4th Quarter - 3 plays

[upperdeck]

I think he was really worried in the spot of a block.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

14:06 - 8 yard punt, plus a 5 yard illegal formation penalty give Rutgers the ball on our own 26. In a miracle the defense holds and they miss the FG.

10:28 - On the very first play after we get the ball back after that defensive stand, (and lucky miss ...), DeVito is sacked on fumbles on our own 20. Defense holds them AGAIN to only a FG.

After Rutgers FG gives them a 2 score lead with 8:23 to go.

Tommy runs for no gain, and misses on 2 passes. 3 and out.

7:16 - Down 2 scores - at the Rutgers 41 - he punts. Game over.

We only got 1 more possession. Coaching at its finest.

Burn it all down right now. And after the way Wildhack handled the womens hoop fiasco, who has confidence in him picking the next "Right Guy"?

Rutgers 3 & 14 after offsetting penalties and Babers gets the unsportsmanlike. I felt like their chances of converting 3rd and 14 were slim and none. Penalty gives them a first down at the 11 and they score. Even though we scored immediately, I felt like completing that drive gave their O some confidence.

TD's fumble after the missed FG. Getting no points after the shank had to be a huge emotional letdown. To give them the ball back immediately in a position to get points was a killer.

I am more ambivalent on the punt from their 41. We were 0 for the game on converting 3rd and long. While the O line has improved, it was unable to hold up in any clear passing situation yesterday. The odds of us actually converting that 4th and 10 were slim. We were able to pin them deep on the punt but just were not able to get a stop.

The Shrader substitution just confused me. Considering where, and when he came into the game: first possession of 2nd quarter at our own 12, it seemed to me that it was preordained that Schrader was going to get the 2nd quarter.

Against Ohio, Shrader was supposed to play but did not. I am assuming that Babers made that call because O was playing well and he did not want to disrupt dynamic, especially coming off the offensive train wreck of the previous season. Ok, that makes a lot of sense.

So, then why force feed him and put a kid, whose last action was almost 2 years ago, into the game in the shadow of his own goal line (own 12 yard line), especially because I thought TD was playing reasonably well (7-9 for 64 yards at that point).

Just some strange choices (including the sudden decision to insert a new punter, even though it ended up not hurting us).

Watching the game, it felt inevitable to me that, at some point, we would seize the game and take control. Their QB completed, I think , one pass downfield - the throw to the TE for the TD after the unsportsmanlike.

And then, all of a sudden, it was the 4th quarter and we were down two scores and the O looked like a train wreck again.

I am always one of the last guys off the bandwagon, but yesterday has to raise some serious questions. That was a very winnable game.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Rutgers 3 & 14 after offsetting penalties and Babers gets the unsportsmanlike. I felt like their chances of converting 3rd and 14 were slim and none. Penalty gives them a first down at the 11 and they score. Even though we scored immediately, I felt like completing that drive gave their O some confidence.

TD's fumble after the missed FG. Getting no points after the shank had to be a huge emotional letdown. To give them the ball back immediately in a position to get points was a killer.

And then, all of a sudden, it was the 4th quarter and we were down two scores and the O looked like a train wreck again.

I am always one of the last guys off the bandwagon, but yesterday has to raise some serious questions. That was a very winnable game.

Yes, Babers apparently losing it with the ref gifted them the win. Although, I kind of wonder about those refs. We got jobbed on quite a few calls, it seemed.

 

[upperdeck]

you see an avg of under 1 formation call a game most games.. we had 3-4 in the same game by the same ref.. the fair catch. the PF and the Unsportsmanlike were all killers. At some point one of the head holds against the Dline has to get called this yr you think..

 

[orangepassion]

14:06 - 8 yard punt, plus a 5 yard illegal formation penalty give Rutgers the ball on our own 26. In a miracle the defense holds and they miss the FG.

10:28 - On the very first play after we get the ball back after that defensive stand, (and lucky miss ...), DeVito is sacked and fumbles on our own 20. Defense holds them AGAIN to only a FG.

After Rutgers FG gives them a 2 score lead with 8:23 to go.

Tommy runs for no gain, and misses on 2 passes. 3 and out.

7:16 - Down 2 scores - at the Rutgers 41 - he punts. Game over.

We only got 1 more possession. Coaching at its finest.

Burn it all down right now. And after the way Wildhack handled the womens hoop fiasco, who has confidence in him picking the next "Right Guy"?

I'd like to add a 4th play-The play before the 4th and 10 punt. If you know you won't go for it on 4th and 10, you need to put yourself into a more makeable 4th down play. Instead we have every receiver going deep. How about a short slant, even a screen, something simple. Even better, run the ball outside and give the back the option to throw it if the WR is open.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I'd like to add a 4th play-The play before the 4th and 10 punt. If you know you won't go for it on 4th and 10, you need to put yourself into a more makeable 4th down play. Instead we have every receiver going deep. How about a short slant, even a screen, something simple. Even better run the ball outside and give the back the option to throw it if the WR is open.

Good call.

 

[upperdeck]

There are times where I do wonder about the play sequencing. But then is it bad play call or bad exection.. There where 4-5 plays that didnt work that I thought were excellent calls but give credit to the Rutgers LBs who I thought made a bunch of plays with speed to stop play calls that were really well blocked and set up.

 

[GoSU96]

I'd like to add a 4th play-The play before the 4th and 10 punt. If you know you won't go for it on 4th and 10, you need to put yourself into a more makeable 4th down play. Instead we have every receiver going deep. How about a short slant, even a screen, something simple. Even better run the ball outside and give the back the option to throw it if the WR is open.

Thats what they did on the last possession.

it started with the first play, and really the only play all day that Devito ran himself into a sack, where they ran four verts.

2nd and 3rd he went through his progression and went to Tucker twice as his checkdown because no one was open down field. Set up a 4th and six and Devito pulled it down and did what he should have on 1st and ran for 20 and a first down.

the possession you are talking about started with the proper read by Devito and a 17 yd run with a 15 yd personal foul tacked on. The bad call was following that with a QB sweep on first. Mang didn’t execute his block and the play was DOA. Plus they ran it to the right, (Tisdale and Servais) and not to the left.

Agree 3rd down was a too low percentage call.