Alright sports fans were are now 4 games into the 2009-10 season and here are some things that I noticed.
Offense:
To be honest I think our offense is looking damn good so far JB is throwing the ball around and Devine is racking up some big yards, and hey our recievers are doing thier jobs as well. With Ryan Clarke is appears as if we have a solid short yardage back that will put his head down and run some people over. I also like the pistol formation that we have been using to keep defenses from loading up on one side. With having that said here comes the rant about TURNOVERS! Lets face it these turnovers were having is killing our offensive production right now, we are moving the ball consistantly down the field untill we either throw and ill advised pass or fumble it away. Three times against CU we gave up the ball on what should have been a scoring drive (twice inside the 20 and once inside the 40). I don't even have to mention the Auburn game which we dominated and lost, but its hard to win with 6 turnovers. However when we don't turn the ball over our drives look smooth and usually result in points. So to state basic football knowledge hold on to the ball and rack up some points.
Defense:
Well it seems to be another year of bend dont break D for our beloved Mountaineers. As always our rush defense is solid allowing 87 ypg up to this point and we held Auburn to 100 yards which no one else has came close to doing. Then there is our secondary........umm yeah about that. Well its hard to defend a ball when you can't see it coming (cough, cough Hogan). Bill said that Hogan was going to have to compete for his job but it did not appear that way last Thursday. It seems like every passing TD thrown against us goes right past his ear-hole. We need to find a solid shutdown CB to throw in there and well shutdown big WR's (enter Pat Miller next season). Some of these problems could be resolved if we would wouldn't allow 10 yard cushions on 3rd and 4, seems like we get picked apart on short routes all day. As for our linebackers I think we are ok they aren't missing tackels and are playing tough on short dump passes. Our D line could stand to get more pressure on he QB which could also help the secondary but as of now were tied for 23rd in the nation with sacks. With this defense though as always we will get better as the season goes on and maybe one sweet day we'll get a shutout (I wouldn't hold your breath).
Special Teams:
Kicker is good. Punter is good. Coverage is bad. Althought its not as bad as it was last year we cannot affored to let opponents start with the ball on the 35-40 yd line over and over. We need to find some players that are willing to go all out, get down the field, bust through blocks and take heads off. Untill we do that the 35 will have to do. As a side note our KO coverage against Auburn was pretty good.
I would also like to add a few thoughts on aggression: Our whole team from top to bottom needs to be more aggressive b-e-a-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e. To some extent that goes for individual players but mostly the coaches, when we get up 14 points dont take your foot off the gas!!!!!!! If were up 14 then lets try to go up 21 or shit maybe even 24, dont change your play calling just because your winning. This has been very aggrevating to watch we start out and take shots downfield then bust a big run then we start with shorts routes and conservative running plays and allow teams to crawl back in.
Even though I just made it sound like we are 1-3 instead of 3-1 I still think we have a good shot of winning a Big East Title because I'm a Mountaineer fan and hopefully our coaches wont allow this turnover shit to continue. So with having said that we got SU in the dome sat and I'm waiting for us to finally unleash.
LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!
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