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And that 1 is bullshit, just saying.

I haven't seen them since the late 90s/early 2000s, so you might very well be right. But circa their appearance at Woodstock '99, they were the epitome of boring.

No. Fuck ECU.

I saw him on one of his spoken word tours, and he is my far one of my favorite people to hear speak. Just an incredible human being.

The thing that turned me off about Megadeth was how overproduced they sounded, and that's because Marty Friedman has such a hard on for clean precision on all his guitar work. It feels really sanitized, for lack of a better world.

Also, they SUCK live. Zero stage presence, literally just standing there playing. Also no experimentation, no jam, just the songs excatly how they are on the album. At least when I listen to the albums I can be multitasking and getting other shit done.

I vastly prefer the sound of Fear Factory to Megadeth.

With all the different disguised coverages that Bud likes to use, many of which require corners and safeties to switch responsibilities on a given play, I really don't know if I like the idea of corners and safeties having different position coaches. Couple that with the fact that I just don't think Mitchell and Nix are great fits with Foster's scheme. Mitchell coached corners in the Big XII and Nix is a career linebackers coach. Our defense was at its best when we had someone who played cornerback in this system teaching people how to play cornerback in this system. I'm not saying all our coaches should have ties to the program, but with Foster's defense being so distinct from what a lot of other P5 DCs do, I think it might really be necessary in this case.

I think we're in much bigger trouble at CB than anyone is willing to admit, and it isn't an issue of forcing a square peg in a round hole. The problem isn't that we converted Farley to CB, it's that we converted him and then needed him to start immediately. We are now basically in the same position at CB as were at QB circa 2011, robbing Peter to pay Paul just to get the position filled.

And before anyone bangs the attrition drum, it's critical to realize that understanding the legitimate reasons we're in this position doesn't somehow magically get us out of this position. Diagnosing a problem doesn't solve the problem. The reality is our defensive backfield is a skeleton crew of young, inexperienced guys, many playing outside of their natural position, in a scheme that, by design, requires CBs and safeties to play out of their minds to make the system work.

The problem isn't that Caleb Farley is at CB. The problem is we have zero alternatives.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: we are going to be bad defensively for a while yet. Do not expect a return to form on defense in 2019; you are just setting yourself up for disappointment. A combination of factors has dug the defense into a crater that it will take time to claw out of, and if I'm being blunt, I'm not convinced we can trust Brian Mitchell and Tyrone Nix to produce the defensive backfield Foster needs even under normal circumstances.

Even when Robinson threw his cape on and went into closer mode (something he's really good at), he took a bewildering three—from way beyond NBA range—with eight seconds left down just one. It clanked off the iron, ending Tech's last chance with a deflating thud.

Are we pretending Hill's wide open jumper for the win that bounced off the side of the backboard never happened? Because I'm cool if we are, I just want to know.

Didn't they immediately bring another safety into the box after those first few big runs by Peoples? That should have really opened up the passing game, but Willis was behind or in front of his receivers all night.

I want to see an undefeated ND get left out just to force their hand and see if they're more committed to remaining independent, or to vying for national titles under the modern system.

Tre's one handed grab for our first TD was one of the most beautiful catches I've seen a player in maroon and orange make, but if one catch perfectly epitomized the mantra of if the ball is in the air, it's yours, it was Rambo's wrenching that ball out of the hands of the defender on the tieing drive.

This is why I'm still not on the anti-Cornelson bandwagon. Corn didn't forget how to call plays in two years. But he was absolutely calling plays this season to minimize mistakes by Willis, and that absolutely hamstrung our offense. And for people who wish we'd just take our chances, I really wish I could find the write-up Mason did about Fuente when we first hired him. It has absolutely shaded my perception of Fuente ever since. One thing Mason pointed out is that Fuente, despite being an offensive guru, is inherently conservative. Not in the same sense of Frank "There's three things that can happen when you pass, and two of them are bad" Beamer was conservative, but Fuente's first maxim will always be protect the football. And that's how we playcalled with Willis in, and that's why Willis's TD to INT ratio was outstanding and his QBR was one of the best in the ACC, despite him consistently making bad reads, leaving the pocket early, and throwing to the wrong receiver. The play calling played to his strengths, and he succeeded because of it, despite being an inherently limited quarterback who isn't perfectly suited to this scheme.

TL;DR. Corn didn't forget how to play call, and getting rid of him because the offense struggled under and injured JJ last season and Willis this season would be SEC fandom levels of stupid.