More of the Same
Well, State had their first football scrimmage of the fall yesterday. The results? Surprise, surprise, the defense dominates. Hmmm, I seem to remember the same thing last year and the year before. This year appears to be more of the same, and it is damn depressing.
Last year our defense was dominant. That was the party line used when our offense sucked their way through every scrimmage. Our defense was going to dominate. And then I watched Ken Topps run all over us in the first half of the opening game last year and that thought went out the window. So what did that mean? Well, it meant our offense sucked. They failed to move the ball on a defense that played hard and didn't quit, but let's face it weren't dominant. Our defense last year played well and kept us in some games longer than we should have been in them. But they were not the '99 defense that was capable of winning games by themselves.
Now comes this year. We have a different QB, new JUCO WRs, a deep collection of RBs, and what is supposed to be a rebuilt OL. Well guess what, they got dominated again. They failed to throw it to those fancy new WRs, couldn't run it with those RBs, and the QB was something like 9 for 23 with 2 interceptions. Why? I've got an explanation - our offensive line sucks. The same crap happened last year, and the year before. The only good OL we have had in the last 3 years was David Stewart, who allowed Norwood to run off tackle in '04. Last year they sucked. This year appears to be, once again, more of the same.
This is exactly the reason to not be optimistic about this season. This team isn't any better than last year. In fact, we may be worse. We lost the guy who produced the vast majority of our offense: Jerious Norwood. He is suiting up for the Atlanta Falcons. So now we are left with a QB that looks like a little kid out there, a group of RBs that must work together to be productive, a group of either unproven or untalented WRs, and an offensive line that will make everything else null and void with their play. If we do not discover the ability to run and pass block, not only will our offense suck, but we will be looking at redshirt freshman Tray Rutland by midseason as Henig will be broken in half.
Yet there is Sly Croom saying he isn't worried about the offense. Again, that is more of the same. I remember these comments before. Wake up Croom, your offense sucks. Either you or McCorvey or both cannot teach it to these players. Perhaps you should take a hard look at Woody and while you're at it take a closer look at Mr. JB Grimes, the OL coach. The defensive staff is doing their jobs, but something tells me our offensive staff isn't getting the job done. Something tells me we need to clean house on that side if our offense doesn't improve dramatically. Something also tells me my predicition of 4 wins will not come to fruition unless we improve drastically in a quick manner. 3 wins = more of the same.
Last year our defense was dominant. That was the party line used when our offense sucked their way through every scrimmage. Our defense was going to dominate. And then I watched Ken Topps run all over us in the first half of the opening game last year and that thought went out the window. So what did that mean? Well, it meant our offense sucked. They failed to move the ball on a defense that played hard and didn't quit, but let's face it weren't dominant. Our defense last year played well and kept us in some games longer than we should have been in them. But they were not the '99 defense that was capable of winning games by themselves.
Now comes this year. We have a different QB, new JUCO WRs, a deep collection of RBs, and what is supposed to be a rebuilt OL. Well guess what, they got dominated again. They failed to throw it to those fancy new WRs, couldn't run it with those RBs, and the QB was something like 9 for 23 with 2 interceptions. Why? I've got an explanation - our offensive line sucks. The same crap happened last year, and the year before. The only good OL we have had in the last 3 years was David Stewart, who allowed Norwood to run off tackle in '04. Last year they sucked. This year appears to be, once again, more of the same.
This is exactly the reason to not be optimistic about this season. This team isn't any better than last year. In fact, we may be worse. We lost the guy who produced the vast majority of our offense: Jerious Norwood. He is suiting up for the Atlanta Falcons. So now we are left with a QB that looks like a little kid out there, a group of RBs that must work together to be productive, a group of either unproven or untalented WRs, and an offensive line that will make everything else null and void with their play. If we do not discover the ability to run and pass block, not only will our offense suck, but we will be looking at redshirt freshman Tray Rutland by midseason as Henig will be broken in half.
Yet there is Sly Croom saying he isn't worried about the offense. Again, that is more of the same. I remember these comments before. Wake up Croom, your offense sucks. Either you or McCorvey or both cannot teach it to these players. Perhaps you should take a hard look at Woody and while you're at it take a closer look at Mr. JB Grimes, the OL coach. The defensive staff is doing their jobs, but something tells me our offensive staff isn't getting the job done. Something tells me we need to clean house on that side if our offense doesn't improve dramatically. Something also tells me my predicition of 4 wins will not come to fruition unless we improve drastically in a quick manner. 3 wins = more of the same.
posted by Stormrider81 at 7:07 AM
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