We kept telling him to run the touchdown play. He finally did it!
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Possibly, that has been speculated for a long time. I wouldn't doubt it at all to be honest. The ypg Bajakian had at BC was pretty good, very good in NU terms. Fitz was old school, which went out of style in the early 90's.Does anyone think that HCPF held him back?
I really don't think it's worth going there after a game like this.Does anyone think that HCPF held him back?
It's hard not to go there after this game. NU never looked this wide open and explosive with Fitz in charge...even with Thorsen at QB.I really don't think it's worth going there after a game like this.
Things just clicked in the 2nd half for a desperate team, that's football; these things just happen at times.
The Bryant to Kirtz connection exploded in this game, OL bought extra time, and then good things happened. Hopefully this is the start of something and Bryant and the receivers have the confidence to execute like this in the future.
Our QBs the past 2 years just weren't regularly playing at the level that Bryant played yesterday other than Ramsey's year (but Ramsey was a special situation obviously) and maybe a Hilinski game here or there.
Austin Carr most recently. Before that, his first few years where we had CJ, Kafka and Persa, and, to a lesser extent, Siemian. He really went old-school when we nabbed JJTBCIt's hard not to go there after this game. NU never looked this wide open and explosive with Fitz in charge...even with Thorsen at QB.
Yeah... maybe in the early yearsAustin Carr most recently. Before that, his first few years where we had CJ, Kafka and Persa, and, to a lesser extent, Siemian. He really went old-school when we nabbed JJTBC
We kept telling him to run the touchdown play. He finally did it!
I don't think there was a change in strategy really. We've been throwing the ball plenty this year, and throwing it downfield or at 1v1 fade routes along the sidelines quite a bit. We just weren't connecting when we took those chances. Bryant's accuracy had been inconsistent at best I would say, he missed multiple chances and also we didn't have WRs that were getting much separation to take advantage of the opposition stacking the box and beat them downfield, which has been a chronic challenge in recent years as teams have dared us to beat them over the top and we haven't been able to (watch games against Duke, Rutgers).The best part about this conversation is that none of our opinions really matter
Not hard to imagine Braun having a meeting with Jake at some point where they both acknowledged they are coaching for their next jobs this season so might as well go for broke, and Braun fundamentally being so overwhelmed with his new defense and head coaching responsibilities that he just stays out of the O.
Also not hard to imagine Fitz putting some limits on whatever Jake ever wanted to do. Even the Fitz faithful have to acknowledge that he favored a more conservative offensive game plan.
But really I think we need to acknowledge that Ben Bryant, straight up, is a very good QB, and we all know how important a QB is to making everything click. Fitz did what he could bringing in Johnson, Hilinski, and Ramsey, who all looked like they had potential to be elite, but the results just never came with two of them. This is the part where we could blame the coaches for poor QB development...shrug.
Last year vs Duke we threw for 494 in a comeback effort. Hilinski looked great, then we went back to smash mouth to prove our physical superiority to SIU and Miami. Huge mistake and destroyed Hilinski's confidence. Should have rolled with the modern approach to offense.Possibly, that has been speculated for a long time. I wouldn't doubt it at all to be honest. The ypg Bajakian had at BC was pretty good, very good in NU terms. Fitz was old school, which went out of style in the early 90's.