Mr All Turk: Godwin Igwebukie
All Turk Awards: Special Teams: Niswander, Shuler, Long, Mitchell
Offense: Thorson, Jackson, Long, Mertz, Olson
Defense: Lowry, Gibson, Awalk, Smith, Van Hoose, Harris, Godwin, Henry
Offensive Line: Grade A
Pass protection was phenomenal. Maybe only one holding call. Rush offense moved the ball. Mertz and Olson had the best games. Park is looking a lot better than North at Center, although a few low snaps.
WR: Grade B+
solid game. A couple early drops but otherwise looked really good. Nice to see McHugh with a big catch and also some nice blocking. Christian Jones is really starting to look comfortable again. AC looking good. Nagel getting involved prior to injury.
RB: Grade B+
really had a nice 3 headed horse limiting Jackson to 20 carries and splitting the rest with hard running by Vault and Long. Interesting two back sets today I'll talk later about under the offensive coordinator title. Jackson was benched after putting the pill on the ground [his third of the year although none lost]. But then JJ went back in when the o got in the redzone.
QB: Grade A
Very interesting play with a 130 QB rating. Looking slightly better running but still sorta stops a bit at times which allows the D to close. Needs to trust his blockers better as well on his rollouts. Later in the game, had Little Vitale as his lead blocker in which case it looked to me that he could have took it off Vitale's outside hip and got alot of extra yards, but instead cut it upfield and dove for a few. However, good to see McCall keep calling his number, even with only 6 minutes left, with a QB run. Beautiful passes all day long. Missed several reads, including Vault on one that would have been an easy TD, and also once on a two RB set when both RB's were flanked to the east...Jackson came across and it would have been huge but Thorson checked down. Those were about the only two plays that I noticed from the lower stands, otherwise, he seemed to be very comfortable throwing the ball and making most of his reads.
DL: Grade A
Shout out to Lowry and Gibson. Although Robbins, Kuhar, and Lancaster looked good, with Lancaster looking the best. Xwas had a decent game as well. Good to see him come in and get some good hits.
LB: Grade A
AWalk was a presence even though he didn't get all the tackles he usually gets, but we will take the TD. Smith looked good along with Prater. Jones and Quero had decent play but both are a noticeable step down from our starters.
DB's: Grade A+
Harris was in beast mode all day. Got picked on one play but other than that he was a beast. Should have had two INT's but still snagged one. Van Hoose had everything locked down to close out the game. Godwin and Henry awesome.
Special Teams: Grade A
Punt team with two inside the 20 was very very good. Punt return was the play of the game. Kickoff return was nill since there was only one touchback and no other kicks. Kikcoff team: Solid. FG Team: One miss and 3 good ones but the snapper tossed the first good fg in the dirt that the holder had to pick up.
DC: Doc Hank: Grade A
With Godwin back in the lineup, Doc could do whatever he wanted.
OC: McCall: Grade A
McCall had some interesting play calling and schemes. He showed some things to Minny that we didn't do previously. A few different two back sets. One with two backs behind Thorson, and one with two RB's both out wide. Worked out well often, with Long sealing a block to spring Jackson at least once.
Head Coach: Fitz: Grade A
Fitz now realizes he has a national team that may be a playoff contender so he did what Turk likes, he didn't let up at the end and decided to protect the shutout by playing all of our starters until about 3 minutes to go. Someone upstairs who spots for him fell asleep and didn't tell Fitz to toss out the red flag on Prater's great INT. That could have cost us, as we have to have people upstairs who don't fall asleep. Minny snapped the ball so there was no replay. Fitz is a great leader which compliments his coaching well, and he has player leadership that trust eachother on this team. Very few blown assignments. Good time management, and seems to have everyone dialed in and some seriously good football, i.e., attacking and hitting as well.
Housekeeping matters:
Fumbling 3 times sucked but we recovered all 3. Gotta get the snaps right, and JJ has more fumbles this year than all of 2014. Fan support didn't look good and was lame considering we are a top ten team. The scores were not filtering in the stadium most of the game, and we barely played a replay except for maybe Vault's TD and a few others. WTH?
Of course, with Godwin playing, I predicted a 27-7 win. Fairly close but I wasn't surprised.
Go Cats!
All Turk Awards: Special Teams: Niswander, Shuler, Long, Mitchell
Offense: Thorson, Jackson, Long, Mertz, Olson
Defense: Lowry, Gibson, Awalk, Smith, Van Hoose, Harris, Godwin, Henry
Offensive Line: Grade A
Pass protection was phenomenal. Maybe only one holding call. Rush offense moved the ball. Mertz and Olson had the best games. Park is looking a lot better than North at Center, although a few low snaps.
WR: Grade B+
solid game. A couple early drops but otherwise looked really good. Nice to see McHugh with a big catch and also some nice blocking. Christian Jones is really starting to look comfortable again. AC looking good. Nagel getting involved prior to injury.
RB: Grade B+
really had a nice 3 headed horse limiting Jackson to 20 carries and splitting the rest with hard running by Vault and Long. Interesting two back sets today I'll talk later about under the offensive coordinator title. Jackson was benched after putting the pill on the ground [his third of the year although none lost]. But then JJ went back in when the o got in the redzone.
QB: Grade A
Very interesting play with a 130 QB rating. Looking slightly better running but still sorta stops a bit at times which allows the D to close. Needs to trust his blockers better as well on his rollouts. Later in the game, had Little Vitale as his lead blocker in which case it looked to me that he could have took it off Vitale's outside hip and got alot of extra yards, but instead cut it upfield and dove for a few. However, good to see McCall keep calling his number, even with only 6 minutes left, with a QB run. Beautiful passes all day long. Missed several reads, including Vault on one that would have been an easy TD, and also once on a two RB set when both RB's were flanked to the east...Jackson came across and it would have been huge but Thorson checked down. Those were about the only two plays that I noticed from the lower stands, otherwise, he seemed to be very comfortable throwing the ball and making most of his reads.
DL: Grade A
Shout out to Lowry and Gibson. Although Robbins, Kuhar, and Lancaster looked good, with Lancaster looking the best. Xwas had a decent game as well. Good to see him come in and get some good hits.
LB: Grade A
AWalk was a presence even though he didn't get all the tackles he usually gets, but we will take the TD. Smith looked good along with Prater. Jones and Quero had decent play but both are a noticeable step down from our starters.
DB's: Grade A+
Harris was in beast mode all day. Got picked on one play but other than that he was a beast. Should have had two INT's but still snagged one. Van Hoose had everything locked down to close out the game. Godwin and Henry awesome.
Special Teams: Grade A
Punt team with two inside the 20 was very very good. Punt return was the play of the game. Kickoff return was nill since there was only one touchback and no other kicks. Kikcoff team: Solid. FG Team: One miss and 3 good ones but the snapper tossed the first good fg in the dirt that the holder had to pick up.
DC: Doc Hank: Grade A
With Godwin back in the lineup, Doc could do whatever he wanted.
OC: McCall: Grade A
McCall had some interesting play calling and schemes. He showed some things to Minny that we didn't do previously. A few different two back sets. One with two backs behind Thorson, and one with two RB's both out wide. Worked out well often, with Long sealing a block to spring Jackson at least once.
Head Coach: Fitz: Grade A
Fitz now realizes he has a national team that may be a playoff contender so he did what Turk likes, he didn't let up at the end and decided to protect the shutout by playing all of our starters until about 3 minutes to go. Someone upstairs who spots for him fell asleep and didn't tell Fitz to toss out the red flag on Prater's great INT. That could have cost us, as we have to have people upstairs who don't fall asleep. Minny snapped the ball so there was no replay. Fitz is a great leader which compliments his coaching well, and he has player leadership that trust eachother on this team. Very few blown assignments. Good time management, and seems to have everyone dialed in and some seriously good football, i.e., attacking and hitting as well.
Housekeeping matters:
Fumbling 3 times sucked but we recovered all 3. Gotta get the snaps right, and JJ has more fumbles this year than all of 2014. Fan support didn't look good and was lame considering we are a top ten team. The scores were not filtering in the stadium most of the game, and we barely played a replay except for maybe Vault's TD and a few others. WTH?
Of course, with Godwin playing, I predicted a 27-7 win. Fairly close but I wasn't surprised.
Go Cats!
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