IthacaMatt
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I was at the Dome today. Very sparse crowd. Still very noisy (wondering if they are amplifying it, or piping some of it in ...).
Shrader seemed a bit rusty to me, although he got better as the game went on. Had great presence in the pocket, did not expose himself to big hits when running the ball. He wound up with some very decent numbers, but this was a "B" game from him, IMO.
It took a couple drives for the offensive line to get going. Two early penalties on BleichMore, (not) the Richmond transfer (who didn't play). Not a lot of push in the running game early, but by the second quarter they were wearing the Colgate defense down, and then suddenly LaQuint Allen ripped off 3 or 4 chunk runs.
Gadsden was terrific, Isaiah Jones, Alford, Hatcher all had good games. Donovan Brown with a lot of possession catches to move the chains. At RB, Juwann Price just didn't hit the hole hard enough. Ike Daniels did a terrific job in the 2nd half.
Defense is legitimately deep in the line and at LB. Not sure how good our depth is at DB yet. Colgate didn't really challenge them the way they will be challenged later in the season by better athletes.
I seriously love Stone Foot at punter. He's going to win an extra 2 or 3 games for us over last year just from the better field position. Bradaberg kicks them long, but they are line drives. My friend Sean was wondering if he'll be able to get away with the low trajectory against ACC opponents.
Wonderful effort. The team has to be absolutely pumped. So many guys played, and so many guys played well. Yes, it was "only" Colgate (or fill in the blank ...), but how many times have we come out and just smoked an opponent like this? Great start to the season!
Shrader seemed a bit rusty to me, although he got better as the game went on. Had great presence in the pocket, did not expose himself to big hits when running the ball. He wound up with some very decent numbers, but this was a "B" game from him, IMO.
It took a couple drives for the offensive line to get going. Two early penalties on Bleich
Gadsden was terrific, Isaiah Jones, Alford, Hatcher all had good games. Donovan Brown with a lot of possession catches to move the chains. At RB, Juwann Price just didn't hit the hole hard enough. Ike Daniels did a terrific job in the 2nd half.
Defense is legitimately deep in the line and at LB. Not sure how good our depth is at DB yet. Colgate didn't really challenge them the way they will be challenged later in the season by better athletes.
I seriously love Stone Foot at punter. He's going to win an extra 2 or 3 games for us over last year just from the better field position. Bradaberg kicks them long, but they are line drives. My friend Sean was wondering if he'll be able to get away with the low trajectory against ACC opponents.
Wonderful effort. The team has to be absolutely pumped. So many guys played, and so many guys played well. Yes, it was "only" Colgate (or fill in the blank ...), but how many times have we come out and just smoked an opponent like this? Great start to the season!
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