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Here's my take for everyone hating on Bowen and saying he can't call a game. He's down his two best Oline (edit: I hate the autocorrect from OLine to "online") men to the portal on an already weak line. Their defense was being so aggressive on blitzes they were called offsides a number of times, but seemed content to let that go because they were pretty good at timing their rushing to be right at the snap, giving almost zero time for plays to develop, making run plays really hard.

And for passing plays, the refs deciding not to call pass interference - wtf is that? Their corners seemed to know just how much they could push or do whatever to prevent a reception (without looking for the ball). I can't count how many times I saw a fair amount of contact by their corners before the ball reached the receiver.

So, between a hyper aggressive defensive rush that got to our line and past it probably faster than any other team I remember seeing and the corners being able to commit PI, not sure exactly how you game plan for that, even if you have a month. I mean, I guess you could have tried to have our DLine try the aggressive blitzing, but if they hadn't worked on the timing, they'd probably be bad at it. Also, I think our two best pass rushers weren't participating, so that probably didn't help the O get ready any better.

Edit to add: But really, not calling PI? That seems like it gives a team with a strong D line an extra unfair advantage because you usually deal with aggressive rushing by passing it over them. And I saw a couple plays where that's what it looked like Bowen tried, one was a reception near the ground where our receiver was able to get a hard pass, the other, was a crossing route that the corner pushed our receiver in the back before the ball got to him.

It's hard to call plays that are going to work behind a bad O Line, ESPECIALLY since Bowen uses them differently than standard pass protection of being a wall of meat (because they definitely can't do that). Given our two best linemen left, the offense was going to struggle, especially after seeing how good their line and LBs were. This is also why we need a good S&C coach.

AND their line and LBs were being VERY aggressive. There's a reason they got a number of offsides calls against them. They were going or starting to go before the ball was even snapped in a bunch of plays. I don't think we faced pressure that was that aggressive all season. It gives even less time for the QB to make plays or the OLine to do anything because they have to be motionless before the snap. So guys already in motion have an advantage (gotta love physics).

He's out of answers for being down 14 starters and being in between two coaches and an S&C coach. Don't read too much into it. Also, the refs deciding not to call pass interference other than on that first one against us.

Pry seems good about getting our good players to stay and, if I recall from last year, to play in the bowl game. This year, I think it was probably harder because the players knew we were going to be between coaches so decided to transfer or sit out because they probably figured it would be an L and so they'd go to their new teams or declare for the draft.

One of the few chances we will have to win an ACC game. Have to have the huge crowd propel them to victory. Oh yeah, there will be no crowd. Just win baby!

Agree, I also think both can be true. Bowen called a terrible game and the o line was atrocious

Flava flav is one of those guys who's been around so long that people forget how his career even started. Kinda like Ryan Seacress or LL Cool J or Will Smith. Kids today don't even know that the latter two were prolific rappers way before they were actors.

I'm assuming you meant to add the /s

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Moore doesn't have to do much to improve in what we saw last night

With a 300 lb Fuga! 🤣

Having watched those plays in person, if I were Pry, I would have pulled my team off the field until some sort of order was restored. Throw a Bob Knight tantrum and refuse to let the guys go back on the field until someone can give me an explanation and then play the game under protest. I know it's just the sandwich jizz bowl, but personally, I cannot stand that level of incompetence from sports officials. From that "catch" the Minnesota kid made into the next series where PI wasn't a thing, the officials spaced out and stopped watching the game.