Sure feels like the Days with Les Miles playing Florida this Weekend

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Is it play calling and trust in OL that is not letting him throw it further than 20 yards down the field?

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He severely underthrew a long ball to Brown against Tech that lead to the early INT

He needs to get better on the deep ball or guys like Hilton won't be able to make an impact

No running game… Oline … Clemson kept two high safeties. La tech played 3/3/5 which even gave burrow fits when Auburn did it.

I am not personally aware of how to attack a 3/3/5. I guess it means 8 in coverage a lot of the time. And our Oline is not able to get enough movement at the point of attack to make that hurt the defense

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5. I guess it means 8 in coverage a lot of the time

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yes and you can bet we will see a ton of it until we prove we can run the ball between the tackles

A well executed 3-3-5 is hard to accomplish but even harder to beat. Theoretically, the 3 DL play head up and cover 2 gaps (very hard for a DL to do), and the linebackers can pick and choose their gaps to shoot. A zone scheme can beat this in the run game, but your OL has to all be on the same page mid-play for a zone scheme. Watching the LA Tech film, we are very bad at understanding how to trade responsibilities mid play. Chester didn't play well, but about half of the time the guard didn't choose correctly to either take over the center or move up to the LB. One play Mubenga pushed Chester off the Nose when Chester had him covered and Mubenga let the LB go through. Another play Thompson went straight up to the LB when the Nose worked over to Thompson. Chester was also horrible in 1v1 pass blocking against the nose though

That 3-3-5 is difficult to get over the top on. Safeties are typically playing deep trying to keep everything in front of them. The middle of the field has been open at times and makes me wonder why we don’t run more digs or slants.

Our o line just can’t execute in the run game. Sometimes I wonder why we don’t line up under center in an I or pro set with a FB. I know it’s old school but you can throw out of those formations. Plus it gives the running back a lead blocker and the ability to run downhill.

Take the first half under

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When did he ever start making an impact?

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He had 2 long ball TDs in the OU game and that was after he was hurt so I guess fans figured he'd be a force when healthy because of that game, being the last regular season game of the season and all.