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NFBuck said:
It doesn’t matter how good your OL is when you have no passing game and a gaggle of mediocre RBs. Defenses can just pin their ears back and bull rush you. :lol: Seriously, wiscy is totally depleted at the skill positions. They used to take those 3* kids and make stars. It appears the well may have run dry…
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There's no season-long trend there, though. 2 sacks given up to Penn State. 1 sack each given up to E Mich and ND, and then suddenly 6 given up to TTUN.
I'm just wondering if TTUN's defense is suddenly real. Only 1 sack on W Mich, 4 on Wash, 1 each on N Ill and Rutgers, then 6 on Wiscy.
Maybe it was just a fluke of matchups.
 
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shetuck said:
There's no season-long trend there, though. 2 sacks given up to Penn State. 1 sack each given up to E Mich and ND, and then suddenly 6 given up to TTUN.
I'm just wondering if TTUN's defense is suddenly real. Only 1 sack on W Mich, 4 on Wash, 1 each on N Ill and Rutgers, then 6 on Wiscy.
Maybe it was just a fluke of matchups.
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I mean that sounds exactly like the D under Don Brown till last year. Murder one dimensional undermanned teams
 
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Bucklion said:
And that’s not me cheering any injuries, they were awful with Penix too
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Penix seems like he’s regressed. Tom Allen has the IU D (ha ha) playing better than I can remember. They had an impressive goal line stand against PSU, stuffing them on 4th and goal from the 1 yd line. But I figured they’d at least get a score in the game. In recent years their offense had some potency.
 
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shetuck said:
I guess we'll find out when they play Sparty. It will be fun to watch the meltdown if they go into that game 7-0, or to Penn State at 9-0.
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shetuck said:
There's no season-long trend there, though. 2 sacks given up to Penn State. 1 sack each given up to E Mich and ND, and then suddenly 6 given up to TTUN.
I'm just wondering if TTUN's defense is suddenly real. Only 1 sack on W Mich, 4 on Wash, 1 each on N Ill and Rutgers, then 6 on Wiscy.
Maybe it was just a fluke of matchups.
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I think they're about as real as Don Browns defenses that were always ranked amongst the best in the country until they play somebody worth a damn. The new guy they got from the Ravens is blitz-mad, just like Brown was. So it is actually a little surprising how inconsistent the sack numbers have been. But really, they aren't that talented on D. They've just had the fortune of playing some really weak opposition so far. I mean, it's an improvement on last year when they were even losing to those teams, but I' still think they get wrecked once they face a real team. They are terrible in the secondary, so.those low sack numbers against a capable QB would find him feasting on their shit DBs, but they literally have not played on decent passing team in 5 weeks. Once they do, it'll get ugly.
 
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