QB - Not even close, Book controlled the offense and the field making plays with his feet and head, pinpoint passing
O Line - Have to say a draw, slight edge to the Irish, ND's right side is stable, left side, including tackle got beat often, Book always looked left after the snap
RB's - Not even close, Dex showed the Heisman candidate how to run hard and stay on the field
TE's - Mack can catch when he is at least 10 yards wide open, other than that, I would look elsewhere
Head Coach - I'll give Kelly credit for making the switch to Book and letting him make plays
Our OL is somewhere around average to slightly above, theirs is bad.
It’s like u have all day long to scribble nonsense.
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My take
QB - If Book plays the way he did last week, or even progresses a little with a full, clean game of experience under his belt, then I actually give us the edge here
RB - Ehhh, I'd call it closer to even...with Dex back that Gap between their #1 and our #1 is closed considerably and we have a stable while they are a one trick pony. Now the question is, does Kelly use our RBs as well as they do in this game...does Dex get 8 touches or 20+..??
O Line - "Not even close"...yeah I agree with this if looking at how our line has been for bulk of season, but if only going by last game then the Gap is not that big
TE's - "Not even close and Stanford actually has a game plan that uses their TE's in game planning"
True
Head Coach - Sigh...2 of 8 says all that needs said here.
I think it will come down to which defense does better at getting the other team off the field quickly vs which offense does a better job of possessing the ball.
Reason why is that when our D front gets pressure, our D is borderline elite and when our D is fresh, the D front gets pressure. But when they are on the field a lot, our D becomes very average and I have big concerns about our DBs vs their WRs if their QB gets to stand back there and throw from a clean pocket.
I'm not too concerned with stopping their run game, the question is can we do it without committing extra assets to that which let's their WRs and TEs have a field day. We'll see, the way I look at this one is The Good, Bad and Ugly...don't care how it happens or by how much, just get the W and then the rest of the season shapes up nicely, as long as Kelly doesn't shit to bed in Blacksburg ala
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knowing Book was the better QB and also a better "athlete" in a different way. Let's also give me some credit for saying in the beginning of the year that Julian Okwara was a very underrated player and that Alohi Gilman was a big reason our defense would be vastly improved. I also thought Book played QB like a QB should which is not quite what oldirish said but I think a point he would agree with.
I will swallow my words on Dex, he is truly a great threat every time he touches the ball AND he looks like he is finishing his runs better And he even threw a good block that I saw on pass protection.
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Book was better and “as effective of a runner” as Wimbush. Haha. Just saying.
have made for a much better running game and likely saved on some injuries.
The games where our OL had a big advantage I woulda used Adams more...the games where those big lanes weren't there I woulda used Dex more.
We probably win GA game if Adams was replaced by Dex in that one..
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But it's not like he is the only one who thought Book was a better QB option. Some of us are just a little slower to draw final conclusion when there hasn't been enough seen on the field in game action.
Also, kind of a dickbag move to try and call someone out for blowing their own horn only to turn around and blow your own horn, literally!! "Let's also give me some credit for saying in the beginning of the year that Julian Okwara was a very underrated player and that Alohi Gilman was a big reason our defense would be vastly improved."
e in-fighting would have been pointless!!!
said prior to last year that Coney was way underappreciated.
the old scheme for some reason.