ChiefTenBeers2015

Defense and Special Teams Go Mean Green

Good ol Dickey ball…

It was fun watching Kevin Galbreath and the Mean Green defense take care of Cindy in the New Orleans Bowl. Boy how our paths have differed…

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31921071/college-football-preseason-power-rankings-alabama-else-starts-no-1 The Group of 5 teams listed were 1 loss teams. Guess the formula is schedule and beat a top 10 or 15 team, go undefeated or lose a single game, and win your conference? Consecutive seasons…

With our attendance numbers, I don’t see any value we bring another conference “above” CUSA. Not enough revenue to bring value to another conference. Not going anywhere…

Did I hear his defense was 2nd in the nation?

The goal should be to continue to work toward an undefeated season in a few years, schedule and beat a top 10 team, and get an invite to the CFB expansion dance of 12. There’s now a path where there was none before. Let’s get better and better and get ready for 2024 or 2025.

We’ll, Dickey seems to be successful with his scheme in College Station…

There should be a forum devoted entirely to Phil and the Mean Green Defense so we can all discuss and opine on the defense - clearly the most important component of Mean Green football in ‘21.

Come on ol’ Phil - work your magic

Damn internet… https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31695865/gus-malzahn-ucf-optimistic-possible-12-team-college-football-playoff-field well, we just felt like we had to schedule a top 10 team, which is hard for us, then you’ve got to beat them and run the table in your conference.

As much as anybody in college football.”

Sounds pretty accurate to me.

In reviewing the last several years, ESPN states Conference USA would be the only conference to not have a team in the 12 team playoffs…

Anytime a fellow Cherokee has success, great to see. Can’t wait to find out what Mason does for the Cherokee Nation after football, too. Need good Native American role models, and he’s one of em.

And play defense

Just gotta win

The key should be the hiring of Phil Bennett. Out of all the available coaches out there, bringing back a guy three years removed from coaching (if I got that right?) to exorcise our defensive demons should be the litmus test - after all of the above, SL and co. hires Bennett…does the defense improve or do we still see the same not-so-mean green defensive efforts that costs games? Find success on defense and SL is a hero again, but if the defense provides the same results then what? Brought in a dinosaur to Coach and look what happened…? Really piss poor defensive effort last few years…get it right SL.

The defensive analysis is painful. I didn’t realize how awful the MG defense really was, I mean I saw the games but…obviously the big question “is Bennet still relevant?” If ol Phil can improve this defense we should be more competitive, especially with those offensive stats, all those points averaged…allow a few scores less per game and we may be into something.

Well, if the Mean Green take care of business ala UCF a few years ago, great opportunity…need to run the table in conference and OOC…

I saw on 60 Minutes once there was a coach for some private high school that never punted. He’d go for it on fourth down all the time. Statistically he claimed the odds were in his favor.

Well it sure looks like by the money they’re spending that they plan to do just that. If that other Florida school can go undefeated why can’t these jokers? Time will tell - still have to play the games - but I’d like him on our coaching staff, for sure.

Or if you win your conference...and every conference has a championship...those without a conference are at the mercy of the “committee”, whatever that is - sounds like Commie Socialism to me

One reason could be because the quarterback has the ball...

I have a pool and a pond...pond’s good for you.