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And now the defense
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We gave up less than 300 points in the regular season last year for the first time since the 2000 Rose Bowl season.
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I am not ready to anoint Wilcox the savior, but I have not seen better tackling form, gang tackling, and defensive aggression in over a decade at UW. So, it's either him, the other Coaches, or all of them together, but this Defense is light years better than anything trotted out by Gilby/Ty/Holt(Sark V 1.0)...Auburndawg said:We gave up less than 300 points in the regular season last year for the first time since the 2000 Rose Bowl season.
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This was your takeaway from our D-line? Perhaps you were up getting a Zima in the first half, but Ajayi and his offensive line were consistently pushing our interior DLs and LBs backward. Even Don James noticed it. Read Derek Johnson's interview with him.Auburndawg said:Our front 7 stuffed them three times in critical situations: 3rd and short in the first half to force the (blocked) FG, the 4th and 1, and 2nd and goal at the two, which forced them to pass on 3rd down.
Danny Shelton is an absolute beast. In on virtually every play. Always pushing the pile backwards. On the other hand, Hudson, IMO, got pushed around a lot, but Wilcox praised him today.
The front 7 did get penetration on passing plays. If Southwick didn’t throw it immediately we were in his face.
Also, I don't think we had one sack, and our pressure was inconsistent. Littleton was NO factor.
Sure there was some pressure occasionally, but it was too inconsistent. Heck, even Sark listed as one of his 2 two priorities over the next 2 weeks "getting pressure on the QB." -
Based on Yards Allowed Per Game we went from something like 106th in 2011 to 31st last year. That's not just significant improvement that's a quantum leap. That's going from the cellar to better than top third.
I expect our defense to finish lower than that based on our offense but anything close with our offense playing well will mean a huge year. Oregon finished 44th in YAPG but opponents ran 120 more plays against them vs against Washington. The yards per play comparison was 5.37 for Washington and 4.94 for Oregon. As mentioned in a prior poast the less than 4 yards allowed against BSU Is elite. One game yes, but elite.
For my money it can't be understated how huge it was for us to get Keith Hayward. The DBs look fantastic and he made Trufant into a first rounder last year. Flat out great coach. -
Heyward is a total stud
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True, the defense was much better but I'm still concerned about the teams with better offensive lines than BSU.
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I'm really sick of you not giving me firsties Tommy. You're just trying to hurt me.TommySQC said: -
It is close.TommySQC said:
