Scribe's FAU Review

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Takeaways from watching at the game:

Ertz runs the offense the best, his passing is inconsistent and I'm still waiting for him to get injured by playing scared.

Hubenor threw the ball the best??

They won't let Delton throw but he is easily the better running qb of the three.

Dimel got a wildcat call and not Delton or hubes.

Silmon and Warmack will be a great 1&2 combo. Barnes look good but he was running against a gassed defense for his yards, he looks slow..

Defense is legit.

Think this team could be a big12 contender if we get consistent qb play and stop being so one dimensional on offense.

[The Big Train]

What did you think of our Doak Walker watch list RB?

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What did you think of our Doak Walker watch list RB?

Warmack? Kid is elusive and hides behind the Oline well, somewhat sproles like. Nice explosion at times, will be a great third down, option, pass catching back, but I'm not sure he can handle the full load.

[The Big Train]

Charles Jones

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What did you think of our Doak Walker watch list RB?

Warmack? Kid is elusive and hides behind the Oline well, somewhat sproles like. Nice explosion at times, will be a great third down, option, pass catching back, but I'm not sure he can handle the full load.

I've thought Silmon should be our #1 for awhile and think  the coaches didn't need to watch him much this game and wanted so see what everyone else can do.

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Charles Jones

I honestly don't care much for him, always dances around and seems to hit the wrong holes.

He has been better this year but I'm way more impressed with our younger guys. We should really be moving on from him.

[The Big Train]

Charles Jones

I honestly don't care much for him, always dances around and seems to hit the wrong holes.

That dancing and junk got him on the list tho

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Play calling on defense and offense is still very vanilla. Which is to be expected but I think we are going to crush some Big12 teams this year.

[Dugout DickStone]

D-stone's take.  We are huge studs that should be #1 this year

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Dimel got a wildcat call and not Delton or hubes.

You do realize why Delton and Hubes don't run the wildcat, right?

[Pete]

Dimel got a wildcat call and not Delton or hubes.

You do realize why Delton and Hubes don't run the wildcat, right?

Spaghetti and hernias?

[Panjandrum]

Pringle and Heath on kick returns is a joy to watch. Pringle is fast enough to be the lead blocker he needs. The way they communicated at full speed on the TD return was great.

Heath just flies down the field like a bowling ball rolling downhill. He may get killed, but Christ, he just goes full speed into that defense.

To take a step back, from what I've seen, Pringle is a damn good run blocker.

[420seriouscat69]

D-stone's take.  We are huge studs that should be #1 this year

Same take here bud

[wetwillie]

Has anyone else noticed that Mike Moore has a "nose" for the ball?  Second straight game he has been at the exact right place to scoop up a fumble and get a nice return.

[Panjandrum]

Also, the trio of Willis, Walker, and Wood are really strong at defending the line of scrimmage laterally.  If anyone tries to bounce outside, one of them is usually running someone down.

As long as the starters stay healthy, there's no athletic hole in the defense.  This is probably the best across the board defense we've seen in Snyder 2.0, and they're missing an Arthur Brown level defender.

Though Elijah Lee is just a bad, bad man.

[kso_FAN]

Good stuff. I agree for the most part.

Offense:

RBs: I don't dislike Jones, but I agree with this biggest weaknesses, ie. he often tries to play lateral when its not there and he doesn't seem to have the burst that a few of our younger backs have. Its good to see that we are willing to have a bit of a RB rotation, though I'm thinking Jones and Silmon will get the most reps when games get tight. I really liked Warmack, but he's a spot duty guy to provide change of pace this year. I hope he gets 3-5 touches per game though.

QB: Ertz is an upgrade over last year's Hubes. Its good to see Delton seemingly be at least even with Hubes at #2, if not moving past him. Ertz reminded me a bit of Klein; strong runner, decent speed, okay arm, going to struggle with accuracy. He can lead this team to 6-8 wins.

OL: Looked really good at times, but FAU is pretty bad. Still, opening running lanes and providing decent pass pro (limited opportunities, yes).

WR: Huge upgrade over last year. Burton's holding calls were probably the most frustrating thing, but there is speed and route running ability there.

TE: At least we had a target here, wide open on the deep post on boot, but overthrown.

This will be a much improved offense over one of Snyder's worst from last year.

Defense:

DL: Looked solid, got good push against a bad Oline, stuffed the run for the most part, decent pressure.

LBs: I liked the playmaking ability here. Reggie Walker 2 seemed to be all over, Lee is very good, pleased with their performance.

DBs: Solid in coverage, though did get beat a couple times over the top. Barnett seemed to struggle with tackling the most, but he's still a very good player.

Defense is also a big upgrade over last year.

IMO this team is more athletic and explosive that last year's group. If we avoid major injuries it will be a very fun and solid team to watch that should finish in the upper half of this league, which is probably the worst version of the Big 12 since 04.

[Panjandrum]

I think what this team has, that may be the swing in a couple of key games, is enough talent across the three phases to really dominate a quarter like they did yesterday.

This team could easily have a couple of games against good competition where the defense forces a three and out, we get a really nice punt return, score a TD, maybe get a turnover, and then convert another TD in short order.  I think there's enough there in all three phases that can we can wear some teams down in the mid-to-lower range of this conference.

The weakness of the overall group means all of the home games are pretty winnable, even Texas.  I still wouldn't be shocked to see us take two from the OU/Baylor/TCU/WVU set.  All of those teams are flawed.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Kendall Adams and DJamer Reed are studs, and our LB's, DE's and DT's are awesome.

Oline needs work. Burton's penalties seemed bull crap-y

[cfbandyman]

I think what this team has, that may be the swing in a couple of key games, is enough talent across the three phases to really dominate a quarter like they did yesterday.

This team could easily have a couple of games against good competition where the defense forces a three and out, we get a really nice punt return, score a TD, maybe get a turnover, and then convert another TD in short order.  I think there's enough there in all three phases that can we can wear some teams down in the mid-to-lower range of this conference.

The weakness of the overall group means all of the home games are pretty winnable, even Texas.  I still wouldn't be shocked to see us take two from the OU/Baylor/TCU/WVU set.  All of those teams are flawed.

WVU looks flawed in that they do not have a lot of offensive firepower, which is not good if you're facing our defense.

[Steffy08]

Good stuff. I agree for the most part.

Offense:

RBs: I don't dislike Jones, but I agree with this biggest weaknesses, ie. he often tries to play lateral when its not there and he doesn't seem to have the burst that a few of our younger backs have. Its good to see that we are willing to have a bit of a RB rotation, though I'm thinking Jones and Silmon will get the most reps when games get tight. I really liked Warmack, but he's a spot duty guy to provide change of pace this year. I hope he gets 3-5 touches per game though.

QB: Ertz is an upgrade over last year's Hubes. Its good to see Delton seemingly be at least even with Hubes at #2, if not moving past him. Ertz reminded me a bit of Klein; strong runner, decent speed, okay arm, going to struggle with accuracy. He can lead this team to 6-8 wins.

OL: Looked really good at times, but FAU is pretty bad. Still, opening running lanes and providing decent pass pro (limited opportunities, yes).

WR: Huge upgrade over last year. Burton's holding calls were probably the most frustrating thing, but there is speed and route running ability there.

TE: At least we had a target here, wide open on the deep post on boot, but overthrown.

This will be a much improved offense over one of Snyder's worst from last year.

Defense:

DL: Looked solid, got good push against a bad Oline, stuffed the run for the most part, decent pressure.

LBs: I liked the playmaking ability here. Reggie Walker 2 seemed to be all over, Lee is very good, pleased with their performance.

DBs: Solid in coverage, though did get beat a couple times over the top. Barnett seemed to struggle with tackling the most, but he's still a very good player.

Defense is also a big upgrade over last year.

IMO this team is more athletic and explosive that last year's group. If we avoid major injuries it will be a very fun and solid team to watch that should finish in the upper half of this league, which is probably the worst version of the Big 12 since 04.

I also thought Barnett had a bad game.  To me, it looked like he decided that he didn't want to get injured playing against a team we were killing.  I don't think he will miss those tackles in Big 12 play.

[BackPayne]

Didn't we have two true freshman get playing time at WR?  Sutton and Harris?

[kslim]

Didn't we have two true freshman get playing time at WR?  Sutton and Harris?

yes which resulted in a fumble and a td being called back. Outside of the fumble harris looked dec

[catastrophe]

Dimel got a wildcat call and not Delton or hubes.

You do realize why Delton and Hubes don't run the wildcat, right?

Spaghetti and hernias?

Because they're QBs...

[kso_FAN]

Dimel got a wildcat call and not Delton or hubes.

You do realize why Delton and Hubes don't run the wildcat, right?

Spaghetti and hernias?

Because they're QBs...

To be fair, Delton's package when he came in the game was pretty much a version of Wildcat, QB run game exclusively.

[MadCat]

I was impressed with Reed's ability to avoid a PI call in his breakup of a solo bomb...not to mention his interception.