[NU Sports] Whew!

[Jonathan Hodges]

I watched the game via the internet and could not really tell if the defense
was stacking the box (the camera work was subpar and most of the time you
couldn't even see the LBs), but I doubt it.  Duke's front 7 is very good and
features some talented guys (some of whom were highly touted recruits), and
their LBs are rather fast (Rey had some good man coverage on slot WRs for
NU) - they showed that much last year as they got a lot of pressure up front
on NU.  But for the 'Cats' offense to do well they'll have to run block
better and establish a running game, which they definitely did not due
against Duke.

Jonathan

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Beamsley, Jeff
<Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>wrote:

> In some ways football is a simple game.
>
> What Duke proved is if you can stop our running game, you can stop our
> offense.  I listened to the game on XM and agree that the announcers
> were poor, so I don't know what Duke's defensive allignment was, but I
> suspect from the result that Duke had eight or more guys in the box.
> It's up to CJ and the receiving crew to make teams pay for that and play
> us honest.  Until we are able to do that, every team is going to dare us
> to beat them through the air.
>
> Same story with the bears yesterday.  Colts couldn't stop the run.  The
> Bears could.  Manning couldn't make the passes he needed to get the
> running game going.  Colts ended up in a lot of obvious passing
> situations, so the Bears were able to ignore the play fake and rush the
> passer.
>
> Jeff
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: Mike Nolan
> Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Whew!
>
> Remember that Duke also ran a no-huddle on Saturday.  The NU offense
> just couldn't get things clicking on offense - probably due to the lack
> of an effective running game (less than 100 rushing yards on the night)
> - Sutton had 66 yds on 16 carries + 2 TDs, but was apparently out during
> the 2nd half with cramping.  The 'Cats had one drive lasting longer than
> 3 minutes (3:04) while Duke had 5 such drives.  One can definitely
> attribute the win to the D, in the end, as they didn't allow any big
> plays and held Duke to 2 TDs and
> 2 FGs in 5 red zone trips.  NU went 4/4 in the red zone, with 3 being
> TDs.
>
> It will be nice to put Duke behind NU after what happened last year.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Cutcliffe has a good chance of turning Duke into a decent team,
> > especially on offense.  Whether they can compete for the ACC title in
> > a few years remains to be seen.  (And whether 'decent' will be enough
> > for their fans is another issue.)
> >
> > > Did anybody
> > > notice that the time of possession was Duke 39:15 to NU's 20:45?
> Ouch.
> >  And
> > > it felt that bad too. The D played a lot and held them! Good job.
> >
> > Dave Eanet kept pointing that out, I think Duke had over 90 plays on
> > offense to NU's 60 or so.
> >
> > That's the downside of the no-huddle offense.  Yes, it can wear out
> > the other team's defense (as it seemed to a week ago), but it can also
>
> > cause your defense to get tired if there are a lot of 3-and-outs on
> offense.
> >
> > Did anyone notice that we now have one vote in the coaches poll?
> > --
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