Purdue Gameday...

[RF2044]

Dodged a bullet before half. Would have been disastrous to let them kick a field goal or get points of any kind, and then get the ball to start the second half.

Here's hoping we made some adjustments at halftime. Need to cover that tight end.

Let's Go Orange!!!

 

[orangezen]

I’d like to see a series w CDR

 

[PhatOrange]

They need to run to Bergs side with Tucker more second half.

All of Tucker’s runs are to the right for some reason. I would like to see some swing passes to him out of the backfield.

Anea Has not been good today either

 

[JustPherU]

Do we dare try an onside kick to start second half?

 

[orangezen]

We keep running up middle or short side more room to run on wide side

 

[JKinPhilly]

Do we dare try an onside kick to start second half?

Scott Frost - is that you?

 

[pokercuse08]

I wasn't able to watch the first half, finally got the game on a TV here in the poker room. It sounds like we played awful and are still only down 6 to a top ~40-50 team. That seems like a good sign for the season. If a bad half doesn't take you out of the game at all against a decent team, you're pretty decent yourself.

Hopefully they can pull it together in the 2H.

 

[Nahson]

So did Louisville… the difference is against Louisville he didn’t panic every time and today his fist look is panic… on the first drive and beyond he’s missed multiple open guys.

Tommy’s ghosts in the building

 

[Orangezoo]

Maybe we should hold off on those raises for Anae and Beck. Let’s talk after the second half..

Purdue has executed nearly flawlessly on both sides of the ball so far. Can't set that aside. Reminds me of how they went out and won at Iowa last year.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Do we dare try an onside kick to start second half?

Please
No

 

[JustPherU]

All of Tucker’s runs are to the right for some reason. I would like to see some swing passes to him out of the backfield.

Anea Has not been good today either

Hard to tell if it’s play calling or we are not executing

 

[Dinkyspond]

I guess we should we glad to be down only 6. It's anybody's game at this point.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Cannot let them score on opening drive of 2nd half.

 

[Orangezoo]

Hard to tell if it’s play calling or we are not executing

Bit of both

 

[zjscuse]

I’d like to see a series w CDR

No no no not that just yet

 

[Scooch]

Hard to tell if it’s play calling or we are not executing

We had 3-4 big plays there for the taking and we screwed then all up.

 

[Entropic]

Hard to tell if it’s play calling or we are not executing

Oline getting bullied on both pass and run blocking

 

[Orangezoo]

Yardage at half is 209 to 134, 13 first downs to 11. Even that feels wrong given what we watched.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Hard to tell if it’s play calling or we are not executing

I’m leaning toward execution.

They’ve blown some great calls by Anae and in general look gun shy on offense.

 

[Orangezoo]

We had 3-4 big plays there for the taking and we screwed then all up.

Yeah the hB PASS miss was rough.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Whoever said in this thread that the team came out tight … that looks to be the case. Hopefully that gets worked out as they start the second half

 

[RF2044]

I wasn't able to watch the first half, finally got the game on a TV here in the poker room. It sounds like we played awful and are still only down 6 to a top ~40-50 team. That seems like a good sign for the season. If a bad half doesn't take you out of the game at all against a decent team, you're pretty decent yourself.

Hopefully they can pull it together in the 2H.

Basically, we didn't get any pressure on their QB except for a handful of plays, and they have carved up our secondary. We're also not defending their tight end, who is really hurt us. They've had several third and really longs, and converted. Meanwhile, we haven't moved the sticks like we normally do, and Shrader got shaken up after we're run, where the Purdue defenders twisted his leg.

And despite all of those disastrous circumstances, we're still only down six. Purdue gets the ball to start the second half, so we need to adjust and tighten up.

Let's Go Orange!!!

 

[bigmike]

That failed trick pass in the first half pass is gnawing at me. Coulda run it in.

 

[SkyTopBus44]

He looked plenty fast when he housed that one early against Louisville.

We haven’t really gotten him in the open field much since.

was that before or after he got hurt?

 

[Nahson]

Cannot let them score on opening drive of 2nd half.

We should have differed. Always differ. Especially with our D