Knott Who?
- Thread starter keepngoal
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4 tackles, I believe. Still not sure if his arm/shoulder is preventing him from really sticking people. With the scheme, though, I think they were looking to stop the pass first, and relying on the defensive line for all of the pressure and most of the run stopping.
Yes, they were talking about his shoulder last night. The only way his shoulder will heal is with time off. Until then, he can play, just not at the level of play we are used to seeing him play at.
again this isn't a knock on knott.... if he wasn't making plays, they would have called his name. Total team effort on the D side of the ball? Probably.
-keep
Remember also that the defense was on the field for only 20 minutes against a pass-happy team. All-in-all I think our defense was suited perfectly for stopping Texas Tech. I'll predict the rest of the season our competition will load-up to run. I'm sure Wally is preparing for it.
Tech only had the ball for 8 minutes in the entire second half. Klein was the leading tackler with 8. A big part of Knott's numbers being low was our offense keeping the defense off the field. We had one possession of 9 minutes! What a great team effort across the board!
I know in the pregame show Wally said that they were going go have a 3 man rotation with Knott,Klein and Tau'fo'ou. That probably had something to do with it
The problem was that Tech stopped running the ball. They were down so much that their unbalanced attack was even more so. Also, they were playing in coverage most of the night. We didn't send that much pressure all night...
Yeah, the whole defense deserves a huge pat on the back, but how about Ter'ran Benton? Made the tackle on the 4th and 1 red zone stop and that interception that he was pretty close to taking to the house were huge plays that took the Raiders out of the game early. I don't know if he's ever made big plays in a game like that before, but it was good to see.
I think it's a combination of the other players stepping up and TTU not getting many chances on offense.
I know I saw Walter woods make a nice play on a run stop. Irving was in on a nice stop late in the game as well.
CW had said something in his post game article about how it was a good thing that the D didn't have a huge number of tackles. I think that is the right thought, they didn't tackle much because they didn't have to.
I know Irving swatted down a ball in the 4th. There were others playing too but I couldn't really focus. The shock of the game just had me glazed over.
i think everyone is just confused that our defense was only out there for 8 minutes in the second half. unfamiliar territory.
knott usually racks up the tackles because he's out there for 2/3 of the game.
knott usually racks up the tackles because he's out there for 2/3 of the game.
