USF's Bresnahan has good history with takeaways

[bullwark]

The defense can only improve from last year.  It seems USF is getting back to their roots on defense.

Edited August 7, 2013 by bullwark 3.5

[Greg Auman]

Sapp never played under Bresnahan. Just missed each other -- Bresnahan finished in Oakland in 2003, Sapp got there in 2004.

[hm101]

I want to see results before making praise though. Remember we did that with Holtz? "Oh, he is so methodical and mild-mannered!" In the end, his teams weren't fast, aggressive, or intelligently designed.

 

Bres may want his players to attack the ball, specifically stating he values speed over calculation... how will we feel when gaps are created because our players are just jumping the gun? 

 

I believe in Taggart and coach B, but I NEEEEED to see results. 

[Who'sYourData?]

I want to see results before making praise though. Remember we did that with Holtz? "Oh, he is so methodical and mild-mannered!" In the end, his teams weren't fast, aggressive, or intelligently designed.

 

Bres may want his players to attack the ball, specifically stating he values speed over calculation... how will we feel when gaps are created because our players are just jumping the gun? 

 

I believe in Taggart and coach B, but I NEEEEED to see results. 

 

If only I said that in my original post.

 

Oh wait..

 

I DID!

[hm101]

 

I want to see results before making praise though. Remember we did that with Holtz? "Oh, he is so methodical and mild-mannered!" In the end, his teams weren't fast, aggressive, or intelligently designed.

 

Bres may want his players to attack the ball, specifically stating he values speed over calculation... how will we feel when gaps are created because our players are just jumping the gun? 

 

I believe in Taggart and coach B, but I NEEEEED to see results. 

 

If only I said that in my original post.

 

Oh wait..

 

I DID!

 

sorry... just trying to be like you 

[slick1ru2]

Perhaps you missed it, but we were, I believe, dead last in the country in takeaways last year. So yeah, I'd say if we get even in the 30's he's doing something right

Perhaps you missed it. We didn't have any College HoF quality backs on our team, something he did on his NFL teams that were at 25% in the NFL. You can win without turnovers. You can lose with them although rarely.

 

Bottom of the turnover margin in college football last year. The dead last teams.

 

86. Texas A&M                      13  4  12  16 11  10  21   -.38
  86. Virginia Tech                  13  8  13  21  9  17  26   -.38
  88. Boston College                 12  9  10  19 11  13  24   -.42
  88. Colorado St.                   12 14   7  21 11  15  26   -.42
  88. Eastern Mich.                  12  9   7  16  6  15  21   -.42
  88. Miami (OH)                     12  2  12  14  7  12  19   -.42
  88. Tennessee                      12  5  12  17  8  14  22   -.42
  93. Florida St.                    14 10  11  21 17  10  27   -.43
  94. UNLV                           13  8   9  17  6  17  23   -.46
  95. Buffalo                        12  3  13  16 12  10  22   -.50
  96. California                     12  9  14  23 17  13  30   -.58
  96. Troy                           12 14   6  20 15  12  27   -.58
  98. Army                           12  7   7  14 20   2  22   -.67
  99. Michigan                       13 11   7  18  8  19  27   -.69
  99. North Carolina St.             13  8  16  24 16  17  33   -.69
 101. Tulane                         12  9  15  24 13  20  33   -.75
 101. UAB                            12 12   6  18 14  13  27   -.75
 101. Washington St.                 12  6  15  21  9  21  30   -.75
 104. Maryland                       12 16   4  20 18  12  30   -.83
 105. Nebraska                       14 10  13  23 22  13  35   -.86
 106. Air Force                      13  8   8  16 21   8  29  -1.00
 106. Auburn                         12 11   2  13 10  15  25  -1.00
 106. Illinois                       12 11   7  18 16  14  30  -1.00
 106. Texas Tech                     13  3   8  11  8  16  24  -1.00
 110. Akron                          12  8   5  13  9  18  27  -1.17
 110. Connecticut                    12  6   6  12  8  18  26  -1.17
 110. Hawaii                         12 10   9  19 20  13  33  -1.17
 110. Virginia                       12  8   4  12 11  15  26  -1.17
 110. Western Mich.                  12  9   8  17 10  21  31  -1.17
 115. Southern Miss.                 12  7   5  12 15  13  28  -1.33
 116. Idaho                          12 13   9  22 17  22  39  -1.42
 117. New Mexico St.                 12  5   4   9 16  11  27  -1.50
 118. Arkansas                       12  6   6  12 15  16  31  -1.58
 118. Colorado                       12 12   3  15 15  19  34  -1.58
 118. South Fla.   

Edited August 7, 2013 by slick1ru2