I actually thought Willy was being positive...you know, give the highly recruited frosh kicker a chance because it was only one kick.
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I actually thought Willy was being positive...you know, give the highly recruited frosh kicker a chance because it was only one kick.
Does anyone else recall a barely regarded guy coming out of basically nowhere to have a monster senior year? Too much to ask for Wilson to be like Carr, but having him and Skow not only productive but fighting for the ball was encouraging.
I am concerned that our pass defense may be a train wreck. No pressure at all and a bunch of injured DBs. Their QB missed a few that others might hit.
Every time they said Gangi's pass, I thought of the Ganges river, what a pleasant memory
Edit. Forgot to mention, Thorson is a stud. He will only get better. If not for injury concerns, I'd like to see more runs from him
I am concerned that our pass defense may be a train wreck. No pressure at all and a bunch of injured DBs. Their QB missed a few that others might hit.
Every time they said Gangi's pass, I thought of the Ganges river, what a pleasant memory
Edit. Forgot to mention, Thorson is a stud. He will only get better. If not for injury concerns, I'd like to see more runs from him
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That's an excellent point and I hadn't heard that. Sounds like two totally desperate line coordinators going at it.
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Does anyone else recall a barely regarded guy coming out of basically nowhere to have a monster senior year? Too much to ask for Wilson to be like Carr, but having him and Skow not only productive but fighting for the ball was encouraging.
I am concerned that our pass defense may be a train wreck. No pressure at all and a bunch of injured DBs. Their QB missed a few that others might hit.
Every time they said Gangi's pass, I thought of the Ganges river, what a pleasant memory
Edit. Forgot to mention, Thorson is a stud. He will only get better. If not for injury concerns, I'd like to see more runs from him
The problem with him running it is you risk injuries. Runs every now and then to keep the defense honest but if Thorson goes down, this team will lose plenty of games
Now that was just about the most asinine statement made in this thread. And that's saying a lot.
Don't be a jerk. I never mentioned the fumble by Skowronski or the interception. I was responding, positively to a post criticizing the freshman FG kicker. Many on here have mentioned the unfortunate injuries to NU's CB's, it's what has happened. Actually respond to what was actually posted or just STFU.
FYI, Big Ern did burn his shirt. He's listed on the participation list.
O c'mon E-Cat. She took it right out of your Barnett book of delusion. Word for word. Maybe she's a sister from a different mother. I'll give you that.
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As did Pace, McGowan, and others. I'm reading nine freshmen burned their shirts yesterday? Definitely a change in philosophy for Fitz.
I saw the same thing. Actually, with each of the tree targets to Brown there was a disconnect. Not sure what the issue is, but Thorson and Brown weren't on the same page yesterday.
The INT was a straight sail, partially due to Thorson being hit. Don't think Brown did anything wrong and had, in fact, gotten pretty good separation.
Brown was open on the first pass, which could have been six. Thorson didn't put enough air under the ball, as Chuck Long noted.
There were eight on the participation list, including Bergin, a walkon. Pace is not on it. Not sure if that is an oversight or not.
Sorry, I spoke to soon. Your follow-up post here is even more asinine.
What is so delusional about making a point that after a decade at the helm, Fitz has ZERO championships?
I am hoping he fixes that this year, but it's looking rough if we don't grow some corners on some trees or find them up somewhere. We are down to playing a kid no one ever heard of who came from Robert Morris. I wonder how that will play out against Trace McSorley and the Penn State WRs. Hell, I wonder how that will play out against Duke.
Yeah, I think the criticism of McCall is more a knee jerk reaction that is related to past performance (circa 2014-15) as opposed to what we saw on the field yesterday.
Clearly Mick tried to get the line confidence by establishing the run early on. When you have Justin Jackson and are facing a highly suspect defense, that's not a bad approach. As the game progressed, McCall adjusted accordingly. I particularly liked his use of Roberts (yay!) to attack the perimeter as well as JJ out of the backfield. There was also an effort to attack Nevada vertically, which is something the 'Cats have struggled with at times. The rest of passing game is what (as you mentioned) we've come to expect over the years. Solid spacing and distribution of the ball.
As the WRs and OL get more accustomed to their roles and the defenses get stiffer, I expect we'll see more RPO's as well as boundary screens being implemented. Considering how the offensive line plays a large role in the effectiveness of those plays (run blocking/can't get more than three yards downfield), their current omission makes sense.
Additional observations: I really enjoyed the TD pass to Lees. That was the same concept that Carr shredded OSU with last season (Colter also ran it quite well back in 2012-13). Riley could stand to be a little sharper with his route running, but all in all, a very encouraging start for the redshirt freshman.
Wilson may be turn out to be an effective deep threat. This would be very good news. Interested to see what Fessler can do on that front too.
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I agree. Not saying Brown was the issue, just that there was a disconnect between the two.
