Game Thread

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:56 pm

The Niz wrote:And why exactly did we decide to punt from CMU's 30 yard line? Kicking a field goal would have been the right call at the time, however after watching that one get blocked a few minutes later I have no idea what I would've called there.

Punting from the 32 was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

I just went through the drive charts. The series before we had a third and 1 from the CMU 41 and didn't convert. Probably should have gone for it then. So we get it back at the 35 and Bullock didn't even touch the ball. He is easily our biggest offensive weapon. How does he not touch the ball on three plays from the opponents 35?

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:57 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:
Warthog wrote: Have you ever seen this coaching staff make the right decisions at halftime? I swear we make no adjustments. Game in and game out, we seem to get dominated in the third and fourth quarter. That tells me we are getting out-coached. Plain and simple. I think hammb will back me up on this one.
You forget my rants from last year? They were very particular to the "failure to learn from mistakes" and "no adjustments."

I'll still stand behind my comments I'm just not advertising.

OK, so then you will back me up then too.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:58 pm

I can't believe our coach. "We weren't ready to play"

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:02 pm

I thought the team actually looked VERY ready to play. Seeing as how , at least from my seats, it looked like we dominated every aspect of the game except for the scoreboard.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:07 pm

Nothing really surprising tonight. Central's more experienced and better coached than we are.

At was a pile of flaming bats**t tonight. I've never seen him that bad. I'm not sure I've seen any QB that bad this year on the college level. That was embarrasing.

By playing Macon instead of Bullock, we lost the game. Not too much else to say there.

If I'm on defense, and I see our offense punt twice from inside the opponent's 40 after giving them great field position, I'd probably pack it in too.

Where has Brantley been the last 4 years???

Playcalling was pretty bad, but again, not really a surprise. Not to us, and certainly not to Central's defense and coordinator.

Coaching can't shoulder all the blame for this one though. There were a ton of plays to be made, and we made very few of them. AT had guys open all day long and didn't throw the ball on time or accurately.

Devon Parks, without question, is the MVP of this team right now. Our inexperience in the secondary is showing game in and game out though. If Briggs and Parks don't get pressure on any given passing play, we're pretty much screwed.

Jahmal Brown can TACKLE! Maybe he and Dozier should lead some drills this offseason, because outside of them and T-White, we're still a very poor tackling football team. The angles some of these guys takes are unbelievably bad.

We'll be OK.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:07 pm

He was talking more directly about the big kickoff return and then the TD run on the first play.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:08 pm

Warthog wrote:He was talking more directly about the big kickoff return and then the TD run on the first play.

Yup. Remind me again who's job it is to make sure the team is ready to play? I'm drawing a blank.

bgsufn · Post by **bgsufn** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:11 pm

Can someone please explain to me why on 3rd and real short we line up in the shotgun? Can't we line up under center and either 1) sneak it with AT, 2) hand off to Bullock or 3) give it to Winovich?

Going in the shotgun makes you have to go an extra 4-5 yards. Am I missing something here?

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:11 pm

Punting from 33 was just crazy. We shoud have been playing that drive like we had four downs.

Another thing bothering me, kickoff returns. I am not talking today or this year, does anyone ever remember us being consistenly good at kickoff returns? In about ten years of wathing BG football I cannot remember many kickoff returns past the 50. On the other hand I can think of plenty that the opposistion have had. Even Magner was not a good kickoff returner.

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:13 pm

Park's is definately our defensive MVP. Bullock was like a spark in a powder keg for the offense though. As soon as he got in there the running game exploded. If only we could get off a good pass or two to really keep the defense honest

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:16 pm

bgsufn wrote:Can someone please explain to me why on 3rd and real short we line up in the shotgun? Can't we line up under center and either 1) sneak it with AT, 2) hand off to Bullock or 3) give it to Winovich?

Going in the shotgun makes you have to go an extra 4-5 yards. Am I missing something here?

The shotgun direct snap dive has been incredibly effective on third or fourth and 1 ever since Urban got here. It's the stupid sweeps and options and pistol handoffs that always get killed.

I'm guessing that if we lined up under center, there's be a good chance of a fumble. The exchange is a tricky thing if you never do it.

bgsufn · Post by **bgsufn** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:18 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:
bgsufn wrote:Can someone please explain to me why on 3rd and real short we line up in the shotgun? Can't we line up under center and either 1) sneak it with AT, 2) hand off to Bullock or 3) give it to Winovich?

Going in the shotgun makes you have to go an extra 4-5 yards. Am I missing something here?

The shotgun direct snap dive has been incredibly effective on third or fourth and 1 ever since Urban got here. It's the stupid sweeps and options and pistol handoffs that always get killed.

I'm guessing that if we lined up under center, there's be a good chance of a fumble. The exchange is a tricky thing if you never do it.

Makes sense, I guess. It just seems like we do better on 3rd and long than 3rd and short.

[+Duracell-] · Post by **[+Duracell-]** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:38 am

Rightupinthere wrote:When the team fought back to close within 3, I complimented the coaches for keeping them into the game (this was in the chat room).

THEN, they basically do everything wrong from a game plan and play calling standpoint. I spoke too soon.

My thoughts exactly.

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:08 am

The thing that irks me is that we had control of this game once we made it 17-14 and stopped them on offense. The playcalling from then just became nonsense, the coaches completely abandoned what had been working and ultimately put the ball in AT's hands, which we all know what happened from there.

I honestly felt we should have won this game. After the 1st quarter, the boys finally showed up and really took hold of the game and ran with it.

My final thoughts:
- Freddie Barnes will be a playmaker for the next 3 years, the guy has mad skills and will be a huge weapon if he's used more often.

- CMU didn't impress me at all, they looked horrible at times and we had some chances to capitalize on their mistakes, which we failed to do.

- Brandon talking about not being ready to play is most illogical comment ever made. Why even make the trip then, Gregg? I've always said that how a team performs in practice is how they perform in the game, so obviously the players don't show up ready to practice then either, right? Spare me. I find it funny how many excuses he makes when he loses, and the even dumber comments he makes when we win about other teams they have victories over, like Buffalo.

- The season isn't over, they can still finish 8-4 by winning out and leaving themselves in an outside shot at a bowl bid. They didn't quit tonight, and we could've easily been looking at another Boise State game tonight, but they fought back and stayed close for 3 1/2 quarters.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:56 am

Yawn...

The sad thing is, I go into these games expecting this lately.

Turner was terrible and has been terrible ever since the spring game of '05, with one bright spot in OT against Buffalo. The kid does not see his reads, he doesn't deliver the ball on time, he doesn't throw it accurately...he just flat out doesn't make plays. This offense NEEDS at least competent QB play, we're not getting it.

Bullock was held out for discipline, which is fine by me, but my god does Macon suck...if Bullock's ready to go there should be no reason for Macon to get more than 2-3 touches a game.

We don't really tackle well.

We got out coached around pretty much every corner in the 2nd half. Who the F&#* Punts from the 32 yard line? How the hell do you even justify that. It's tantamount to taking the win in the NFL OT. Seriously one of the absolute WORST coaching decisions I've ever seen.

We weren't ready to play again. What? Not ready to play? A big conference road game on national TV? No way, never woulda seen that coming

This coaching staff is a joke. They pulled the wool over eyes with a couple decent performances against OU & OSU, but the fact remains that they really seem clueless in how to prepare a team, make adjustments, and call a game. At this point about the ONLY thing I can really see as a strong point is recruiting, and if you cannot develop the talent you recruit that doesn't mean much either.