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Mike Glennon on ESPN radio this morning

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On Wake Forest: "That offense is gimmicky. How is it that nobody has figured out how to stop it yet?" Do we really run anything all that different? Yeah, we slow the mesh sometimes, but not all the time. How many teams run the RPO in college football now, the answer is tons, but because it's LOWF and we run it so well there must be some kind of "smoke and mirrors" to it. Heaven forbid it be because we've got really good players running it. He did give Sam some good props, said he would get a chance at the next level because of his ability to lead and ability to perform under pressure, but he would have to show he could do it in a pro-style offense. However of course, he had to throw in there that Sam wasn't as physically talented at Drake May, etc.
 
He’s just a bitter State donk who is mad we crushed their dreams last year and have a great chance of doing so again.
 
It is soooo helpful these challenged minds keep saying these things. As long as they’re focused on gimmicks they’ll miss the talent every time.
 
I'm not a psychologist but him giving credit to Wake as a serious program that runs a high-powered offense legitimizes Wake and makes Wake a threat to his beloved Wolfpack. It's much easier and comforting to rationalize Wake as a "fluke".

I posted yesterday, the ACC has not come to terms with Dave Clawson. Last year was "cute" and a "nice little story". Now? They realize he ain't going away and they're starting to get pissed.
 
What offenses outside of the best 5-10 teams aren't a "gimmick"? You either bring in players that conform to the system you want to run, or you run a system that fits with the players you have (or can obtain). We will likely never have the depth of pro-ready OL, so we scheme around that deficiency. When that plan doesn't work, you change the scheme. Would folks prefer we just keep trying something that doesn't work?
 
Our gimmicky offense is hard to stop because we have one of the best collection of wide receivers in college football.
 
The “gimmick” comments are so dumb.

Is it supposed to be an insult? Well our offense scores a billion points a game so…good one?

If it was just a cheap trick then everyone could and would do it. I guess places like state just don’t have the talent to run it.
 
Talent is one thing. Football IQ, awareness, and general aptitude are others. We generally have those in spades, where as State...
 
Clawson's most recent presser talked about why the WF offense has been so good, and he broke down on how it is geared to find the 1 on 1 matchups, and then looks to exploit them. While that sounds great in theory, Clawson added for the offense to work, you have to have the players that can win those matchups. That's the missing element that a lot of talking heads refuse to recognize about the WF offense. WF has a ton of elite playmakers that can't be covered one on one. You could see in the Clemson/NC State game last week, State just didn't have the same athletes to to exploit the one on one matchups against Clemson.

So, Mike Glennon can grouse about how he doesn't understand how defenses can't stop the slow mesh or the WF offense in general, like its just some lame gimmick that should be solved. WF's offense would not work to this level without a deep stable of receivers that almost no college defense can cover one on one. The scheme is unique and well-conceived, but it doesn't work if WF lacks elite play-makers. WF's offense is better than State's because: a) WF has better coaches; b) WF has better players. State fans (and a lot of college football fans), just refuse to grasp section b).
 
Glennon is really sticking his neck out there with that take. #RjKomedian
 
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