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D-Line play will be a big thing for this team. Didn't Earl Heyman's little brother commit? If he can play as a freshman and the rest of the D-line progresses, they can tremendously help the secondary. Perhaps Brandon Heath can use his speed to become a tremendous blitz threat. The kid coming in from Miami is a real physical specimen and is supposed to have tremendous speed and agility as Miami kept trying to convert him to RB. I think the lack of experience and time to develop cohesiveness will hamper progress and we will have some breakdowns that result in long plays. I hope the coaches accept this and respond by using pressure as a band aid for the lack of experience. The new defensive staff will at least make our opponents wonder what they will see in game planning. Burn last years tape because this defense will have a new game plan, but execution is going to be crucial.Offense will be at least OK, so any defensive improvements should prevent shoot-out losses like Syracuse. U-Conn should be playing us here, so hopefully a phony fair catch won't cost us a game. If we don't give UK a 70 yard touchdown pass in the last minute instead of giving up a first down, we have a two win improvement right there. 8 home games will help too. I see 9-4 with a push for the Big East title late in the year as the team matures, but comes up just short. WV should drop off a little with Rodriguz gone, but USF will be legit. Good luck CARDS and eberyone have a little patience. Our BCS time is coming, just gonna take 2-3 years. I have faith in Coach K just because I have faith in Tom Jurich. What he did at Tulsa doesn't matter near as much as TJ'S track record hiring coaches. And a good housecleaning from the Petrino era, while painful short term, is the right path to success.
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