Rockne's Roundtable

With an relatively inexperienced secondary Diaco better be dialing up the blitzes and not sitting on his hands like the 2nd half against FSU. If we cant consistently get pressure in the backfield our young secondary will get eaten alive. Anyone remember what happened to Lo Wood for his 1 snap last year against USC? So for your question, with a 4man rush we will not be getting into the backfield, pressure will have to be manufactured.

garyfh : Saying that the question is "difficult to take seriously" is a foolish and naive response. If you don't take the question seriously, then there was no point in you responding to the question. Forget your stats, I don't see how anybody could question that potentially Lynch would clearly be the best pass rusher that we would have on the team and wonder if the rest of the guys can pick up the slack.. Therefore, since he is gone, the question is absolutely appropriate.

play D like the first half against FSU we'll be fine. Play conservative like the second half of FSU game and it's going to be a very long season.

Mark my words - we will have MORE sacks and qb hurries than last year.

With the extra depth we've got now and being about to put fresh bodies in when needed should only strengthen our pass rush.