re: write up on game from a WVU perspective

part 1


All right here we go the one and only always ridiculed never forwarded “Southies Half arse Game Break Down”. I took some good notes while watching the Oregon and MSU game. The first thing that comes to mind is “how the hell are they allowed to have 19 guys on the field when their on defense”. Oh that’s only 11, well hell. It’s scary folks, down right nasty. But so was Miami in 93. This is big for us which doesn’t need to be stated. This is highest ranked team to roll into Morgantown since VT back in 03 and we all know what happened that night. Word is the city had a budget deficit that year because they had to replenish all that pepper spray that was dispersed that night I know we all love having Game Day on campus but I would much rather have this game on a Thursday night. I’m not sure what our Thursday night home record is but I can’t remember a loss. If someone can please let me know. But it’s not and we have game day and the nation’s attention. My call to fans is DON’T MAKE US LOOK LIKE A JACK arse ON GAME DAY. I know Corso is a penis, so does the rest of the nation outside of Columbus Ohio, please don’t put up a sign reminding us. But have fun don’t be cordial and make lot’s of noise.

First we’ll start with the offense because I’m a good news first kind of guy. These guys will bore you to death. They will grind and grind and grind punt and let their D rape your arse. It’s not sexy but very effective. The O-Line is just simply solid. They rarely make a mistake. By that I mean leave a guy uncovered, screw up assignments or get beat bad. Their not unbeatable but I bet you rarely hear their fans dog cuss these guys like we have ours in the past. Not bad depth either. Chris Faulk a sophomore and the starting left tackle who’s damn good but went down in the first quarter of the MSU game. He was replaced by Senior Greg Shaw and he looked better then Faulk. I don’t know if Faulk came back in the game or will be good to go on Saturday but regardless who’s in there Bruce will have his hands full. The talent of the O-Line leads to a very good running game. They have two running backs that could start anywhere in the country outside of South Carolina and San Diego State. #11 Spencer Ware starts but splits the carries with #42 Michael Ford. Both are cut from the same cloth. Big power backs that can move. Ware appears to be the faster of the two but Ford is a major battering ram. He impressed me more then Ware in the Ducks game but that’s like a new Mustang impressing me more the a new Camaro, I’ll take either one. Keeping these guys in check on 1st and 2nd down is key to how good QB Jarrett Lee will be. Lee will never be mistaken for Bert Jones but is very efficient when he doesn’t have to be. Confused, well according to ESPN.com most of his yards come on 1st and 2nd down. When he’s put in a 3rd and more then 5 he appeared to struggle. MSU had good success on 3rd and long to medium by dropping guys into coverage and not blitzing. But the problem is keeping LSU at bay on 1st and 2nd down. This is my fear for us. Fairyland ripped us to shreds in the second half running the ball and we have had some issues in the past of getting a team off the field that has a strong power running game. When Lee is throwing the ball it’s no secret who he’s throwing to, Rueben Randle. Besides Randle look out for #33 Freshman Odell Beckham who is going to be a beast, and I’m assuming Russell Sheppard. As stated before Lee has success on 1st and 2nd down because he get’s rid of the ball quickly and lets those guys do their thing. He did have the one nice throw to the endzone to Randle late in the game. In this game you have to be patient. Don’t get upset when LSU is driving down the field. They will get their yards from the 30 to the 40. It will be classic Jeff Casteel Defense, bend but don’t break. I see us keeping them under 300 yards total offense and 1 TD and 2 field goals leaving LSU’s final point total at the end of the game at 13.

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WVU is a better matchup against LSU then Oregon was. WVU just needs to avoid the dinking and dunking because that strategy plays right into the hands of Chavis. You need big plays down the field and make Jarret Lee win the game by making him deliver the ball in tight windows.

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I disagree. If anything, they are a worse match-up, because they have no running game.
Dinking and dunking is their only hope.
Geno won't have time to throw the ball downfield all that much. LSU is going to bring the house all night.
And their defense is terrible. We won't need Lee to be a superstar to win handily.