[Mick]

ESPN just said that Love will not play.  I have a lot of confidence in Scarlett and Speights and Maddox.  We should walk all over the Beavers.

Agreed.  Truthfully, I wouldn't change my overoptimistic WAG (49-14) at all.

In fact...I wonder if this is actually better for the team, specifically the defense.  We have the quick-strike capacity with Love, for sure.  We probably lack it (relatively speaking) with Maddox and Speights and Scarlett.  And yet...against this defense, I could see all three ripping off gain after gain after gain.  They won't average 10 ypc, but they'll probably average 5-6.  And if our ToP is 40 minutes, that only helps our defense.

[Mick]

ESPN just said that Love will not play.  I have a lot of confidence in Scarlett and Speights and Maddox.  We should walk all over the Beavers.

Agreed.  Truthfully, I wouldn't change my overoptimistic WAG (49-14) at all.

In fact...I wonder if this is actually better for the team, specifically the defense.  We have the quick-strike capacity with Love, for sure.  We probably lack it (relatively speaking) with Maddox and Speights and Scarlett.  And yet...against this defense, I could see all three ripping off gain after gain after gain.  They won't average 10 ypc, but they'll probably average 5-6.  And if our ToP is 40 minutes, that only helps our defense.