Posted:
#1
its more or less the glaring holes of their opponent and the new coach and schemes.
NEW MEXICO OFFENSE: switching to a no-huddle up tempo offense which is a rhythm based offense. starting QB porterie had a 0-5 ratio last year in a run first offense. they lose leading rusher rodney ferguson. head coach mike locksley was the OC @ illinois under ron zook and if you reference their first year installing this offense @ illinois in 05 they were -11 in turnovers averaging a pathetic 17 PPG while giving up 40 PPG more than likely based on the poor spots the offense put the defense in and i have no reason to see the same type of transition in new mexico with lower caliber recruits @ new mexico. i just dont see a dual threat QB who will not have the time or experience to go through his progressions in a new scheme being effective @ A&M with the crowd noise and newly installed 3-4 scheme that will disguise blitzes. i see alot of false starts and short check down passes.
NEW MEXICO DEFENSE: switching from a 3-3-5 to a 4-3 defense might benefit the D but the personnel is not in place and you will have alot of guys playing out of position in 09. they lose their 2 DE and their starting NT from last year along with their top reserve DE. mcpeek returns @ MLB as their leading tackler in 08 but he was nicked up in the spring and have two new OLB to learn this new scheme. they move a LB to SS and the FS returns but they lose 2 NFL corners to graduation.
they also lose 5 scholarships each of the next 3 years to NCAA violations.
i see crowd noise early forcing NM to give jerrod johnson short fields to work with off of turnovers and 3 and outs. A&M is in the second year under coach shermans scheme and should show improvement on the O-LINE with fewer penalties and bigger holes in the run game.
TEXAS A&M 41
NEW MEXICO 17
0
Hot Forum Topics
