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everybody this is tim prester from irish illustrator two-man team today for irish illustrate insider

and we're joined by john bryce of football scoop and irish illustrator as well john we are

we're about ready to put this Tennessee state game to bed, having actually

rewatched it on Sunday. I know that you have seen it as well. It was a good all-around performance.

It was a great performance at times. But everybody has said, including Marcus Freeman, it was a little

bit sluggish defensively they were

how many missed assignments did he say they had in a first drive three or four yeah three MAs and

one drive yeah and it apparently it was it was player and coach driven so you know you're going to

have that and and Marcus Freeman pointed out, they've played two

opponents that hadn't played a game yet this season. And even Tennessee State, you know, even on the

FCS level, with a former great player as their head coach in Eddie George and a good coaching staff,

they found some things to exploit. But the fact of the matter is that's now two games that

Nortem has not allowed a touchdown. And through two games, Nornames outscored its opponents,

98 to 6. So they're doing a whole heck of a lot more right than they are wrong, which is necessary

because they have to head to NC State, Raleigh, North Carolina this weekend. Yeah, and I think to your defensive notes, not allowing a touchdown.

Offensively, as we've noted, that's nine for nine scoring touchdowns in nine first half

possessions.

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