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More of the same, no adjustments, Same mistakes over and over. Offense played well the 1st half but struggled through 2nd half because the Miami coaches made adjustments. The ST's and defense gave up big plays again. What's most interesting the same players are making the same mistakes that they made against Wisconsin no improvment. I'm wet, cold, tired and disappointed. What the heck is wrong with us we loose to Temple and now to a 1-9 team?

Someone PLEASE HELP US ! ! !

Let's count the ways...

1) Continuing to run the ball straight up the middle directly into eager Miami defenders and/or the backs of our linemen. I was screaming for a reverse or some type of play that threatened the perimeter of the field. Field conditions, schmield conditions.

2) Going for low percentage 40-50 yard bombs in the passing game instead of simple crossing routes to move the chains.

3) Drops and overthrowns that doomed the handful of well-designed plays we had.

The offense is devoid of gamebreakers, and the clueless, discombobulated organization and play-calling philosophy is exposing this instead of masking it. It's looking more and more like Blackney Redux.

JoeFalcon wrote:Let's count the ways...

1) Continuing to run the ball straight up the middle directly into eager Miami defenders and/or the backs of our linemen. I was screaming for a reverse or some type of play that threatened the perimeter of the field. Field conditions, schmield conditions.

2) Going for low percentage 40-50 yard bombs in the passing game instead of simple crossing routes to move the chains.

3) Drops and overthrowns that doomed the handful of well-designed plays we had.

The offense is devoid of gamebreakers, and the clueless, discombobulated organization and play-calling philosophy is exposing this instead of masking it. It's looking more and more like Blackney Redux.

Barnes and Partridge are both gamebreakers.

MatelaAntwerp wrote:

JoeFalcon wrote:Let's count the ways...

1) Continuing to run the ball straight up the middle directly into eager Miami defenders and/or the backs of our linemen. I was screaming for a reverse or some type of play that threatened the perimeter of the field. Field conditions, schmield conditions.

2) Going for low percentage 40-50 yard bombs in the passing game instead of simple crossing routes to move the chains.

3) Drops and overthrowns that doomed the handful of well-designed plays we had.

The offense is devoid of gamebreakers, and the clueless, discombobulated organization and play-calling philosophy is exposing this instead of masking it. It's looking more and more like Blackney Redux.

Barnes and Partridge are both gamebreakers.

Um, Barnes didn't play, and while I'm a huge Corey Partridge fan, I haven't seen him break a game yet. He's a great athlete and a great contributor, but even he would probably admit that. Even granting your argument that they're both gamebreakers, there's only two of them. Glad you agreed with my other points, though.

JoeFalcon wrote:Um, Barnes didn't play,

Wrong. Barnes did play but did not do anything.

JoeFalcon wrote:

MatelaAntwerp wrote:

JoeFalcon wrote:Let's count the ways...

1) Continuing to run the ball straight up the middle directly into eager Miami defenders and/or the backs of our linemen. I was screaming for a reverse or some type of play that threatened the perimeter of the field. Field conditions, schmield conditions.

2) Going for low percentage 40-50 yard bombs in the passing game instead of simple crossing routes to move the chains.

3) Drops and overthrowns that doomed the handful of well-designed plays we had.

The offense is devoid of gamebreakers, and the clueless, discombobulated organization and play-calling philosophy is exposing this instead of masking it. It's looking more and more like Blackney Redux.

Barnes and Partridge are both gamebreakers.

Um, Barnes didn't play, and while I'm a huge Corey Partridge fan, I haven't seen him break a game yet. He's a great athlete and a great contributor, but even he would probably admit that. Even granting your argument that they're both gamebreakers, there's only two of them. Glad you agreed with my other points, though.

I do agree with your other statements. And WRs who are gamebreakers cant do as much without the ball in their hands.

You couldn't run reverses or to the sidelines because there was no ability to cut... Miami was doing that and was failing miserably. The best play was Turner Off tackle, but Miami figured out when that was going to be run because they called the play from the line of scrimmage...

So what is the prediction for UT? I only hope and pray the coaches will be able to figure this thing out for the last game. We seem to have been happy and satisfied with mediocre play and performance this year. Coach Brandon said that this was not a rebuilding year but I hope he can see things differently now and for next year. Weather we realize it or not but next year will be part 2 of this years rebuilding.

Overstreet23 wrote:So what is the prediction for UT? I only hope and pray the coaches will be able to figure this thing out for the last game. We seem to have been happy and satisfied with mediocre play and performance this year. Coach Brandon said that this was not a rebuilding year but I hope he can see things differently now and for next year. Weather we realize it or not but next year will be part 2 of this years rebuilding.

This coaching staff has been trying to figure things out for 4 yeras now. People continue to tell me that Brandon can "grow into" being a good coach.

What makes us believe that they'll suddenly figure anything out in the next 4 days?

As the wiseman once said.. KEEP HOPE AVLIVE, KEEP HOPE ALIVE . . . . .

Didn't want to start a new thread, so since is sort of a "questioning our coach" thread, I will put it here. Brandon keeps reminding us each week about our team playing true freshman and the struggles you have to expect with that. I was watching the USC-Cal game earlier and USC has played 15 true freshman this year. And it looks like they are heading to the BCS title game against Ohio State. How can that be?

I'm not swayed by the "we're playing freshman" argument in week 12...they aren't really freshmen by then. But, you can't compare the athletes we recruit to the kids USC gets. They're the *****elite kids that have played against high level competition with their high schools teams, all star games and preseason camps. We recruit at best *** kids that take some time to develop. USC gets kids that are ready fior the NFL after a couple of years. We get kids taht are ready for the NFL after a couple of years on the practice squad

I think it's entirely fair to point out CMU's MAC west title with a freshman QB though

I know USC recruits a different level of athlete. But they play a different level of competition as well. If they can play 15 true freshman and can compete for a national title, shouldn't we be able to play 15 true freshman and compete in the MAC? Or at least not use that as an excuse when we lose?

Warthog's got it right. It's all relative. Brandon's basically that smart kid that can't admit when he's wrong. He's been quoted over and over as how he believes in his system and saying things like "we won, we must have done something right" after beating a horrible team by 3.

Of course. Brandon used the "we don't get a bye week" excuse too. Of course, neither does anyone else.

Brandon just doesn't get "it". The players are beginning to realize it, and that's where the real danger lies. I watch all these other teams on Saturdays, and their coaches are making adjustments, getting in kids faces, motivating their team. I see these other teams come out in the first quarter like they actually want to be there. I see them come out in the third quarter with a radically adjusted gameplan in order to exploit matchups noticed in the first half. I'm not talking about USC and Michigan either -- I'm talking about teams like Tulsa, Ball State, and Montana.

Our staff just can't seem to figure anything out to improve this team or program. 4-8 or 5-7 with this schedule? That's downright incompetent -- no matter how many freshman we play.

I know the talent level is relative...but the gap created by the lack of physical maturity in players at our levels is, I think, greater than the gap at USC's level.

To make it more local, it takes a lot less to get a Mario Manningham ready to play in the Big 10 than it does to get Ty Pronty ready to play in the MAC.

I will say this..even the most optimistic of us thought that the team would have jelled by now and be competing for a bowl bid. We played our best game at OU and have not progressed since. We're losing because other teams have matured and improved and we haven't. We make the same mistakes on the sidelines and on the field. That is discouraging...