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Post by universityjim on Nov 6, 2024 7:53:52 GMT -6
First thing I want to say is that I agree with everything you guys are saying. No argument here.
I do however want to lift up the kids. This is a very different team and better team than we saw during the first part of the season. I don't know if the coaches were the catalyst or it came from the players themselves but they actually play and look like a football team now. I'm proud of the kids and I'm sad for them.
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Post by coastalcard on Nov 6, 2024 8:05:25 GMT -6
Very good point and observation.
I can blame Neu and his staff for letting the players down, but it really lies at the feet of the administration and their lack of management and oversight. Neu was only the conduit of selling this impossible dream with his own lack of skills.
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Post by BSU Card Fan in AZ on Nov 6, 2024 8:13:14 GMT -6
If the O-line holds up on that last drive, we might be in a good mood this morning. Oh well. Same old ending.
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Post by cardfan on Nov 6, 2024 8:31:11 GMT -6
If the O-line holds up on that last drive, we might be in a good mood this morning. Oh well. Same old ending. Or maybe if we keep running the ball at em when we got into the red zone rather than farting around with stupid crap that was doomed to fail we’d have put up 2 more td rather then fg. Could we not find other ways to get Kelly involved in there? Jet sweeps? Or maybe have him give the ball up a time or two when we go wildcat? Have Semonza look OFF of kolziol and find more targets? Red zone fails absolutely killed us. |
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Post by villagepub on Nov 6, 2024 10:17:48 GMT -6
BSU 31-27, as long as BSU can contain "the big play." Should be 4-0 in the MAC right now. I got Miami right. Just couldn't find another TD and FG out of BSU. |
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Post by 00hmh on Nov 6, 2024 10:29:02 GMT -6
If the O-line holds up on that last drive, we might be in a good mood this morning. Oh well. Same old ending. I agree. For most of us, this game was no surprise, and this season was what we expected. I can't get to upset, if anything we may have played a little better than we could expect last night. The clock and red zone were poorly handled it is true enough. But getting into the red zone enough times to win the game actually surprised me. Giving up those open pass plays and having no answer for Vergil was perhaps just the weakness we could not hide. |
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Post by chirprising on Nov 6, 2024 10:59:06 GMT -6
If the O-line holds up on that last drive, we might be in a good mood this morning. Oh well. Same old ending. Or maybe if we keep running the ball at em when we got into the red zone rather than farting around with stupid crap that was doomed to fail we’d have put up 2 more td rather then fg. Could we not find other ways to get Kelly involved in there? Jet sweeps? Or maybe have him give the ball up a time or two when we go wildcat? Have Semonza look OFF of kolziol and find more targets? Red zone fails absolutely killed us. Go back and watch the plays where Kelly has the ball and you'll notice that not one time did he look to the option...he was looking to run the ball no matter what the defense was doing...one time he clearly should have left it with our big back who would have been one-on-one with a smaller linebacker...they had to have known that is what he was doing in the first half and they kept putting him back out there...Sloan and Pemberton have been averaging 5+ yards a carry and kept our defense off the field in the prior 3 games, two of which we won. In this game, Kelly had nearly as many carries as the two of them combined. I'm sure Kelly is a good kid but I'm tired of the offense being catered to him with special plays that don't go anywhere. |
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Post by bsu73 on Nov 6, 2024 11:44:47 GMT -6
I think Kelly should be used as Donte Love was used, in the slot. Run reverses, pass, or pass receiver.
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Post by universityjim on Nov 6, 2024 12:26:28 GMT -6
Well one of the huge coaching mistakes is that when Kelly comes in the game they almost always do the same thing. Semonza splits out wide, and Kelly takes the snap and runs off tackle. Almost every single time. You could see the formation and call exactly what was going to happen and obviously so could the defense. That's why it didn't work. The one time they didn't do that was a double reverse where Kelly was a decoy. It worked really well.
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