Placekicking gets an "F" tonight. Art Carmody, where are you?
Early rust or lack of focus?
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This is usually the weekend where all the ranked teams get upset watch us be the lucky ones.
I give an F to the coaching staff, this is a kragthorpian effort and it is all on the coaches.
Kind of hard to have a pass rush when the other teams running the ball. You saw what happened at the end of the game when Duke had to pass, we were all in his face with a four man rush.
I think our defense was gassed because they were on the field 75% of the game.
Because 144 yards rushing by a QB is something to not pay attention to!
That's ridiculous. Jackson still had over 300 yards and 2 TD'S. That last drive he broke tackle after tackle. He has been so awesome this year everyone now expects 500 yards of offense and 6 TD'S every game. He Heisman chances did not take a hit tonight.
No, not at all. It was the offense. If we had jumped out to a 28-7 lead Duke would have abandoned its ball control offense. The defense did well in the first half but that second half they were on the field most of it. We saw what happened at the end when Duke had to pass. I don't think we will see NC State try this kind of offense next week. I was worried a little about NC State but this game got the Cards attention and I think we will be much better next week.
Give Duke credit though.They played the game the only way they had a chance to win.Stifle Jackson,defend in the secondary and control the ball.They got close.I'm happy we won.
an inside dive play should not be rocket science to defend for a coach making 1 million plus on the defensive side of the ball.
Great game experience for our team. Now our guys have an example of how an overmatched team will try to control the game to keep it close.
Cutcliffe is an underrated coach. Maybe way underrated.
And I love reading these threads after I get home from a game...
Cutcliffe is an underrated coach. Maybe way underrated.
And I love reading these threads after I get home from a game...
Amen zippster, amen. Cutcliffe is very good at game planning and coaching kids up.
GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!
The first screen Duke ran, which went for like 60 yards, was a perfect play call by Cutcliffe. We blitzed both a safety and a corner from that side, so they basically had 2 on 1 for 1/4th of the field. That play alone caused us to basically abandon any creative blitzing which is a cornerstone of Granthams defensive philosophy.