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Let's face it.  It's all Love's fault.  He just scores too fast.  This disrupts Shaw's strategy of ball control offense.  Love's selfish penchant for 50+ yard TD runs just kills our T.O.P.  I'll bet our D was cringing every time Bryce broke through the to the second level.  Doesn't he know that scoring so fast just puts the other team's offense back on the field?  Couldn't he give our D a break by just running out of bounds after making a first down?  Maybe if we had a better and deeper defense he could get away with his showboating.  But, we must accept the truth that Bryce Love is the reason we lost 5 games this season.  ::)

Martyup, I know that this post is meant in jest. Unfortunately, I think there is a grain of truth in it. I am sure the defense loved it when Love ran 50+ yards for a touchdown. No problem there. The problem is when he gets stopped on first and second down for three yards or less, and we have to convert a 3rd and long to keep the ball. We just aren't as good at that as we need to be if we want to win 10 games or more in the regular season. This high variance discussion has been beat to death here, so I won't add any more fuel, but I do think the coaching staff has had to make adjustments with both CMac and Love that were mixed blessings. Love didn't cause us to lose the games we lost, but our inability to convert on 3rd and long did contribute greatly to those losses. So, we either needed to be better at third and long, or not have so many of them. :)

[Goose]

Let's face it.  It's all Love's fault.  He just scores too fast.  This disrupts Shaw's strategy of ball control offense.  Love's selfish penchant for 50+ yard TD runs just kills our T.O.P.  I'll bet our D was cringing every time Bryce broke through the to the second level.  Doesn't he know that scoring so fast just puts the other team's offense back on the field?  Couldn't he give our D a break by just running out of bounds after making a first down?  Maybe if we had a better and deeper defense he could get away with his showboating.  But, we must accept the truth that Bryce Love is the reason we lost 5 games this season.  ::)

Martyup, I know that this post is meant in jest. Unfortunately, I think there is a grain of truth in it. I am sure the defense loved it when Love ran 50+ yards for a touchdown. No problem there. The problem is when he gets stopped on first and second down for three yards or less, and we have to convert a 3rd and long to keep the ball. We just aren't as good at that as we need to be if we want to win 10 games or more in the regular season. This high variance discussion has been beat to death here, so I won't add any more fuel, but I do think the coaching staff has had to make adjustments with both CMac and Love that were mixed blessings. Love didn't cause us to lose the games we lost, but our inability to convert on 3rd and long did contribute greatly to those losses. So, we either needed to be better at third and long, or not have so many of them. :)