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Post by Tee-Sharp on Sept 2, 2014 10:19:57 GMT -5
Those are my exact same thoughts oleschool. After watching the game, it's crucial that our front 7 or 8 keep their QB hurried and off balance. Our secondary isn't quite ready for a constant barrage of passes. But who knows, maybe they will surprise me.
As for the offense, I was down on Quick after the 1st quarter but he looked a whole lot better from that point on. I think we'll be adequate on offense. It's just a matter of keeping Coastal from destroying our secondary.
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Post by AggieMac on Sept 2, 2014 10:51:50 GMT -5
After watching the A&M game multiple times now I was really impressed by our O-Line. They were our real MVPs of the game. When you have your tackles leading the way 15+ yards down the field and your guards using good technique with zone blocking it will create success any day for the offense.
Quick in my opinion is a pure rhythm QB. He is just a thrower from what I can tell not a passer who can accurately hit the receivers in the chest every time. If he can warm up early in the game against Coastal with good screens and short slants he should be able to manage the game pretty well...Oh and if at all possible please hit Des Lawrence in open space so that he can work. We will have to use all of our weapons this weekend.
The defense will just have to work on not giving up the big plays and create stops on 3rd downs. There were too many penalties and blown coverages on the deep passes, which Coastal I'm sure will try to exploit early an often.
Our confidence should be riding high going into this first home game of the season. We know who the QB is, everyone knows their roles now, it just comes down the fundamentals and not shooting ourselves in the foot and I see an upset brewing this Saturday.
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Post by DOOMS on Sept 2, 2014 10:57:16 GMT -5
I expect us to be knocked back into reality but I'm hoping to pull an App State on 'em.
They have no reason to respect us. They've played much more than their fair share of MEAC opponents over the years but as far as I know they've never lost to ONE MEAC team. Not once. We are a lot better than prior years, but guess what? They are light years ahead of where they were in prior years. Frankly I feel they've improved even more than we have from the last time we played them. That is a scary thought. They've gone from regionally respectable to national powerhouse. We're still working on the regionally respectable thing. Beating them would help.
If we were to win this game it would probably be the biggest win in school history. It's been quite a while since we've beaten a pwc team that ended the year with a winning record (the early 90s I believe) and CCU will definitely end the year with a winning record.
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Post by ohsixrain on Sept 2, 2014 11:20:15 GMT -5
Anybody on our schedule can be had this year...Period!!! It's a matter of execution and minimizing mistakes. Against AAMU, we had too many mistakes but, we had more talent and speed. We will not out-talent this team...we have to bring some mentals to this game as well. But, that's what I think CCU won't be expecting...us having our mental act together. Another area in which folk don't place a high priority on is special teams. I believe we have an advantage there as well. This one should be interesting. Only thing, we cannot get down early and play catch up.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 2, 2014 11:36:56 GMT -5
other than coach broadway's first year at a&t playing app state, coach broadway has done an outstanding job preparing our teams to compete against teams that we were considered heavy underdogs to beat. i mean, think about the bcu game at aggie stadium that nobody including myself expected us to win? last year nobody expected us to beat app state and most folks didn't expect us to handle elon either. even games against scsu and bcu on the road, we were very competitive and had opportunities win those games. off the top of my head, that first game against app state is the only broadway coached team that's ever gotten blown out.
2 years ago we played a reasonably competitive game against coastal carolina in myrtle beach. so while it may be tough to beat ccu this weekend, clearly i expect us to be competitive and make it a close game if we don't win. i think playing that first game in orlando exposed some things that we probably couldn't see when we practice against ourselves. at least now the coaches know exactly what we need to work on before we play ccu and i fully expect some improvement along those lines because i believe in our coaches. i believe they will breakdown the game film and nip these problems in the bud...
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Post by DECKS on Sept 2, 2014 12:17:18 GMT -5
I expect us to be knocked back into reality but I'm hoping to pull an App State on 'em. They have no reason to respect us. They've played much more than their fair share of MEAC opponents over the years but as far as I know they've never lost to ONE MEAC team. Not once. We are a lot better than prior years, but guess what? They are light years ahead of where they were in prior years. Frankly I feel they've improved even more than we have from the last time we played them. That is a scary thought. They've gone from regionally respectable to national powerhouse. We're still working on the regionally respectable thing. Beating them would help. If we were to win this game it would probably be the biggest win in school history. It's been quite a while since we've beaten a pwc team that ended the year with a winning record (the early 90s I believe) and CCU will definitely end the year with a winning record. Del State beat them in 2007 but outside of that they've owned the MEAC. Since that time they've slowly evolved into the Big Dawg or should I say Big Chikinin the Southeast. With CCU being ranked #5 in the nation I think this might possibly be the biggest non-conference game to ever come to Aggie Stadium. In all seriousness these chikins are so good we could play our "A" game and still lose by a couple of touchdowns. With such a young team I hope the guys don't get too hyped. If we can keep it close till the 4th quarter who knows what can happen?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 12:23:32 GMT -5
Unfortunately Coastal's strength (effective passing QB) is our weak spot (defensive backs). If we can find a way to make Quick a better passer and our DB's better covering receivers in one week we will have a shot. Miracles can happen. i don't know that our problem is that our db's can't cover well. to me, the problem appeared to be a lack of "communication" in our secondary more than anything else. i mean, i didn't see aa&m wr's shake our db's to get open. what i saw was aa&m wr's release from the line of scrimmage and not a single soul in our secondary bothered to pick them up. i don't if some of our db's thought we were playing zone coverage instead of man coverage or vice versa. i think we have the necessary speed and cover skills in our secondary, but i don't think they've played together long enough to communicate the coverages properly. i mean, aa&m wr's released from the line of scrimmage and basically nobody paid attention to them as if our safeties were gonna pick them up... There was a play where the Left Corner got a Pass Interference call in the end zone in the 1st quarter. He got beat due to how he played his portion of the zone, which goes back to scheme. The DB appeared that he was supposed to push the outside flanker towards the safety but the way he opened hips and his positioning during the start of the play allowed the receiver to easily get behind him and the coverage. Things like that have me very worried.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 2, 2014 12:34:17 GMT -5
i don't know that our problem is that our db's can't cover well. to me, the problem appeared to be a lack of "communication" in our secondary more than anything else. i mean, i didn't see aa&m wr's shake our db's to get open. what i saw was aa&m wr's release from the line of scrimmage and not a single soul in our secondary bothered to pick them up. i don't if some of our db's thought we were playing zone coverage instead of man coverage or vice versa. i think we have the necessary speed and cover skills in our secondary, but i don't think they've played together long enough to communicate the coverages properly. i mean, aa&m wr's released from the line of scrimmage and basically nobody paid attention to them as if our safeties were gonna pick them up... There was a play where the Left Corner got a Pass Interference call in the end zone in the 1st quarter. He got beat due to how he played his portion of the zone, which goes back to scheme. The DB appeared that he was supposed to push the outside flanker towards the safety but the way he opened hips and his positioning during the start of the play allowed the receiver to easily get behind him and the coverage. Things like that have me very worried. you're right, i'm concerned about that too, no question about it. i'm not saying our db "one-on-one" coverage was perfect. in the example you mentioned, at least he was "stride for stride" with that dude, but dude got a step on our guy in the endzone and caught the pass over top of him. to me, in terms of coverage, i didn't think our db did such a poor job on that play. at least he was "there" when the ball arrived. however, there were numerous other plays where we didn't have a db within 5 yards of a wide open receiver. that troubles me a lot more than that play....
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 2, 2014 13:01:41 GMT -5
PREVIEW FROM A POSTER ON COASTAL CAROLINA'S MESSAGE BOARD:
Thoughts on last week’s game: Some of us made the trip down to Charleston to support the Chants and there were 2 or 3 busses of students that went as well. They were great the entire game as they never sat down. I’ll give them credit, after the first quarter, they followed our “you can’t do that” chant with the beeping noise of a truck in reverse. Points for creativity. Overall I think we were, as expected, not a polished performance by any means, but good enough to get the job done relatively easily. There is always room for improvement. One area that I noticed was in the second half, Alex was staring down his target for one entire series. One pass was almost picked off, and the other two quick passes/laterals went for no gain or a loss of yardage. If he stares down his targets against a better team, we could pay for it ala Aramis Hillary. Thankfully I don’t think there were any injuries other than Hop and one other player cramping up in the second half, but both players returned to the game.
Preview: This is the second game of the year for both teams. Coastal’s second road game and A&T’s home opener, so expect a lively crowd…for a while. The Aggie offense runs through their QB, Kwashaun Quick, and their speedy Sophomore RB Tarik Cohen who rushed for 1,100+ yards last year after taking over in Week 5 as the starter. NC A&T was on ESPN earlier this week and I watched the game (ugly as it was) as they beat Alabama A&M quite handily. A few things I noticed were (I only watched intently for the first half since it was 38-7 at that point): * The defensive line was doing a pretty poor job of tackling, and overall their whole team seemed to either arm tackle or go for the big knock out hit and not wrap up the guy with the ball. * Their main defensive scheme was a 4-2-5 – I believe that is the same scheme that CCU runs – if I’m right, I would expect Coach Patenaude to know how to exploit it. * On the other side of the ball, they also run a similar style with Quick almost always in the shotgun with the read option. Hopefully our defense has had plenty of time to work on that going against Ross who runs it much better with much more talented skill players around him. * One area I think could really benefit the CCU offense is starting field position. The kickoffs from A&T (and there were plenty of them) hardly ever went inside the 10yd line and I saw multiple ones where the A&M return man was starting from between the 15-20yd line. If that’s the case this week, Devin could have a field day. * A&T did do some good things and has some speedy players. Their OL did open up some huge holes for both Quick and Cohen. Cohen is very speedy and if he gets into the open field it’s going to be hard to catch up to him. The key will be to stop him before he gets going (Captain Obvious). Their kick returner, #21 took one to the house as well and he was pretty darn fast too. I wouldn’t be opposed to pooching it down there and making someone else field the ball.
Past History with the team and Conference: CCU is 3-0 all-time vs NC A&T outscoring them 88-24 (29-13 in 2012, 31-14 in 2011, and 28-7 in 2009). I believe that we are 16-1 all-time versus MEAC schools with our only loss coming at Delaware State in the 2007 season opener 23-18. ** Correction we're actually 4-0 against A&T beating them 20-7 in an ugly game in Greensboro in 2008. (Thanks Cap'n). We have defeated Bethune-Cookman the previous two years in the first round of the FCS Playoffs by a combined score of 72-38 (24-14 at Bethune, and 48-24 at home). Unfortunately we play two more MEAC schools this year which is two too many for me. I don’t mind playing SC State because it’s normally a good game and a good crowd, but I am really getting tired of MEAC schools.
Common Opponents from previous year: Last year both teams played Elon, and SC State. A&T lost to both teams in relatively close games. CCU defeated both teams, playing SC State close at their place, and blowing out Elon on the road 53-28. ( NOTE: Wrong. Aggies defeated Elon last season, 23-10. Decks pointed this out to them.)
Statistical Breakdown: On defense the Aggies put up some impressive numbers allowing less than 300yards/game (277.9), BUT this was against a strength of schedule ranked 230th out of 253 teams. As a point of reference CCU had the 171st ranked schedule last year, and when we played A&T in 2012 when they had the top pass defense, we put up 437yds (274 through the air, 163 on the ground). Quick was not their starting QB last year, but A&T was a run first team last year and is this year too.
CCU Offensive Player of the Game: This past week it goes to Bruce Mapp for the 10 catches (should have been 11, but the ref called him out of bounds), 108 yards and a score. Honorable Mention to Hop who had 88 yards and a score. I don’t remember what quarter it was, but he was one on one with a Citadel defender and made one sick move and the kid was grabbing air. Can’t wait to see what he brings the rest of the year. This week, if it was a tight game, it would be Ross, but I don’t see that happening, so I’m going with Hop. I think he will continue to be the Player of the Games until we play a team that can 1) cover our WRs one on one and help in the box, and 2) realize CCU isn’t a one trick pony on offense and they can’t drop back and try to force Alex to make a mistake because he isn’t going to do it. He’s too damn smart.
CCU Defensive Player of the Game: Last week it goes to Quinn Backus. 14 tackles, 9 of them solo, and 2 forced fumbles. The kid is a beast, it doesn’t matter what type of offense you run, he will wreak havoc on you one way or another. Honorable Mention to Colton Blackburn who had 9 tackles, 8 solo. This week, I see NC A&T falling behind and throwing most of the second half. The D-Line will be pinning their ears back for the final 30 minutes. Sampson could get a few picks or Hollenhorst might get a few coverage sacks.
Prediction: Ross picks apart the defense with his arms and legs. I say he combines for 310 yards, and sits towards the end of the game. Hop busts a few big ones, maybe gets 90-110yds and two touchdowns. The defense stacks the box, forces Quick to beat us with his arm and he can’t…CCU rolls 45-13.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 2, 2014 13:12:56 GMT -5
We need this game. Although we had clear flaws in our secondary, I like our overall team speed and talent. I'm still worried about Quick as our QB, but at least he's been exposed to CCU (2 years ago)....and he was our starting QB when we beat App St. I'm okay with the staff simplifying a few things for him to make him more confident in the pocket. He has to make some big plays to keep drives going.
Once again......WATCH HOW WE DO ON 3RD DOWNS......
I don't see us getting embarassed. Coach Broadway will have us ready to compete - but a W would sure look good. This game will really tell us if we truly belong....
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 2, 2014 13:47:24 GMT -5
Prediction: Ross picks apart the defense with his arms and legs. I say he combines for 310 yards, and sits towards the end of the game. Hop busts a few big ones, maybe gets 90-110yds and two touchdowns. The defense stacks the box, forces Quick to beat us with his arm and he can’t… CCU rolls 45-13. « Last Edit: Today at 10:35:49 AM by bodoyle » I'm not a big fan of using message board talk to get a team ready.....but damn, this dude thinks CCU will beat us 45-13. I just don't see how a player or coach, when seeing this, wouldn't be ticked by such a prediction. Somebody let the team know this is how lowly they think of us. If this doesn't get them focused, nothing will. 45-13.......I'm cool with someone picking CCU to beat us.......but by 32 points in Aggie Stadium against Coach Broadway??? Now them's fighting words!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 13:55:58 GMT -5
There was a play where the Left Corner got a Pass Interference call in the end zone in the 1st quarter. He got beat due to how he played his portion of the zone, which goes back to scheme. The DB appeared that he was supposed to push the outside flanker towards the safety but the way he opened hips and his positioning during the start of the play allowed the receiver to easily get behind him and the coverage. Things like that have me very worried. you're right, i'm concerned about that too, no question about it. i'm not saying our db "one-on-one" coverage was perfect. in the example you mentioned, at least he was "stride for stride" with that dude, but dude got a step on our guy in the endzone and caught the pass over top of him. to me, in terms of coverage, i didn't think our db did such a poor job on that play. at least he was "there" when the ball arrived. however, there were numerous other plays where we didn't have a db within 5 yards of a wide open receiver. that troubles me a lot more than that play.... Right. He played it well but by design, that coverage anticipated the outside man running an inside route sending him to the midfield where we had our safeties. Whatever that coverage was, we need to limit that call in order to win this game. It almost seems as if we need to be in a man coverage or cover-3 base to keep our guys in proper position to knock down passes and help our pass rush get pressure on their QB. If that QB has time, he will pick us apart.
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Post by DECKS on Sept 2, 2014 14:31:23 GMT -5
you're right, i'm concerned about that too, no question about it. i'm not saying our db "one-on-one" coverage was perfect. in the example you mentioned, at least he was "stride for stride" with that dude, but dude got a step on our guy in the endzone and caught the pass over top of him. to me, in terms of coverage, i didn't think our db did such a poor job on that play. at least he was "there" when the ball arrived. however, there were numerous other plays where we didn't have a db within 5 yards of a wide open receiver. that troubles me a lot more than that play.... Right. He played it well but by design, that coverage anticipated the outside man running an inside route sending him to the midfield where we had our safeties. Whatever that coverage was, we need to limit that call in order to win this game. It almost seems as if we need to be in a man coverage or cover-3 base to keep our guys in proper position to knock down passes and help our pass rush get pressure on their QB. If that QB has time, he will pick us apart. Two years ago I seem to recall their qb picking our defense apart with a lot of short passes to their scatback, Mastromatteo (sp). Linebackers better be ready to cover the underneath zones. Their tailback also went for over 100 yards rushing against us which is a rarity. They have an offensive scheme that makes you defend every position. Our best weapon will have to be scoring points. If Quick could hit a few passes that would open things up for us.
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Post by ohsixrain on Sept 2, 2014 16:05:54 GMT -5
With our 4-2-5 defense...we have to make sure our D-line keep gap integrity to prevent the qb from scrambling and I really think we will be fine. I don't think we should just sit back in zone either, take the fight to them and see what all this talent does. Any qb can look all world with no pressure and wide open receivers. Simplify the defense and let the talent of the defense bleed through. Then, at the end of the day, if that's not enough the oh well.
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Post by AggieGroove on Sept 2, 2014 16:15:26 GMT -5
I really think the DBs will step up and be OK….as a matter of fact, I am OK with the entire defense!
Dem boys know how to ball also…just like the offense….a litlle more consistency in the pass game and we will be dangerous!
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