I’ll admit the offense did seem to sputter a bit and come back to earth, but I seem to recall that being more about a few dropsies on key 3rd down plays.
Eh, lots of “the lights were too bright for him at OSU” and “there’s no pressure to win anything at Syracuse” comments denigrating both what he’s accomplishing at SU and our program. Screw them.Interestingly, a bunch of OSU fans have good things to say about McCord and also that he is doing things well this year that he didn't do at OSU last year... namely stepping up in the pocket...
Also, some posters claiming that there former QBs coach, Corey Dennis (now at Tulsa), did not develop him right and deserves blame.
If true, then Nunz deserves some credit for getting some bad habits cleaned up...
He missed Allen badly on the FG drive. Gadsden dropped a pass that would have been a first down on the second of two 3rd Q possessions.
Safe to say we can probably expect teams are not going to take their chances sitting back in a zone going forward. With blitzing comes more man coverage. Would be good to see what JRS can do because his physicality might eventually be needed.
year 4
No to be a debbie downer but that’s a pretty common route combo to run out trips.
This might be getting way ahead of the apple cart, but a strong run game is one of the best ways to neutralize a strong pass rush that we may see vs the better ACC teams.
Curious to see if we have truly have been just taking what’s being given vs showing out on the passing to bait upcoming teams before unleashing the running game.
I’d be interested if anyone can think of a stronger passing team that we’ve ever had. I sure can’t.
Steph Curry misses FTs. Great baseball players drop fly balls. Scottie Shefller hits the ball OB. It happens.
It's only 2 games - one vs a MAC team and the other vs a team with a know mediocre pass defense. Granted still impressive but not yet ready to say better than Nassib's senior year. Probably will get there but let's wait and see.
Good find. With another 400 yard game against Stanford and with a few more touchdowns he’d be right there. I would still would give the edge to this years team but I didn’t realize Nassib had that great a start.
Agreed. I’m a glass half full type of guy…
yep, just an observation,
The pass game didn’t fall apart in yardage, they went 228, 185, 356. Same 1-2 record. Agree only 2 tds over that stretch.
Bear in mind the Rutgers game was the one where they scored on a blocked FG attempt for the winning margin. Our best lineman Justin Pugh just back from injury slipped allowing the kick to be blocked. That's football.
Yes. Remember it well
That game and the 2012 Northwestern game haunt me. Jerome Smith watched a backwards pass fall at his feet and get scooped and scored. We lost by a point 42-41. Yikes
The worst part of that game. We come all the way back to 35-34. We have about 2:50 left in the game, 1st and 10 on the Northwestern 21 yard line. I said good run the clock down, 2 running plays kick the field goal and win.
Not as good as the first three, yep. Falling apart - ridiculous.
