Quote from: zipmac22 on Yesterday at 12:16:57 AMWhy is it that tackling with wrapping both arms around the opponent instead of throwing themselves and hope they make contact? The defense gave up so many extra yards because they can't even perform a basic tackle. If we continue to play like that when HSU comes to the CRUthedral there won't be any post season for the Cru.
Also, why was Coach Harmon pulling back the throttle going into the second half? He should be putting in the second and third string to give them the ability to gain valuable experience as well as showing their skills. If The Cru fail to play on in the playoffs I really hope that the school leadership cut ties and find a head coach that can do the job. Coach Harmon was handed the football team who just won their third National Championship and he has run the program into the ground. This is Coach Harmon's fifth year and he fully owns the good, bad and the ugly.
Respectfully, I'm not entirely sure which game you were watching. The defense might've been the most impressive I've seen them look since Harmon has taken over, and we've had some very good defenses over the last few sea
Quote from: Crubacker on October 10, 2026, 07:23:11 PMIt looks like linemen are pass blocking during runs, they should be driving defenders down the field. Averaging 300 lbs along the line and the running game isn't any better than that---pathetic. One dimensional isn't going to cut it. Harmon was going off on everybody, I'm surprised he didn't gripe at the cheerleaders too!
Yea, run game was bad. I'm certain that will be a big area of emphasis after this week. However, it's worth noting that the offense had a short field all day and HPU was loading the box big time - essentially daring us to pass, which we did. If anything I'd say maybe we should've just thrown a little more against those type of defensive looks instead of running into more numbers than we had.
I'm not saying the Offensive line played well in the run game, they didn't. They've been soft at times this season and seem to be "catching" defenders instead of bulldozing them, you are 100% correct there. Need to get some dawgs in there if we have them, regardless of size. But again it never helps trying to run into a loaded box.
The defense looked REALLY good. You could tell coach Harmon was fired up too and he had every right to be. Haven't seen the starting unit look that good in a while... if we can maintain that level of production and continue to improve I think we have some really good things within reach.
We said going into this season we were unusually talented, even for our standards and I think some of that is starting to show now that new guys are getting up to speed on how the coaches want the position(s) to be played.
So many guys to highlight but I'll try:
Both starting safety positions. #31 Brody Woods looks like the man out there and hits like a truck. #32 is a true freshman from Chattanooga TN and is emerging as a true freshman phenom at that position, fast and also laid the wood a few times yesterday. Both of those guys are seeing things fast.
Linebackers are locked in, Joey Johnson is awesome. Fast too.
Ty Legg at oustide backer/nickel reminds me of Baylor Mullins out there (I know, high praise).
Scooby Carter is starting to see things faster and made a great forced fumble big hit yesterday.
The D Line is 2 deep with some of the best athletes in the country and all over the QB of late.
Offensively I think we have to force feed Meullion a little bit more he is a stud WR1 caliber player. That will open up the middle for BJ. Horton continues to look like the best QB we've had in several years and flashed the wheels and toughness yesterday.
Good things !