24/7vol
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Assuming SEC refs, our receivers should get used to whatever they're allowing.Pitts DB's are taught to hold, hold and hold some more. If I was JH I would get in refs ears before the game and plant the seed. A lot of teams coach this concept and figure refs will get tired of throwing the laundry and it's worked for Pitt over the years.
Agreed. I remember seeing a clip of Kelley Washington tossing Andre Lott (I think) like a piece of toilet paper during one on ones in practice. I thought he was going to be what he said he was.That doesn’t bode well for us. I think our receivers are fast and long, but physical is not a word I would use to describe them. Jennings Palmer and Callaway were for sure
Um, no. It is more than that and if the game is called correctly... they will have a hard time. It isn't "in your face" or "physical" to grab the back of a guy's jersey after he gets past you.Pitt's DB's definitely get in your face and get physical.
UT and Milton should do better vs man in a relative way. Pitt is better than BGSU but play man. Pitt may like what they saw and play a little more zone.It may be Heupel's wheelhouse but what about our team on the field's wheelhouse?
There are degrees. Pitt is on the more extreme edge. If the game is called even moderately tight... they'll have numerous INT and DB holding penalties. UT's WR's have a good bit more speed than their CB's. The match ups with their safeties is even more lopsided in terms of speed. If they don't hold or if UT's receivers do a good job of getting off the LOS... they should be able to outrun that secondary.All defensive and offensive holds the opposing player. It's just a matter of how to do it with out being caught. He'll the people who call the games talk about it every time a defender holds the receiver and it gets called for passing interference. They always say hold the receiver around the waist if your going to do it and if he starts to gain distance then let go as you have already slowed him down enough to be off timing.
But can our guys run fast enough to catch up to the long passes our QB throws?There are degrees. Pitt is on the more extreme edge. If the game is called even moderately tight... they'll have numerous INT and DB holding penalties. UT's WR's have a good bit more speed than their CB's. The match ups with their safeties is even more lopsided in terms of speed. If they don't hold or if UT's receivers do a good job of getting off the LOS... they should be able to outrun that secondary.