Why I feel our defense will be better in 2024

[Sk00b]

2 hours ago, E.T. said:

 

We greatly improved for the Bowl. Was it just one game or the year of learning and extra practice?

Bowl game was an outlier against a team that had a TE playing QB. 

[Bulls On Parade]

Secondary is the worst part of defense...dont see how they aren't improved. 

Passing yards defense, a good goal would be sub 100 for this year. 

Should get defense ranked around 70s or so.

[Outlaw]

2 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

It's not really one offseason though.  I think of the defense as a parabolic curve.  Each improvement helps the other position and they stack exponentially.  We know we radically improved the run defense last year and we are beefing up the D-line.  They added a new secondary coach.  Perhaps we start to see that curve trend up faster this year.  I am thinking it doesn't have to be totally world beating this year to win with this offense.

If we can beat Tulane and Memphis we are the real deal. I would love to beat all the other teams but the goal in the win the conference championship. Starting 4-2 is the goal, and 5-1 with an upset against Bama or Miami would be epic. Knowing usf history  we upset Bama and Miami then lose to SoMi ,Tulane, and Memphis.   I have higher expectations this season 7-5 Is my floor, but want to get into the aac championship. We improve as far as the defense improves.

[Gatorbull325]

1 hour ago, Bulls On Parade said:

Secondary is the worst part of defense...dont see how they aren't improved. 

Passing yards defense, a good goal would be sub 100 for this year. 

Should get defense ranked around 70s or so.

You had teams throwing it on 4th and short rather than run it b/c our secondary was so bad. 

[NAIROBIBULL]

10 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

It's not really one offseason though.  I think of the defense as a parabolic curve.  Each improvement helps the other position and they stack exponentially.  We know we radically improved the run defense last year and we are beefing up the D-line.  They added a new secondary coach.  Perhaps we start to see that curve trend up faster this year.  I am thinking it doesn't have to be totally world beating this year to win with this offense.

There should be a huge jump from year one to year two under CAG. The place slow down, and all the massive changes in the secondary should really jump start our past defense. I think coach will hold back some key plays in the first game so he's got some surprises left for Alabama. I think we can win four out of six and if we can beat Miami then woohoo!

[bullsbucsfan426]

13 hours ago, Sk00b said:

Bowl game was an outlier against a team that had a TE playing QB. 

In fairness to Dan Villari, it wasn't his first time starting. He played a full game vs Georgia Tech and did enough to keep them in the game. 

To be real though, I think the defense was so fired up that day that even if Shrader had been started the Orange would have gotten eaten alive. 

[bullsbucsfan426]

4 hours ago, NAIROBIBULL said:

There should be a huge jump from year one to year two under CAG. The place slow down, and all the massive changes in the secondary should really jump start our past defense. I think coach will hold back some key plays in the first game so he's got some surprises left for Alabama. I think we can win four out of six and if we can beat Miami then woohoo!

You shouldn't have to do too much against Bethune Cookman. They were 3-8 last year (although 2 of those three wins came in their last three games). Run the ball, tackle well, and give BB17 some chemistry building passes against live competition and you should win going away. Memphis, Miami, and even FAMU handled them fine. Leave all the clever stuff in the bin for Bama. 

[E.T.]

22 hours ago, Sk00b said:

Bowl game was an outlier against a team that had a TE playing QB. 

Our Defense played well, it might not have been a shut-out, but we would been in control.

[E.T.]

8 hours ago, bullsbucsfan426 said:

You shouldn't have to do too much against Bethune Cookman. They were 3-8 last year (although 2 of those three wins came in their last three games). Run the ball, tackle well, and give BB17 some chemistry building passes against live competition and you should win going away. Memphis, Miami, and even FAMU handled them fine. Leave all the clever stuff in the bin for Bama. 

This game. I hope we see the bench a lot.

[Rocky Style]

9 hours ago, bullsbucsfan426 said:

In fairness to Dan Villari, it wasn't his first time starting. He played a full game vs Georgia Tech and did enough to keep them in the game. 

To be real though, I think the defense was so fired up that day that even if Shrader had been started the Orange would have gotten eaten alive. 

Not sure.  He didn't have anything in the tank and couldn't make any throws.  So we could just pressure and the rest was history.