La Tech....ranks 30th in rushing defense.

FirefightnRick · October 20, 2005

The Bulldogs are only giving up 116 yards a game on the ground. We average 111.

The Bulldogs are however 89th in pass defense giving up 251.8 yards per game in the air. So there you are, they have a weakness which we can take advantage of!

And just in case your wondering what the highest spread in a game could ever go up to, LSU is ranked 3rd in the nation in rushing defense, allowing only 69.8 yards a game. This includes games against Arizona St, Tennessee, Miss St, Vanderbilt and Florida.

Rick

MeanGreen61 · October 20, 2005

UNT is #78 in scoring defense giving up 27.6 ppg, but Tech is #82 giving up 28 ppg.

Edited October 20, 2005 by MeanGreen61

PlummMeanGreen · October 20, 2005

We are due a game where both the offense and the defense put it together. Maybe this begins for both in Ruston.

If Jamario Thomas can get over his season-long hammy', he is due for a break-out game and we all know what a healthy Jamario can do; hellsbells, the whole nation knows what a healthy Jamario Thomas can do. Somehow, Sir Patrick Cobbs will get his 100+ yards against La Tech.

Our offense needs to do some some quick hit passes to our tight ends and some slant passes; some might call some of this quick hit stuff from the west coast playbook.

GMG!

Edited October 20, 2005 by PlummMeanGreen

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 20, 2005

I checked the line today on the game and bout fell out of my chair....they have La Tech favored by 19!

FirefightnRick · October 20, 2005

UNT is #78 in scoring defense giving up 27.6 ppg, but Tech is #82 giving up 28 ppg.

La Tech is averaging 24.8 points a game. North Texas averages 9. Something tells me the spread will go higher than 19 before weeks end.

Rick

untcampbell · October 20, 2005

Correction.

They have a weakness we choose not to take advantage of.

jgb0607 · October 20, 2005

As far as their Rush Defense numbers go, look who they have played.

The 11 yards Hawaii put up kind of skewes the numbers. They did however stop up Kansas pretty goog, but Florida and Nevada ran all over them.

October 20, 2005

Oh come on Rick!

DRC is reporting the RF/DD are going to lean on Meager more this game. They will come around and open this bad boy up ...

Oh. Sorry. The meth is still wearing off from my binge lastnight. Maybe RF/DD will call 4 more pass plays this game? Get it up to 19 passes?

We can only dream.

MeanGreen61 · October 20, 2005

As far as their Rush Defense numbers go, look who they have played.
The 11 yards Hawaii put up kind of skewes the numbers. They did however stop up Kansas pretty goog, but Florida and Nevada ran all over them.
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Hawaii didn't even try to run the ball until the middle of the 4th quarter

gangrene · October 20, 2005

I honestly don't think it would matter if we were playing a defense that surrendered a per-game average of 20 yards rushing and 700 yards passing.

Even if we had Matt Leinart as QB, we're still going to run the ball 90% of the plays. We're committed to the run because that's Dickey ball!!!

pollock · October 20, 2005

We should throw on every single down of the first quarter. If we complete a few passes and maybe (gasp) score some points, their D should back off a little.

What do we have to lose at this point?

PlummMeanGreen · October 20, 2005

I checked the line today on the game and bout fell out of my chair....they have La Tech favored by 19!
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La Tech may very well win this game and tie our football series at 5 wins for each school, but NORTH TEXAS will always have the upside when comparing the 2 schools and its programs. There are just some things that are no-brainers and that is one of them. La Tech has always been about smoke and mirrors and they are the masters of the "one hit wonder." They've had some big victories over a few Big Boys the last decade, but those have not translated to anything close to what our 4 bowl games have done for us and what I speak of is what we presently have going at our 200 acre Mean Green Athletic Village @ Eagle Point Campus. Last I heard, La Tech was still trying to raise monies to get some pre-owned astro-turf out of a warehouse so they could put it down at their football stadium. I don't think they've been successful in that venture.

Yet one of the most amazing thing to me with all this is how we are getting such schools on our football schedule after our veteran Mean Green team have all graduated. Well, they say these things all balance out in the long run.

GMG!