Some nice things I'm hearing from new coach DM, he wants to be physical....paraphrased below....
---If you're playing finesse offense, you're gonna have a finesse defense.
---Quarterbacks and line of scrimmage play. Those are the two things that effect football more than anything. Every conference is a line of scrimmage conference. Conference USA is a line of scrimmage conference. If you can do that and you have a QB you got an opportunity to get that thing done.
---The team has to be successful up front on both sides of the ball to be successful
Probably a no brainer to anyone with a brain cell that follows football, but games are won and lost in the trenches. Very rarely did we ever win games when we got dominated up front with Stockstill (SDSU comes to mind...) We certainly won't be winning any championships without some war daddies up front. I feel like that is what was always lacking in terms of a championship squad with Stockstill. We could just never field an OL that could get it done for us against the best teams in the league.
Also FYI, our entire starting defense including the DL and half the 2 deep is in the portal or graduated. He's got some major work to do on the defensive side of the ball if we are going to have any chance next year.
---If you're playing finesse offense, you're gonna have a finesse defense.
---Quarterbacks and line of scrimmage play. Those are the two things that effect football more than anything. Every conference is a line of scrimmage conference. Conference USA is a line of scrimmage conference. If you can do that and you have a QB you got an opportunity to get that thing done.
---The team has to be successful up front on both sides of the ball to be successful
Probably a no brainer to anyone with a brain cell that follows football, but games are won and lost in the trenches. Very rarely did we ever win games when we got dominated up front with Stockstill (SDSU comes to mind...) We certainly won't be winning any championships without some war daddies up front. I feel like that is what was always lacking in terms of a championship squad with Stockstill. We could just never field an OL that could get it done for us against the best teams in the league.
Also FYI, our entire starting defense including the DL and half the 2 deep is in the portal or graduated. He's got some major work to do on the defensive side of the ball if we are going to have any chance next year.