The House of Blue

I am just wondering. After watching WVU, and the top-10 hype they are receiving, do you believe that WVU can beat these SEC "super powers"?

I was just saying the same thing to my father-in-law. I was going to post it earlier but thought I would get laughed off the board so I'm glad you did. Seriously it looked like Cobble was getting ready to take a dump one time instead of being in the proper stance. Technique is a must for a d-lineman. What the hell is Turner teaching them?

Cobble was in an OL type stance. One that makes it easier to raise up to pass block. A DL needs to be in a stance where his first move HAS to be forward and low. Butt in the air and back is flat. IDK care if the dline ever makes a tackle on a rushing play.
Back to my old coach "Son you aren't here up make tackles. You are here to make my linebackers look good."

I like to think I know quite a bit about defensive line play, but I'm dumbfounded as to why our defensive linemen use the stance they use at times.

There was one play in particular, though, that impressed me. Undersized and oft-maligned Taylor Wyndham absolutely blew up UL's RT one-on-one at the point of attack. He even got a hand on the back to slow him down as he reached the line of scrimmage.

Of course, an unnamed LB came up quick and failed to use proper technique on the tackle, allowing the back to go for a 10 yard gain. But Wyndham had great technique on that play.

and throwing nothing but very quick slant routes or screens. Did we even throw one single ball that went more than 15 yards in the air out of 50 attempts?

To be fair, the offensive sets utilized got us inside the UL 25 six (6) times. I don't think offensive scheme was the problem, nor would it have prevented two basically unforced fumbles deep in UL territory.

I guess if I wanted to look on the bright side, I could say that despite a non-existent defense, UK would have likely still been in the game late if it were not for two fumbles. That would be a little disingenuous, though, given that Bridgewater would have had even more opportunities to throw to wide open targets on 3rd and long.

Bridgewater was good but he had all day to throw..I am old as hell and I could have made those throws with all of that time..Our offense play pretty decent,I just hate that the defense didnt show up..anyone would have looked good against our defense today..It all changes with a pass rush...

One of the fumbles, I think the one Coshik had was caused by a knee. Not UofL's D. Defensively they weren't all that good.

They weren't unforced in the sense that no-one touched them, they were unforced in the sense that neither of the tackles that resulted in a fumble were strips or helmet to ball contact. Neither of the fumbles were due to "good defensive coaching." They were due to poor ball security at a basic level.

Sanders' fumble was mind-blowing to me because the defender went low to take out his legs and somehow Sanders went down to meet him, hitting his arm against the defender's shoulder. Not a tackle that should cause a fumble in any situation, just poor ball security. Hell, the defender wasn't even looking at the ball, he was head down in an attempt to make a low tackle.

Williams' fumble came when a defender's knee made contact with his arm. Again, not a purposeful tackle, just fumbling the ball running into a guy who was standing there. Neither of these fumbles happen if basic ball security is followed.

In comparison, King's fumble in 2011 was a forced fumble. Heyman rocked King on the ball-side and popped it out.

Huh? You must not read message boards. Not a whole lot changed after the UT game, the same folks still wanted Joker fired.

So let me see if I've got this straight: Last year everyone complained and whined because their offense was terrible and needed to produce more. Then they go out and look much improved, throw for nearly 300 yards, catch basically everything and their RB's run 13 times for 100 yards (7.7 yards per rush), so can't whine and complain about no productivity so whine and complain about how they do it? What does it matter so long as the offense is moving the ball? Besides that, they did take some shots down the field. Not a ton, but a few.

I don't know how anybody could have watched the game and not see the huge Offensive improvement from last year. There is a LOT of talent and playmaking ability that was missing last year and the offensive line played extremely well. They took what UL gave them and did so quite well. The only thing that disappointed me was the two fumbles (three really w/Newton's fumble and own recovery) by EXPERIENCED players. You can't have that and expect to win at this level period!