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Post by jegs2 on Sept 1, 2022 19:31:42 GMT -6
Terrible.
Well, we had a shot.
0-1, and on to the next game.
Gonna be a long season ... have I mentioned I miss 1995?
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Post by ekusteve on Sept 1, 2022 19:36:12 GMT -6
Tough loss. Thought you would pull it out until the snap went awry.
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Post by unafied on Sept 1, 2022 19:40:25 GMT -6
Well now I’ll be too angry to go to bed for hours. And these stupid Thursday games mean I have to work tomorrow. Ugh.
Two objectives for next week, IMO. A.) Find a center who can consistently snap the damn ball. And B.), just give all the snaps to Walters. He reminds me of “Ponch” Lopez. He looked way more comfortable out there than either Gipson or Files. It may be a small sample size, but I don’t care. We have a tough road ahead of us, since this team was likely one of the worst teams on our schedule. Let’s go with the best player, even if he’s a freshman.
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Post by unalions on Sept 1, 2022 19:43:34 GMT -6
I’m a fan of playing the best player. The returning QBs were sacked 8 times. The freshman was not sacked. He was quicker to get the ball out. He plays the option well. He should had started the second half at least.
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Post by firstandtenn on Sept 1, 2022 19:53:40 GMT -6
That pass from our own endzone on 3rd and a mile leading 7-6 was such a head scratcher. Scott Frost type of play call…
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Post by unafied on Sept 1, 2022 19:59:10 GMT -6
That pass from our own endzone on 3rd and a mile leading 7-6 was such a head scratcher. Scott Frost type of play call… Yeah it was terrible. Hindsight is 20/20, sure. But Gipson’s timing was off all night. It was a huge risk doing that, and it might’ve been the difference in the game. I know Held wasn’t an OC recently, so maybe he needs time to find a groove. But we’re fans and aren’t that patient
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Post by brandon on Sept 1, 2022 20:00:14 GMT -6
Improvements - run game
Stayed the same- pis poor play calls on both sides of the ball, and piss poor fundamentally.
Dropped- passing
1st game is hard to judge, with jitters and a road trip. But penalties and lack of fundamentals has nothing to do with any of that.
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Post by unafied on Sept 1, 2022 20:05:40 GMT -6
Improvements - run game Stayed the same- pis poor play calls on both sides of the ball, and piss poor fundamentally. Dropped- passing 1st game is hard to judge, with jitters and a road trip. But penalties and lack of fundamentals has nothing to do with any of that. The personal fouls have been an issue for YEARS. At least going back to some of the Hudspeth teams. I watch plenty of football, and we commit SO MANY stupid personal fouls. Like you say, it’s all coaching. I don’t understand how we can’t do better. That celebration after the first interception? Come on. Save that garbage for the sideline where it belongs. I would have some guys running until they puke after that.
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Post by roaringsince96 on Sept 1, 2022 20:09:50 GMT -6
Hated how we lost the game. It wasn’t the ISU defense made a great or even good play. We made a junior varsity level play….again. Our team needs to practice during the week. No complaints on defense. Heck the 2 point conversion was more lucky than good. I really thought Bland and Shoulders owned the middle. Dawson made some tackles and Cummings made a few. Fields is a beast. 4 is not. Even though those snaps were direct turnovers they were definitely offensive possession killers. Once is awful. Twice is embarrassing. Three times and in OT with 2nd and 2 and a tired defense from the 6 yard line??? No way we lose the game that way….except we did. Bland played an amazing game! Shoulders was phenomenal! Fields looked like the best field most of the night! Bailey can flat cover! Ossai is strong on the edge against the run Green looked strong too Walters is easily the best quarterback in our camp, he is able to get the snap I think he leads us to a comeback win. Powell is small in stature but huge with the ball. I love his heart. Hope he will be durable enough to complete the season Swann made a great catch, needs to learn how to block Coaching staff on defense gets an A-, can’t have 15 yard penalties to extend possessions. Big turnovers, were able to stop the run and pass effectively. Coaching staff on offense gets a D-. Less than 50 yards in the first half? You have practiced and that was your game plan and production? Your adjustment worked late in 4th quarter, a couple of series too late. Oline coach didn’t show me much. Brought in some guys but that flat blew assignment after assignment. We allowed way too many sacks. Should have found Hall on some quick passes to get him in the game, couldn’t pass protect for anything over 2 seconds…again. Special Teams C-. Nothing terrible until you line up for 50 yard FG and you make it a 55 yard FG try out of your kickers range. Head coach gets a C-. He is responsible for this offensive mess as he hired those coaches. He is also responsible for the defensive coaches who were prepared and really giving up 1 TD in the road is enough to win basically every time…except tonight.
Roar Lions and think we squeeze out a win in game 2 against inferior team. I also think if we played a weaker opponent game 1 we wouldn’t have found out true Qb. Little positive to take away from tonight.
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Post by brandon on Sept 1, 2022 20:26:27 GMT -6
Do y'all realize how CRAPPY we played and still should have won, with 3 different QBs, a hurt left tackle, and way over 100 penalty yards (if I'm adding right)...
We have the talent to be a top 25 team...
They need to start playing like it.
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Post by unaman on Sept 1, 2022 20:33:08 GMT -6
Do y'all realize how CRAPPY we played and still should have won, with 3 different QBs, a hurt left tackle, and way over 100 penalty yards (if I'm adding right)... We have the talent to be a top 25 team... They need to start playing like it. Top 25 team? You’ve got to be kidding me… lucky to win 4 games.
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Post by roaringsince96 on Sept 1, 2022 20:55:03 GMT -6
If there were 26 teams in the FCS we would be 27 after tonight’s showing. ISU is not good. Couple of good players, nobody that stood out. Defensive line just got to play our offensive line, that has to be fun. We never really challenged anything deep? Terrible play calling…hoping our new coordinator has better grasp of game flow.
We are far from executing on offense. We didn’t get lined up correctly on offense. 5 man line should be able slow 3 man pass rush some….
Team never quit. Played hard, although hard to watch most of the night. I had people over to watch the game….lot of laughing….not what you want…….. but better than crying I guess.
If Walters can develop and the team respond to him like they did in the 4th quarter, we can be competitive with our defense. Man do I miss Gurley at punter….not much happening there.
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Post by rmfl1988 on Sept 1, 2022 22:26:31 GMT -6
Willis has got to go. Time to get someone who is a proven winner and doesn’t average 1000 penalty yards a game
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Post by unalions on Sept 2, 2022 8:06:45 GMT -6
Willis has got to go. Time to get someone who is a proven winner and doesn’t average 1000 penalty yards a game I certainly refuse to make any excuses for him. In my opinion, he has 2.5 months to prove he can put an acceptable product on the field. If he doesn't, I will scream from the rafters for his departure and I hope Pujol is taking notes.
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Post by brandon on Sept 2, 2022 8:26:59 GMT -6
Do y'all realize how CRAPPY we played and still should have won, with 3 different QBs, a hurt left tackle, and way over 100 penalty yards (if I'm adding right)... We have the talent to be a top 25 team... They need to start playing like it. Top 25 team? You’ve got to be kidding me… lucky to win 4 games. [br I didn't say we are a top 25 team, I said we have the talent to be... If you can't see that then you have a problem. Let's be clear, there are top 25 teams in FCS that don't even make the playoffs.
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