First-half thread for NU vs. Duke

[willycat]

That was not targeting on McGee. Total BS.

Are those Big Ten refs? If so, fire them! D looks as bad as the O.

 

[DaCat]

Do we need to put Paddy as a spy on Jones?

 

[corbi296]

Targeting has become any contact to the head. Perhaps it needs to be.

What do you do when the offensive player is falling and his head drops into the path of the tackler?

 

[TheC]

No damn running room at all. This OL is just not getting it done for another year. It keeps going backwards.

 

[Fitz51]

Well, this looks shitty.

 

[DrillCat]

Our punting game looks great!

 

[corbi296]

No damn running room at all. This OL is just not getting it done for another year. It keeps going backwards.

They are stacking the box. Very hard to run or throw quick short passes in those situations. Need to stretch the field with a vertical pass to loosen things up. They tried to do it on this last drive but did not connect.

 

[willycat]

Well, this looks shitty.

Is Alviti warming up? Marty? Green?

 

[Seattle_Cat]

Duke has made adjustments, we haven't

 

[corbi296]

Is Alviti warming up? Marty? Green?

Get real.

 

[TheC]

They are stacking the box. Very hard to run or throw quick short passes in those situations. Need to stretch the field with a vertical pass to loosen things up. They tried to do it on this last drive but did not connect.

The OL is not giving Clayton time for those plays to develop.

 

[DaCat]

Trae Williams is back!

 

[DaCat]

Duke playcalling is good. Mixing it up well.

 

[Deeringfish]

Wow! We are going to get killed.

 

[Seattle_Cat]

This is going to be a long day

 

[DaCat]

Whoa, Williams gets burned and falls. Looking ugly.

 

[Sheffielder]

gonna be a long day

 

[catcrazy]

Our defense sucks. Why do we have nooooo pass rush. They rush and are in our backfield

 

[NU Houston]

Is Lancaster hurt? He wasn't in on that last series.

 

[TheC]

Crappy line play is a recipe for a rough season. The OL is nothing new, but this DL looking so pathetic is really disappointing.

 

[PURPLE Book Cat]

We're going to get blown out today. Our OLine and DLine have taken a terrible step backward. Our DBs are decimated.

This is going to be a disappointing year

 

[Deeringfish]

Duke playcalling is good. Mixing it up well.

Well, we have no pressure and no coverage. Their QB would have to be blind to not be able to pick us apart.

 

[Fitz51]

When you have one DB, having zero pass rush really gets far worse.

 

[DaCat]

Clayton needs to get untracked.

 

[Figrating]

Looks like last week, but Duke is stronger and connects with longer passes.

NU looks inept.

 

[stpaulcat]

Revised prediction: I said it would be an offensive battle and the defenses would struggle. Only one defense is struggling and only one offense is not battling. Both are NU's. Duke 32 NU 17

 

[corbi296]

Relax ladies. You guys are schizophrenic.

 

[DrillCat]

Game aint over yet, boys. Though that targeting call sucked and may affect our ability to shut them down in second half..

 

[Deeringfish]

We're going to get blown out today. Our OLine and DLine have taken a terrible step backward. Our DBs are decimated.

This is going to be a disappointing year

There was so much hype. This is only one game we have three weeks to turn things around.

 

[DaCat]

Adversity happens. Let's see how we respond.

 

[DaCat]

Poor playcalling by McCall.

 

[Windy City Cat Fan]

Relax ladies. You guys are schizophrenic.

This team is schizophrenic - you can't keep spotting teams two score leads and waiting for the second half to start playing

 

[DaCat]

Damn how did Green lose that ball?

 

[Sheffielder]

loooonng day.

 

[Deeringfish]

Feel bad for Green. We can't get a break. Nice throw though.

 

[DaCat]

Godwin!

 

[DaCat]

I feel Jones is prone to mistakes. We just need to get him out of his comfort zone. They're calling some good plays.

 

[DaCat]

Poor tackling by our D.

 

[Deeringfish]

Foolish call. Risking their QB in what will certainly be a rout.

 

[DrillCat]

Play calling was good. Reciever didn't protect the ball.
Need to adj on defense for qb keep.