mgbison
10-13-2008, 06:33 AM
Driving back to the cities yesterday I had some time to think about this year and .........
1. UNI is a very winnable game. Granted yes, we have to play better but very winnable. Win out and we are fine.
2. Were we any better last yr vs this year. I think the losses to YSU and WIU are very similar to the wins against SHSU and CP last year. Yeah we beat those 2 teams last year, but this yr we just happened to be on the other side of the fence. Like JT would say what comes around goes around.
3. O-line play. If there were any position I'd blame for our record, it'd be the oline. How many penalities have they had that cost us 1st downs,etc. It's easy to blame the QB, but you have to protect the QB. and our running game, what running game.
4. Last game. It's easy to blame Mertens, but I put more blame on Perles than anyone. Going conservative isn't going to win you any games. The only really bad pass Mertens had was the screen to Roehl and possibly the last one (did he get hit as he threw it??????). It seems that they aren't letting him throw between the hashes. Why don't we ever go shotgun? Our offense right now is like the babich days or the Vikings. And it's pretty hard to run play action when you can't run the ball.
5. Overall our defense isn't that bad. they have had us in most games.
6. Last, dropped balls. It's gonna happen once in a while, but it's getting ridiculious. I don't recall receivers dropping as many balls in crucial plays when walker was QB.
just my $.02
1. UNI is a very winnable game. Granted yes, we have to play better but very winnable. Win out and we are fine.
2. Were we any better last yr vs this year. I think the losses to YSU and WIU are very similar to the wins against SHSU and CP last year. Yeah we beat those 2 teams last year, but this yr we just happened to be on the other side of the fence. Like JT would say what comes around goes around.
3. O-line play. If there were any position I'd blame for our record, it'd be the oline. How many penalities have they had that cost us 1st downs,etc. It's easy to blame the QB, but you have to protect the QB. and our running game, what running game.
4. Last game. It's easy to blame Mertens, but I put more blame on Perles than anyone. Going conservative isn't going to win you any games. The only really bad pass Mertens had was the screen to Roehl and possibly the last one (did he get hit as he threw it??????). It seems that they aren't letting him throw between the hashes. Why don't we ever go shotgun? Our offense right now is like the babich days or the Vikings. And it's pretty hard to run play action when you can't run the ball.
5. Overall our defense isn't that bad. they have had us in most games.
6. Last, dropped balls. It's gonna happen once in a while, but it's getting ridiculious. I don't recall receivers dropping as many balls in crucial plays when walker was QB.
just my $.02