Mack Brown worried about FAU
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"This team will be the best that we've seen come in here for an opener," Brown said about FAU.
These guys will be playing a great passing team in a first ballgame against a team with great skill. They'll (FAU) move the ball against anybody they'll play. That's why those safeties will have to come out being good. They'll have to play older than they are."
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
smittysahoot said
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-1-233/Brown-concerned-about-FAU-s-experience--passing-game.html
Highlights:
"This team will be the best that we've seen come in here for an opener," Brown said about FAU.
These guys will be playing a great passing team in a first ballgame against a team with great skill. They'll (FAU) move the ball against anybody they'll play. That's why those safeties will have to come out being good. They'll have to play older than they are."
WOW…
"It's hard to test them to get them ready against a bunch throwing the ball as much as Florida Atlantic," Brown said. "We're going to have to be ready to play in the opening game and we'll have to play well. They'll throw the ball against us. And their quarterback is a great player."
Man, I hope it's not one of those situations where Rusty Smith is the great QB that comes along and establishes a program, then when he leaves (drafted or not) we have trouble trying to find a QB that's as good as he is.
Good news is, both Kooi and Wilbert seem to be solid QBs. They've beeen coming along well in these first couple of weeks. They throw interceptions, yes, butt they're doing a lot better in scrimmages than I thought they would. Meanwhile VanCamp is slipping a little bit. He still has the arm, the ability to get out of a collapsing pocket and the penchant for running the ball himself yet his ability to move the chains is not as reliable as Rusty.
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
A.Hermida '96
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."
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Bytor
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
So, now the Owls will have to play every down - something we had trouble doing last year.
We have the same problem as Texas with our secondary.
There has been talk about Texas being soft, Yet I'm concerned about our Defense being soft this year, which has never been the case in the past.
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082008aab.html
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
Dr said
Here are Mack's complete comments after yesterday's practice. Very complimentary to FAU on multiple occasions:
http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082008aab.html
Dr:
What a positive FAU post! Did you miss your morning "bottle"?? ;D
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Full Flight
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
Mack Brown worried about FAU
Silver_Bullet32 said
For us to have a chance in this ballgame, we need to be concerned with our defense. We need to be disruptive enough to force turnovers and shake up their timing. If our "D" goes toe to toe with their offense, they will pull away in the second half. My question is, can we break down the pocket? If we can do that, an upset could be on the horizon……
A.Hermida '96
Our D is definitely the key but we also need a solid running game to balance our throwing game… we can't always throw the ball!!!!
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
Florida_Owl said
Dr said
Here are Mack's complete comments after yesterday's practice. Very complimentary to FAU on multiple occasions:
http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082008aab.html
Dr:
What a positive FAU post! Did you miss your morning "bottle"?? ;D
Se what happens when I post sober! By 3pm, I'll have an extremely inflammatory, profanity-drenched post ready to go…….
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
But he certainly is taking you guys seriously, he took a lot of heat when we scuffled against Piggy State and Central Florida last year (and you're obviously better than both). I wouldn't have expected our guys to come out flat anyway now that Muschamp is handling the D, and of course Howard gave our guys a nice little pep talk. Can't imagine what he was thinking, our home crowd is normally fairly passive in games we expect to win, but now there will be 95,000+ screaming as if you guys are ou. Big mistake, Howard. Ask Rudy Carpenter what happens when you call Texas soft…
So don't mistake Mack's political correctness for fear, he expects to mudhole you guys, no disrespect intended.
Hope you enjoy the tailgating though.
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Re: Mack Brown worried about FAU
TexArcher said
(and you're obviously better than both
well thank you!
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