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[QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 1118645, member: 396"]
I'm not overly concerned with the performance, but then again, i thought this was a 6-6 team anyway.

That being said, my concerns are pretty basic:

1.  Inability for the oline to blow the villanova d-line off the ball.  D-1 lineman should be moving 1-aa linemen.
2.  Lack of playmakers on defense.  I think it's been said, but Thompson and Johnson seem to be our most explosive DEs, and they are marginalized playing as way-undersized DTs.  Davis was a no show.  Welsh was a no show except for maybe one play.  Someone other than Eskridge and Crume is going to have to step up.
3.  Personnel groupings on offense are weird.  I dont like how McDonald is so taken with spreading the ball around.  As far as i can tell, the best offenses give you heavy doses of their best players.  To me, that means almost every play should go to a RB, Broyld, Estime or West (downfield for that matter).  Way too many rbs are used.  Gulley should be getting 3/4 series.

I am less concerned about the offense because i think they intentionally kept it pretty vanilla.  I think you will see more of Hunt running, and more downfield looks, once we start playing the bigger boys (i.e., after the C. Mich game).
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