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FOOTBALLFEVER:
Honestly not sure what to think with Ricky running the ball so much after coming off the injury. I think part of it is we don't have the larger backs to do so and it opens up more for him in the passing game. The question is what are we going to do against the good defenses in our conference? I watched SDSU's route of WIU and Qb Taryn Christion only had to run 5 times when protection broke down around him. He let all of his big backs do the dirty work and passed for 5 Td's with 4 of them going for long routes to the TE's. Even though the Redbirds are 2-3 they still have a very solid defense..this is a must win IMO for both teams this Saturday..Their offense is really hurting this year not having to run/pass option like they did in the past
Penguin Nation:
But.....but....Roethlisberger......lol
I'll just say this regarding the OC...because of his decisions we did not make the playoffs in 2015.....because of his decisions #12 has less game experience going into 2016....so bad decisions in 2015 negatively impact 2016. It was so bizarre and freakish that I was convinced that we did not want to win.
The defense. The defense held wonder boy Streveler to 14 rushing yards when he averaged >100, picked him twice and forced a fumble. The defense scored a third of our TDs. USD only converted 4 third downs all game. We held them to less points than anyone has held them to, including an FBS team.
I think the team is poorly conditioned as a whole as evidence by yet another second half meltdown, but overall the issues are not with the d...or special teams......
As far as Ricky goes, it takes a BAMF to come back after a concussion and play that well in the first half. The offense was on the field a long time...I wonder if #11 should have taken a series or two as #12 seemed to fade in the second half.
ValleyTalk:
IAA Fan:
I never said the defense is the greatest problem and do not believe that to be so. I have an issue with the scheme. I have an issue with the talent that we have in some areas, offense is certainly no exception. So when you want to talk about coach M's recruiting, we may have more in common to talk about.
"Beat the crap out of a running QB"? Say I do not want that style of offense to begin with and the game was not out of hand. When was that game EVER out of hand after the first quarter? When we had the ball (after an onside kick mind you) with a buck-48 to go? Say when you cannot trust your QB to make simple passes over the 10-man box, you have no choice but to run. You know as well as I that there should have been more than 2 INT's off of Davis. USD defenders dropped at least 2 more and did not even see the ball floating in the air a couple more times. You don't say a word about our o-line getting beat up the whole game even the first half.
The simple fact of the matter is that we do not put out the effort and you people are afraid to call out the names of players. You people all think that play-calling is so simple. Everything is fine when we have to bring up our secondary to make up for lack of ability up front on defense. Then when a team just burns us with the deep ball, it is okay because they are WVU. (Every single one of you knows that we should have beaten the Mountaineers ...they played terribly against us). Why all the forgiveness on defense? After all it happened against an NEC school as well....because the HC is supposedly defensively-oriented and he and our DC both have the name Pelini. You b**ched about a new offense and then when you get it ...you still complain. Then there is your constant "Ricky ....Ricky ...Ricky. Say if he was #1, he would have started 2-years ago. However we will for give him because he is coming off a concussion...who gives a crap? If you are not playing at the #1 level for any reason then you need to take a seat. Again you are afraid to call him out and you just make up excuses for him! You are doing the same thing for Davis that you say I am doing for coach M.
Calling offense based on two factors:
1. What the other team is giving you and
2. The talent that you have
Calling offense is not like calling defense, where all we try to do is limit the damage. Yes real defense (that we all want) went out in the 90's. Is play calling what caused us to have 2 INT's and 2 fumbles? Was it Montgomery that could not make holes for Webb, no but it was Montgomery that brought in McCaster to help with the issue. (3 FG's in the red-zone? How about the fact that our big-play offense struggled inside the 35?). Was it Montgomery that played so erratic at QB? No; but it was Montgomery that brought in Davis which all of you were crying for. You can never be satisfied. Montgomery has been the only consistency in an ever-changing run of defenses, with the exception of this year when he had to make major changes. I do not shield coach M from blame, but I do not except our current level of effort. No just blame the OC and AD then life is good.
YSUGO:
First of all a wins a win no matter how ugly it is. We all know that after the Tressel years. I will list my thoughts as a list so I don't forget after a night of letting the emotions cool.
1. Crowd.
Weather report strikes again. But our area has no connection to the teams we play, other than Akron and Kent we have no natural rivals. Youngstown has lost considerable population and what is left could careless about local college football. Even if we win in this brand of football 10-15 thousand would be max. Nobody cares what league we are in. Cable tv also plays in. But not much ESPN 3 might hurt a little too but not much. FCS football in Ohio is like shopping at Kmart or Sears. No reason to go or care. Move up or change conferences.
There was hardly any students again and they do a giveaway every game for 2 $250 schollies per game.
2. Monty
Still dont get him after what 8 yrs. His offense genius is between the 20's. in the red zone he is clueless and indecisive. (Example, having to call timeout after time out because we don't know Which of the 3 plays to call
We need to speed up tempo instead we plod our way down the field st times and our team plays like that as well. speed it up the kids will respond. SD was doing that and was successful they didn't have the horses to sustain it.
Back to Monty. Wtf happens to him in the second half. Year after year game after game we have the lead and he goes into a shell in the second half. We had superior speed at the skills and we Never isolated or ran any screens to our speed guys and if we would have took more vertical shots with them playing so close in the box with their safety's Davis would have had 400 yds lke WV did. Good coaches ADJUST and EXPLOINT and get the ball into the hands of your playmakers. They few times that he usedWebb like that the lb had no chance to cover him.
No BIG BACK. What happened to running Kuhn in short yardage. I guess we lost that page of the playbook. . If I was Pelini I would fire Monty at the end of the season and get his guy. Yea we got 450 on that D but if you did your homework even your grandma new they had a young undersized D with not much speed in the secondary. Not impressed and time to move on.
Defense.
Pelini bro schemed was dead on. Stop the QB and you stop the Coyotes. They caught us at times withe hurry up and for the love of Pete if the corner is getting beat take the penalty instead of letting them get the score. It's college football. It's 15 yds not 6pts. Teams are double and triple teaming Rivers which has opened up some big plays for Moss. The D had a pick 6 so as a whole they did their job.
Special teams. Not much to say except Kennedy is automatic and gets great depth on his kickoffs. Translates touchback or little yardage on returns. We only punted once and it was a long touch back. Vastly improved special teams.
Summary. We did what we had to do. I thought Davis did well. Ruiz ran well and we need to ride him 20+ carries a game to take control of the running game to protect Ricky. Spot Webb 15 -18 plays to isolate him due to down and distance. We are still a bubble team here 7 wins is in realm. . I really think we need to figure out what happens when this team runs into the locker room at half time. We can't keep putting all the pressure on the D with what I see as weak adjustments poor use of personnel and play calling that makes u scratch your head. I feel Monty!s job to keep or lose this year. Fix your Red zone offense that would be a start.
Go YSU!
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