Just FYI, Wolfe is leading the nation in scoring and is second in the MAC in rushing yds per game. Also, he was recruited by the likes of Arizona State, but they backed off when his grades were questionable. Their mistake.TG1996 wrote:Yup. Phil Horvath is no Garrett Wolfe.Redwingtom wrote: NIU won the game, but I doubt many would pin the loss on anything O4 did in general.
(can you hear my teeth grind when I say that?)
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Re: One drive...
We kept UCF in that game - one TD was an INT for a TD, another was off an INT with a start in our territory and another was after a 9 yard punt. In our ISU game, 21 points were off INTs and a punt block.BelieveNBG wrote:one drive does not sum up an entire game, although that drive just sucked the life out of us. I think that was a snowball effect of other things that went wrong and we got down on ourselves and lost our will. As Brandon stated, that was a time when the coaches needed to coral the team and kick them back in gear. Offensively, we only put up 7 points in the entire first half and 17 points total. We are much more explosive than that showing. Twice we reached the red zone and ended up with a total of 3 points to show for it. This team is much better than that and this was not simply a defensive loss. Heck, the only team to put up fewer points against NIU was Central. Even UCF was able to give 'em 28 points. We may have been too conservative not knowing if Omar was capable of doing big things. Bottom line...it was a team loss.
Suffice to say that we knew the BG game was one of our two biggest of the year, and we played like it. Also, when you run a scheme like you run eventually the ball is going to hit the ground. No matter how short the passes, a pass is still a lower percentage play than a handoff, and eventually it will be a bad pass or a drop. We count on that - catch the ball short, come up and pop you, and don't allow big plays. That's sound defense.
And no, Omar didn't cause BG to lose to NIU. Not even close - I was impressed. I was surprised, however, that you didn't use him running the ball more.
Why do we keep bringing up NIU? That game is over with, we lost, can't change anything, just forget it! It won't mean anything until the end of the season so bringing it back up then is alright I guess...
"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the project manager, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
And even when his grades were BEYOND questionable, he still stuck around at NIU. Hmmm...HuskieDan wrote: Just FYI, Wolfe is leading the nation in scoring and is second in the MAC in rushing yds per game. Also, he was recruited by the likes of Arizona State, but they backed off when his grades were questionable. Their mistake.
As my g/f put it after he broke off a couple of long runs early (as opposed to the late long runs. grrr!) "he's gotta get 'em in before midterms hit."
For the record, unclassmen athletes are held to higher GPA standards at NIU than the NCAA mandates.TG1996 wrote:And even when his grades were BEYOND questionable, he still stuck around at NIU. Hmmm...HuskieDan wrote: Just FYI, Wolfe is leading the nation in scoring and is second in the MAC in rushing yds per game. Also, he was recruited by the likes of Arizona State, but they backed off when his grades were questionable. Their mistake.![]()
As my g/f put it after he broke off a couple of long runs early (as opposed to the late long runs. grrr!) "he's gotta get 'em in before midterms hit."
which is a good thing, obviously. I just thought it was funny to hear coming out of her mouth, as she's normally Miss "Why are you yelling at the TV, they can't hear you!"HuskieDan wrote:
For the record, unclassmen athletes are held to higher GPA standards at NIU than the NCAA mandates.
That and once they showed those damn Huskie pups on the sideline, she was a converted NIU fan... damn women!!!
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Omar is still #2 for total offense in D 1-A, but is now first in "points responsible for".
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