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[koreanp1e]

do you guys know whether this game will be nationally broadcasted? I think it should...

[Aaron]

Actually, the reason they had so much success running the ball was because they spread out our defense and we don't have the guys up front on the defensive line to keep those run plays from gashing us for big yards. The Tigers have two NFL caliber tight ends, and they have to be respected, so we had to spread out our linebackers to cover them up. It's really a pick your poison type deal, either get gashed by the run or get tore up over the middle by two tight ends who will be playing on Sundays next year.

Help is on the way at the end of the semester, though. It won't help this year, but we're getting three JUCO defensive linemen who will be here for spring practice that will definitely make an impact next season. You all probably remember McKinner Dixon from 2005, he's back after a stint at Cisco JC. Also a guy named Broderick Marshall, who signed with us in 2005 but didn't have the grades and ended up at a junior college. The big guy, though, is a guy named Brandon Sesay out of a California JC who literally could have gone anywhere he wanted. He's a huge, huge defensive end and he'll start from day one. Couple the newcomers with the guys we already have on campus and it looks like our defensive line could be pretty salty next year.

The bottom line is that the defense isn't what lost us the game. It was 24-10 heading into the third quarter, it was still competitive. It did seem like the defense kind of threw the towel in late, but by that point the game was already over.

What killed us was a lack of execution on offense.