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whatshouldicareabout said:

MikeDamone said:

whatshouldicareabout said:

godawgst said:

Greg Lewis said it best on Honks. Grubb/KD want to run it/be successful just enough to keeps the D honest. We go as far as Penix can throw us.

Rush D is concerning especially on edges. After Portland State scrimmage next two weeks will tell us much more as Sparty and Shaw will have zero problem 3/4/4 yards runs all night long keeping Offense off field, limiting possessions.

Big picture is this staff believes if they can get into high 30's, low 40's ppg, on defense if they can get 1-2 stops per half mission accomplished and they believe taking chances will result in a higher % of a sack/turnover/holding penalty killing that drive.

Part of me wonders how much they ran a vanilla defense as to not give MSU any film to prep. I didn't see any DBs blitz, no exotic stunts, and only 1 true LB blitz by Breuner.

I'm guessing we'll see them open the playbook for MSU

I remember my “they aren’t that bad, they are just running a limited playbook so not to tip off another opponent” phase.

I was right

42 rushing yards on 29 carries, with 1 carry going for 21 yards on that QB scramble