SWC75
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- Last week we squashed a bug. This week we trapped a mouse. In two weeks, we take on a Tiger. It will be a totally different deal.
- I’m not happy with our running game. It should be a strength of the team and we have put up some numbers these last two weeks against weak opposition. But we didn’t really dominate. We weren’t ripping off big chunks of yardage or even getting steady gains. Tulane was a much smaller team than we were but we had trouble moving them out of there, at least until the last drive, which was against a combination of tired starters and reserves. Smith, Gulley, Morris and McFarlane are a very talented group but they are having trouble showing it.
- The first half tackling was ugly. Devon Breaux should have been brought down on the Tulane 6 but ran it out to the 46 after escaping. Orleans Darkwa could have been stopped in the backfield but ran 22 yards on 2nd and 16. They wound up with a field goal. Later Rob Kelley broke several tackles on his 45 yard touchdown run to make it 21-10. They fixed it but did they fix it permanently? Shafer/Bullough like their mistakes made at full speed. Missed tackles can be the unintended consequence of that. Should we just expect that will happen form time to time and hope we can make big plays to make up for it? Or can we retain our aggressiveness and still be a sound tackling team?
- Brisley Estime was not among our 11 pass receivers, despite being in for a lot of plays. He almost produced a turnover when he broke off a route and Hunt threw to where Brisley was supposed to be. I still think this guy can be a big weapon for us but we have to get him the ball- and he has to run the right pattern to get it. Ashton Broyld also had a quiet day with 1 catch for 10 yards. These guys are supposed to be game breakers and they should have feasted on a team like Tulane. The “H” back was the Not Home back today.
- The new uniforms? We are the Orange and we should look like it. Does the University want all its fans to show up in blue?
- Here comes the ACC. My impression watching games and looking at scores is that the conference, which has been a disappointment since the first Big East raid, may be turning into the sort of bully-boy conference they were expected to be. Every team we will play for the rest of the season will be a good. But they will be playing a good team, too.
- I’m not happy with our running game. It should be a strength of the team and we have put up some numbers these last two weeks against weak opposition. But we didn’t really dominate. We weren’t ripping off big chunks of yardage or even getting steady gains. Tulane was a much smaller team than we were but we had trouble moving them out of there, at least until the last drive, which was against a combination of tired starters and reserves. Smith, Gulley, Morris and McFarlane are a very talented group but they are having trouble showing it.
- The first half tackling was ugly. Devon Breaux should have been brought down on the Tulane 6 but ran it out to the 46 after escaping. Orleans Darkwa could have been stopped in the backfield but ran 22 yards on 2nd and 16. They wound up with a field goal. Later Rob Kelley broke several tackles on his 45 yard touchdown run to make it 21-10. They fixed it but did they fix it permanently? Shafer/Bullough like their mistakes made at full speed. Missed tackles can be the unintended consequence of that. Should we just expect that will happen form time to time and hope we can make big plays to make up for it? Or can we retain our aggressiveness and still be a sound tackling team?
- Brisley Estime was not among our 11 pass receivers, despite being in for a lot of plays. He almost produced a turnover when he broke off a route and Hunt threw to where Brisley was supposed to be. I still think this guy can be a big weapon for us but we have to get him the ball- and he has to run the right pattern to get it. Ashton Broyld also had a quiet day with 1 catch for 10 yards. These guys are supposed to be game breakers and they should have feasted on a team like Tulane. The “H” back was the Not Home back today.
- The new uniforms? We are the Orange and we should look like it. Does the University want all its fans to show up in blue?
- Here comes the ACC. My impression watching games and looking at scores is that the conference, which has been a disappointment since the first Big East raid, may be turning into the sort of bully-boy conference they were expected to be. Every team we will play for the rest of the season will be a good. But they will be playing a good team, too.
