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[QUOTE="CIL, post: 187413, member: 22"]
Seriously?  We blitz more than 80% of teams.  That's what Shafer is known for, his brand per say.

I remember countless occasions where we blitzed on third down and gave up a long play.  Tulane anyone?  We did an awful job timing and disguising our blitzes this year, allowing other teams to throw screens, etc into the direction of the blitz.  In 2010 hogue and smith did a great job identifying the hot receiver.  Not so much this year with the new guys.

I'd hate to think I missed the entire 2011 SU football season, but maybe I went to a few of some other team's games without knowing it.

I know it can be easy to say we should have blitzed more or blitzed less when nothing worked.  But please don't let facts get in the way of a post.

We are a pressure heavy team that plays cover 3 and man with absinthe high behind it.  That's why we got beat on those ten yard hitches a ton last year - very susceptible to that route in three deep coverage, especially when the OLB fails to get enough depth on this drop - another issue with last years D.
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