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#326
#326
WVMULE said:
Defense:

Defensive line a strength. No real concerns. WVU believes its DL is night and day from last year.

At LB the first four, lead by David Long and Dylan Tonkery, are exceptional. Not much experience after the top four of Long, Tonkery, Benton and Hensley. WVU will be in trouble if one of the top four goes down.

The Spur (Dravon Askew-Henry), Bandit (Toyous Avery) and FS (Kenny Robinson) are solid to exceptional.

LCB Hakeem Bailey has had a good fall camp battling against one of the best group of WRs in the country, but Bailey has always been a practice superstar who only started to show his talent in games late last year.

RCB Derrek Pitts has the skills and attitude to be a shutdown CB but he's up and down as r-frosh starting for the fist time will be. Pitts is a big hitter with good speed.

Offense:

OL is a strength of the team and one of the best in the country. They've had a few titanic battles with the DL.

The WR group truly is one of, if not the best in the country. Dana describes Alabama transfer TJ Simmons as "pro" with the ability to "go get the football". Frosh Sam Jones has shown blazing speed. Marcus Simms has had a great fall camp and has Grier's full trust going into the season. And there's always David Sills and Gary Jennings...

The breakout has been TE Javoni Haskins. Haskins has shown incredible hands and has the speed and size to take advantage of LB coverage. If Haskins has a weakness its blocking. If he's in the game then he's likely a target or a decoy.

The RBs have been somewhat disappointing with 4* frosh Leddie Brown being the only true standout. Brown, 6'1", 190, will not start but he might just get the bulk of the carries.

Dana and DC Tony Gibson have done nothing to curtail expectations. As a matter of fact both have been downright cocky.

Its a safe bet that WVU will use a three WR set with TE Trevon Wesco in as h-back for max protect to start the game. They expect Tennessee to blitz early and often and exploit the matchups that result.

Expect Grier to take a few shots deep early especially if Sills has double coverage and Simms or Simmons are one-on-one.
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Given the fact that last years WVU Total Defense was ranked 106, Rushing Defense ranked 103 and Passing Yards Allowed Ranked 90th in the country, where do you get these lofty Defensive expectations? Also WVU only has 5 total newcomers (2 JUCO included) listed in the 2-Deep on WVU roster....taking all of this into account, do you really believe that the WVU defense is as good as you are boasting or are you just setting the stage for an epic couch burn in Morgantown for Saturday night?
 
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#328
#328
The Original Fade said:
Some speculation in there but otherwise a good defense of your stance. Agree that we have more football talent than some think, but I just think it’s going to take a little while to get these guys where they need to be, and not sure if Pruitt is the guy to do it. He may be and hope he is, but just don’t know until we see it on the field. I don’t like our DBs this early in the season going against Grier and Sills, and I think that’s going to be our undoing. Hope you are right and I am wrong
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I don’t think this will come down to our DB’s vs their WR’s. That’s a losing battle and I assume Pruitt knows that. This will be about whether or not we can disrupt Grier. You can’t get the ball to WR’s if you’re laying on your back.
 
#330
#330
I'm all in... Win or lose VFL. Pruitt will build this program back. I also hope JG is the starter. Only way is up now. Weve been at the bottom
 
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#332
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That he expects WVU fans to outnumber Vols fans 60-40 on Saturday. Charlotte is home to over 300,000 WVU alums and ticket sells have been exceptional.

They expect over 68,000 and if its not a sell out its not going to be WVU's fault.
 
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WVMULE said:
That he expects WVU fans to outnumber Vols fans 60-40 on Saturday. Charlotte is home to over 300,000 WVU alums and ticket sells have been exceptional.

They expect over 68,000 and if its not a sell out its not going to be WVU's fault.
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Well if what you're saying is true, which it isn't, there are going to be a lot of disappointed fans in that stadium on Saturday.
 
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#341
WVMULE said:
That he expects WVU fans to outnumber Vols fans 60-40 on Saturday. Charlotte is home to over 300,000 WVU alums and ticket sells have been exceptional.

They expect over 68,000 and if its not a sell out its not going to be WVU's fault.
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The whole UT system just cleared the 300,000 mark in the past decade or so, but WVU has that many in Charlotte alone? Out of 700,000+ people in Charlotte, I’d wager everything I own that there aren’t even that many WVU fans, much less that many graduates. Lol.

Your AD should resign immediately.
 
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