re: Rabalais Tuesday Morning

quote:

---

why not throw MVB in & clear the rcvrs out and let him scramble for a 30 yd gain

---

Because OM would change the scheme, and spy 2. MVB had 1 good game last year against UGA. He had 7 ints vs 11 tds. 50%'ish passer.

These coaches see these kids in practice. It's not like they would rather lose than play a kid that can help them.

MVB should have a package, and should have been played some last week. But he is not the answer. Rush 3 and drop 2 spy's, he would not be very effective.

think yall over paid for him. His NIL would have been better spent on the OL.
OM back up was a 3rd of the cost.

quote:

---

if you subtract LSU’s 7 sacks for -67 yards from Nussmeier’s rushing totals, it gives him 8 rushes for 50 yards (6.25 ypc).

---

Yeah, one of those was a 26-yard run against Southeastern, though. SO he would be 7 for 24, that's 3.4 YPC, which is acceptable, he just needs to take those yards more often, assuming he isn't nursing an injury(and I feel like he is). And QB Sneaks do skew the numbers as well.

The lack of willingness to run the ball is fatal. Especially after BK spent the whole week leading up to OM talking about how we needed to be committed to running the ball. After Cauble's question post Florida, BK was the one to point out we had a 50-yard run late in that game (at a point when the game had already been decided - lame excuse if you ask me). But still, that run was with Pyburn in at fullback and showed that maybe there was a route to run the ball that way. Anything to develop some semblance of a rushing attack.

BK also talked numerous times last week that we could see more under center runs like that one. Not once did we run under center against Ole Miss.

Then you get to OM and they spend the entire game rushing three and dropping 8. BK said on Finebaum that's on him for not preparing his team to see that. BS. Tulane - TULANE - ran the ball for nearly 180 yards against the same OM defense. So fine BK, you did not prepare your team to see a three man front. They were daring you to run, coach. And when they dare you to run you know what you do, you take the yards. You rush more than two times with a RB in the first half. And once you have some success on the ground, OM is forced to play with more guys in the box and that opens up some space for the passing attack. Isn't he the one that always talks about complimentary football? So maybe you're right BK, you did not prepare the team. But it has much less to do with how you prepared them throughout the week leading up to OM and more so how you did not prepare this team to have any sort of rushing attack going all the way back the Spring Ball after rushing was a major weakness last year too.

Joe Sloan has no sense on when to push what buttons as a play caller. He especially does not know what run plays to call ever. And other than having a heisman QB as quick as lightning, Brad Davis has not developed an OLine that can establish a consistent rushing attack in four years under BK.

Or . . . and we've all seen other teams do this . . . check Van Buren into the game with Nuss and see if you can't draw some defenders into the box.

quote:

---

but i doubt OM would have given that same look to him.

---

And guess what… the passing lanes open up. We literallly had 2 of our 5 receivers bracketed in double coverage and the 5th one sitting behind the line as a check down. And with all that there were still receivers open

quote:

---

True but it would have forced them to do something different What they were doing with Nuss in the game was clearly working for them. Forcing them out of that couldn’t have made things worse.

---

It’s not like we don’t have athletes all over the field. Make them get out of their comfort zone and try to get the ball out to guys in space. IE :Not just in the flats or crossing routes 4 yds downfield or bubble screens.

quote:

---

People keep saying this shite, sure they don't have to worry about Nuss running.

They also don't have to worry about:
Running backs running
Nuss throwing deep
Nuss throwing over the middle
Nuss throwing accurately on outside routes
Nuss making good decisions
The OL stopping a 3 man rush
WR's getting open

---

quote:

---

He makes a point when Ole Miss is dropping 8 into coverage because they do not fear our ability to run the ball,

---

Not only do they not fear you running, they were daring you to throw deep along the sidelines. They were running 2 high safeties but they weren’t dropping or moving outside coverage, they just sat on hash to protect seams and deep in.

They basically got to play redzone defense, with no threat of rushing attack, scrambling QB and no worry of a fade to the corner. No need to blitz or be exotic. Just sit back

Our second best RB is a WR.

And Thomas has been hitting the hole harder than Durham this year.

Fix the line and the run game will improve.

Kelly is too tied to Sloan. Chased Denbrock away because wanted to make Sloan co-OC.

Kelly doesnt have the want to win. Always waits for complete disaster before making changes.