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Poll: Who would you start at LB against Texas?

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Who would you start at LB against Texas?

  • James Laurinaitis

    Votes: 126 74.1%

  • Ross Homan

    Votes: 132 77.6%

  • Marcus Freeman

    Votes: 163 95.9%

  • Larry Grant

    Votes: 53 31.2%

  • Curtis Terry

    Votes: 2 1.2%

  • John Kerr

    Votes: 30 17.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Total voters
    170
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jimotis4heisman said:
its not who starts the game, its who finnishes it...

honestly my guess is the game will start in nickel.
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What makes you say that? Do you think the Horns will come out passing? I'm not so sure about the nickel thought, because you have to counter size (which the Horns have plenty of along the line) with size. Also consider the fact that McCoy is starting his first significant game. Mack is going to play is safe for a bit, and allow McCoy to settle. Therefore, I'm thinking we'll come out in a base defense, so we can force them into passing situations by (hopefully) stopping their running attack.

As for the starters, I'd like to see: Freeman, Homan, Laurinaitis

I'd also like to see more of Grant, he seemed to be around the football a lot yesterday.
 
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In agreement with Freeman and Homan and, after rethinking what I posted in a previous thread, Lauranitis will probably get the edge over Grant (even though I think Grant had a slightly better game), simply because he has some big game experience. Both Grant and Lauranitis showed positives and negatives and both played on the same level... IMO, whoever plays better against Texas will start the rest of the year.
 
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daddyphatsacs said:
What makes you say that? Do you think the Horns will come out passing? I'm not so sure about the nickel thought, because you have to counter size (which the Horns have plenty of along the line) with size. Also consider the fact that McCoy is starting his first significant game. Mack is going to play is safe for a bit, and allow McCoy to settle. Therefore, I'm thinking we'll come out in a base defense, so we can force them into passing situations by (hopefully) stopping their running attack.

As for the starters, I'd like to see: Freeman, Homan, Laurinaitis

I'd also like to see more of Grant, he seemed to be around the football a lot yesterday.
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im not convinved they will come out gunning, but i really do expect texas to start from a 3 or 4 wide look. just a hunch. i really do think well see a lot of 3 wides, from what i saw saturday id guess mack and his staff will make players tackle in space early and often.
 
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I went with Homan, Laurinitias and Freeman.

I think we also need to see Anderson Russell starting besides Mitchell at Safety.

One thing is for sure: Stopping the run and screen MUST be the focus of practice this week. A return to fundamentals...tackling, playing disciplined football, etc. If we stop the run, we win the game imo.
 
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That might be your greatest post...I agree completely and sadly believe it applies to a few guys who played significant snaps yesterday

Hey grad you have alluded to this in several post... Other then Kerr who else needs to be replaced in your opinion...

From rewatching the game here would be my starting D Line-up

DE - V.Gholston
DT - Q.Pitcock
DT - D.Patterson
DE - L.Wilson

SAM - Freeman
WILL - Homan
MIKE - James L. (Weak link) someone needs to step up Edit:(with the above line-up)

CB - Jenkins
CB - Washington (hopefull Coleman can take this)
S - Russel
S - O'neal (can't be as bad as Mitchell)

MIKE, CB, FS are big concerns for me
 
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Granted, Mitchell missed some tackles and could have taken some better angles, BUT he was the leading tackler for the day, and saved a touchdown by running down GW. I think we need his Senior leadership right now. O'Neal, imo, looks pretty lost out there.
 
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I agree our biggest ? at LB is at the WILL. Kerr seemed to be a liability out there. As far as James is concerned, he might not have had a lot of abailty to make plays since most we outside of his gaps, but you never heard his name last year (understandable) and nothing yesterday. The couple times I did focus on him he was unable to shed a block. The coaches see more then we ever will and I am confident they will put the best 11 out there. From what I saw, Homan (if he is healthy) played better then Kerr and deserves the nod.
 
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lvbuckeye said:
because they wouldn't know what the C gap was if Beanie Wells came through it and trucked them...

Will LB was struggling... JL was trying to pickup the slack...
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all right... in order to ensure that i knew what i was talking about, i did a little research... turns out i was correct, but i found an outstanding article that describes D-line technique and gap responsiblity at football outsiders.com that i highly recommend... i will refrain from pasting the article over here, unless someone wants me to, but i will provide the link.
 
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