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R i wrote:I remember wanting it to Rain every game we were out matched when we had Rashad. It was like our Running game could eat up the clock, and make the games closer. Not sure if I want the rain Next weekend in Chapel Hill.We need it to be clear and sunny so that we can use the offense. We cannot afford to go toe to toe with them in the trenches. If we do, we will get smashed by their depth.
bluejacket wrote:The two INTs in the endzone kept us ahead and in the game . . . until the last 4 minutes . . .R i wrote:I remember wanting it to Rain every game we were out matched when we had Rashad. It was like our Running game could eat up the clock, and make the games closer. Not sure if I want the rain Next weekend in Chapel Hill.We need it to be clear and sunny so that we can use the offense. We cannot afford to go toe to toe with them in the trenches. If we do, we will get smashed by their depth.
Here's the formula to win. We will have to be 65/35 in pass/run yards and chew the clock for touchdown drives (38:00+). Additionally we must be at least +2 in the turnover margin. We need an ODU type game plan from the defense. Let them rack up yards and waste game clock, but don't give up touchdowns. Plus, we can't have ANY special teams miscues. If we do these things, we can win.
NewsObserver.com wrote:UNC QB coach Keith Heckendorf on Marquise Williams, Mitch Trubisky and competitionAnd here's an interesting piece of intel ...
Posted by Andrew Carter on August 19, 2014
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CHAPEL HILL — Keith Heckendorf spent the past three seasons working at North Carolina as a player development coach – a sort of nebulous position somewhere between a graduate assistant and a full-fledged assistant coach. Rising up the coaching ladder can be a difficult climb.
Then came a break. And another one. Blake Anderson, the Tar Heels' former offensive coordinator, became the head coach at Arkansas State last December, and he hired Heckendorf as his tights ends coach and recruiting coordinator. Not long after, UNC coach Larry Fedora came up with a better offer: come back to Chapel Hill and become the Tar Heels' quarterbacks coach.
Heckendorf, who'd worked with UNC's quarterbacks from 2011-13, accepted. And so here he is, in the middle of the most important position competition at UNC. Marquise Williams, a fourth-year junior, and Mitch Trubisky, a redshirt freshman, have been competing for the starting job since the spring. They have gone back and forth, switching places with the first team offense and competing everywhere from the practice field to the meeting room.
--on the advantages of finalizing the decision a week or so before the first game:Click Here for Full Story
“There's probably more advantages for the guy that isn't named the starter, and taking that first snap so he can prepare his mind. Because right now they're both preparing like they're going to start this ballgame. And that's the mindset we want them to have. They're both going to start studying Liberty once we break camp and that's where their focus is going to be, and they both need to prepare like they're going to take that first snap. One of them will and one of them won't. But the other one's got to be ready to go in at some point in that ballgame and do exactly what he was preparing to do as if he was the starter.”
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/19/ ... rylink=cpy
Sly Fox wrote:I think you might be soft-selling the turnover margin. I would suggest it needs to be at least +4/5 for us to have any real chance.
R i wrote:Im with Sly, its in the 4 or 5 turnover range. I think we want the rain to be a nuetralizer. We have the LBs to stop their run game. I mean this is all just hyper anyalyzation because Im getting pumped.They're the best team that we have ever faced, but they are not so good that we need that high of a turnover margin. App. State was plus 1 against Michigan in 2007. JMU was plus 3 against VT in 2010. NDSU in their last four FBS games:
I cant spell, so theres that.
Chippy wrote:We flat out gave away the ODU game. They won, but we gave it away.bluejacket wrote:The two INTs in the endzone kept us ahead and in the game . . . until the last 4 minutes . . .R i wrote:I remember wanting it to Rain every game we were out matched when we had Rashad. It was like our Running game could eat up the clock, and make the games closer. Not sure if I want the rain Next weekend in Chapel Hill.We need it to be clear and sunny so that we can use the offense. We cannot afford to go toe to toe with them in the trenches. If we do, we will get smashed by their depth.
Here's the formula to win. We will have to be 65/35 in pass/run yards and chew the clock for touchdown drives (38:00+). Additionally we must be at least +2 in the turnover margin. We need an ODU type game plan from the defense. Let them rack up yards and waste game clock, but don't give up touchdowns. Plus, we can't have ANY special teams miscues. If we do these things, we can win.
SuperJon wrote:To compare us to NDSU in any way, shape, or form negates any argument after the comparison.The year before NDSU beat Kansas, they finished the season 3-8. That win was a major catalyst for what happened during the rest of that season (a national semi-final appearance), three more FBS wins in following seasons, and three consecutive national championships. NDSU is a historically strong program dating back to their dominance in D-II, but their win against Kansas was a decisive turning point in their history that laid the foundation for everything that followed.
bluejacket wrote:Were any of these wins against a ranked opponent like UNC is this year?Sly Fox wrote:I think you might be soft-selling the turnover margin. I would suggest it needs to be at least +4/5 for us to have any real chance.R i wrote:Im with Sly, its in the 4 or 5 turnover range. I think we want the rain to be a nuetralizer. We have the LBs to stop their run game. I mean this is all just hyper anyalyzation because Im getting pumped.They're the best team that we have ever faced, but they are not so good that we need that high of a turnover margin. App. State was plus 1 against Michigan in 2007. JMU was plus 3 against VT in 2010. NDSU in their last four FBS games:
I cant spell, so theres that.
at Kansas (2010) +2 W 6-3
at Minnesota (2011) +2 W 37-24
at Colorado St. (2012) +1 W 22-7
at Kansas St. (2013) +1 W 24-21
If we finish plus 4 against UNC, I am very, very confident that we will have won.
Chippy wrote:Were any of these wins against a ranked opponent like UNC is this year?Yes.
BJWilliams wrote:North Dakota State beat an FBS program and went on to three straight national championships...Gardner-Webb beat an FBS program and has not finished above third in the Big South conference and changed coaches...your point?UNC is very good, but to say that we need to be +4 or +5 in TO margin to win is really high. We will win the game if we force that many turnovers. We were -5 in TO against NC State in 2011 (7 TOTAL TURNOVERS), but also within 9 points of them with five minutes to go in the game. The final of 43-21 did not show how poorly we played on offense during the game.
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