GMG_Dallas

Tulsa lost by 14... really need our conference to step up.

Honestly a bad take by her. They beat zero FBS schools this year and only played Liberty and Miami (OH) close. How much of that NIL disparity is inflated by playing Missouri, Mississippi State, and Liberty? Does it also include Georgia this upcoming game? What's the excuse for double digit losses to Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Buffalo, and Northern Illinois? What's the excuse for beating FCS Central Connecticut by 4? Again, poor take.

Honestly I don't even hate the defensive scheme much on the surface (3-3-5 or 4-2-5). My biggest concerns have been in the secondary. They rarely seem to be in a position to challenge catches and the tackling is often weak at that level. That along with the lack of blitzing from the secondary has been frustrating which, from what I'd read in the past, was one of the benefits of having 5 DBs. Gives more flexibility to send a blitzer from different areas of the field while keeping the offense guessing as to where it's coming from. If they're not covering well, not tackling well, not blitzing much, then what are they doing? They started generating turnovers lately but not enough to make-up for the soft coverage. Think it's a coincident Caponi was also over DBs? Like you said, you have to have great secondary pieces. I think we have good talent in the secondary but they haven't been coached up enough. Anyways, I hope this move works. A new DC will bring in new coaches, possibly a completely new scheme, and with that new players which then delays us another year.

Under what circumstances do you think he'd earn the permanent job? Even if the defense performes, I'd be concerned by the 3-3-5 base Billy alluded to. If the defense performes at a high level but he keeps a 3-3-5 through the end of the season, do we still move on from him to get away from the 3-3-5 after this season or what? Just curious on others' thoughts. I'd be concerned that EM would say "look the 3-3-5 can work, we just didn't have the right DC in place" and we'd be right back here in a year.

Offense lacks a vertical passing game. People have raved about the top 5 offense in passing yards per game but per the NCAA website and ESPN (NCAA is more precise with some of the numbers), CM is 48th in yards per completion at 12.37 YPC, 41st in yards per attempt at 7.85 YPA, 45th in completion percentage at 63.7%, and tied for second in pass attempts at 422. The numbers show we don't push the ball downfield as much as others and that we aren't efficient enough considering how little we do that. Being top 5 in passing yards is simply a volume stat at this point. We just throw a ton. Screens are great but when it's most of what you do, it gets dicey. Those and run plays start off as negative yardage plays dependent on blocking. Can't have those every drive. About teams figuring out EM, our competition has gotten better.

Well dang. You're a pretty smart fella.

Live by the 3, die by the 3.

Good teams find ways to win. I'm not saying we're bad by any means but this should have been a win.

Pretty sure he got blocked 3 times in the first 4 minutes by shorter guys. No reason for that. I really hope Vice can give us more. We may not find out today but before conference, we need to see what he can give.

It doesn't need to be done by pounding it down low. 6 offensive boards but how many 2nd chance points? Go back up strong and draw contact. Even those rebounded closer to the perimeter, the defense is usually out of sorts because players are standing around watching the ball. Take the board and drive back in the lane. You have to force teams to play clean defense down low. 3s will not always fall.

Lucky fanbase.

Need to take advantage of this opportunity.

Yup. Guess the Temple AD also consults this board for advice.

Yup. I know he wouldn't be canned 2 years in but if we can't come out 2-0 against 2 interim HCs, I'll know not to get excited for next year. At least it's basketball season and softball is around the corner.

More change around the conference. Our next two opponents will have interim HCs. I feel we'll learn a lot about our own situation these final two weeks. Either we can feast on unstable situations or we're at the start of a spiral and firing Caponi was just losing deadweight before the crash.

He just got fired.

There are many fans here who have suffered more at the hands of this program than myself. I consider myself privileged as I went to UNT in 2011. My fandom has had more decent times than bad. I feel like for the majority of my fandom, special teams has been a strength so to see it in its current condition makes it obvious how poor that unit is.

Some are arguing on their board about who's better between Yale and UNT. They really can't get past the UNT loss. I really want to get poporn and make an account just to let them know we've finished higher than MN in NET every year since 2020.

Seems like you've gotten over the speeding ticket well.

I think this is a cop-out. He’s been doing this crap since the beginning of his tenure. The first memorable time was against Navy last year on the first drive of the game from the 1. If in the 5th game of year 1 he was already feeling like he needed to score every drive because of the defense, that's an even bigger problem. I think not having a reliable kicker or punter is the main problem. He went for the points a few times early this season and it didn't work out. Same with some punts that just don't do a good job at flipping the field. I've mentioned in other threads that special teams has also been a problem. Evans is 89th in the country in average punt yardage. We have to have a short kicker and a long kicker. Who the eff does that at this level? That's two coordinators that Morris flopped out on. I'm just waiting on us to move on from Svobada at season's end. Was looking over his profile and I didn't know but he also has Tight Ends this year. Where have the Tight Ends been lately??

What I'd love is to see Boise State and Tulane both run the table and both end up in the playoff. If Colorado can lose one and BYU can lose a couple, I wonder if that opens the door for 2 G5s. "What have you done for me lately?"

Our gain, their loss.

Obviously we all remember Mason Fine but there have been other successful vertically inclined QBs in recent years. D'eriq King of Houston comes to mind considering he was a true dual threat as is Jimmerson. I have zero issue with this guy's height.

He's currently listed at 5'10" on 247 and 5'11" on his Twitter which means he's probably closer to 5'9" or 5'10". That's enough size if the skill and athleticism is there.

I agree. I was shamed weeks ago for pointing out our offense is explosive but inconsistent and therefore not great. It's the truth though and I blame the playcalling in part.