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the 02' defense didn't really play lights out in 01', and the 05' defense didn't really play lights out in 04' either? But, both of those teams the next year when they had more talent returning played exceptionally well. I look for bigger things from this defense
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01-21-2008, 01:16 PM
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I too dabbled in pacifism once.
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That's nice and all, but it doesn't take away from the fact that they didn't play particularly well late in the season.
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01-21-2008, 01:18 PM
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That's nice and all, but it doesn't take away from the fact that they didn't play particularly well late in the season.
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And it didn't play particularly bad either.
Did you guys see Florida? Their defense played like shit the entire year. You know why? It's because they only returned 2 starters from that great '06 D, just like our '06 D only returned 2 starters from that great '05 D. Everyone here is selling our defense waaaaaaay short for next season. |
01-21-2008, 01:21 PM
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That's nice and all, but it doesn't take away from the fact that they didn't play particularly well late in the season.
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They didn't play bad either.
When you are OSU and you return the following:
75%* of the starters on the Dline
66%** of the starters on the LB corp.
100% of the starters from the secondary....
You are going to improve. The unit we had last year + improvement = Great defense.
*: We return Wilson who isn't counted in that.
**: We return Terry who isn't counted in that.
I wont mention how much we return if you count the 2 deep. |
01-21-2008, 07:06 PM
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We also only had 2 returning starters in '06 and 4 in '07. In '08, we'll have 9.
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This bears repeating.
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...and elaboration...
We lost 2 starters: One was a defensive end - we get a defensive end back that was a starter at the beginning of the season last year but was injured.
Another was an Outside Linebacker - we get an outside linebacker back that was injured all year.
We get all of our depth back at every position.
This isn't your average "9 starters returning" situation. It's better.
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01-21-2008, 08:41 PM
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37-21, 25-21, 42-39, 14-3. Bite it, Chad.
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Just a question here, but how does a defense that finished ranked No. 1 in the country in scoring and total defense and loses only 2 starters have to improve to be labeled "sick, filthy, etc"?
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they have to be able to get to the QB without blitzing. which means that the DTs need to improve in a big way.
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Until we keep an SEC team from scorching our defense to the tune of 40 points, I'm not going to be thumping my chest over our defense. Our defense was statistically light years ahead of everyone else's going into the bowls and yet again we got blistered by a team whose offensive unit wasn't really any better than our own.
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