Defense

[usfgrad84]

For anyone concerned about the defensive performance last night, here is a bit of perspective:

We gave up 0 touchdowns and held their offense to 159 total yards.  Keeping in mind we were playing against a pretty high ranked 1AA team, here is how a few other teams playing against 1AA teams fared on defense:

UCONN vs. Rhode Island (4-7 in 2005)....293 yards/1 TD vs 1st team D, another dropped TD in end zone.

#24 ASU vs Northern AZ...(3-8 in 2005)....312 Yards/ 2 TDs

UCF vs Villanova........(4-7 in 2005)...322 Yards/ 2 TDs

I'm not sure what it all means other than I think we played a pretty good game on D considering the youth.

[Minotaur]

The D was awesome. It took them a quarter (where they didn't give up much) to figure out the offense and then they shut them down. Until Burnetts BIG hit they were playing a little flat - emotionless - but they were still stiffling. I love the defense.

Jeremy Burnett

# 33

Defensive Back - DB

Height:      6-1        Weight:      190

Senior

Previous Affiliations

  Jefferson HS

  Purdue

Tampa, FL

usfgrad84 you love the D?

[usfgrad84]

I think it will be an awsome Defense.  Always room for improvement.   I'd be willing to bet we didn't show them all of our looks and I wasn't playing close enough attention but, I don't remember seeing a lot of blitzes.  After Burnett's big hit, it sure seemed they D kicked it up a notch.

[smazza]

dline was being pushed around way too much

[Guest R_to_the_izzo]

THe dline didnt get pushed around at all. All of their yards came from them over running the QB and giving him too many lanes. A few missed tackles gave them a little more than they should but I think those missed tackles wont continue to be a problem

[outrunner]

The defense was great. They do need to work a little on tackling and assignments, but it was the first game. I can't even count how many time there were helmets on the field from a hard hit. If I was an opposing coach, I would be worried about how hard we hit, especially if it's the QB.