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The flight landed at 8:17AM.

Atlanta to ORL Executive

Return Flight This Afternoon

Both teams sitting at 5-1. Go Knights!

I had actually been communicating with him over the past week. He recently got a UCF offer and is teammates with WR Cayden Lee. He told me last week he might be setting up a UCF OV. Now he's decommited from Tulsa following the coaching change there.

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Yeah...he is trying to cut me out of the forecasting business.

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102.04 min mark the simulataneous faircatch call.

This is a silly big number.

I’ve noticed Tulane seems to always play 2 deep safeties. They kept playing deep safeties on us last game and they got burned with JRP runs. Then against Cincy/Prater they kept running two deep safeties again against a running QB and Prater ran for 83 on them. In fact Cincy only passed for 102 yards and almost wins it.

When we played Cincy and Louisville they knew how to adjust to a running QB. They came up in the box with their safeties and it was a struggle to run. They forced the pass and we struggled to take advantage when JRP was in.

Why don’t they just play us like Cincy and Louisville if JRP is in? If JRP is out and they keep playing a pass heavy defense on us it’s going to be critical our O line really opens some holes for our RBs. Feels like Keene will need to hit some tight windows to win it like he did to beat Cincy in the second half.

his house to head to the first practice before the champ game! Hope he doesn't hit too much traffic.

Let’s make a game thread.
Chanticleer’s down 13-7 early.
GT started strong but is fading.
Tried to watch “The Game” but could get into it.

With the nice little run we’ve been on and Signing Day around the corner it’s way too quiet. Any good rumors out there? I know @Dontfaulkup23 said we look good for 4-5 guys.

Rivals has continued its partnership with Pro Football Focus (PFF) which grants me access to their comprehensive analytics and statistical tools.

After each game, two separate analysts grade every player on each play of the game and the two totals are averaged out. Obviously no subjective ranking system is perfect, but I am finding that my real world impressions of a player in a certain game usually reflects the PFF grade.

PFF Grading Scale

90 and above - Elite
80 to 89 - Great
70 to 79 - Good
60 to 69 - Average to Above Average
50 - 59 - Below Average
49 and below - Poor

Season Defensive Grades (by game)

South Carolina State - 88.4
Louisville - 62.5
FAU - 63.3
Georgia Tech - 70.0
SMU - 66.0
Temple - 66.8
ECU - 65.1
Cincinnati - 63.9
Memphis - 67.2
Tulane - 64.3
Navy - 77.2
South Florida - 53.2

Worst defensive team grade of the season.

Overall Defensive Grades

LB Walter Yates (8) - 72.8
DE K.D. McDaniel (15) - 70.5
CB Corey Thornton (38) - 70.1
CB Brandon Adams (25) - 67.5
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (55) - 67.3
LB Kam Moore (5) - 66.2
S Divaad Wilson (62) - 66.1
DT Anthony Montalvo (60) - 64.3
DT Lee Hunter (5) - 62.0
DT Matthew Alexander (4) - 61.6
S Jarvis Ware (30) - 60.3
CB Demari Henderson (20) - 59.8
DT Ricky Barber (63) - 59.3
LB Jason Johnson (63) - 57.6
CB Justin Hodges (46) - 55.0
DE Josh Celiscar (65) - 53.8
S William Wells (10) - 53.7
LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (60) - 46.8
S Ja'Cari Henderson (5) - 46.4
CB Davonte Brown (65) - 43.1
S Koby Perry (11) - 41.0
DE Malachi Lawrence (2) - 40.4
S Nikai Martinez (20) - 37.3

Starting linebackers didn't grade well. Davonte Brown and Nikai Martinez each had three missed tackles. Coaches weren't comfortable doing much subbbing at DT as Barber/Montalvo nearly played every snap - Barber played 63 of 67 and Montalvo 60 of 67.

This was the season debut for Ja'Cari Henderson.

Here's the breakdown by position:

Defensive End (4):

DE K.D. McDaniel (15) - 70.5
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (55) - 67.3
DE Josh Celiscar (65) - 53.8
DE Malachi Lawrence (2) - 40.4

Defensive Tackle (4):

DT Anthony Montalvo (60) - 64.3
DT Lee Hunter (5) - 62.0
DT Matthew Alexander (4) - 61.6
DT Ricky Barber (63) - 59.3

Linebacker (4):

LB Walter Yates (8) - 72.8
LB Kam Moore (5) - 66.2
LB Jason Johnson (63) - 57.6
LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (60) - 46.8

Safety (6):

S Divaad Wilson (62) - 66.1
S Jarvis Ware (30) - 60.3
S Demari Henderson (20) - 59.8
S William Wells (10) - 53.7
S Koby Perry (11) - 41.0
S Nikai Martinez (20) - 37.3

Corner (5):

CB Corey Thornton (38) - 70.1
CB Brandon Adams (25) - 67.5
CB Justin Hodges (46) - 55.0
CB Ja'Cari Henderson (5) - 46.4
CB Davonte Brown (65) - 43.1

Pressure Tracker (combination of sacks, hits and hurries):

2 - K.D. McDaniel, Ricky Barber
1 - Justin Hodges, Tre'Mon Morris-Brash, Divaad Wilson, Anthony Montalvo

Rivals has continued its partnership with Pro Football Focus (PFF) which grants me access to their comprehensive analytics and statistical tools.

After each game, two separate analysts grade every player on each play of the game and the two totals are averaged out. Obviously no subjective ranking system is perfect, but I am finding that my real world impressions of a player in a certain game usually reflects the PFF grade.

PFF Grading Scale

90 and above - Elite
80 to 89 - Great
70 to 79 - Good
60 to 69 - Average to Above Average
50 - 59 - Below Average
49 and below - Poor

Team Offensive Grade (by game)

South Carolina State - 80.2
Louisville - 64.5
FAU - 72.7
Georgia Tech - 54.3
SMU - 80.4
Temple - 87.3
ECU - 68.0
Cincinnati - 76.5
Memphis - 82.6
Tulane - 64.8
Navy - 67.1
South Florida - 80.0

Overall Offensive Player Grades (Snaps Played)

C Matt Lee (77) - 82.3
QB John Rhys Plumlee (38) - 80.7
QB Mikey Keene (39) - 80.0
TE Alec Holler (75) - 77.9
RB R.J. Harvey (28) - 74.5
LT Tylan Grable (77) - 74.3
WR Kobe Hudson (54) - 70.6
RB Johnny Richardson (8) - 64.9
RG Lokahi Pauole (77) - 63.8
WR Javon Baker (63) - 63.5
RB Isaiah Bowser (42) - 63.4
LG Sam Jackson (77) - 63.2
WR Ryan O'Keefe (71) - 61.2
WR Xavier Townsend (1) - 60.0
WR Cullen Smith (1) - 60.0
RB Trillion Coles (1) - 60.0
RT Ryan Swoboda (77) - 59.1
WR Stephen Martin (4) - 55.2
TE Zach Marsh Wojan (37) - 53.9

Matt Lee with a great game against his formerly committed team. Really fantastic grades for both quarterbacks.

Offensive Line Grades

Pass Blocking:

LG Sam Jackson - 86.3
C Matt Lee - 83.7
RG Lokahi Pauole - 80.0
RT Ryan Swoboda - 47.3
LT Tylan Grable - 39.4

Grable gave up four pressures, Swoboda had two.

Run Blocking:

LT Tylan Grable - 79.5
C Matt Lee - 76.1
RG Lokahi Pauole - 60.9
RT Ryan Swoboda - 60.6
LG Samuel Jackson - 59.5

Quarterback Grades

John Rhys Plumlee - 70.7 passing grade
Mikey Keene - 88.7 passing grade

Passing Pressure Grades for John Rhys Plumlee:

Kept Clean -67.2
Under Pressure - 69.3
Not Blitzed - 68.4
When Blitzed - 67.2

Passing Pressure Grades for Mikey Keene

Kept Clean - 78.6
Under Pressure - 90.0
Not Blitzed - 86.9
When Blitzed - 76.2

A closer look at passing depth for John Rhys Plumlee:

Deep (20+): 1 of 1 for 32 yards - 77.1
Medium (10-19): 0 of 0
Short (0-9): 4 of 4 for 29 yards, 1 TD - 63.8
Behind LOS: 4 of 4 for 12 yards - 64.7

A closer look at passing depth for Mikey Keene:

Deep (20+): 1 of 2 for 41 yards - 94.6
Medium (10-19): 3 of 4 for 34 yards, 2 TD - 81.1
Short (0-9): 5 of 7 for 32 yards - 61.3
Behind LOS: 6 of 6 for 22 yards - 65.2

Rushing Grades

John Rhys Plumlee - 73.8
R.J. Harvey - 72.8
Johnny Richardson - 62.9
Isaiah Bowser - 62.6
Ryan O'Keefe - 50.4
Mikey Keene - 48.0

Wide Receiver Grades

Isaiah Bowser - 76.0
Alec Holler - 74.1
Kobe Hudson - 68.3
R.J. Harvey - 67.2
Ryan O'Keefe - 65.7
Johnny Richardson - 63.2
Javon Baker - 62.7

Only drop noted (Alec Holler).

Will we learn today how many coaches follow Fickell to UW? How many players on UW class stay once coaches are known?

How many current players or recruits leave?

Do we pull a 2013 and after looking bad against a terrible usf team come out ready to play? Or are we too banged up?

I think we’re going to run the ball on them no matter who is playing QB but defense is going to have to force some punts.

Usf was able to play loose with nothing to lose last night while we had a lot on the line. I think you see some of that pressure shift to Tulane next weekend but if we don’t get better play on defense it won’t matter. Obviously can’t give them the ball in plus territory the entire half too.

Fun look back at this crazy weekend.

Once the Bridge is posted, I will link it as they replayed the radio call wirh Marc and Gary Parris.. (they were almost 80 yds away in a booth on the opposite 20 yd line).

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There's lots of discussions on this forum about the type of QB Gus likes. I think most people correlate that with a running QB. But, wasn't Jarrett Stidham more in the mold of Mikey Keene? Are we always going after running QBs in the future?

Fvck this fvcking moron and fvck you Terry. This is your hire. You don’t hire re treds for this exact fvcking reason

This stadium stinks like rancid shrimp.

What's up with that?

Watch the game with your HateGus glasses off. We punted 1 time all game and scored 46 points and we fumbled 3 times. Off the GusBus? Dumb.

**The REAL issue is our defense and has been the issue all season**

-They stopped USF only twice all game and one was at the end of the game when they ran up the middle three times.

-Navy held the ball 39mins because we couldn't get them off the field.

-ECU punted once all game and had time of possession of 35mins.

We just don't have a good defense this year. Take off you LoveTWill glasses and you will see this.

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Yeahh...We're probably goin' to die.

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In the Hilton Hotel last night after the game . It was great putting faces to the anonymity of a screen names. We are all enjoying the win and talking about our jobs. One guy works for Northrup Grumman and people were asking about we he does . I quipped he works for their canoe division. The guy is an electrical engineer. It was funny and he didn't realize Grumman made aluminum canoes .

It was nice meeting everyone especially Dali Drama . 😆 Go Knights

Can someone explain to me why we keep kicking 1ft-25yds on kickoff. Why are we not kicking deep and giving them the ball at the 25? It seems we would rather the opponent start on the 45 or even our side of the field? What os up with this? Perhaps the kicker is not kicking the ball right 3-4 times in a row