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I guess it was only appropriate for this wild season to end with a crazy game in a near empty stadium. The Superfans? Not so super.
It would have been so easy for this team to just give up after the disastrous start. It was a cold night. There were no fans. BC was playing in their bowl game.
Great comeback. Yes, the glass half empty folks will point out that we would have lost had BC not made that stupid QB roughing play in the 4th quarter. Probably accurate. We had a similar break to help us beat UVa. But they were legit penalties. And we also got boned with a couple of really questionable calls against Clemson that played a big role in that game. The good teams take advantage of breaks. We did that last night.
BC played really aggressively on defense. Looked like they blitzed a lot, with a variety of players. It hurt us badly for much of the game. They were able to do this because they played press coverage with their CBs most of the time. We had chances to throw long and took some but the strong BC pass rush kept them from getting burned for much of the game. That and some poor passing early by Garrett Shrader, which scared the hell out of me.
Looked like we were afraid of BC going long to Flowers and mostly played zone. BC tried to take advantage by using their power running game but they were for the most part unsuccessful doing this. They relied heavily on short passes to the flat, taking what our defense gave them. They had some success here but Morehead was too inconsistent passing and they rarely were able to put sustained drives together.
Thought Syracuse was again very conservative on passing plays on defense, not blitzing very much. The inexperienced BC OL struggled to stop a 3 man SU pass rush. Nice job by our DL. Good to see Linton getting a lot of PT again. Caleb had a big game. Darton was good as usual. Geer played good but appeared to go out with an injury. Jobity played a lot and continues to impress me with his quickness. I think he is going to be very good down the road. Even E C-F had some good plays.
Wax had 2 awful plays when BC blocked the punt and he again played hurt and he again got banged up and missed some time. Wouldn’t be surprised if he is playing with a broken hand right now. Something with his hand or wrist is really messed up. He had some big plays down the stretch. True warrior. Liked what Sparrow did. Except the dance that cost us 15 yards and maybe 3 points. Not cool.
BC tried trick plays several times but our safeties were prepared, and did not take the bait. Nice job by them.
We threw to Gadsden a lot. Mostly over the middle, with traffic around. He was solid. Cooper got a lot of targets and for the most part, also came through. He isn’t going to get a lot of YAC but he usually catches it
Looked like we targeted J Williams (BC # 14) all game long and he was badly abused. Too small to cover Gadsden or Alford. We had a mismatch and took advantage often.
Alford had an interesting game. Dropped a fairly easy catch for a TD late in the 2nd quarter. Had a hold call to screw up a drive in the first half. But he got another long TD on a sprint route that was probably the play of the game (another great throw by Shrader there).
Adams was wide open on a sprint route early in the game but a bad pass by Garrett went incomplete. Wish we tried it again. We probably did and Garrett got blown up by pressure.
Shrader looks Iike he has an injury to his right hand. Grabbed it a few times. Played through it. Played with no gloves. Threw it well, made a lot of good decisions. Helped us a bunch with good gains running in key situations. You can see he is not running with his normal speed. Usually when he gets into the open field, he gets 20 or more yards. They caught up with him a lot either last night. But he got to the corner and got the job done and I thought he played really well, even with that pass rush in his face all game long.
Thought Tucker had a solid game. He seems a little slower and more cautious this season. Runs OB a lot more willingly than in past years. He has taken a lot of hits and.I understand why. Good to see him get 1000 yards and a couple of TDs.
We started off with Berg at LT, Ellis at LG, Vet at C, Bleich at RG and Cruz at RT. After the meltdown by Cruz, Ilaoa moved in at C and Vet went to RT. Seemed like this had little impact on the OL. If anything, they pass blocked better after this. Later, in the 4th quarter I think, Ellis got reinsured and Bradford came in for him to finish out the game. Props to Josh. I think his stock is rising and am feeling better about life without Vet on the OL next season. That said, this was not a great game for our OL.
Anae added some new running plays and they seemed to work well. Thought he called a good game. Hated not getting anything late in the first half after Sparrow caused that turnover. 1st and 10 at the 12 with 1:04 left has to get points.
Not happy with all the penalties. A lot of them came from the OL. Illegal procedures and holds. Vet and Ellis were usually the culprits. Just on that last drive in the first half, Ellis took 7 points off the board and then Cruz took 3 away. Not good. Hopefully Kalan gets in better shape next season. Hopefully Enrique learns from this mistake.
In a perfect world, the staff would sit players who made bone headed penalties. That is the best way to stop the behavior. But we have so little depth at so many positions, it really isn’t much of an option right now. It should be a point of emphasis in the off season and hopefully it finally gets cleaned up next year.
It would have been so easy for this team to just give up after the disastrous start. It was a cold night. There were no fans. BC was playing in their bowl game.
Great comeback. Yes, the glass half empty folks will point out that we would have lost had BC not made that stupid QB roughing play in the 4th quarter. Probably accurate. We had a similar break to help us beat UVa. But they were legit penalties. And we also got boned with a couple of really questionable calls against Clemson that played a big role in that game. The good teams take advantage of breaks. We did that last night.
BC played really aggressively on defense. Looked like they blitzed a lot, with a variety of players. It hurt us badly for much of the game. They were able to do this because they played press coverage with their CBs most of the time. We had chances to throw long and took some but the strong BC pass rush kept them from getting burned for much of the game. That and some poor passing early by Garrett Shrader, which scared the hell out of me.
Looked like we were afraid of BC going long to Flowers and mostly played zone. BC tried to take advantage by using their power running game but they were for the most part unsuccessful doing this. They relied heavily on short passes to the flat, taking what our defense gave them. They had some success here but Morehead was too inconsistent passing and they rarely were able to put sustained drives together.
Thought Syracuse was again very conservative on passing plays on defense, not blitzing very much. The inexperienced BC OL struggled to stop a 3 man SU pass rush. Nice job by our DL. Good to see Linton getting a lot of PT again. Caleb had a big game. Darton was good as usual. Geer played good but appeared to go out with an injury. Jobity played a lot and continues to impress me with his quickness. I think he is going to be very good down the road. Even E C-F had some good plays.
Wax had 2 awful plays when BC blocked the punt and he again played hurt and he again got banged up and missed some time. Wouldn’t be surprised if he is playing with a broken hand right now. Something with his hand or wrist is really messed up. He had some big plays down the stretch. True warrior. Liked what Sparrow did. Except the dance that cost us 15 yards and maybe 3 points. Not cool.
BC tried trick plays several times but our safeties were prepared, and did not take the bait. Nice job by them.
We threw to Gadsden a lot. Mostly over the middle, with traffic around. He was solid. Cooper got a lot of targets and for the most part, also came through. He isn’t going to get a lot of YAC but he usually catches it
Looked like we targeted J Williams (BC # 14) all game long and he was badly abused. Too small to cover Gadsden or Alford. We had a mismatch and took advantage often.
Alford had an interesting game. Dropped a fairly easy catch for a TD late in the 2nd quarter. Had a hold call to screw up a drive in the first half. But he got another long TD on a sprint route that was probably the play of the game (another great throw by Shrader there).
Adams was wide open on a sprint route early in the game but a bad pass by Garrett went incomplete. Wish we tried it again. We probably did and Garrett got blown up by pressure.
Shrader looks Iike he has an injury to his right hand. Grabbed it a few times. Played through it. Played with no gloves. Threw it well, made a lot of good decisions. Helped us a bunch with good gains running in key situations. You can see he is not running with his normal speed. Usually when he gets into the open field, he gets 20 or more yards. They caught up with him a lot either last night. But he got to the corner and got the job done and I thought he played really well, even with that pass rush in his face all game long.
Thought Tucker had a solid game. He seems a little slower and more cautious this season. Runs OB a lot more willingly than in past years. He has taken a lot of hits and.I understand why. Good to see him get 1000 yards and a couple of TDs.
We started off with Berg at LT, Ellis at LG, Vet at C, Bleich at RG and Cruz at RT. After the meltdown by Cruz, Ilaoa moved in at C and Vet went to RT. Seemed like this had little impact on the OL. If anything, they pass blocked better after this. Later, in the 4th quarter I think, Ellis got reinsured and Bradford came in for him to finish out the game. Props to Josh. I think his stock is rising and am feeling better about life without Vet on the OL next season. That said, this was not a great game for our OL.
Anae added some new running plays and they seemed to work well. Thought he called a good game. Hated not getting anything late in the first half after Sparrow caused that turnover. 1st and 10 at the 12 with 1:04 left has to get points.
Not happy with all the penalties. A lot of them came from the OL. Illegal procedures and holds. Vet and Ellis were usually the culprits. Just on that last drive in the first half, Ellis took 7 points off the board and then Cruz took 3 away. Not good. Hopefully Kalan gets in better shape next season. Hopefully Enrique learns from this mistake.
In a perfect world, the staff would sit players who made bone headed penalties. That is the best way to stop the behavior. But we have so little depth at so many positions, it really isn’t much of an option right now. It should be a point of emphasis in the off season and hopefully it finally gets cleaned up next year.