BC Postgame Stuff...

[GHLF]

We are losing to Cal and will struggle with UConn

7-5

Disappointment

Disagree, and you are just plain losing it! Haha

 

[richmondcuse03]

Bingo

 

[GreekFreak]

I just want to give props to Brady Dennaburg. That guy hit two marvelous on side kicks. He lost his placekicking duties and could have sulked and given a half hearted effort. Instead he gave us a real chance on both kicks.

 

[tptcuse]

That's great. Happy for them.

People realize Fran's working out though so far, right? Like, you can always find someone in college football that you look at and feel like you're not doing everything in comparison (Bama's losing their minds for example).

This season is actually going pretty much to plan. We've had some good wins. Lost some games to some crappy teams that we think Fran will handle as he gets more experience and settles in. The trajectory is great.

Fran's actually getting harshly graded because McCord's been so good.

I just keep coming back to next year's schedule. How do we get bowl eligible next year? I guess we will see what the portal brings. College football is so frustrating because there are so few games and the bowls without anyone's best players are not nearly as fun.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I just keep coming back to next year's schedule. How do we get bowl eligible next year? I guess we will see what the portal brings. College football is so frustrating because there are so few games and the bowls without anyone's best players are not nearly as fun.

Too early to worry about. Who knows what anyone's roster will look like.

 

[blust2i3d4]

I know this team has many flaws and overachieved. But I want to see us get lucky and keep winning.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Bingo

Bingo except for acc championship part. lol

 

[BillSU]

Some things.

1, the other team matters too. They have talent. They have schemes. They're trying to make plays and win. There's variability to that. They're scholarship athletes. Being a backup doesn't mean the player is incompetent. It means there's someone ahead of them on the depth chart.

2, next year is next year. No point in worrying about that now when we have 3 games and a bowl left this season.

3, we have a young staff and to some extent they're building the plane while they're flying it. They will come back as better coaches next season.

It is quite obvious, glaringly so, when you look at the O & D - line and also linebackers, and defensive backs, that we are in need of an update on better talent and better coaching. So does every team but we are only in the first year of a total rebuild and not on the level of some other teams who will proceed to the national championship.

Kye Robichaux accumulated 198 yards because he was constantly allowed to run in space past the LOS. And, if you look at that stat, maybe if you are the D line coach, you adjust your men in the box accordingly to try and stop the hemorrhaging, (poor tackling).

I don’t know who is starting for us in those positions who are Baber’s holdovers or whether it matters. HCFB has to work with the talent he has. OttoinGrotto’s quote “they’re building the plane while they’re flying it is spot on.” In that respect we have to play the best we have – today it didn’t matter. They had better line play. McCord can't throw if we can't keep their players out of the back field. It isn't a good feeling to see an NFL QB getting sacked and I was glad to see a shot of McCord yelling at his OL men offenders on the sideline after another 3 and out.

A contrast in passing – James 5-6 – 51 YDS, McCord 31 – 48 – 392 YDS 2TDS - that’s the whole game, they ran it down our throats, we couldn’t stop them. We passed pretty damn well but some of McCords throws were a bit off the mark but had to be caught to off-set their running game.

Next year doesn’t matter now. Getting ready for Cal does. Say what you will, BC does have talent and exposed our weakness, not being able to stop a good running game, at least for today. Both coaches are in their freshmen seasons. Things will get better. This week it didn’t and Fran admitted, "he got out coached."

Our OL and DL do matter, a lot, we have to get better players though the portal. We are going to be the recipients of their play in every game for the rest of the season. 9-3 or 6-6? We’re going to find out.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Bingo except for acc championship part. lol

Agreed! Haha

 

[Dinkyspond]

Bingo

I don’t think Damien realizes we have 3 ACC losses. We probably have a .0001% chance of going to the ACC championship.

 

[kcsu]

Bad lost. Out coached on Defense. Why not try 8 men in box!

We don't have the bodies

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Completely disagree. Everyone would be content with 6-3 (3-3) but wouldn’t have signed for it.

We need to win 2 of the last 3. Can anyone really be happy going 3-5 in the ACC when we don’t have SMU, Clemson, Louisville?

 

[CuseCPT]

Also, we are a 6-3 team that just doesn't pass the smell test. We won 2 wild OT games and have lost to some really bad teams.

 

[DocFlanders]

Next year be lucky to win 4 unless nil portal crushes it, not likely though

Fran would kill it better in the pre nil environment, now money talks and we cannot compete

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Also, we are a 6-3 team that just doesn't pass the smell test. We won 2 wild OT games and have lost to some really bad teams.

So what? The wins count.

 

[Offthedome]

When we got the ball with 3:42, my thought was we needed to score before the 2 minute warning. Leaves you 2 timeouts basically. And ideally you need a touchdown there, not a fg. It was a long shot either way. The game should have never been this close. I work with Cam Wards Dad. He'll be giving me Tuesday morning, and it will suck a little more because we should've beaten those guys.

This didn't age well.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Agree. So many people are calling this our most talented team in X number of years. Well, that’s an indictment of the talent we have had these last X number of years. We have very good skill position players on offense. What else is good? OL? Please. DL? Nope. LB? Eh. DBs? Only on paper. Specials? No need to even go there.

Shouldn’t take much talent to tackle a mid RB with a stacked box

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Shouldn’t take much talent to tackle a mid RB with a stacked box

BC barely had 100 yards against WKU. Guess it is talent.

 

[CuseCPT]

So what? The wins count.

So when Damien Rhodes says those wins mean everyone should take a breath, I disagree.

 

[OburgOrange]

And Virginia is beating Pitt

 

[orangecuse]

And Virginia is beating Pitt

That, and a mediocre team in GT taking down the Canes is just another indictment, IMO, how pedestrian the ACC conference is. Moreover, and to boot, how a first year and relatively irrelevant team for years in SMU, leads the ACC and has the inside track to the ACC championship and auto bid playoff birth.

 

[OrangePA]

What an embarrassment. So sick of the mediocrity. Remember when you looked at the schedule and BC was an automatic win? Those were the days.

I don’t remember those days. BC has always been a tough game

 

[djcon57]

I don’t remember those days. BC has always been a tough game

I do.

We went 10-2 vs BC from 87 to 98. Most easy wins

 

[IthacaMatt]

Most games our O doesn’t show until 20 mins into the game. Been worse these last two.

Only the last 3; we've played 9.

 

[IthacaMatt]

BC barely had 100 yards against WKU. Guess it is talent.

Remember those years past when we had no quarterbacking and teams played 8 in the box against us? Where was that yesterday?