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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3600523, member: 27"]
Good thoughts.  Without Hawkins and Atwell, the UL offense is not very good.

Cunningham ended up 13-21 with 0 TDs and 1 pick, for only 161 yards.  He does not appear to be able to throw the ball accurately.  The new starting RB, a kid named Burkley, ran it 12 times for only 44 yards.  The UL OL did not open holes for their run game and did not pass block well (UVa had 4 sacks and lots of hurries).  Their offense was mostly Cunningham running on broken plays.  He got 197 yards rushing on 20 carries.

I think we might want to just try and contain Cunningham, shut down their running game and make him beat us passing the ball.  Their WRs are okay (Fitzpatrick, who almost came to SU, is their best now that Atwell is gone).  If we can shut down their running game and make them one dimensional, we have a very good chance to win.

The UL defense is not very good at stopping the run but has been wildly inconsistent.  They shut down ND on offense, did a good job on Pitt and FSU but VT got almost 300 yards running the ball against them 2 games ago. a bad UVa offense moved the ball and scored a lot against them and GT just destroyed their defense early in the season.

They have no punter (107th nationally in net punting) and are also very bad returning punts (95th).

Cunningham has been a turnover machine, leading the Cards to a huge turnover margin (118th in the country).

When they had Hawkins and a healthy Atwell, they were a team that could score with anyone but struggled to defend.  Now, they are just a lousy team.

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