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Quarter-by-quarter look at UAB’s 21-13 win over UTSA
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BlazerGreen is going to hate this headline.

Does anyone have an Evan Dudley-to-English translation guide so I can figure out what the hell he's trying to say in his two-paragraph lede from today's game story? I suppose a Nick Birdsong-to-English translation guide would also work in this case.

FROM DUDLEY:
Its serendipitous nature can either expand your mind or frighten your very soul.

Gerritt Prince must have thought he was in a dream as the senior tight end had a case of Déjà Vu in scoring two touchdowns are similar patterns exactly one month since doing the same in UAB’s season opener.

(10-03-2020 06:04 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  BlazerGreen is going to hate this headline.

Haha!

(10-03-2020 06:04 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  BlazerGreen is going to hate this headline.

Evan Dudley doesn't know dominant defense from jack squat. Dominant defense isn't giving up 5 yards a carry. An opposing back rolling up 150 yards isn't dominant. The best defensive play all day was knocking their 2nd QB out of the game.

I guarantee you Clark is losing sleep over our run defense. It's horrid and against good offensive teams we give up points as well as the yards.

Our defense hasn't played well since before the end of last season. Shredded by FAU, App St., UCA, and Miami. Hung on by their fingernails against a 3rd and 4th team QB of an at best average UTSA.

Right now the strength of our defense is getting to go against weak af competition.

(10-04-2020 07:09 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 06:04 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  BlazerGreen is going to hate this headline.

Evan Dudley doesn't know dominant defense from jack squat. Dominant defense isn't giving up 5 yards a carry. An opposing back rolling up 150 yards isn't dominant. The best defensive play all day was knocking their 2nd QB out of the game.

I guarantee you Clark is losing sleep over our run defense. It's horrid and against good offensive teams we give up points as well as the yards.

Our defense hasn't played well since before the end of last season. Shredded by FAU, App St., UCA, and Miami. Hung on by their fingernails against a 3rd and 4th team QB of an at best average UTSA.

Right now the strength of our defense is getting to go against weak af competition.

I agree that the headline is misleading but its hard to be great against the run when you only play two down linemen. When you play two down linemen it gives the OL more room to get off the line of scrimmage to run block. If you only use two down linemen AND you also want to be good against the run, you need athletic, explosive inside linebackers with the ability to close fast - we do not have those.

Our defense is structured to stop the pass and it IS doing that. We are 1st in the conference and 6th in the country in pass defense. We have yet to give up more than 200 yds. passing (193, UCA) including 158 to Miami who is averaging 279 per game (325 vs. UL, 330 vs. FSU).

(10-04-2020 08:59 AM)BlazeOn Wrote:  

(10-04-2020 07:09 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 06:04 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  BlazerGreen is going to hate this headline.

Evan Dudley doesn't know dominant defense from jack squat. Dominant defense isn't giving up 5 yards a carry. An opposing back rolling up 150 yards isn't dominant. The best defensive play all day was knocking their 2nd QB out of the game.

I guarantee you Clark is losing sleep over our run defense. It's horrid and against good offensive teams we give up points as well as the yards.

Our defense hasn't played well since before the end of last season. Shredded by FAU, App St., UCA, and Miami. Hung on by their fingernails against a 3rd and 4th team QB of an at best average UTSA.

Right now the strength of our defense is getting to go against weak af competition.

I agree that the headline is misleading but its hard to be great against the run when you only play two down linemen. When you play two down linemen it gives the OL more room to get off the line of scrimmage to run block. If you only use two down linemen AND you also want to be good against the run, you need athletic, explosive inside linebackers with the ability to close fast - we do not have those.

Our defense is structured to stop the pass and it IS doing that. We are 1st in the conference and 6th in the country in pass defense. We have yet to give up more than 200 yds. passing (193, UCA) including 158 to Miami who is averaging 279 per game (325 vs. UL, 330 vs. FSU).

I like that explanation about the pass defense ,,,
Did the transfert from LSU will be this kind of defender that we need to stop the run with this kind of set up defense ...

(10-04-2020 08:59 AM)BlazeOn Wrote:  

(10-04-2020 07:09 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 06:04 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  BlazerGreen is going to hate this headline.

Evan Dudley doesn't know dominant defense from jack squat. Dominant defense isn't giving up 5 yards a carry. An opposing back rolling up 150 yards isn't dominant. The best defensive play all day was knocking their 2nd QB out of the game.

I guarantee you Clark is losing sleep over our run defense. It's horrid and against good offensive teams we give up points as well as the yards.

Our defense hasn't played well since before the end of last season. Shredded by FAU, App St., UCA, and Miami. Hung on by their fingernails against a 3rd and 4th team QB of an at best average UTSA.

Right now the strength of our defense is getting to go against weak af competition.

I agree that the headline is misleading but its hard to be great against the run when you only play two down linemen. When you play two down linemen it gives the OL more room to get off the line of scrimmage to run block. If you only use two down linemen AND you also want to be good against the run, you need athletic, explosive inside linebackers with the ability to close fast - we do not have those.

Our defense is structured to stop the pass and it IS doing that. We are 1st in the conference and 6th in the country in pass defense. We have yet to give up more than 200 yds. passing (193, UCA) including 158 to Miami who is averaging 279 per game (325 vs. UL, 330 vs. FSU).

We've played one good team. Miami wasn't going to pass much because they didn't have to while rushing for 330 yards. Other than King we've played an FCS QB (still gave up 35) and a bunch of back ups.

Agree completely about the LB's. Need to get #23 on the field and keep him there. Not sure about the 2 down lineman. I see 22 and 16 on the ends almost every snap. Why do you not think we play with a 4 man front?

We dont play a NT often this year because the whole point of having a nose tackle is that he has to be double teamed or you cant run the ball up the middle. We dont have a NT on the roster that has to be double teamed. UTSA has a pretty good center and he was mauling our interior line even when we had a NT lined up over him.

(10-04-2020 10:41 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  We dont play a NT often this year because the whole point of having a nose tackle is that he has to be double teamed or you cant run the ball up the middle. We dont have a NT on the roster that has to be double teamed. UTSA has a pretty good center and he was mauling our interior line even when we had a NT lined up over him.

Good points by you and BlazeOn, which both add up to gaps in recruiting. I think we had better overall talent on defense in 2017, after folding the program for two years. That's perplexing considering the facility improvements and winning we've done since the hiatus.

We added #10 and #23 very late in the process. Without them this D would really be thin. Last years class added hardly any immediate depth.

We beat UTSA in every box score stat except for 4th down effeciency and turnovers. We gave them a short field more times than I liked but we won. We as fans have quickly turned from expecting losses to expecting dominant wins. I like what Clark has been able to do to the program. I actually sat through the 2nd half expecting us to hold on and win whereas before I would be wondering how we were going to lose.

(10-04-2020 12:31 PM)GreenGiant67 Wrote:  We beat UTSA in every box score stat except for 4th down effeciency and turnovers. We gave them a short field more times than I liked but we won. We as fans have quickly turned from expecting losses to expecting dominant wins. I like what Clark has been able to do to the program. I actually sat through the 2nd half expecting us to hold on and win whereas before I would be wondering how we were going to lose.

I hear ya and I still love em no matter. I just know that we need to be putting our best foot forward right now. Every game is an audition. Wins and losses are important but looking and acting like a certain level of program is too. We need to be creating separation between us and the rest of Cadaver USA. We need to win and look more like an AAC team doing it. Let there be no doubt who that league needs to add. That's why our sloppy brand of football is driving me crazy.

Giving up 4 turnovers can make a defense look worse than it is because the opponent is going to get some yards and maybe a score when they come back on the field. Not sure we could calculate how many additional yards were gained after a turnover, but it makes the defense look worse on the scoresheet and, sometimes, the scoreboard.

4 turnovers is bad, mmmkay?


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