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No one knows yet. If he doesn't play, you guys will slaughter us.Originally posted by TNewman41:
any word on Bailey?
Update he is now listed as day to day - which for this season means he's out. Alston has been 'day to day' for the past 3 games & hasn't played.Originally posted by TNewman41:
any word on Bailey?
Have you seen our defense? lol Our starting corners are awful. Their backups are freshman & MUCH worse. K. State may not be a passing team & I know that won't be their game plan on Saturday - but I guarantee they will target our corners on 3rd & long situations. And more times than not they will be able to pick up the first down. Unless Klein is a completely incompetent passer, which I don't think he is. And deep balls are basically like throwing to an uncovered receiver.Originally posted by TheRedSon:
They're not likely to test the corners very often. As long as he doesn't give up a big play the 2-5 times they throw his way he should be fine. Missing a LB would be a much bigger deal in this one.
I understand that Kansas State is a different type of matchup. They don't like to throw the ball a lot. But this is the worst defense I've EVER seen at WVU. Kansas State wants to control the ball on Saturday. And if they need to get out of a 3rd & long situation to continue a drive, it will be pretty easy. Our corners will play 10-12 yards off the ball in 3rd & 8 or 3rd & 9 situations. Easy pitch & catch for the 1st down. And while WVU has been okay against the run so far this year, that was with all of our d-line starters at 100%. That isn't the case anymore. We only have redshirt & true freshman behind the starters with a couple of them weighing in at a whopping 240 lbs. That's a huge concern going against K. State's versatile rushing attack. And yes I know that's a lot of negativity, but after seeing the results from this past weekend (WVU getting the snot kicked out of them & their only 2 Big 12 wins were vs. teams that also got the snot kicked out of them), I'm not too optimistic about the rest of the season.Originally posted by TheRedSon:
Calm down man. Your defense is bad. That doesn't mean Bill Snyder and Collin Klien are going to destroy your secondary. I'd be more worried about how well the fragment supports against runs to the outsides. Can he ahead a block on a reverse? Harper's the only KSU receiver with dangerous speed is Harper. This isn't the Baylor receiving corps with more speed than half the Olympic 4x100 teams, and as good as Klien is he can't throw deep like Florence or Ash. This game is going to come down to your front 7 most likely. K-State's deep threat, such as it is, is based on play action, and even when they complete long passes Klien usually isn't accurate/strong enough that defenders can't still get a tackle. It's a great offense, but it isn't anything at all like Baylor in scheme or personnel.
Our board owner definitely didn't try to pump up the defense. He's actually pretty honest about our teams. He'll tell us when we have issues. And none of our fans (except for a few delusional ones) thought we were going to have a great defense this season. We figured it would take a step back with a whole new coaching staff (for the most part ) on that side of the bal and a ton of young players in the starting lineup (which is never a good recipe). But no one thought we would have one of the worst defenses in college football. WVU & Baylor are pretty identical in terms of great offenses & horrible defenses. Geno is a better QB than Florence, but that's about the only difference. Both defenses are comical.Originally posted by TheRedSon:
Well, Texas tends to get the snot knocked out of them regulerly against OU under Mack against Stoops. It seems like they're close or Texas just isn't in the game. They usually then proceed to beat the far out of the rest of us (except Kansas State). Baylor would have been in their game if they had protected the football. Six turnovers tends to get you beat soundly though.
Hey, I didn't say you'd handle their offense, just that corners are probably the least of your worries. You might be better off with Klien throwing on third and long than him getting creative with his feet anyway. That's how they sustained drives against OSU last year. The guy just keeps getting up and doing it again.
You know, as bad as your defense has been it's still not the worst in this conference. It could be worse (Baylor), or you could have spent all offseason listening to your moderators and site owner tell you there were 11 NFL guys on your defense only to get torched against three consecutive Big 12 opponents, one of them with a backup QB (Texas). At least you knew your defense would struggle.
So I guess DeFo isn't the most popular guy in Morgantown right now...
I don't care what KSU's passing stats are, they will be doubled & perhaps tripled this weekend. I have never seen a secondary as bad as ours before. Your WR's won't be covered all day. It's truly astounding how wide open receivers get against our defense.Originally posted by duke fame:
You really have not seen K-State this year nor do you have any clue about our stats do you?
KSU is passing at a 70% completion rate and has a higher yard per down efficiancy than West VIrginia. That's a fact.
K-State will go with whatever the defense allows. We will throw very effectively. Our recevers are fast but not a tall as WVU's Our tight end is stellar and needs to get involved this game. I would expect KSU to run more because Snyder wants to keep Geno on the bench.
KSU has one of the most punishing offenses on the planet and will simply out muscle their opponents. thats what they do. Klein isn't in the heisman race because he sucks. He is a very fine Q-back and anyone who doesn't realize it before they play heim certainly get the picture after the game.
We might be missing a DT as well. Will Clarke missed last week & no one knows for sure if he is playing tomorrow. That's a HUGE loss as we only have freshman behind him and one of them weighs 240 lbs.Originally posted by TheRedSon:
Missing a linebacker or DT against K-State could be a huge problem though.