They might be looking for an excuse as to why cam had a sub par game. Yeah, he beat us. But he still had a sub par game.
Maybe in the rushing department. Didnt he throw 3 touchdown passes and zero interceptions? If thats a sub par game, then I need everyone to share whatever they are smoking.
Yeah, I think he finished 65% completion, 255 yards combined, 4TDs combined, and zero turnovers.
Oh the day we have a QB who has that kind of
sub-par game....
But yeah, I don't believe we would do this. I think CNS has too much pride to even want to win a game that way - even if it presented itself. I can see why the barners might think that with the way the first 20 minutes went, after seeing their offense chew up defenses all year after the Clemson game.
But thats BS. Truth is, CKS and CNS realized the key to stopping them was to shut down their inside run-game and force some three and outs early. I've watched them all season and one thing I have realized about that offense is that it is susceptible at the beginning of every drive, and doubly so at the beginning of the ballgame.
The only way to stop them is by getting them off the field BEFORE they move the chains. If they get a first down on you, then its on. They crank up the tempo and begin running plays off other plays and the defense gets knocked back on its heels in a quickness and they just storm down the field. But they are vulnerable prior to moving the chains and we took full advantage of that characteristic.
We realized it and completely sold out to stop that inside zone-read and inside power at the beginning of drives and it threw them all out of wack. Eventually they countered with some slants and swing passes to the speed back and that's when the game started to swing, but by then we should have built enough seperation to control the game and win. It just didn't happen.
But I credit our coaches for a great initial gameplan. They just didn't make the necessary adjustments to regain control after halftime.
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