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Running Back and OL

Lots of hype here. Skataboo feasted on bad run defenses this season. The best was #29 KSU, who gave up 78 yds at 2.9 per carry to Skataboo. After that #31 UCF faced the backup only; #37 Utah: 159 total, 7.2 YPC; #46 BYU:  148, 5.3 YPC; #65 Texas St: 70 total, 2.6 YPC. The rest of their slate was terrible defending the run: #74, 76, 87, 98, 102, 111, 128, 129. It’s hard to know how much is due to ASU strength and how much to opponents weakness. 

The OL has good size and the scheme is mostly gap blocking: Lead, power and counter. They like to run GT Counter. It’s slow developing yet most opposing defenses have not been able to make them pay. Texas has a much better run defense than anything ASU has faced.

QB: Leavitt is a very talented dual-threat. I see him as very similar in talent to Klubnick though with less experience. He has a lot fewer weapons in the passing game. Their TE is solid but the WRs are JAG-ish. Like Klubnick, we will have to account for Leavitt in the running game. 

The truly outstanding thing about ASU’s offense is ball security. They have turned the ball over only 8 times all season: 5 INTs and 3 of 5 fumbles lost. They don’t create a lot of TOs but they give away so few that their margin is still +14. 

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Running Back and OL

Lots of hype here. Skataboo feasted on bad run defenses this season. The best was #29 KSU, who gave up 78 yds at 2.9 per carry to Skataboo. After that #31 UCF faced the backup only; #37 Utah: 159 total, 7.2 YPC; #46 BYU:  148, 5.3 YPC; #65 Texas St: 70 total, 2.6 YPC. The rest of their slate was terrible defending the run: #74, 76, 87, 98, 102, 111, 128, 129. It’s hard to know how much is due to ASU strength and how much to opponents weakness. 

The OL has good size and the scheme is mostly gap blocking: Lead, power and counter. They like to run GT Counter. It’s slow developing yet most opposing defenses have not been able to make them pay. Texas has a much better run defense than anything ASU has faced.

QB: Leavitt is a very talented dual-threat. I see him as very similar in talent to Klubnick though with less experience. He has a lot fewer weapons in the passing game. Their TE is solid but the WRs are JAG-ish. Like Klubnick, we will have to account for Leavitt in the running game. 

The truly outstanding thing about ASU’s offense is ball security. They have turned the ball over only 8 times all season: 5 INTs and 3 of 5 fumbles lost. They don’t create a lot of TOs but they give away so few that their margin is still +14. 

22 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

 

Running Back and OL

Lots of hype here. Skataboo feasted on bad run defenses this season. The best was #29 KSU, who gave up 78 yds at 2.9 per carry to Skataboo. After that #31 UCF faced the backup only; #37 Utah: 159 total, 7.2 YPC; #46 BYU:  148, 5.3 YPC; #65 Texas St: 70 total, 2.6 YPC. The rest of their slate was terrible defending the run: #74, 76, 87, 98, 102, 111, 128, 129. It’s hard to know how much is due to ASU strength and how much to opponents weakness. 

The OL has good size and the scheme is mostly gap blocking: Lead, power and counter. They like to run GT Counter. It’s slow developing yet most opposing defenses have not been able to make them pay. Texas has a much better run defense than anything ASU has faced.

QB: Leavitt is a very talented dual-threat. I see him as very similar in talent to Klubnick though with less experience. He has a lot fewer weapons in the passing game. Their TE is solid but the WRs are JAG-ish. Like Klubnick, we will have to account for Leavitt in the running game. 

The truly outstanding thing about ASU’s offense is ball security. They have turned the ball over only 8 times all season: 5 INTs and 3 of 5 fumbles lost. They don’t create a lot of TOs but they give away so few that their margin is still +14. 

 
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9 hours ago, F250 said:

ASU is over matched in this game. There is nothing to analyze, it would be like comparing the Grenada military to the United States prior to the invasion.

ASU doesn't have a defense and will make Wisner and Blue look like Bijan and Rojo are in the back field. Their secondary is trash and will allow Ewers to find open receivers and feast. Not to mention their d-line will get blown off the line all night.

They have Scatteboo and a freshman qb that has never met a hard pipe hitting defense like Texas before. Our d-line will storm through their offensive line. The Texas defensive front seven is going to blitzkrieg their offense all day.

 

I'd like to add TEXAS team speed on both sides of the ball.  Dream season turns nightmare this week for the Devils. 

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21 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

I'd like to add TEXAS team speed on both sides of the ball.  Dream season turns nightmare this week for the Devils. 

Yeah this is the most obvious thing I saw vs Clemson. It looked like Texas especially on offense just had a different gear than they did. Clemson has a much better offensive line and defensive line than ASU size and speed wise, so I imagine any mismatch we saw there will be more pronounced here. 

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19 minutes ago, immamac said:

Yeah this is the most obvious thing I saw vs Clemson. It looked like Texas especially on offense just had a different gear than they did. Clemson has a much better offensive line and defensive line than ASU size and speed wise, so I imagine any mismatch we saw there will be more pronounced here. 

ASU OL is the smallest line we’ve played since non conference 

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They are going to run a million screens until one gets picked or Ant Hill breaks their WR or skat bro. 
 

Then they are going to “get creative” running the QB until he’s injured. 
 

Finally they are going to be satisfied to go 3 and out and feed skattebro to the tune of 49 yards on 25 touches. Unless they want to give up points to our defense by trying to throw. 

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16 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

The 2nd best player on the D is NB Shamari Simmons. He plays near the LOS like an overhang LB much of the time. They blitz him accordingly and he’s the most disruptive defender. He’s frequently asked to support the run. Unfortunately for ASU, he’s out for the 1st half for Targeting in the Big12 CCG. 

 

At least we'll know what happened to our offense in the 3rd quarter, for this game. 

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1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

ASU OL is the smallest line we’ve played since non conference 

True. SEC linemen tend to be huge on both sides of the ball. ASU’s starting OL are 325, 315, 310, 320 and 315, with a 255 pound TE. While they are smaller than most SEC equivalents, I would not characterize them as undersized at all. 

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29 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

True. SEC linemen tend to be huge on both sides of the ball. ASU’s starting OL are 325, 315, 310, 320 and 315, with a 255 pound TE. While they are smaller than most SEC equivalents, I would not characterize them as undersized at all. 

They don’t have as much length though. Feels like they’re starting five guards.

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Outside of their RT, it definitely seems like they're starting a OL of guards. 

Their LT Atkins is 6'3 320 without the wingspan to make up for it. He's strong at the point of contact though. 

We just gotta focus on winning first and moreso second down against these guys. They've been really good on second downs for whatever reason this year. 

I don't think they'll be able to screen us to death without Tyson. Trey Moore might get a pick or a few batted balls against those as well. 

 

Speaking of Trey Moore, he's going against the kind of OL he used to dominate while at UTSA. Looking at our non-CS EDGEs to be even more active in this game. 

ASU really needs to avoid getting down 14+ pts in the first half. 

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12 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said:

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Running Back and OL

Lots of hype here. Skataboo feasted on bad run defenses this season. The best was #29 KSU, who gave up 78 yds at 2.9 per carry to Skataboo. After that #31 UCF faced the backup only; #37 Utah: 159 total, 7.2 YPC; #46 BYU:  148, 5.3 YPC; #65 Texas St: 70 total, 2.6 YPC. The rest of their slate was terrible defending the run: #74, 76, 87, 98, 102, 111, 128, 129. It’s hard to know how much is due to ASU strength and how much to opponents weakness. 

The OL has good size and the scheme is mostly gap blocking: Lead, power and counter. They like to run GT Counter. It’s slow developing yet most opposing defenses have not been able to make them pay. Texas has a much better run defense than anything ASU has faced.

QB: Leavitt is a very talented dual-threat. I see him as very similar in talent to Klubnick though with less experience. He has a lot fewer weapons in the passing game. Their TE is solid but the WRs are JAG-ish. Like Klubnick, we will have to account for Leavitt in the running game. 

The truly outstanding thing about ASU’s offense is ball security. They have turned the ball over only 8 times all season: 5 INTs and 3 of 5 fumbles lost. They don’t create a lot of TOs but they give away so few that their margin is still +14. 

 

Their offense makes me think of the Gilbert offense with D'Onta Foreman running Power and Counter with our undersized OL. It never seemed like we should have been able to run the ball as well as we did, but we did. They do.

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Their offense makes me think of the Gilbert offense with D'Onta Foreman running Power and Counter with our undersized OL. It never seemed like we should have been able to run the ball as well as we did, but we did. They do.

Foreman was literally the best back in the country that season, not just in his own mind.
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50 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

They don’t have as much length though. Feels like they’re starting five guards.

Basically they are. They do a decent job of pass protection as long as play action is a realistic threat. I’m curious to see what 3rd and long looks like especially against the Texas edge rushers. 

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2 minutes ago, sushihorn said:

Basically they are. They do a decent job of pass protection as long as play action is a realistic threat. I’m curious to see what 3rd and long looks like especially against the Texas edge rushers. 

Hopefully Simmons’ speed and length destroys their tackle guards and disrupts many run and pass plays. 

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1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

Spoiler: we are going to turn the ball over. It is a given at this point. They key is to not turn it over 3+ times. 

 

1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

* Turn it over more than our opponent. I should've clarified.

This is how ASU beat ISU in the CG. ISU had Back-to-Back-to-Back turnovers that lead to TDs for ASU. Game was blown then.

 

 

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I don’t think he’ll give us that hard of a time if Lole, Collins, and Norton do what I think they will.

Lole playing his old old team. Our defensive front is used to playing against much more size/strength/athleticism than this. I think that’s something that will tilt heavy in our favor as the game progresses. 

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2 hours ago, ATXhorn17 said:

ASU will probably follow the MSU game plan. Keep it on the ground, be aggressive on 4th and short and drain the clock to reduce # of possessions.

I think this is true. 

This is a game scoring early and putting the anus on them to keep up will decide whether it's an easy win or another crazy nail biter.

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