innocentbystander {l Wrote}:EagleNYC {l Wrote}:I’m hopeful that our vanilla D (which was neither tested nor dented aside from the second half against UMass) implements a lot of wrinkles this week. We need to win the turnover battle because I don’t see us holding them under 24 points.
I don't see BC holding Mizzou under 28 points. And Mizzou scoring 35 might very well be within the realm of possibility. BC could still win but the O-Line really has to assert its dominance for the ENTIRE game.
Note the statement from Hafley this week about how he and Lukabu work through the calls and cross ones off they "won't need". I imagine that's how teams do things, but that was pretty interesting to verbalize it as a hierarchy of sorts. None of this matters much of course if Mizzou winds up blowing the doors off us. But what's helpful about this approach is that you can sprinkle a wrinkle
in here and there early to be sure you start off at least on even footing with Mizzou. If BC is able to somehow get ahead and take control of the game, they can be satisfied winning say 35-27 or 35-31 (b/c late Mizzou TDs) rather than running all sorts of complex schemes to achieve say a double-digit win. I don't mean to be counting any chickens before they're hatched. But iff BC were to be in control as we get into the fourth quarter, what does it matter if BC wins by 18 or by 4 on a late Mizzou TD? A win is a win, and if BC can hold things in reserve for Clemson especially when we assuredly will need our best schemes, then why not take the closer win and move on?