Tonight's stats..

beej67 said:
5 fumbles.

Nesbitt fumbled the exchange, then recovered it and dove forward for a TD.

Nesbitt and Dwyer goofed an exchange at the end of the first half.

We fumbled a pooch kick at the beginning of the 3rd quarter to give the ball back to J State. (in pretty Gaileyesque fashion I might add)

Quincy Kelley fumbled a hand off towards the end of the third quarter, but it was recovered by Voss.

Dwyer dropped a Jaybo handoff for a fumble at the beginning of th 4th quarter.

We only lost 2, but we've got to get better at ball security. If we fumble 5 times vs J State, imagine how many times we'll fumble vs someone who doesn't suck.
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Wow...I need to get better at my in game details :)
 
I think we will continue to throw a lot against BC/VT. I think our OL understands pass blocking a lot easier than they do the new run blocking scheme. To be expected and I suspect we will slowly transition out of it over the next month or so.

Nice how CPJ's playcalling is/was an extension of our skills. As our skills evolve I expect the playcalling will too.
 
Dwyer didn't fumble the Shaw handoff. The third Jax St tackler was able to put his helmet right on the ball. It was a nicely placed hit.
 
It was a nicely placed hit that led to Dwyer fumbling the ball after Shaw handed it off.

:P

We will see more nicely placed hits in the future, and I'd rather like it if we didn't fumble them.

Biig fumble problems last night. Big problems.
 
The offense didn't exactly click with the kind of rhythm and speed it should, but I thought Nesbit made sound decisions. The timing of the pitches was effective, but a faster defense will be a much bigger test. As a side note, Chan left us with some solid players.
 
beej67 said:
It was a nicely placed hit that led to Dwyer fumbling the ball after Shaw handed it off.

:P

We will see more nicely placed hits in the future, and I'd rather like it if we didn't fumble them.

Biig fumble problems last night. Big problems.
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I'm just contrasting it with the fumbled handoff Shaw/Kelly had.
 
Something worth mentioning is the fact that Jacksonville State ran a 3-4 Defense, and that may have caused us problems. Seems like linebackers are critical in stopping the triple option, and they had 4 out there instead of the typical 3, so maybe that's why we had a few problems. For instance, I saw one play where it looked like Greg Smith was going to turn the corner only to have one of the linebackers track him down.....if they ran a 4-3 I doubt that happens.

Does anyone else run a 3-4? I know UVA used to
 
3-4 defenses should be easier to run option on than 4-3 defenses, because of the gap assignments, though.
 
Our passing game was HORRIBLE tonight, it should have been 70-14 if thoes passes were on target, and the ones that were were caught! some WIDE open WR's last night. The only other thing that bothers me is our O-Line not being that strong on the B-Back Dive.
 
The passing game will get better quickly. Keep in mind this is the first game and timing is way off. Expect more completions against BC. And with BC will come more passing plays as well. We had no reason to air it out much vs. JSU. We needed more work on the ground than the air.
 
Nesbitt's was putting to much into his early passes. He started to float them a little better after he settled down.
 
beej67 said:
3-4 defenses should be easier to run option on than 4-3 defenses, because of the gap assignments, though.
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Perhaps...I just figured since the DEs are mostly unblocked anyway, having 4 LBs on the field instead of 3 would be an advantage.
 
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