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I agree on a few things you've said stateline, but I think Clark played pretty well for his first game at CB. He missed the int, but it was because he was preparing to make the hit. The ball should have been caught and it surprised him when it went through the receiver's hands. Also I only remember one punt rolling and that was because it was so short to start with. He was afraid to pick it up with the ND gunners coming down on him.

I agree that the offense needs to open up. Whether Reggie is the QB or not, we have to stop playing to keep the defense out of trouble. If we won't take any chances on O, it really doesn't matter how well the defense plays.
 
Wouldn't you love to confront CG with the issues you bring up!! The coward waits 5 days so we can cool off. He tries to steer the talk, or Wes does, to the next game rather than the last one. He is a coward and a hider.
 
bizzybee said:
Wouldn't you love to confront CG with the issues you bring up!! The coward waits 5 days so we can cool off. He tries to steer the talk, or Wes does, to the next game rather than the last one. He is a coward and a hider.
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CG is EASY to talk to...I have done it several times and I live in Florida.

Send emails, call...or the easiest is just to stop by and see him when you are in town...particularly after a practice. He always hangs around to talk after practice.

It is just most internet folks don't have the guts to ask tough questions face to face. They hide behind keyboards and create stupid websites.
 
hiveredtech said:
CG is EASY to talk to...I have done it several times and I live in Florida.

Send emails, call...or the easiest is just to stop by and see him when you are in town...particularly after a practice. He always hangs around to talk after practice.

It is just most internet folks don't have the guts to ask tough questions face to face. They hide behind keyboards and create stupid websites.
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Agree 100% Hiveredtech, if someone is so pissed off about CCG they should express it to him either by email or like you said after a practice. The person who refers to CCG as a "coward" belongs on Buzzoff, where talk like this is promoted.
 
I have watched the game 2 times now on tape after being there sat.

I was impressed with the offensive intensity through the entire game. It is obvious that Reggie is in charge. I thought he directed to the best of his ability. I do not think he hurt us in this game.

The other big positive was no mistakes. No fumbles or interceptions. That is awesome with the intensity and caliber of play in this game. We were ready to run each play. The "late to the line with everyone on a different page" just did not happen the entire game. I thought this was impresive considering the new clock changes.

I agree that we should using the TE and Cox more. But, more importantly Choice has got to get more than 14 touches. That is pathetic.

Offensively, we have a ton to build on coming out of this game. I am very frustrated we could not put some of the little things together. We were so close. It is a matter of players stepping up and playing like champs when the moment happens. Notre Dame did that a few more times than we did Sat.
 
signalmtnjacket said:
We were so close. It is a matter of players stepping up and playing like champs when the moment happens. Notre Dame did that a few more times than we did Sat.
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How about the coaches giving the players a chance to step up? How about putting the game in their hands on 4th and 1 from midfield near the end of the game? How about giving Calvin a chance to make a difference instead of not throwing to him at all from the ND 15 and settling for a field goal? Running on 3rd and 11 from the 15 to get the ball in the middle of the field for the kicker!!?? That is not how anybody wins championships! Our coaches have no guts and/or confidence in the players.
 
MaconGTfan said:
How about the coaches giving the players a chance to step up? How about putting the game in their hands on 4th and 1 from midfield near the end of the game? How about giving Calvin a chance to make a difference instead of not throwing to him at all from the ND 15 and settling for a field goal? Running on 3rd and 11 from the 15 to get the ball in the middle of the field for the kicker!!?? That is not how anybody wins championships! Our coaches have no guts and/or confidence in the players.
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Again...running the ball towards the inside on 3rd and 11 with 5 minutes in the half to insure you go into halftime with a 10-0 lead and momentum is smart football. Our defense was dominating...and it really hurt us to let them march down the field in the final 4 minutes to cut it to 10-7. Again....7-0 lead...defense dominating...clock running down...momentum in our favor...at home...smart call.

I would have gone for it on 4th and 1 myself...but given our 50% conversion rate on 3rd and 1 for the night....our OL struggles...and Calvin doubled up tight to take away the screen...I would NOT have felt confident about it. We still do not know it would have changed the outcome.

One thing is for certain...both ND and GT offenses looked better prepared than Miami and FSU offense last night!!!
 
Vespidie said:
The QB draw worked all night long, so why wouldn't we wear that play out if we're not going to throw to our star wide out?
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And here's what we get when MMQB's gripe about playcalling.

Here, we have a fan saying we didn't do enough QB draw.

Later on in the thread, another fan says "Quarterback draws are a gimmick play for an offense that doesn't have a damn clue."


One of my favorite cheers up in the stands lately has been, "Chan, run the touchdown play!"
 
HighwayBuzz said:
And here's what we get when MMQB's gripe about playcalling.

Here, we have a fan saying we didn't do enough QB draw.

Later on in the thread, another fan says "Quarterback draws are a gimmick play for an offense that doesn't have a damn clue."


One of my favorite cheers up in the stands lately has been, "Chan, run the touchdown play!"
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Hahahhahahahaha @ "touchdown play!"
 
Yes, that is funny, but in our case I would say that we do have a "touchdown play" especially in the red zone...and it's damn near automatic depending on the QB. When you have a receiver with a 6'' height advantage and who knows what vertical leap advantage it doesn't matter if he's double covered! If we're are inside the 20 you have to throw the damn jump ball! at least once.

Was Brady's QB draw TD at the end of the half "smart football?" was Weis going for it on 4th and 1 smart football? We take absolutely no chances on offense and that isn't going to win these tough games. Fact is Nix had already settled for the FG in his mind on 1st and 10...I understand his conservative philosophy but I can't understand not giving CJ at least one shot at the end zone, especially when he was in single coverage. You don't beat the #2 team in the country and one of the top offenses in the country with freaking field goals.

Oh well..it's all over now. Hopefully we can put more than 10 pts on Samford.
 
MaconGTfan said:
Was Brady's QB draw TD at the end of the half "smart football?" was Weis going for it on 4th and 1 smart football?
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I second guessed both decisions immediately... but the players made the play, so Weis is a genius.
 
HighwayBuzz said:
I second guessed both decisions immediately... but the players made the play, so Weis is a genius.
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The players made the play, exactly. He put the game in the playmaker's hands and he won...something we still haven't figured out. Granted, we have tried before and lost (N.C. State), the fact is our best chance of winning is to get the ball in the right person's hand when we need a game winning play, not on the FG kickers leg in the 2nd half, that is not playing to win, that is playing not to lose! I'm not a go for it every play kind of a guy at all, I understand enough about football to know that's not how it works, but I still think we aren't aggressive enough on Offense...look at FSU last night, I think they threw the deep ball more times in one possession than we did in the last 2 or 3 games combined! I'm probably being to simplistic here, but oh well...that is just how I see it...I'd rather go down swinging than go down looking!

I've MMQB'd enough for now, hopefully we'll do what needs to be done to win in the future.
 
You guys whining about Chan not going for it seem to have forgotten the last time we played FSU. Had we kicked the fieldgoal instead of going for it on 4th and goal, we would have won that game.

There's lots to complain about this week, but tops on my list isn't whether or not we trusted Reggie to throw into double coverage in the second half, it's poor OL play that kept us from converting third and short.
 
I personally have never been a Patrick Nix fan as a developer of our quarterbacks and still have serious questions 'bout his ability to be a successful OC in Div 1A, at least in our league. I did not see much difference in this game as when CG was calling the shots. The next 3 games will be critical in how I judge his potential. We should score BIG early in the next 2 games, give our second string QB a chance at experience, and develop our offense for the next big game. I really hope I am wrong about Nix, but we will see. If he doesn'ty pan out, I just hope Gailey realizes, or is made to realize, that hanging on to Nix like he did with Wilson will not be tolerated.
 
beej67 said:
it's poor OL play that kept us from converting third and short.
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AND kept Reggie from having time to throw AND kept our running game from being effective AND caused both sacks on Reggie.
 
I really need to see a replay. I was under the impression that one of those sacks was a called middle screen that failed to develop properly, but my mind is wiped from the whole experience. I'm still in a daze today at work.

Ok, so our OL wasn't great but wasn't terrible last year. We got 4 back, and added Wrotto, who we all know is a beast. How'd the OL get worse? Was ND's DL just that much better than advertised? And what changed between first quarter and third quarter? That's what I'm having trouble figuring out. Did Weiss give all his DL steroid shots at halftime or something?
 
beej67 said:
I really need to see a replay. I was under the impression that one of those sacks was a called middle screen that failed to develop properly,
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There was one play designed to throw Grant the ball underneath, but Grant was held (no call, of course) and RB either threw the ball away, or was sacked - I don't recall which, not sure if this is the play you are referring to.

There was another play with a bad snap that Reggie had to pick up off of the ground - I think that ended up being a sack.

And then late in the game Reggie took a sack - he had no chance at all - they were on him by the time the ball got to him.
 
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