Wakeforest22890
Snowpom
Gotta win the fumble battle
Gotta win the fumble battle
Our program should run this offense.
i'm worried about that pitch sweep they run. I can see them busting some long gains with that play. hopefully they turn it over on those types of pitches and they get a little gun-shy.
Exactly. I've never understood why fans (especially Wake fans) turn their nose up at running the option.
Paul Johnson has provided the blueprint of how it can work on a Power 5 level and it would be a perfect fit at Wake.
True... but I'm more worried about Tech hitting big plays in the passing game as unfortunately our secondary has shown the propensity to shit the bed at the worst possible times.
Tech hasn't played a top 60 S&P rush defense yet this year. Wake is ranked 19th.
Aren’t we 31st? http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaadef
Tech hasn't played a top 60 S&P rush defense yet this year. Wake is ranked 31st*. Should be a fun battle.
This is a huge game for both teams. With a loss, Tech has a tough road to make a bowl - they're underdogs to Clemson, slight underdogs to Virginia and Virginia Tech (both basically tossups), favored over Duke, and underdogs to Georgia. However, all their remaining games (including Wake) they're between a 30% and 65% chance of winning except for Clemson.
*edited for error
Naturally, it limits the QBs and receivers that you recruit, but also impacts the lineman you recruit because option blocking schemes are completely different than NFL blocking schemes. The option is perfect for service academies, even non-Power V school like Tulane or GA Southern, but most Power V schools have the expectation that you are recruiting players that pick your school with the hope of preparing them for the NFL (maybe WF does not fall in that category). You exclude yourself from that conversation from multiple position groups if you run a pure option.
Tech will get a waiver if they only have 5 wins because the UCF game was cancelled, even though UCF probably would have worked them.
Very true. When we hired Grobe, I was excited because he ran the triple option at Ohio. I wanted to see it at Wake. Unfortunately, it seems Wellman, perhaps getting influence from big donors, pushed him to run a more conventional offense.
Why do you believe Wellman (w/ influence from big donors) pushed Grobe away from the option towards a more conventional offense?
Depth chart:
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...pdf/2017-18/depth_chart_event/depth_chart.pdf
Isn't DJ Taylor a freshman?