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Jason Thomas in 2002 killed us, maybe that is what worries him.
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lol. Yeah, that 38-8 squeeker was a nail-biter. Good thing we shut down everything else that game, eh?
Seriously, what was Dixon's averages rushing the ball, and compare that to what BYU allowed. I doubt you'll find much difference. Hence, my point stands - QB rushing is NOT the pivotal issue it's made out to be. All that said, BYU should absolutely take Locker's running ability seriously and game-plan to shut it down. I just don't share the skepticism many have with BYU's ability to do so.
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That was embarrassing. But then again, we had more embarrassing play from the Defense that year than we've had maybe any other year since '01...
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We'll play Locker just like we play every running QB. We'll let him run for 100 yards and try hold him under 200 yards passing plus get 2 or 3 picks. Then we try to throw up over 30 on offense and win by 7.
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I think we don't spy at all. We play our zones and let our OLBs ring his bell a few times. This kid will throw it away against our zone.
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Locker is certainly one of the most talented running QB's we've faced in the last two years, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him run for less than 60 yards against us.
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I watched a couple of highlight videos of his and he looks okay. He's big and fast, but I don't think that he'll do more damage than several other athletic QBs have done in the past. Talk of him running for 200 yards and throwing for 200-300 is absurd. 100 yards rushing and 150-200 in the air is possible, but I really doubt it.
My big question is, who is he going to distribute the ball to to take the pressure off himself? As far I can tell, he's lost his top RB and his 3 top receivers this season. Those are some big holes to fill when you run a lot of play action and bootlegs. |
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player...layerId=184374
Until he becomes a more efficient passer, his feet aren't going to consistently make any difference. In half of his games, his pass efficiency was under 100. In 7 of 12 games, his completion percentage was under 50%. |
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