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[QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 1469449, member: 362"]
23 total first down which my expert math skills tells me we had 12 first downs prior to 3rd down as well. 3rd down conversion is great, only needing 1 or 2 downs to get 10 yards is even better.

Flip side, being that I am a defense guy, is holding Rhode Island to 1-11 or 3rd down and only 2 first downs total. That is amazing regardless of whom you're playing and at what level. Our 2nd and 3rd string defenders didn't let up on what the 1st string had accomplished.

RI = 2.9 yards per pass attempt, 0.2 yard per rush attempt
SU = 5.4 per pass, 5.4 per rush

Tangent warning:

Would like the per pass to be a bit higher and if AC doesn't drop that TD and Dungey doesn't just miss that shot over the middle it is but the play calls were there and the QB made solid throws. Looked like the incompletion over the middle the receiver MAY have rounded off his route a bit. Even if Dungey missed the throw it wasn't by much and the positive on that was he threw they guy open. When he released the ball the receiver was still in front of 3 defenders whom our freshman qb still felt confident knowing it was going to there. This bodes will moving forward since, against better defenses, if you wait til a window is open to throw it that window is already closing. With Deuce taking the first team reps moving forward the down field timing/confidence should only improve.
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