Legendary - The Career of Porter Davis

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Post by djp73 » 26 Jan 2019, 08:57

Yes we are pretty young overall so that's a good thing. Not many standouts in the front 7. Secondary is a bit better fortunately. I see a lot of nickel in our future.
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Post by djp73 » 27 Jan 2019, 12:47

From: Porter Davis (P_Davis@EMU.com)
To: Defensive Assistants
Subject: Positional Analysis continued

Here are my thoughts on the secondary to go along with the front seven from yesterday.

Cornerbacks
39 Kenyarda Bates 5'6" 162 Sr
27 Kirkland Bryant 5'9" 177 So
25 Jaleel Canty 5'9" 180 Fr
21 Ja'Ron Gillespie 5'11" 175 Sr
23 Diondre Moore-Young 5'9" 180 Jr
1 Darius Scott 5'8" 160 Sr
8 Kris Strange 5'11" 178

An overall lack of size is the theme at corner for us. Speed isn't terrific overall either but fortunately we play in the MAC and should be ok against most receiving groups in conference. Scott and Canty look to be our primary starters and they're both pretty solid in man coverage. We're probably going to spend a fair amount of time in nickel and dime looks so Bryant and Gillespie will get on the field quite a bit as well.

Safeties
3 Donald Coleman 6'0" 205 Sr
7 Pudge Cotton 6'1" 218 Jr
42 Kevin Johnson 5'11" 200 Jr
13 Daquan Pace 5'10" 170 Fr
26 Mycal Swaim 6'4" 212 Sr

Cotton and Coleman are the two best players on our defense, we're going to be asking a lot of them this season. We'll use them both in a number of ways. Expect Johnson to be on the field quite a bit as well whenever we have more than four defensive backs in play. Swaim is the fastest defender we have so we may look to utilize him as well. This is our strongest position.

Overall
If I'm being completely honest we have one of the least talented defenses in the conference. It's going to be up to us to scheme around the talent we do have and coach them up if we're going to be successful this season. Overall we're young on defense so the hope is that some of these players who aren't as talented will benefit from early playing time and progress nicely. As I've stated in the past I'm always open to suggestions on personnel, scheme and anything else that will make us more successful.

-Coach Davis
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Post by djp73 » 27 Jan 2019, 13:04

A few notes before the first game:

Recruiting - The CPU will handle recruiting while Davis is a coordinator.

National Scene - Reporting on the national scene will be limited until Davis is with a team that is a factor.

Conference Updates - MAC Conference updates will be weekly once conference play begins.
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Post by djp73 » 27 Jan 2019, 20:27

EASTERN MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
Game Report
August 31st, 2013


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PUDGE COTTON'S PICK SIX WASN'T ENOUGH TO PROP UP A STRUGGLING EMU TEAM


Scoring
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1Q EMU D. Scott 13 Yd pass from T. Benz (D. Mulder kick)
2Q HOW FB #35 9 Yd run (K #10 kick)
3Q HOW HB #26 2 Yd run (K #10 kick)
3Q HOW HB #5 34 Yd run (K #10 kick)
4Q EMU P. Cotton 44 Yd Int Ret (D. Mulder kick)
4Q HOW WR #89 93 Yd KO Ret (K #10 kick)

Key Stats
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Passing: T. Benz 10/25 95Yds 1TD
Rushing: B. Hill 10Car 46Yds
Receiving: D. Reed 2Rec 34Yds
Tackles: K. Johnson 8, T. Brown 7, L. Robinson 7
Sacks: K. Kashama 1, M. Price 1, J. Rich 1
Interceptions: P. Cotton 1 (TD)

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(Individual Stats Not Available)

Coach Davis' Take
This is a hard one to swallow. We really struggled to stop the run, especially by their quarterback. Overall we gave up 359 yards of total offense with 297 of it coming in the running game. We gave up a few third and longs on QB runs. We'll need to look at a spy in those situations going forward. We played in the 3-3-5 a lot and we really give up some tackling ability with that personnel. We may look to use the base 3-4 more going forward although that hurts us in the speed department. I guess it doesn't matter if we catch their players if we can't tackle them. In the passing game we held them to 62 yards and 50% completions. Pudge Cotton did have a great pick six on a ball that was deflected. He wasn't going to let anything stop him from scoring. Kashama, Price and Rich each had sacks so the pass rush did reasonably well. Scott had a pair of good deflections as well.

Overall this one was a letdown. We would hope for a bit more help from our offense going forward. They only scored seven points and picked up 163 yards total. Seven first downs to their 21 meant we were on the field quite a bit. We definitely need to get better on third and long.

Coach Davis' Player of the Game
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4tkl, 2TFL, 1Int, 1TD
Pudge played a lot of linebacker for us in this game and was all over the field. The pick six he had was a great effort play as he scooped the ball almost off the ground after a receiver tipped it. Pudge is going to be a leader for us for sure.
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Post by chosenone58 » 29 Jan 2019, 08:25

I'll be checking in on this. Love college football
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Post by djp73 » 29 Jan 2019, 10:43

this first season is going to be ugly if we don't get more "run support".

I had this first game marked off as one of two or three possible wins... :dunkface:

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Post by Chillcavern » 30 Jan 2019, 15:18

Lost to an FCS team :dunkface:
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Post by djp73 » 30 Jan 2019, 16:13

yeah, not good. was expecting that to be one of 2 or maybe 3 total wins...
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Post by djp73 » 01 Feb 2019, 15:13

EASTERN MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
Game Report
September 7th, 2013


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LAVONTE ROBINSON'S FIRST QUARTER PICK WAS THE ONLY SEMBLANCE OF A HIGHLIGHT FOR EASTERN MICHIGAN
Scoring
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PSU|07|34|07|14|62

1Q PSU Z. Zwinak 37 Yd pass from C. Hackenberg (S. Ficken kick)
2Q PSU A. Kenney 48 Yd pass from C. Hackenberg (missed kick)
2Q PSU C. Hackenberg 64 Yd run (S. Ficken kick)
2Q PSU Z. Zwinak 62 Yd run (S. Ficken kick)
2Q PSU B. Belton 2 Yd run (S. Ficken kick)
2Q PSU B. Moseby-Felder 54 Yd pass from C. Hackenberg (S. Ficken kick)
3Q PSU A. Kenney 40 Yd pass from C. Hackenberg (S. Ficken kick)
4Q PSU B. Belton 5 Yd run (S. Ficken kick)
4Q PSU B. Belton 59 Yd run (S. Ficken kick)

Key Stats
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Passing: T. Benz 15/45 192Yds 1Int
Rushing: B. Hill 6Car 32Yds
Receiving: B. Hill 6Rec 61Yds
Tackles: L. Robinson 6, K. Johnson 5, K. Bryant 5
Sacks: O. McFarlane 1
Interceptions: L. Robinson 1

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Passing: C. Hackenberg 16/25 317Yds 4TD 1Int
Rushing: Z. Zwinak 14Car 131Yds 1TD, B. Belton 14Car 115Yds 3TD
Receiving: A. Kenney 5Rec 120Yds 2TD
Tackles: D. Barnes 7
Sacks: D. Barnes 3
Interceptions: D. Davis 1, J. Lucas 1

Coach Davis' Take
We gave it a hell of a try for the first quarter. We even stopped their drives twice I think, once we forced a punt and we got that pick in the redzone. Other than that not much to be proud of. Coverage was terrible at times, tackling was generally bad. Third down defense was piss poor again. We certainly are going to need more help and more time of possession from the offense. We ran the ball nine times today. Nine! How many games we got left?

In the end I guess you just have to get your ass kicked and take the big check home sometimes. Maybe next week the offense will score for us at least.

Coach Davis' Player of the Game
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6Tkl, 1Int
Lavonte is a true freshman and he is looking like the leader of our defense for the future. He played a great game and was one of only a few guys giving 100% when we knew the game was all but over. I look forward to watching his development going forward.
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