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ThePostGame.com gets in on the act with an article on the importance of S&C
S&C is indubitably becoming more and more important, not less. Thus more and more light should be shined on what program Batson runs and its results.
NCAA 2013 EA's official simulation of Orange Bowl
For anyone interested.
Jack Del Rio out in Jacksonville according to Chris Mortenson
Wow, the firing season has begun. Nine years in charge is over.
I know it's a couple of months from now, and we are still waiting for the season just to start, but....
This is the one game I have circled on the schedule this year. This is the one game I really want to win the most. I know it's just a regular season game, but I really want the taste of that 48-27 BS out of my mouth.
If we can field an actual viable NFL secondary this time, and hold Brady to less than the 5 TDs and 388 yards he had last time, maybe we stand a chance, even at New England.
Make no mistake, though, this will likely be a harbinger of how far we've come and how good we actually are. It will be a tough game. We will have two weeks to prepare, though, so I expect JG and RR to pull a creative game plan together.
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An idea for a new revenue stream for the NFL
by mdlusk on Jun 30, 2011 1:37 AM EDT
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In the never-ending quest for "mo' money" by the League, here's a new idea, and one we might like and appreciate as fans. Stream games for instant viewing on Netflix. Offer a special package for, say $10 per game, and season packages of say $140 to follow one team the whole season. I've noticed we don't have many choices for viewing games, either we get the "free" network broadcasts, or we pay for ALL games every week on Sunday Ticket from one satellite provider.
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Jacoby Ford represents Clemson well in the League
Now if only CJ could get a real shot to show who he is.
Bellamy becomes candidate for another Forrest Gump award.
You know, stupid is as stupid does. The fact that he would do this, even as a joke, in the current NCAA environment of trigger-happy investigations is beyond the pale.
At least he's not quite Joe Craig stupid. No one is bleeding. But this kind of stupid can get the whole team in trouble, and not just one player.
Scout says 4 star WR Cordrea Tankersly commits
revamping of our WR corps hopefully continuing.
The exact draft I would do if were drafting for the Cowboys in the 2011 draft.
This is by Jonathan Bales, and I agree with him here in basically every point.
Ball was probably the first domino in the chain of problems that killed our defense.
Being awful, the corners could not trust him to back them up and be in position, so they pressed harder and made many more mistakes. The front seven could not get consistent pressure on the passer from a 3-4 set, so Wade sent 5, 6, and 7 guys after the passer to try to take him down before he could get the pass off. The blitzes were poorly designed and exposed the secondary to even more danger when they failed (which is the vast majority of the time), and not only were blitzes picked up, the QB then had all day to throw to WRs that our CBs had to cover for over 7 seconds with no free safety help.
All this was even more exaggerated after Romo went down and Wade and the defense as a whole was pressing to make up for his absence (Ware being uncharacteristically way out of position too many times comes to mind). Guys started freelancing, then pointing fingers, then just giving up at times. Thus the 31st ranked pass defense, two straight blowout giveups to GB and Jacksonville, and Wade fired.
Even after JG was elevated, he couldn’t fix the defense with Paul Pasqualoni because they had no answer at FS and had to cover for that deficiency. They at least managed more turnovers, and stopped the insane number of high risk, poorly designed blitzes. They were still way too easy to pass on, though.
Moral of the story, free safety is the glue holding the defense together, with an adequate Ken Hamlin we were fine and got good pressure on the QB. With Alan Ball, we were awesomely bad.
Da'Quan Bowers has a poor workout at his pro day
This is going to cost him millions. Might have dropped out of the top 5. I guess he's still not yet in football shape again.
Interview with Boyd transcript (about new offense, new players, etc.)
Since Boyd is one of my big question marks for next year, it was good to see this interview. He seems to be fully embracing the changes and looking very much forward to all the new guys coming in, and doing the little things he needs to do to improve.
Dabo says wait until 2012
Basically he expects we'll be some form of "great" in 2012 because that is when most of the players will be from his and his staff's recruiting.
Umm, what about 2011, Dabo? There better be some basic improvements or you won't see 2012.
Bellamy still "100% committed" to Clemson
I was a bit worried after yesterday of going to Tennessee. Looks like that won't happen unless we make a stupid OC hire.
All 128 scenarios for the Atlantic Division winner
All Clemson scenarios start with beating FSU, as you might imagine. All but one also include winning against Wake Forest. But we can even back into a division "title" by going 6-6 and 4-4 conference. And then even go to a BCS auto-qualifier game if we somehow ambushed VT. < facepalm> Any questions about why the ACC is laughed at?
Things less painful than being a Dallas Cowboy fan.
by mdlusk on Nov 8, 2010 6:37 AM EST
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We're all upset, we're all depressed. I'll try to inject a modicum of black humor. Maybe it will at least be a tad therapeutic. The hard part was finding things that AREN'T less painful than being a Cowboy fan. As for me and this season, I'm not interested in the top draft pick. I'm only interested in winning, too bad the Cowboys don't agree.
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Desperate, "depressed" Troy and Roger get a little silly.
Both offered to play QB when Tony went down, and Troy was half-serious (he's 44). Troy said he thought always could play if he didn't get hit, which he believes the rules now keep that from happening.
But as I said, it's silly.
Dabo still doesn't get it yet.
We're "a few plays away" again (where have we heard that before). And not one mention of coaching errors, and coaching learning curves. He could have at least mentioned some calls were wrong, but instead mentions only execution.
Unbelievable. I hope the blindness isn't permanent.
Interesting tidbit: Cowboys (and Eagles and Packers) went after Randy Moss in 2008
I'm guessing this would have meant dumping TO a year earlier (i.e. no huge bowl of popcorn for TO). Maybe it would have meant TO and Moss on the same team for a year, and no Roy Williams. Hmmm, interesting thoughts. The locker room could have been a (BIGGER) disaster considering what we went through in the 2008 season.
Sean Lee NOT going to play nickel when he returns.
This is a bit disheartening to me. I was hoping his younger legs would keep up where Keith is starting to falter. He IS slated to come in on base defense downs to spell Keith, though.
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Your weekly shipment of FAIL has arrived.
by mdlusk on Sep 27, 2010 6:46 PM EDT
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Your weekly gathering of facepalminess and epic fail and all-around stupidity in the NFL has been delivered.
Disclaimer: This should only be taken in fun, and not as mean-spirited. I hope to be able to do this each week during the season just to lighten things up a little bit. I'm just an amateur writer so be merciful, please. Some weeks will have more nuggets to blow raspberries at than others. I reserve the right to deliver it about once a month in the offseason for a dearth of material.
Wade very upset with performance against Houston
I'm glad to hear of this, actually. I hope it really has an effect. The sloppiness, miscues, and miscommunication is unacceptable especially on offense. The defense was very poor, too.
This is a list FO is looking to join this year.
Football Outsiders is clearly angling to be mentioned in the TMQ annual Bad Predictions Review. Hey any publicity is good publicity right?
Maybe Barnwell should take a cue from this column by Gene Wojciechowski and poke a little fun at himself when the predictions go wrong: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&page=wojciechowski/100209&sportCat=nfl
Did someone tell the 2-12 Bucs they had NO CHANCE to beat the Saints?
Help yourself to a heaping helping of 20-17 crow. ROFLMAO
I guess Dallas beat them twice, because all the Bucs did was just run up the gut.
Dear Mr. Dungy,
by mdlusk on Dec 20, 2009 5:12 AM EST
on Blogging The Boys
Please remove your foot from your mouth, as I believe the taste has to be somewhat disgusting. Besides, the mental image is...disturbing. Then I will be so kind as to remove my foot from your hindquarters.
Sincerely,
P.S.--What do you want on your crow?
P.P.S--How many turnovers do I have this December? Just imagine if my defense (and special teams and running game) had shown up against New York, and my kicker and OL had shown up against San Diego in the red zone.
P.P.P.S.--What do I have to do to get a little love around here from even "homer" reporters in the mainstream media?
Take it out on the Skins
by mdlusk on Nov 15, 2009 7:40 PM EST
on Blogging The Boys
A good 63-0 woodshed game would do everybody some good. We're 6-3, get to 8-3 and then let's see where we stand. Don't give up on the season yet. The OL did finally start looking like they could protect Romo later in the game. They'll have to keep that up with Columbo out. Can we get the running game actually going again?
Now, who do we use for the 7th active OLman until Columbo can return (after regular season).
Oh, and let's please just can the talk about playoffs until we can actually be close to it, please? I'm still saying we get to 11-5 on the season. I hope they prove me right.
Everybody, calm down and take a deep breath. Myself included. We still have 7 games to play.
Jerry Jones ends all speculation of a coaching change during the season
Wade Phillips is your head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for this whole season. Period. Whether anyone outside of Jerry likes it or not.
Classless Redskin Mike Sellers
Scroll down to the end where the "Game Notes" section is. Thanks to Patriots (and real patriot) LB Mike Hanson for picking up the flag Sellers threw down.
Can we talk about something other than TO? Or even who we're not signing in free agency?
by mdlusk on Mar 9, 2009 7:38 AM EDT
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How about next season's running back rotation? Barber is reportedly returning to a closer role (that suits him best, I believe). So how do we effectively use Felix Jones and Tashard Choice?
I can see some Pro-T formations with Barber or Choice on one side, and Felix on the other . Then flare them out (deadly with Barber and Felix, especially, I'm not sure how Choices' hands are yet), or run them, fake inside handoffs with a HB toss to Felix to the outside. A lot of misdirection possible there.
Who should get the majority of carries? The NY Giants might have been a blueprint, but I don't think even Bradshaw for them would compare to Felix's speed (so I would put Felix in more than Bradshaw), and Barber is not as big as Jacobs (so I wouldn't put Barber in for as much as Jacobs was). Choice seemed to be too good to keep off the field even though he doesn't have Barber's power (though he does seem to be more North-South runner than Barber), or Felix's speed (Choice does have Emmitt's old smoothness to his maneuvers, though, if Felix had that, he'd be Barry Sanders).
I don't think any of the three can handle a true workhorse load, though Choice might be the closest to it.
I can almost see a 33%-33%-33% split in carries and touches. Our season next year, now that we are TO-less, will probably have to depend on the running game to succeed, so finding the proper rotation and usages is going to be absolutely critical to this team. I just don't see the passing game hitting more than 3200 yards and 20-25 TDs.
On the other hand, I want to see about 2000 rushing yards with about 20-25 rushing TDs. I think with these three than can be very possible. Or we can just watch them try to do workhorse loads and go down one-by-one, along with our season, again.
What would you say is the proper rotation? I'm very curious, because 3 viable running backs is a unique situation for me (I didn't keep an eye on the Giants much).
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