SB Nation User Blog: truecolors

USF video interviews

truecolors — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:07:42 -0000

USF video interviews

Great interviews all around. Selvie is very open about USF's plan to stop the run first and then defend the pass.

Desperatley Direct

truecolors — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:48:18 -0000

Desperatley Direct

I desperatley need a way to watch this game! Direc TV customer... no cable carrying friends... and no online viewing. Someone from TN should set up a web cam that we can follow the game on!!!!

Moody splitting snaps with Mangum

truecolors — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:36:24 -0000

Moody splitting snaps with Mangum

I'm a little miffed, but at least its a step in the right direction. What is this infatuation Mickey and Bobby have with upperclassmen. When they aren't as good bounce them!

I also expect Dieonte to get more pt

Setting the Record Straight... Miami vs. FSU

truecolors — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:49:25 -0000

One Fan's Perspective

This is just my perspective on the game last night. I know it will find a little lash back here, but that's okay. This is the way I saw the game, and consequently see the future.

Things we can agree on:

Since I know up front there will be a few things that are against the general stream of thought here, I'll start with some things I think we all agree on.

1. The Defense has a LONG way to go. There's no arguing here. While Miami is a little further along offensively than I expected, the defense was not good at all and quite simply cost us this game. We all agree on this point. I think my view of why may be slightly different, but we'll get to that later.

2. Our Offense is in very good hands. Granted Miami sat in zone all night and let us take it to them, but I'm not sure what else they where supposed to do. Most of the few times they did bring pressure, we torched them (or should have). Our line is fabulous, and recievers are speedy, and our QB was picking them apart. They were left with little choice but to try and keep things in front of them.

Parting Company: At least on point of view.

My take on our Defense will be a little against the grain. I'm wide open to discussion, but this is what I saw last night personally.

1. Mickey's play calling was not THAT bad. He made some wholesale changes in the Defensive packages he's running. We ran our typical 4-3 but also mixed in 3-4, and no it was not our typical 3-4. We zone blitzed...alot. I have to tell you on the second or third series when we gave this look I was elated, and he continued to run it off and on throughout the night. We sat back in it, blitzed from it, dropped ends and tackles into coverage from it. The big play by Greg Reid was a blitz out of this look. Aparently he did learn something from his time with Parcells in the offseason. The problem was this... OUR D LINE SUCKED& Our secondary was average!!!

We don't have enough horses up front to make this or ANY package work right now. There were some blown plays in the secondary, but this package would have looked much better had we any inkling of a pass rush. Fault Mickey for poor recruiting, fault him for not getting the right body types, but I think he is trying to turn the corner strateigically. This years recruiting focuses on the types of players we need in the front seven to make this scheme work (a combo of 4-3 and 3-4). I like where we seem to be headed, it's just taken way to long to start getting there.

Future outlook: Until we get the OLB and DL horses we will continue to be missing something. We are a solid two years away defensivey IF we round out the front seven in recruiting this year. Oh and can we please hurry up and develope our young Safties... PLEASE!?

2. Miami is further along than we anticipated, but not that far. Whipple called a good game and the young stars for Miami are starting to shine. I don't think I quite expected them to execute this well. However, let's call this what it was. Any descent QB with this much time and this many fast recievers is going to light any secondary on fire. They are progressing, that's why they ultimatley where able to keep up, but they will not look this good against defenses like VT and UNC.

Future Outlook: Miami is on the way back as are we. Both teams have some serious ground to cover still, starting with continued recruiting. They are physically closer than we are. The real difference is their Deffense is STILL Vanilla, and we will eventually have enough horses up front. I'm going on record saying if the trend continues this painful battle of offenses verses inept Defenses will morph into the Miami v. FSU it once was, Title implications and all. It will simply take a little more time.

3. Greg Reid is a baller! Kick returns, nickle back, saftey, pass ruser, Greg Reid can do it all. The highlight of the night was after he forced the pick on Jacory Harris. Greg is standing on the bench, all 67 inches of him, waving a towel. He had to be thinking to himself, "and this Division I thing is a peice of cake". Let's hope we continue to develope his skill. Know this! When the game is on the line or the ball is in his area, HE - WILL-MAKE-BIG-PLAYS!

Future Outlook: Good. The kid is going to make plays here for a long time!

4. Miami ran a LOT of way loose cover two. I'm torn here, because I'm not sure what else they were supposed to do. They ran cover 2 (not a lot of cover 3) and pushed the corners to gaurd the sticks instead of the usual first 5 yards in their zones. there were two safties most of the night. But blitzes only had limited sucess, and their front 4 was not getting pressure. I would have done something different, but I don't think that the kind of plays they needed last night was in their play book. That's their problem.

Future Outlook: Their defensive play calling is still inept. This is a good future sign for us. If they continue to be vanilla, we will eventually pass them by with our defense. I'm just sick that we looked as bad as they did last night!

In the end...we should still have won.

a. overthrow by ponder going into the half could have put us a field goal or more from winning.

2. P-Rob's bad angle on the 3rd and forever kept Miami's second to last scoring drive alive, we probably take the lead if they punt and don't look back.

D. we still came one catch and one fumble from winning, it just hurts that we did not!

That's all I've got, tell me your thoughts on last nights craziness!

Miami Q&A

truecolors — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:59:20 -0000

Miami Q&A

What ever happened to the Miami blogger Q&A?

The Sloppy Ball Support er Discussion Group

truecolors — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:01:29 -0000

The Sloppy Ball Support er Discussion Group

South Caronlina @ NC State

I need the Pickem link!!!

truecolors — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:33:21 -0000

I need the Pickem link!!!

Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Challenge (tounge n cheek)

truecolors — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:15:27 -0000

Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Challenge (tounge n cheek)

Exciting HS matchup or well disguised recruiting ploy???

All I know is Chris Carter(OSU) is sidelining St. Thomas Aq. Herbei's name is on there (OSU) and I don't like even the thought of LJ and Co. treading accross goal lines for is Buckey Stadium... When does the classic show up in Tallahassee?

Help with my theory!!!

truecolors — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:55:57 -0000

I'm trying to compare teams through a filter of line play (OL V DL of coarse), QB play and a couple of sub-factors such as home field, coaching, and special teams. To see if I can get a tighter hold on projecting teams without, getting lost in the menutia of personal opinion and how "good" a team is overall. BOTTOM LINE being how do they match up.

Trouble is I need help figuring out how to evaluate a few areas on the fly....

One of the keys is to evaluate those areas using unbiased info. I'm using Phill Steels unit rankings as a launch, pad. I know it's not perfect, but It's based on numbers and talent projections, so its a good starting point for unbiased evaluation.

Another of the keys will be adjustments. Teams don't field the same teams that he is evaluation in the mid-summer. For example we have already made changes in personel compared to some of his evaluation of our seminoles. Players get hurt and don't play, or come back at 75%, or go on mission(heh heh). The point is by the time game time rolls around the DL's, OL's and QB's have changed, not always for the worst either. (see Toshmon moving outside)

Yet another key is adjusting for improvments. Teams get better in areas. They get bigger, or in better shape, or more mature, or more talented with youth stepping up....you get the idea. I need to adjust for these thing by game time, and as the season reaveals the truth (e.g. an OL is performing better than expected, or worse)

I need ideas on how to evaluated change (in an unbiased way) in these three areas.

Please Post Ideas specific to the areas...suggestiongs for 1. or 2. or 3. [or A 2 D format if you prefer]

Also remember I am looking to evaluate specific units (OL, DL, QB, ST, Coaching)

Areas

1. What unbiased info or methods will help evaluate improvement or regression in teams that have yet to play a game?

2. How to re-evaluate units as they experience change in Personel?

3. How to evaluate improvement/or regression in units as the season unfolds? (over performing and underperforming units, forget the experts what are they ACTUALLY DOING.)

Dionte's Pick

truecolors — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:49:36 -0000

Dionte's Pick

Dionte perhaps turning the corner... Reid with a pick in one on one (granted he know the ball would be coming no matter what, so this is relative)