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"2. No. 4 Washington gave up 163 yards on the ground to Utah on Saturday, which is fewer than Oregon State (177) or Oregon (230) or Arizona (308!) gained against the Huskies. The reason might be in part philosophical. Huskies head coach Chris Petersen seems content with not putting his safeties in the box, letting his front seven do the work against the run. But Washington is 55th in rushing defense (153.9-yard average). Six of the last 10 national champions have finished in the top 10 against the run, none lower than 34th (Ohio State in 2014). Three finished first: Alabama in 2015, 2011 and 2012. This year, the Tide are ... first (70.1-yard average)."
Some of this I discount because Kwiatkowki has emphasized strong play on the back end of the defense, and not giving up big plays. The Huskies have excelled at keeping everything in front of the DBs. Also, UW has usually held teams underneath their average points per game, so clearly Pete's crew is doing something right.
Still, it's worth noting that our? two closest games (arizona and utah) were against teams that had a lot of success running against us. Something that I'm sure they're addressing.
http://espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17932422/alabama-crimson-tide-coach-nick-saban-turns-65-matt-rhule-turns-temple-owls
Some of this I discount because Kwiatkowki has emphasized strong play on the back end of the defense, and not giving up big plays. The Huskies have excelled at keeping everything in front of the DBs. Also, UW has usually held teams underneath their average points per game, so clearly Pete's crew is doing something right.
Still, it's worth noting that our? two closest games (arizona and utah) were against teams that had a lot of success running against us. Something that I'm sure they're addressing.
http://espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17932422/alabama-crimson-tide-coach-nick-saban-turns-65-matt-rhule-turns-temple-owls
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College football is a passing game
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Not if you like to win.CuntWaffle said:College football is a passing game
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Wrong my dude. College is about running, pro is about passing.CuntWaffle said:College football is a passing game
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I think he is whooshing?
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I think fundamentally we try to minimize big plays. Our second objective is to shut down the run.
Then I think beyond that, we care about pressuring the QB, etc.
It's been very successful here on average because our interior DL has been really damn good (if not always spectacular).
Right now if we had two stud BUCK types (2 Kikaha's), we would be a lot better than with Psalm the Useless and Potatoes. Getting guys in those roles that are 250+ will take us from being really good, but a bit inconsistent, to being dominant.
The good news is that I see those players coming along and being good eventually. Our player development is spectacular on D and we've got the body types.
I am optimistic. And with what we have in the back end on the bench, I have no worries there either. -
When you say potatoes are you talking about Potoae or Potatoes OBrien?
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Potatoe is Potatoe, but Potatoes is the pasty Irishman.doogsinparadise said:When you say potatoes are you talking about Potoae or Potatoes OBrien?
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Well that really clears everything up.
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Sorry, autocorrect Fucked me for a second. It makes more sense now.doogsinparadise said:Well that really clears everything up.
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