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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Sept 2, 2018 8:40:58 GMT -5
agreed. I think it’s great we went out and got kicked in the teeth for 98% of the game. Should be a good wake up call. I don’t think this team is as bad as everyone is saying. I’d sure hate to be at practice Monday.
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Post by smack1212 on Sept 2, 2018 8:53:06 GMT -5
They are practicing today lol. No one on the OL was happy last night. I will sound like a Dad of a player but our play calling gives me headaches. Run the ball down folks throat. We did bow our necks on both sides of the ball in the 4th qtr. I didn’t think I would have to say that in my pre game thoughts of how the game was going to shake out.
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Post by bc on Sept 2, 2018 8:54:07 GMT -5
I will only point out that last year Samford BARELY squeeked out a 49-41 win against D2 West Alabama, and Samford went on to the playoffs. We've got a lot to work on, but we will be a better team in 2 weeks.
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Post by smack1212 on Sept 2, 2018 8:56:01 GMT -5
BC I agree 100%. We were missing several players as well and a coach.
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Sept 2, 2018 8:58:49 GMT -5
I will only point out that last year Samford BARELY squeeked out a 49-41 win against D2 West Alabama, and Samford went on to the playoffs. We've got a lot to work on, but we will be a better team in 2 weeks. I think so too. Hate all the doom and gloom sky is falling BS.
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Post by stinkycat on Sept 2, 2018 8:59:06 GMT -5
We may have a big offensive line - may be too big to block in this up tempo offense we run - OL looked gassed many times last night.
Also, not going to win when defensive secondary has to make all the tackles.
Noticed last night the players and coaches on side-lines were dead - this is on you Coach Speir!
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Post by wcatradio75 on Sept 2, 2018 8:59:27 GMT -5
I agree with most of the comments here - BUT... Folks close to the team say that the coaches were concerned about this game beforehand for several reasons: Many of the players on this team were recruited by larger schools, but they didn't have the grades We knew early on that the talent on Newberry was strong The coaches have said before the game that Newberry is better than G-W AND VMI - too bad the players didn't play like they believed it Newberry had a good crowd here - it was a big game for them and they played to it the way we did at Texas A&M and S.C. two years ago
NO EXCUSES for poor defensive coverage in the backfield, missing tackles behind the line of scrimmage and lackluster offense for almost half the game.
Bright spots - desire and character to come back and pull it out; lots of offensive options. I think Jordan Mathis was under utilized as he was wide open five or more times. Tyrie seems to me to pick his target and signal to the defense (criticized for this last year). Also - the crowd - especially the students - were responsive and into the game. Too many of the students left after the half, but I hear other schools experience that as well. Attendance: 12,111. Not bad for Labor Day weekend against a no name team.
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Post by wcatradio75 on Sept 2, 2018 9:05:14 GMT -5
The defensive play of the game from my point of view, was mid first half when the RB for Newberry broke free for what looked like a touchdown and #13, Kent, came all the way across the field like lightning and took him down on about the 30 yard line.
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Sept 2, 2018 9:06:14 GMT -5
I agree with most of the comments here - BUT... Folks close to the team say that the coaches were concerned about this game beforehand for several reasons: Many of the players on this team were recruited by larger schools, but they didn't have the grades We knew early on that the talent on Newberry was strong The coaches have said before the game that Newberry is better than G-W AND VMI - too bad the players didn't play like they believed it Newberry had a good crowd here - it was a big game for them and they played to it the way we did at Texas A&M and S.C. two years ago NO EXCUSES for poor defensive coverage in the backfield, missing tackles behind the line of scrimmage and lackluster offense for almost half the game. Bright spots - desire and character to come back and pull it out; lots of offensive options. I think Jordan Mathis was under utilized as he was wide open five or more times. Tyrie seems to me to pick his target and signal to the defense (criticized for this last year). Also - the crowd - especially the students - were responsive and into the game. Too many of the students left after the half, but I hear other schools experience that as well. Attendance: 12,111. Not bad for Labor Day weekend against a no name team. Newberry has a lot of players who came from Clemson and USC. They get the rejects from both those schools.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 2, 2018 9:10:24 GMT -5
The negatives are being covered well, and lord knows there are plenty of them to point to. I am terrified to think if our D doesn't find something that Furman is going to simply run that big FB about 60 times right up the gut and gain 350-400 yards rushing, and the breakdowns in coverage means that Hodges and Samford will throw for at least 500. And I am typically all-in with smack's posts, but I saw a whole bunch of times with the O that we tried to run the ball up the middle and simply couldn't (especially early on). If Newberry's undersized D-line can blow up some of our running plays, SoCon defenses will do the same. Our strength is obviously on offense, but if Newberry takes our D to the woodshed like that and keeps the ball out of Tyrie's hands, I can see teams like Wofford and Citadel only giving us a handful of posessions for the entire game. Now for at least a couple of positives. - We won - even though it was against D2 and some of the others played FBS games, I have to think being 1-0 this morning is better than what Mercer and VMI are feeling.
- Patten in particular, but also Mullen proved that along with Mathis we are going to be fine at WR.
- We still can't kick the dang ball into the endzone on a kickoff (did you guys pay attention to Newberry's kicker???), but we did make 2 FGs (negative - we also shanked a PAT).
- We had no turnovers.
- I think Holloway will be a difference-maker on those 2nd and 3rd down short yardage situations.
Originally I hated the start to our season schedule, but now I am pretty happy that we have the BYE, GWU, and VMI to try and figure this thing out.
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