapped up and we somehow let him throw the ball (one of which still ended up being a safety by ruling) their QB threw up two ducks that were essentially jump balls (pretty sure both to Kroll) and one was complete, one wasn't and both could have been INTs if the DB is more on the ball.
You can't make every play or force a TO every time an opportunity exists, but against good teams, you can't miss out on that many chances if you want to stay competitive.
Offense- on one hand Hunt made several tough throws into little windows, on the other he shouldn't have to be making those throws against a CM team. Against a top notch defense a few of those throws could easily be going the other way. The running game seems disjointed. We can't decide who to roll with and when to do so. AAM had the hot hand on one drive, then we take him out as we get inside the ten. I like getting everybody touches in a blow out, but who's the guy we are going to when we really need it? Who does the staff trust most? If I had to guess I'd say none of the RBs, it would be Hunt getting the carry. I'm always weary of a QB running lots against a big hitting defense.
Defense- we adjusted well and shut them down for all intents and purposes after their opening drive. But we keep leaving TOs on the field. Not saying we should have made all these plays, but if we want to win against a team we aren't supposed to we need to make some of the following plays: cam's near interception, two more fumbles that didn't take immediate hops into anyone's hands, two plays we had their QB wrapped up and we somehow let him throw the ball (one of which still ended up being a safety by ruling) their QB threw up two ducks that were essentially jump balls (pretty sure both to Kroll) and one was complete, one wasn't and both could have been INTs if the DB is more on the ball.
You can't make every play or force a TO every time an opportunity exists, but against good teams, you can't miss out on that many chances if you want to stay competitive.
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I'm going to say offense because of how bad they played against Nova. CMU was coming off a win over Purdue and with the return of Hunt, two offensive lineman and our man card we saw a legit offense that shows off a solid o-line and a good amount of weapons. Great performance with a lot of room for improvement.
The defense was scary good but I'm going to have a hard time buying in until they shut down a running QB.
The defense was scary good but I'm going to have a hard time buying in until they shut down a running QB.
