What I am noticing is how hesitant our our guys are from attacking the ball carrier. In yesterday's game there were countless Arizona run plays where we are just waiting at or behind the line of scrimmage and then our guys get blocked easily. I just don't see our guys playing with any sort of instinct or situational awareness. You can tell they are hesitant and overthinking things. I say to hell with all the fancy B. S. defensive Grinch schemes and just go back to the basics so our guys aren't in perpetual brainfart mode.

Arizona defenders were grabbing offensive lineman face masks all-night-long and pushing upwards, thus compromising their leverage. Here are a couple of examples.

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The offensive linemen have to communicated with one another and bring attention to it from the referees.

Seems like a good time to reassess ...

I confess...I thought our defense was horrid. This was based on both...watching all 6 games and reviewing national statistics.

My eyes saw defensive confusion...penalties, missed tackles, missed assignments, loose coverage in the secondary, poor linebacker play etc.

And then there are the national statistics (includes yesterday's games): National stats track 133 teams...we are:

#79 in scoring defense
#91 in rushing defense
#115 in passing defense
#112 in total defense
#107 in opponent long scrimmage plays

Sadly, or thankfully, they don't have statistics for "missed tackles".

But now I'm aware that it was our defense that won last night's game for us. Admittedly, the offense was way out of kilter last night.

Thank God we had Grinch's defense to drive us to victory over a great Arizona team.

Perhaps Grinch will earn Defensive Coordinator of the week for holding Arizona below 600 total yards and 50 points.

Hezbollah Issues Threat to Israel, US as Hamas War Escalates​

By Jason Lemon On 10/08/23 at 10:38 AM EDT

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah issued a threat to Israel and the United States on Sunday, suggesting that it could get further involved in support of Hamas as the war escalates.

Hamas, a militant Palestinian group which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization, launched a surprise attack on Israel on Saturday. The violence has thus far left hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians dead, with Hamas taking a number of Israelis captive.

Israeli media reported on Sunday that the security cabinet had officially declared the country at war over night. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously said on Saturday "we are at war," and vowed Israel would "take revenge for this black day."

Hezbollah, an Iran-backed organization that the U.S. also considers a terrorist group, on Sunday launched a barrage of mortar shells into Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) then responded by shooting artillery into Lebanon. No casualties were reported on either side, according to Reuters.

…with the encouragement of the Mexican government and to the advantage of the cartels whose fentanyl exports kills 100,000 Americans a year?

Letssssssss go!

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Taliban: 'We will conquer Jerusalem'​

The Taliban has requested that other Arab countries give its troops passage to join the war against Israel.​

Oct 8, 2023 at 11:19 AM (GMT+3)
The Express reports that the Taliban has asked other Muslim countries to grant their forces free passage to Israel.

The report claims that an appeal was sent to Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, saying that "If other countries give us passage, we will conquer Jerusalem."

The report comes after Hamas launched a surprise attack against israel, leaving 350 Israelis dead so far and more than 100 Israelis captive in the Gaza strip. The idea has reported that the fighting in Israeli territory is still ongoing, more than 24 hours later.

The Taliban has yet to be recognized by any government after it seized power following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Its request to join the war against Israel comes close behind a series of mortar attacks by Hezbollah, also apparently in support of the Hamas invasion.

“Additionally, the documentation suggests a deliberate attempt by the Biden family to evade taxes and shield visibility into how more than $20 million flowed from foreign sources by funneling it through more than 20 shell companies and LLCs,” the committee added.

Our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel, fell under attack in a highly planned, highly tactical assaultwhere thousands of rockets were fired into major urban areas in the Jewish state while terrorists simultaneously flooded the streets and killed civilians and soldiers alike.

Israel now finds itself in a war against inhuman actions and guerilla war crimes that have not been seen on this level in decades, with many fearing it's only going to get worse.

As of this writing, Joe Biden himself has been silent. The administration's response wasn't just utterly embarrassing, it was borderline obscene.

The U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs actually sent out a tweet calling on Israel not to respond with violence.

Anyone remember the USC poster that was married to Jessie Jane ?
I think they eventually divorced, she was from Oklahoma (of course ) but what a legend …

I can’t even lie I had to turn the game off and had to watch something else. This shit is depressing and unbearable to watch. Anyone have any good suggestions for movies or new shows?

Other than Qb, are these two similar teams? I didn’t notice any differences, talent wise, on either side of the ball. Perhaps, with the portal, teams seem much more even these days.

...Caleb has his best Heisman moment??? You have got to be kidding me.

... I am sure of it, but tonight, we dine in Valhalla, and we shall fill our bellies with the Mead of the Gods! Fight on!

The last 2 and a half quarters are worse than anything we even saw with Helton. Wheels are completely falling off.

Mizz 22 LSU 7, 7:45 2nd
LSU’s D is even worse than ours……

Maryland 10, OHIO St 0, 10:54 2nd
OSU escaped in South Bend, but their O is clearly not the same…..

Okla 10 Texas 7, 14:14 2nd
This has been a great, hard hitting, throwback game so far in Dallas…..

SC 51
Zona 24

Looks like Arizona is going to roll with redshirt freshman backup QB Noah Fifita.

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Beat the Wildcats!

Fight on!

'This is not the beginning of the story,' Palestinian activist says​

Mirna Alsharif and Molly Hunter

Palestinian activist and former Palestinian Authority spokesperson Nour Odeh issued a reminder that Hamas' attack on Israel Saturday "is not the beginning of the story."

"This is one episode of a story that has lasted for over half a century," Odeh told NBC News. "Israel occupied the West Bank, it controls every aspect of life in Gaza. And for more than a year now, experts have been warning that things are reaching a boiling point."

Odeh is referring to over 50 years of occupation of Palestinian territories by Israeli forces. There's been a spike in violence in the region for over a year, with at least 700 attacks on Palestinians attacked by Israelis in 2023, a record-breaking number, according to the Institute for Middle East Understanding.

"It’s a record setting year of the number of Palestinians killed, the number of Palestinian children killed, the number of homes demolished, the number of attacks by armed settlers that, you know, burned down homes and attack people and wounded and killed Palestinian civilians," Odeh said.

Odeh said that while today's events aren't surprising, they are "unprecedented."

"But you know, there was nowhere for the story to go except a breaking point with a right-wing Israeli government that doesn’t recognize that Palestinians exist, doesn’t want to talk about Palestinians having freedom and a country of their own and a world that is ready to, kind of, appease that and work with it and just throw money at the Palestinians or condemnations and hope that things will be maintained."