MGB Friday Q&A with Sal Interdonato

[Brett Vito]

MGB: Sal covers Army for the Times Herald-Record

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2016/10/qa-to-format.html/

[UNTLifer]

Can't trust anyone named Sal, especially with the last name Interdonato.

[Cerebus]

3 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Can't trust anyone named Sal, especially with the last name Interdonato.

Looks pretty untrustworthy to me...

[THOR]

i saw the line was up to +20...dang....

[EagleMBA]

We should invite Sal and the team to a nice spaghetti pre-game meal.

 

Edited October 21, 2016 by EagleMBA

[Ryan Munthe]

"Army doesn’t think North Texas’ offense is that much different than Rice and UTEP.  The Black Knights held both of those teams to 14 points."

lol.

I'm not worried about us scoring, I'm worried about us keeping their offense in check.

3 hours ago, Cerebus said:

Looks pretty untrustworthy to me...

That's how everyone in the Hudson Valley looks.

Edited October 21, 2016 by Ryan Munthe

[greenminer]

Our scoring in each game thus far has been 21 (L) - 41 (W) - 0 (L) - 42 (W) - 13 (L) - 38 (W)

We have not established game-to-game consistency yet, even if you filter out the FL and BC games (not consistent with G5 level)

[MeanGreenTexan]

15 minutes ago, Ryan Munthe said:

"Army doesn’t think North Texas’ offense is that much different than Rice and UTEP.  The Black Knights held both of those teams to 14 points."

 

I really hope Army is preparing for NT's offense like they would UTEP/Rice... neither of which are Spread/Air-Raid.  
UTEP's offense is a "pro-style" that looks a lot like McCarney's.  
Rice is a wreck.

Something tells me they're not though, and that Sal needs to pay more attention to the opponents of team he writes for. 

[BeatNavy]

I think that he probably means that you're similar in terms of strengths/weaknesses.

[Side Show Joe]

8 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I really hope Army is preparing for NT's offense like they would UTEP/Rice... neither of which are Spread/Air-Raid.  
UTEP's offense is a "pro-style" that looks a lot like McCarney's.  
Rice is a wreck.

Something tells me they're not though, and that Sal needs to pay more attention to the opponents of team he writes for. 

I thought the same thing when I read that statement. Sal doesn't seem to know much about our offense, or personnel. Rice and UTEP don't have a Mason Fine on their rosters. They don't have defenses as good as ours either. I'm sure Army knows what they are in for.

I think Army's offense is a big part of their defensive success. Army controls the clock with that triple option and they don't allow opponents many snaps. Our defense is better then Rice's and UTEP's. If our defense can slow down their triple option, and get our offense more snaps, then I think we have the offensive talent to wear down Army's defense. If our O-line can control the line of scrimmage against Army's smaller D-line, we might easily win this game.

[Green Lantern]

Let's go to Sal in South Philly...

[Ben Gooding]

Kind of salty comments for a beat writer of a team that has been down for so long. First quarter of this game is going to be huge. Establishing a flow of momentum on O and keeping their trip option at bay early will be big. It's an interesting match up. Being almost 3 td dogs is kind of puzzling. Army did lose to a 1-5 Buffalo team that are 20 point dogs to a 1-6 NIU team. Sit on that for awhile. TBH, I think we're gonna be fine in this one. 

[EagleMBA]

Hey Sal!