(11-17-2020 10:16 AM)moehler Wrote:  

(11-17-2020 09:35 AM)stingingeagle Wrote:  

(11-16-2020 09:50 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  App has played the following defenses:

2
76
104
107
112
116
Campbell

We are somewhat of a product of the defense. We scored 17 on number 107.

(11-17-2020 08:35 AM)App State 85 Wrote:  One thing that hasn't been mentioned that has been very concerning to me this year (and for the past 3 or so) is App's inability to get off the field on 3rd and longs... We seem to do better on 3rd and shorts. Time and again Saturday we gave up first downs on those long situations. That will have to be corrected.

It's interesting that according to NCAA statistics, we are essentially joined at the hip in terms of defense as a whole. We are probably more of a product of our defense than you guys. Not sure how our histories ebb and flow without deviating too much from the mean, even entwining at times. Our defenses are good. Not going to lie though, 3rd and anything I consider to be commercial break and do something else at that moment.

I hear you, 1st and 2nd downs don’t concerned me, but man, I get nervous with 3rd and 7-12 yds, not sure what’s going on, but we can make any qb look like Tom Brady on 3rd and long.

We will be testing that theory this weekend with Army, who have a combined completion percentage of 42%, worst in the league...
Does make me wonder though, if we are running an "App St" defense and we have similar issues, then what philosophy is in error? There's a bug in the software somewhere