When Tuiaki's D. kept it low scoring and limited TDs his supporters had an

Sep 24, 2024
10:58:12am

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argument but when the competition got consistently better his defense bent and broke and broke and broke. That's when it got everybody's attention and thus the pressure to make some changes.

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One thing I have to disagree with Matich and others on is..

BigHouse Coug

3:30am

Are you saying we should be worried about the rushing yards given up - or that

Six Foot Seven

3:35am

Points allowed is the point, dictated to offense what was going to happen. Elite

Weagle Coug

4:20am

Yes our great defense forced them to raise their game and average 5-7 ypc

Cooouuugs

4:34am

The bottom line is BYU kept them out of the end zone and BYU’s offense

PhilPete

4:42am

Utes gave up 48 points, not really keeping them out of the endzone.

BigHouse Coug

5:23am

Yep, and we won. Kind of a big difference.

thirdgencoug

10:24am

Yes. I love the defensive production, but I must admit that I WOULD like to see

Hawk in the 303

5:30am

I wouldn't call it a "worry" per se. But our interior DL is a weakness that most

shoganai

6:30am

There’s some solid DL coming in.Losing a starter 350lb NG to Arkansas hurt

Mabuhay Coug

7:09am

Some said Saili transferred because he wasn't winning the starting job

tacallaway

11:06am

He’s 375 pounds and third string at Arkansas. He wasn’t in shape

puntersarepeople

11:18am

K state was a very strong running team, averaging 240 yards per game. Is our

D.T. Survivor

8:38am

We just played the strongest run team on our schedule.

Six Foot Seven

9:05am

Isn’t this the mentality that all us fans were up in arms about with Tuiaki?

PKH

7:35am

Yes it is. When Tuiaki’s defenses were “bend but don’t break” oriented- giving up lots of yards but limiting TDs, we saw

yapacoug

8:01am

RE: Yes it is. When Tuiaki’s defenses were “bend but don’t

PKH

8:31am

The main thing with Tuiaki was that the execution and recruiting were abysmal.

TheNerd

8:36am

The key difference here is who's dictating what

stansburycoug

9:56am

When Tuiaki's D. kept it low scoring and limited TDs his supporters had an

BigHouse Coug

10:58am

Fans were up in arms when it became bend AND break (and break and break)

tacallaway

11:13am

KSU false started several times in the red zone which helped keep

GSwarriorcoug

7:52am

True, yet Hill's defense also held SMU out of the end zone in their own house.

CornfedCougar

10:51am

Good points.

GSwarriorcoug

10:57am

I am watching for a brilliant strategy. To compete at the highest level, you

RoboKayne

10:30am

re 2nd order effects, it's similar to F1. Getting into it, I thought it would be

RoboKayne

10:35am

That would be awesome if it was that complicated

BigHouse Coug

11:04am

The thing I like about Hill's defense is that it's not one dimensional.

CornfedCougar

10:46am

Yes, that's the difference between the previous defense

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