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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Tonight's 38-17 win over Syracuse was the best offensive show of the season. The question remains: can SC do something similar to one of the better teams on the schedule...Stanford, Oregon, ND etc.??

Barkley and the wide receivers were outstanding. The frosh tight ends seem to be improving...a major plus if it continues. The "D" played better, but, again, against Syracuse means??? In all honesty, the Orangemen are probably an average team, at best.

The two big remaining questions remain substantially unanswered...how good will the OL be? and how consistent can the defense be, especially v. the better passers on the schedule.

A couple of impressions: the "D" is much better than 2010, but it has to improve big time to stop Stanford, Oregon, etc. Secondly, our running game needs more production, particularly to help balance the passing game. We should know considerably more next week v. ASU. I'm optomistic, but cautious. Fight On!!!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Richard,

    I was surprised by the margin of victory by ASU over SC. I didn't watch the game, but I conclude that SC must have awful cause I do not think ASU is possibly that good to win by 20 points. I wanted to get your take on the realignmnet in college football (especially the PAC-12 love affair with UT and OU).

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