Rice and beans and pasta for all!1) The eternal optimist SU fans with gambling problems may be able to feed their kids this week!
What other positives can you add?
I almost pissed myselfMike Norvell
7 sacks, though. 7 sacks the game before. Something is very, very wrong. Very wrongThere are lots of bright spots. This defense, despite youth all over the field and sub par line play, is playing at a high level. We saw a glimpse of the running game with Tucker and Jordan.
The constant maligning of the O-line and receivers needs to stop. Its just not true. Are they great? No, obviously not. But they are not abysmal like some here make them out to be.
I am positively sure that this was the worst offensive performance I have seen since the Greg Robinson days. Even last week there was hope
That is absolutely horrifying. I'm with you. I wish you didn't look up these stats eitherI felt the same way, but I also know that feelings don't always correlate with reality. So I looked up the stats from GRob's tenure. I wish I could say I hadn't actually done that, but today's slate of games were that bad.
I know its only 2 games into the season, but we are averaging 187 offensive yards and 8 points per game. GRob's worst year, by record and statistically, was his first in 2005. That year, we averaged 257 offensive yards and 13.8 ppg. My knee jerk reaction was "Big East then/ACC now", and "We've played 2 Top 25 teams this year". But our non-conference slate that year was FSU, ND, UVA (all top 25 when we played them), and Buffalo. Looking at the game by game stats, we gained more yards against UVA, FSU, and ND that year than we have in either of our games this year. We also scored as many or more points against all of them than either of our games this year. Our worst game offensively was our season opener against WVU, in which we had 7 points and 103 yards of total offense (I still vividly remember that frustrating game, 15 years later).
Defensively, we are averaging 402.5 yards and 26 ppg allowed. In 2005 we averaged 372 yards and 26.8 ppg allowed.
So, statistically through 2 games, we are as bad as we were in GRob's worst year. We need to get some things corrected pretty quickly.
I felt the same way, but I also know that feelings don't always correlate with reality. So I looked up the stats from GRob's tenure. I wish I could say I hadn't actually done that, but today's slate of games were that bad.
I know its only 2 games into the season, but we are averaging 187 offensive yards and 8 points per game. GRob's worst year, by record and statistically, was his first in 2005. That year, we averaged 257 offensive yards and 13.8 ppg. My knee jerk reaction was "Big East then/ACC now", and "We've played 2 Top 25 teams this year". But our non-conference slate that year was FSU, ND, UVA (all top 25 when we played them), and Buffalo. Looking at the game by game stats, we gained more yards against UVA, FSU, and ND that year than we have in either of our games this year. We also scored as many or more points against all of them than either of our games this year. Our worst game offensively was our season opener against WVU, in which we had 7 points and 103 yards of total offense (I still vividly remember that frustrating game, 15 years later).
Defensively, we are averaging 402.5 yards and 26 ppg allowed. In 2005 we averaged 372 yards and 26.8 ppg allowed.
So, statistically through 2 games, we are as bad as we were in GRob's worst year. We need to get some things corrected pretty quickly.
Again, the o line is part of that, without a doubt. Vettorello was outright abused last week and the close rewatch that I did on the NC game had me cussing at Tisdale too. Servais got pantsed a few times today. That stuff happens and the o line has to own it.7 sacks, though. 7 sacks the game before. Something is very, very wrong. Very wrong