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the penalty problem seems to be fixed


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I dont think so. ANOTHER block in the back. TWO MORE illegal formation penalties for not having enough guys on the line. These are fundamentals that need to be fixed.

I can accept the occasional facemask or pass interferance penalty...but not this other crap.

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yeah, too many "not enough player on the line of scrimage" calls. but have to say that the penalities were really cut down. i say keep it up. this game was not on the line b/c of flags like our game with fiu.

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I KNOW it is not fixed, but yesterday was the best game I can remember in terms of penalties being a problem.  Hopefully, we don't shoot ourselves in the foot with penalties OR special teams problems.

The defense gave up no td's in first game, one in second and one in third.  Special teams gave up one in each game and offense gave up one.  Total of six and only three can be pinned on the defense!  Now that's pretty darn good in my book.  We just need consistent play on offense and discipline in special teams.

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Well, yesterday's season low of 5 penalties for 48 yards helped bring down the average. Only 3 games last year had lower penalty yardage, UCF (5-40), WVU (5-35) and NC St (4-20). Here are the stats for this year.

10-82 vs McNeese St

8-92 vs FIU

5-48 vs UCF

7.67 for 74 yards per game average.

2005 average per game 9.27 for 73.73 yards. (regular season)

2004 average per game 9.64 for 82.55 yards.

2003 average per game 9.36 for 83.00 yards.

2002 average per game 11.64 for 98.73 yards. (record season)

2001 average per game 10.00 for 88.00 yards.

As you can see, penalties have trended down, but slightly. The Bulls are looking ok so far, but recent history shows that low penalty games for the Bulls are few and far between. 2003 and 2004 each had one game less than the UCF game and neither 2001 nor 2002 had a game with less penalties than yesterday.

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Can't have a perfect game ...

Low penalty game was a plus.

Go BULLS !!!

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Can't have a perfect game ...

Low penalty game was a plus.

Go BULLS !!!

I agree. Perfect games are hard to come by. But the Bulls can and need to be better in the stupid penalty department. Just ask Randolph.

In any case, the current average for the Bulls is the best since I started keeping stats in 2001. The Bulls need to keep that up, because the running game isn't going all that good yet. The Bulls need all the help that they can get.

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