(10-06-2014 02:42 PM)Higher Education Wrote:  

(10-06-2014 01:15 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(10-06-2014 01:07 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Don't get me wrong, I think we are beatable, but it's comical how some of our fans browbeat our pass defense when we're tied for fourth in the country in interceptions and in the top 20 in fewest 30+ yard passes given up. They also apparently think when we're in the prevent and NMSU needs to score two TDs in just a few minutes that we should keep them from marching down the field on short passes underneath the coverage.

Passing teams can keep picking up yards for all I care as long as we don't give up long pass plays, keep getting picks, and keep stopping people in the red zone.

To the point of the actual question, I think the team that can run the ball but still has a capable QB will be the most threatening. In other words, Texas State.

For real. We may give up yards, but we create turnovers and don't allow points. I've seen "well if USA caught more balls..." "if we didn't get 3 INT's against NMSU".... Well they didn't, we did, and we won. End of story. Sure, it may not be pretty on the stat sheet when you give up total yardage, but we aren't getting beat on big plays, and when you keep everything in front of you, you will get your opportunities to make stops and get interceptions.

I will gladly take our 20 points against average any day of the week.

Half of those interceptions came against a New Mexico State quarterback who seems to drunkenly hurl the ball at random rather than pick a receiver to target. USA's passing offense beat themselves by not knowing how to catch. You can't give Georgia Southern's defense credit for keeping an opponent off the board when the opponent couldn't catch rain in a hurricane. There are legitimate concerns about Georgia Southern's ability to cover receivers and produce a consistent pass rush. If the Eagles run into a competent passing attack, they had better bring a flawless offense into the game to keep up.

This is something I never will understand. Basically what you are saying is that if the other team had better players, they would win. This type of thing could be used on every position. "If out left guard picked up that blitz... If our DT didn't get driven back 2 yards on fourth down.. If our QB threw to his fifth check... If our running back was quick enough to make the SS miss.. If our free safety was a tenth of a second faster he would have had that pick...if our punter had an extra half second of hang time that big return wouldn't have happened"