Well at long last we had our first game. It was nice not to lose 20-3 and it was
really fantastic when we were up 14-0 midway through the first quarter…but then
the wheels came off the bus.
I was pretty sure at that point we would be writing the “Best
of the Best” again, but unfortunately here we are. Let’s rehash the harsh.
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1BCMike) The _____ Tease
It's almost better on a date for the girl to just let you
know early on you're not going to get anywhere. You're not happy about it; but
at least she is not leading you on, having you invest yourself further with raised
expectations.
I thought we would lose to Miami. I was hoping we
wouldn't but I thought it would be a tough win given the new OC, AD changes,
etc.
Going up 14-0 early had me so excited I didn't know what
to do myself. I was smiling ear to ear and our table of four were high giving
and whooping it up.
Then we lost like we did--it would have been better
without the tease if we were going to lose.
2Wesley) Tahj Kimble fumble after catch
I disagree with you on the first draft pick BCMike. I
actually appreciate that we had some pop. Even though it fizzled out, we were
competitive. Frustrating, yes.
Overall I think Kimble played a pretty good game, take
out a couple mistakes and I think he has a VERY bright future at the heights.
But this is the one that made me sick.
He had about 30-40 yards, on a drive, but a late attempt
to push for more left the football on the ground, and took wind out of the Eagles sails for any kind of comeback
3M) Chase's pick 6
Wesley please don't misconstrue my point. I like that we
scored points. I like that we "competed". I don't like thinking
that up 14-0 halfway through the first quarter we are about to make a statement
to the world and be the talk of the town--not that we are about to lose 41-18
from there on.
To that point, Chase's pick-6 was a back-breaker. We were
up 14-7 and trying to answer Miami's score. Chase had all on all a good
if not great game but this pick-6 hurt bad. This was, to me, the turning point
in the ball game.
4W) Rettig Sneak
Haha now you are making me sound like TOB.. " we are
up , aren't we" Sucks lost, same result we had been getting,
but at least I didn't doze off.
The Rettig Sneak , that failed was bad for a few reasons.
( other than the obvious it didn’t
count)
·
We had to use a challenge. The booth should have
done a review on this play and the play by spiffy prior
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The O Line showed no push on this sneak
·
I really think that Spiffy scored on the play
before
·
I understand holding onto the ball tightly, but
you have to make sure it crosses the plane ( I am betting this gets some
practice this week)
5M) The Dropsies
While Amidon had a fantastic day overall he and seemingly
every other receiver dropped some really easy catches. Now some of this is on
Chase who refuses to throw short passes lighter than Brie bullets, but they
were almost all really accurate.
If you're getting a scholarship to play football as a WR
and the ball hits both of your hands--you need to catch the ball.
6W) Williams Fumble
We were actually able to stop them on offense, And we
wanted to give our offense a chance to really drive it down the field And
Williams fumbles it on our first action with the ball. Although a good guy was
able to fall on it. It totally took all the wind out of the sails and we went
instantly to the knee before half.
7M) playing the DB cushion late
I understand wanting to give our d-backs the BC D cushion
early on but once Morris got in a rhythm and proved he had no problem
connecting in the short passes we really needed to play up close on repeated
third down attempted defensive stops.
I understand the philosophy and I get why we do it most
of the time--but late when trailing and needing a stop, you just any play off
ten yards on third and five. You simply can't.
8W) Duke Johnson, pwning BC
You know it wasn’t that long ago when BC was known for
stopping the run. Actually we consistently were in the top 10 for doing so.
Last year I think
that Luke hid some of our warts, and we still weren't world beaters in the
area.
This year it looks like we may have another difficult time stopping it,
and Duke Johnson a well revered Freshman RB snapped ankles and made us look
very pop warner as he has runs over 50 yards twice!
We must get better at wrapping up, and being run
stopping, or it is going to be a very
long year. But don’t let me take anything away from the Duke of run, he is a
very talented back, and expect to hear his name a good bit more in the future
9M) Chase's big day goes unnoticed
Did you know that Chase put up the second most yards inthe country this past week? That he had more yards Saturday than
Matt Ryan ever had in one game?
Think anyone else outside of the BC family knows?
As Spaz will be able to tell you at the end of this
season (and no, aside from the D cushion I don't blame Spaz for this loss),
college football is about one thing: winning.
Because we didn't win, Chase won't get the love he
deserves (Amidon in a similar boat). That sucks.
10W) Run Blocking
Good point Mike, I'd add KPL's 14 tackles - Well I didn’t
even notice that.
I have to finish with run
blocking. Let me state that Pass blocking really couldn’t be any better. But
overall run blocking was very lacking.
Seems like holes were opened up opposite of where the RB
anticipated them, no huge push for the short yardage. It seemed as simple as
the DL was getting lower than our OL.
Hopefully our Line gets this
resolved before Northwestern.
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Who had the better draft?
BCMike: The ---- Tease, Chase pick 6, dropsies, db cushion
late, unnoticed heroics
Wesley: Tahj fumble, Rettig sneak, Williams fumble, Duke
Johnson pwning, run blocking
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