USFBulls727 Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 62 Content Count: 2,286 Reputation: 495 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/26/2013 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I believe Texas ranked #95 in defense in a conference where most teams run the spread. I don't believe he had to deal with this type of offense much when he was DC at Florida, and don't remember if he faced the Spread much in his days at Louisville, or how he fared against it. Curious if there are any concerns regarding this, as he will have to deal with that in the AAC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionbull Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 2,610 Reputation: 635 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/17/2015 Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 minute ago, USFBulls727 said: I believe Texas ranked #95 in defense in a conference where most teams run the spread. I don't believe he had to deal with this type of offense much when he was DC at Florida, and don't remember if he faced the Spread much in his days at Louisville, or how he fared against it. Curious if there are any concerns regarding this, as he will have to deal with that in the AAC.... I mean. It can't be much worse than what we had this season. There's always concern when a new coach comes in with new philosophies and their track record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFBulls727 Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 62 Content Count: 2,286 Reputation: 495 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/26/2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, Ionbull said: I mean. It can't be much worse than what we had this season. There's always concern when a new coach comes in with new philosophies and their track record. Absolutely can only get better, just hope it's good enough to finally win a conference title. Strong is supposed to be pretty hands-on with the defense. I don't recall if he's has much success against that type of offense. He didn't have much success stopping it this past year anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANJAY Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 300 Content Count: 7,993 Reputation: 968 Days Won: 21 Joined: 10/31/2005 Share Posted January 9, 2017 First thing is to fix the tackling fundamentals, field spacing and the pursuit angles. We'll be 100 yards and 7-10 points a game better just by fixing that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionbull Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 2,610 Reputation: 635 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/17/2015 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I can't attest to what Texas' problems were this past season, but I still feel confident Strong was the best hire out there. We would be asking this question and more if someone else was the coach. I feel "strong" that him and BJM will recognize what didn't work and figure out what our personnel could run. I'm just a little sad the "Bullshark" mantra and signal may be dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFBulls727 Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 62 Content Count: 2,286 Reputation: 495 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/26/2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, SANJAY said: First thing is to fix the tackling fundamentals, field spacing and the pursuit angles. We'll be 100 yards and 7-10 points a game better just by fixing that. Hopefully this is the case. Although our offense should still be excellent, it's possible that with the loss of Mack and Adams, and some possible tweaking by the new staff, that unit could possibly be taking a half a step back. Defense will have to be quite a bit better if we are to get the Conference Title, and possible undefeated season many in here are expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBulleve Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 9 Content Count: 1,215 Reputation: 383 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/2011 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I fully expect this defense to be as good, if not better than when Tom Allen was here. There's enough talent to believe we should be at minimum an average defense nationally, and in the top 25% in the AAC. At the very least we should expect better tackling and a the return of a get after the QB mentality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambienknights Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 615 Reputation: 45 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/06/2013 Share Posted January 9, 2017 during the season the AAC looked like Big12 lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital H Posted January 9, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 106 Content Count: 1,318 Reputation: 265 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/15/2008 Share Posted January 9, 2017 38 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said: I believe Texas ranked #95 in defense in a conference where most teams run the spread. I don't believe he had to deal with this type of offense much when he was DC at Florida, and don't remember if he faced the Spread much in his days at Louisville, or how he fared against it. Curious if there are any concerns regarding this, as he will have to deal with that in the AAC.... That would be about a 20 spot improvement over what USF had this season. Interesting stat I saw at this website, but teams only averaged 40 yards of penalties AGAINST USF, which was 119 in the nation. https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/team/south-florida-bulls/stats Is it a matter of no home field advantage, or teams just being mentally prepared for USF, or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBULL Posted January 10, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 37 Content Count: 431 Reputation: 35 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/11/2006 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Could be a must-execute mentality of the opposing team - USF is going to score so the only hope we have is to execute and score. It's been brought up during the season as probably having a little bit to do with the really poor defensive stats. By no means letting them off the hook, we clearly have big issues, but it's probably a little bit of a factor in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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