sutomcat
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Sorry this is late. Lot of stuff going on. Won't be really in depth.
Weird game. SU dominates the first quarter, gets destroyed in the second, controls the third quarter almost completely and completely falls apart in the fourth quarter. Again.
Thought the biggest play of the game was the 3rd and long USF had late in the 3rd quarter when they decided to run up the middle. We had the holes plugged inside so the RB broke outside to the left. No one was there and he ended up running for a TD from 50 yards or so away.
I think Winfield really blew his assignment on that play. He was lined outside on the right and was in perfect position to make the play, or at least direct the RB back inside (there was no one to block him). But just before the ball was snapped, he saw there was no one blocking him and for some reason ran to the middle of the field, near where the safeties line up, taking himself out of the play for no apparent reason. Too bad, because Winfield has arguably been our best defender so far this season.
As in the UL game, whenever USF really needed a first down, they seemed to go with a QB run and like the UL game, they usually got a big chunk of yardage when they made this call. Seemed like we had people in position to make a play a lot but they just couldn't make an open field tackle.
Thought Ellison looked fast and really agile in his first start. Blew some assignments but it looked like he knows how to tackle and make hard hits. Williams also started, as we have already lost both starters at safety. Thought he looked okay but very tentative.
Philips is really looking like a WR now. Etta-Towa brings a level of power and physical play to the WR position we desperately need more of. Wish Custis was healthy and played like Amba. Surprised Ishmael continues to be used so rarely.
Good to see more success running the ball inside. Looked like the blocking was a little better. Lots of runs was close to being broken for big gains but Neal or Strickland were brought down by an arm tackle late. gainst a big strong DL, I would think Fredericks would be a better option than the other RBs. Looks like he runs harder and is a lot stronger than the other guys. I bet he breaks a few of those close calls. I wonder what he did to get into the doghouse so deeply?
Thought Byrne did a good job overall with his first start at center. Looked like he called out the blocking assignments fine, blocked pretty well. But his shot gun snapping was really bad. Dungey made 3 or 4 great plays to complete passes catching the ball off a bounce or two. He needs to get better at this. Fast.
Hope Samuels is okay. That injury didn't look good. I fear he is lost for the season.
Auggie Sanchez seemed to be in on every tackle USF made.
USF WR #87 was really really fast. We don't have much speed on the corners.
USF brought about 50 fans. Close to half came to the Fine Lot tailgate.
Mr Excitement must have been excited. He referred to the visiting team as Florida State at least twice.
Strong presence of diesel fumes again during the game. Thankfully, the overwhelming heat and humidity two rows from the top of the Dome kept me conscious.
I didn't see a single out of town score and I looked at the scoreboards a lot. Are they even trying to provide this as a service any longer?
Was given an SU car flag when I drove into the Fine Lot from the guy who takes my parking ticket stub. That was an unexpected and appreciated gesture.
Orange Girl for 2016 is really talented. She might be the best one I have ever seen.
Sean Riley is good. He is making some mistakes now and is not sure of himself but he has big time talent as a return guy.
Cole Murphy is off to a really good start. Even his KOs (with one exception) have been consistently good. Deep and in a corner...
Several of Dungey's interceptions were well thrown and accurate, but lacked the mustard to get past a hard charging USF defender. Their defense had very good closing speed and that speed killed. Still think Eric has a bit of a dead arm and is not throwing the ball with the velocity he did last season.
Also think Eric is making some bad decisions with the RPO calls he is asked to make with each play. It is asking a lot of a young QB to do this and I am sure he will get better at it over time. The timing on passing plays is often off by a bit as well. You can see where it can and will get better over time. One thing you can saw about Dungey is that he is one tough kid.
This is a really young team. They are going to make mistakes and going to be dominated physically by older and bigger teams sometimes. But they are gaining valuable experience that will pay off in the coming years, when we will become a really experienced veteran team. No one wants to wait for it but it takes time to build something good. Patience is required. I hope people understand and stay with this staff and these kids. It will be worth the wait (the juice will be worth the squeeze).
War Damn Otto!
Weird game. SU dominates the first quarter, gets destroyed in the second, controls the third quarter almost completely and completely falls apart in the fourth quarter. Again.
Thought the biggest play of the game was the 3rd and long USF had late in the 3rd quarter when they decided to run up the middle. We had the holes plugged inside so the RB broke outside to the left. No one was there and he ended up running for a TD from 50 yards or so away.
I think Winfield really blew his assignment on that play. He was lined outside on the right and was in perfect position to make the play, or at least direct the RB back inside (there was no one to block him). But just before the ball was snapped, he saw there was no one blocking him and for some reason ran to the middle of the field, near where the safeties line up, taking himself out of the play for no apparent reason. Too bad, because Winfield has arguably been our best defender so far this season.
As in the UL game, whenever USF really needed a first down, they seemed to go with a QB run and like the UL game, they usually got a big chunk of yardage when they made this call. Seemed like we had people in position to make a play a lot but they just couldn't make an open field tackle.
Thought Ellison looked fast and really agile in his first start. Blew some assignments but it looked like he knows how to tackle and make hard hits. Williams also started, as we have already lost both starters at safety. Thought he looked okay but very tentative.
Philips is really looking like a WR now. Etta-Towa brings a level of power and physical play to the WR position we desperately need more of. Wish Custis was healthy and played like Amba. Surprised Ishmael continues to be used so rarely.
Good to see more success running the ball inside. Looked like the blocking was a little better. Lots of runs was close to being broken for big gains but Neal or Strickland were brought down by an arm tackle late. gainst a big strong DL, I would think Fredericks would be a better option than the other RBs. Looks like he runs harder and is a lot stronger than the other guys. I bet he breaks a few of those close calls. I wonder what he did to get into the doghouse so deeply?
Thought Byrne did a good job overall with his first start at center. Looked like he called out the blocking assignments fine, blocked pretty well. But his shot gun snapping was really bad. Dungey made 3 or 4 great plays to complete passes catching the ball off a bounce or two. He needs to get better at this. Fast.
Hope Samuels is okay. That injury didn't look good. I fear he is lost for the season.
Auggie Sanchez seemed to be in on every tackle USF made.
USF WR #87 was really really fast. We don't have much speed on the corners.
USF brought about 50 fans. Close to half came to the Fine Lot tailgate.
Mr Excitement must have been excited. He referred to the visiting team as Florida State at least twice.
Strong presence of diesel fumes again during the game. Thankfully, the overwhelming heat and humidity two rows from the top of the Dome kept me conscious.
I didn't see a single out of town score and I looked at the scoreboards a lot. Are they even trying to provide this as a service any longer?
Was given an SU car flag when I drove into the Fine Lot from the guy who takes my parking ticket stub. That was an unexpected and appreciated gesture.
Orange Girl for 2016 is really talented. She might be the best one I have ever seen.
Sean Riley is good. He is making some mistakes now and is not sure of himself but he has big time talent as a return guy.
Cole Murphy is off to a really good start. Even his KOs (with one exception) have been consistently good. Deep and in a corner...
Several of Dungey's interceptions were well thrown and accurate, but lacked the mustard to get past a hard charging USF defender. Their defense had very good closing speed and that speed killed. Still think Eric has a bit of a dead arm and is not throwing the ball with the velocity he did last season.
Also think Eric is making some bad decisions with the RPO calls he is asked to make with each play. It is asking a lot of a young QB to do this and I am sure he will get better at it over time. The timing on passing plays is often off by a bit as well. You can see where it can and will get better over time. One thing you can saw about Dungey is that he is one tough kid.
This is a really young team. They are going to make mistakes and going to be dominated physically by older and bigger teams sometimes. But they are gaining valuable experience that will pay off in the coming years, when we will become a really experienced veteran team. No one wants to wait for it but it takes time to build something good. Patience is required. I hope people understand and stay with this staff and these kids. It will be worth the wait (the juice will be worth the squeeze).
War Damn Otto!
