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• Anyone who has watched BC over the course of the last 30 years knows that last night had ALL the hallmarks of a WTF. BC was that much more talented to overcome it.
• On that point, credit is due to Dazoo. I don't like him and still think he is a terrible gameday coach, but he has recruited this program to perhaps its highest level. Doesn't mean we are going to win like we did under Jags/Coughlin, but we could if we had similar quality gameday coaches.
• I remain shocked that the Heinz Hammer didn't have a headset-throwing outburst at the ST miscues.
• Play-calling was fine yesterday. However, can we PLEASE remove those slow-developing runs where Dillon is waiting for 350lbs linemen to pull a lumbering 20-yards? Ran the same unsuccessful nonsense every year under Daz. It has a 1-a-thousand success rate (and those usually come against the likes of HC).
• Dillon is a great back. This offense seriously struggles when he is out of the game. While he is good on sweeps and off-tackles, he has a truly special ability running up the middle. Subtle moves, quickness, balance, strength... he's able to exploit small seams like very, very few... which is why I would like to see more quick-hitting runs up the middle.
• Brown was good yesterday. I've read all the comments. But, folks are just looking for something to bitch about. To me his worst throw was to Jeff Smith (he was late and no reason it should have been almost out of bounds). But, in other ways it was his best "ball" in that he hit him perfectly in stride. At the end of the day, Brown put the ball where his receivers could make plays on it. Given the OMG-we-actually-have-talented-receivers-for-once world we now shockingly live, that's precisely what I want out of our QBs. Further, what has been lost in yesterday's performance is that he made EXCELLENT decisions with the ball all game.
• The worst thing for me offensively was that Brown looked TERRIBLE running the ball. I can understand the hesitation, but he no longer seems any threat to beat someone with his feet.
• The OL was actually quite good. 5 vs. 8 all game. Sprung Dillon a few times... gave Brown forever to throw. Solid performance.
• As for the D, the DBs are stupid good. I don't know how this happened. But, suddenly, that is a consistent strength.
• LBs were meh. Pretty much non-existent other than Connor getting blown-up. Lamot was a non-entity. And, I think Bletzer and Richardson are the weakest links on the D. Someone here suggested Muse moving to LB. That could be a great move for both him and the D.
• DL was good. They, actually were very good. Allen and Ray were all over the field. DT was unspectacular, but stout enough that they occupied blockers.
• Special teams remains horrific. Extra points not hitting the line in the ass were barely made. Walker's fumble made him gun-shy the rest of the game. No pressure on the WF punter. The good news was that they did a decent job containing Dortch and White was excellent at recovering the onside kick.
• I hate playing Wake and glad the game is over. They are like Pitt when we were both in the Big East... we never play well against them.
• Give Wake credit. They defended the way they had to (which we all predicted)... sellout to stop the run and let the DBs go man-to-man with our WRs. Our WRs were better... we won. Against teams like VT, Clemson, Miami, FSU and maybe Ville (with DBs athletic enough to stay with our receivers), BC will have to actually adjust and look for mismatches with LBs (utilizing TEs and RBs).
• Wake also runs a very gimmicky offense. It drains the DL and was the perfect thing to run against our D who slept-walked through the first two games. While Wake is a pure gimmick, I have no problem with that. It allows them a chance to level the playing field. It is very similar as to why teams like Army and Navy run the Wishbone/Triple Option. Wake will upset a team or two because of it.
• Clawson has done a nice job with that program. They are a good fit for each other.
• Most disappointing thing about yesterday was that cubbybear didn't make an appearance.

HJS {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:[*]I remain shocked that the Heinz Hammer didn't have a headset-throwing outburst at the ST miscues.

• Most disappointing thing about yesterday was that cubbybear didn't make an appearance.

claver2010 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

Agreed on Anthony, people are forgetting this is a sophomore 10 months removed from shredding his knee and he just put up on a line in an ACC road game that we haven't seen in a long long time. He made several big time throws on third & longs (esp the one where Baker flinched). Deshaun tore his ACL a week before Anthony and in his first game back he certainly didn't look like himself.

HJS {l Wrote}:CRAP!!! I forgot the most important bullet point.

• Most disappointing thing about yesterday was that cubbybear didn't make an appearance.

Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:CRAP!!! I forgot the most important bullet point.

• Most disappointing thing about yesterday was that cubbybear didn't make an appearance.

That's because you have small man malay.

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:shut up hansen

hansen {l Wrote}:

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:shut up hansen

Shouldn't you be busy complaining about Daz to the Strachans?

HJS {l Wrote}:

• Anyone who has watched BC over the course of the last 30 years knows that last night had ALL the hallmarks of a WTF. BC was that much more talented to overcome it.
  
• The worst thing for me offensively was that Brown looked TERRIBLE running the ball. I can understand the hesitation, but he no longer seems any threat to beat someone with his feet.
• LBs were meh. Pretty much non-existent other than Connor getting blown-up. Lamot was a non-entity. And, I think Bletzer and Richardson are the weakest links on the D. Someone here suggested Muse moving to LB. That could be a great move for both him and the D.

angrychicken {l Wrote}:Wake is a garbage team and the score should not have been close.

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

angrychicken {l Wrote}:Wake is a garbage team and the score should not have been close.

you must not have read this whole thread. the score was not that close because we get to subtract two special teams touchdowns from wake's score and add a missed extra point to the bc score. so we won by 22.

this is an allowable method because we never miss extra points and never allow points for our opponents on special teams. you get to cancel out the anomaly. i think the acc, ncaa, and vegas all use this same methodology

hansen {l Wrote}:

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

angrychicken {l Wrote}:Wake is a garbage team and the score should not have been close.

you must not have read this whole thread. the score was not that close because we get to subtract two special teams touchdowns from wake's score and add a missed extra point to the bc score. so we won by 22.

this is an allowable method because we never miss extra points and never allow points for our opponents on special teams. you get to cancel out the anomaly. i think the acc, ncaa, and vegas all use this same methodology

Am I still declared winner of the score prediction contest?

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

hansen {l Wrote}:

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

angrychicken {l Wrote}:Wake is a garbage team and the score should not have been close.

you must not have read this whole thread. the score was not that close because we get to subtract two special teams touchdowns from wake's score and add a missed extra point to the bc score. so we won by 22.

this is an allowable method because we never miss extra points and never allow points for our opponents on special teams. you get to cancel out the anomaly. i think the acc, ncaa, and vegas all use this same methodology

Am I still declared winner of the score prediction contest?

sure

Los {l Wrote}:Nice segment on BC to start today's episode of ESPN's Campus Conversation podcast. Apparently we are the second best team in the ACC now.

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:
I like The Funishment
Always have

Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:
I like The Funishment
Always have

Domingo gets it. Most likely why he is so respected as a poster!

hansen {l Wrote}:

Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:
I like The Funishment
Always have

Domingo gets it. Most likely why he is so respected as a poster!

No idea why so many people hate on Domingo.
There, I said it.

hansen {l Wrote}:Brown, Dillon, Ray earned ACC QB/RB/DL players of the week respectively
Ray also earned Walter Camp player of the week honors (sixth eagle to do that since '04)