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Topic: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Topic: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

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cc-cat
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Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 5:35:39 PM

Damn!!

No one is gonna want to play against this team if we can keep Vick healthy.

Last Edited: 10/10/2015 5:40:42 PM by cc-cat

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 6:00:41 PM

RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

that's what she said?

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 6:04:38 PM

I think two stats demonstrate how much our D shut down Fiami:

(1) Fiami had only 87 yds rushing on 24 attempts (3.6 avg) BUT they had 43 yds on one play, meaning that they had 44 yds on the other 23 attempts -- less than 2 yds per attempt.

(2) Fiami had 166 passing yds on 25 attempts BUT 45 of the those were on one completion, so they had 121 yds on the other 24 attempts, or about 5 yds per attempt.

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 6:05:15 PM

I'm pretty sure we knew the defense was solid during the preseason. With Johnson back and Poling playing out of his mind along with teams not even really throwing at Ian Wells the defense is not questionable.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 6:15:53 PM

The defense is only giving up 15.7 points a game, but now it's time for them to get tested. WMU, Buffalo, and BG all have very good offenses:
WMU - 28.8 points/game
Buffalo - 28.2 points/game
BG - 40.6 points/game

We'll see soon just how good this defense is.

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 6:51:27 PM

All the more reason to keep that running game alive - control the ball, keep the other team off the field. We got a pretty good recipe.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 7:57:41 PM

Just reiterating what others have said. Poling is playing perhaps better than any linebAcker at Ohio ever has. Dbs are fast and don't miss tackles. Dline is strong and keeps assignments. Hats of to frank and Jimmy. We have a shot.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 9:29:36 PM

Poling still has some to work to do to be the best. Johnson is a stud. Matt Muncy, Tom Carder, and Chuk were great backers. Poling is a man-child so far. I don't know about the best.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 10:28:35 PM

I've been looking around at points given up,yards per game, turnovers forced and the Teams and offenses that they came against.

I think that Toledo is the only G5 school with a better track record so far on defense. So much for MACtion. If that's the matchup then maybe the MAC title game is ends 10-7 or something.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 11:53:06 PM

So many players to be exited about on D...Poling, Wells, Johnson, Brown, Laseak, Bashem, etc... How nice is it to have Jovon back?! If they can stay healthy they have a chance to be truly great.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/10/2015 11:59:30 PM

Paul Graham wrote:

So many players to be exited about on D...Poling, Wells, Johnson, Brown, Laseak, Bashem, etc... How nice is it to have Jovon back?! If they can stay healthy they have a chance to be truly great.

Also #s 34, 44, 54 & 92.

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/11/2015 2:41:00 PM

Poling is the best LB all around. Even coaches say so.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/11/2015 2:43:01 PM

Coach commented that Keller was the smartest LBer not bigger or faster than Poling btw oe better hands lol

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/11/2015 2:59:02 PM

Bobcatzblitz wrote:

Coach commented that Keller was the smartest LBer not bigger or faster than Poling btw oe better hands lol

Poling is by far the best MLB Ohio has ever had against the pass, in my opinion, but Keller and Muncy were better against the run, I think. All of them were/are good, though.

Just think how good Poling will be by the time he's a Senior.

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/11/2015 5:53:18 PM

Keller was bigger than Poling.

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

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RE: Enough about Irons and the other backs - How about that D!!!!!!!!

Posted: 10/11/2015 6:30:09 PM

allen wrote:

Keller was bigger than Poling.

I checked, and there is a little difference, but not as much as I had thought:
Muncy 6'2" 240
Keller 6'1" 245
Russell 6'1" 234
Poling 6'0" 235

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

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