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- Job One is Job Done. We blew out a team we were supposed to blow out. That suggests we might beat the teams we are supposed to beat and compete with the teams we are supposed to compete with.
- Driving home, Mike Lindsley was in mourning over the injury to Terrel Hunt. It wasn’t just sympathy for Terrel. He felt that Terrel was the key to whole season. “We might have gone 6-6 with him….” This is cruel but it may turn out to be true: I think Terrel’s injury could be a blessing in disguise because I think Eric Dungey may have been our best quarterback on this time from the time he showed up. He was #1 with a bullet and rose to the #2 spot over the guys we were using last year in Hunt’s absence. Terrel in his brief appearance looked exactly like he did last year: he couldn’t seem to see the receivers or the coverage. It was said the interception was tipped. I didn’t see a tip but the defender had already stepped inside the receiver in any case and Hunt threw a fastball right to him. Then he threw one to Ismael when he was sandwiched between two guys. Fortunately, the pass missed all three of them.
- Dungey was far from perfect: the swing pass to Phillips was over his head. He managed to tip it to himself before running 32 yards through the defense to a score. He threw a couple passes early and a fade that should have gone to the corner of the end zone was just thrown to the side of the end zone and the receiver had to hold up for it and got pushed out of bounds. But he seemed to know what he was doing out there overall, completed 10/17 for 114 yards, 2 scores and no interception. He also ran for 20 yards. He looked better than Hunt right now and he’s got nothing but upside in the future with two more games against limited opponents before he winds up in the deep end of the pool. And we’ve got a couple of guys who played last year to back him up. If the Dungey era is coming, why not begin it now?
- Two freshmen ran for touchdowns. A sophomore caught two touchdowns passes from a freshman. A sophomore had a pick six and a junior who missed most of his sophomore year returned a punt for a touchdown. Our best defensive players are a junior end and a sophomore middle linebacker who is our first sophomore captain in 70 years. Matt Park said he stopped counting when he noted the 20th guy who had never played before getting into the game. We had game-breakers galore out there tonight. Our improved recruiting isn’t about star ratings any more. These guys are actually out there doing it.
- Jordan Fredericks is the real deal. He’s not very tall- listed at 5-10 but he weighs 205 now and he is built. He’s got that ‘V’ shape in his upper body and thick thighs. In his high school film he had a straight-up running style but now the runs from a crouch and explodes into tacklers, who must be covered with bruises. He keeps his legs moving and can run right over people. He gets through the hole in a hurry. He didn’t get to show his flat out speed, except on his first carry when he bolted 31 yards but it’s there. Just as true freshman Dungey was really our best QB from when he showed up, Fredericks is already our best running back and the coaches showed they know it by giving him the ball 14 times for 103 yards and a touchdown where he seemed to run through the whole defense but wouldn’t be denied.
- I certainly didn’t expect to see 5-6 165 walk-on Jacob Hill lining up at running back, much less leading the team in carries with 17, (mostly in the second half after the game was decided). He wore Adonis Ameen-Moore’s old number, 34, and looked like Adonis’ mini-me. He’s quick and spun like a top, delighting the crowd, for 75 total yards. He actually showed some power. He’s got a low center of gravity because he has a low everything. He may only be 165 pounds but all 165 are coming up at you when you try to tackle him. Still, I would assume that if we get McFarland back from whatever prevented him from playing, we’ll see less of Jacob, at least in that spot. (Although it would be hard to see less of him.)
- If you wondered how long it would take for Dontae Strickland to get his hands on the ball, it didn’t take long. He recovered the airborne fumble on the opening kickoff and then followed Frederick’s blocking into the end zone on a 21 yard TD run from that H-back positon. I wondered why he didn’t get the carries Hill got. I guess they don’t see him as a full-time running back. He looked explosive and the coaches should find ways to get him the ball. But they need to find ways to get other guys the ball, too.
- Erv Phillips was brilliant while he was in there, except he needs to develop a better instinct as to when to turn around for the ball as a receiver. As it was, he caught two passes, both for touchdowns. His 32 yarder where he tipped an overthrown swing pass to himself, headed for the sidelines and then cut across the field was a thing of beauty.
- Brisley Estime pretty much sealed the deal with a brilliant 74 yard punt return full of moves and acceleration for a score on the last play of the first half. That’s what we dreamed of when he was recruited. It was out first true punt return for a touchdown, (as opposed to a blocked kick), in a dozen years. The era of automatic fair catches is over. The Salt Badger is back!
- Even if we hadn’t gained 426 yard, for 23 first downs and 47 points, we’d have won anyway because our defense swallowed their offense whole. Our front seven just mauled their offensive line. The Rams gained 4 yards in 20 rushes and averaged 2.9 yards per pass completions. They had 64 total yards and 2 first downs, not enough for even a single scoring drive. They never threatened to score at all. They never even crossed the 50 yard line except on one play that was called back for a penalty. It was bug vs. windshield and our defense was the windshield.
1-0 with 11 to go!
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!!
- Driving home, Mike Lindsley was in mourning over the injury to Terrel Hunt. It wasn’t just sympathy for Terrel. He felt that Terrel was the key to whole season. “We might have gone 6-6 with him….” This is cruel but it may turn out to be true: I think Terrel’s injury could be a blessing in disguise because I think Eric Dungey may have been our best quarterback on this time from the time he showed up. He was #1 with a bullet and rose to the #2 spot over the guys we were using last year in Hunt’s absence. Terrel in his brief appearance looked exactly like he did last year: he couldn’t seem to see the receivers or the coverage. It was said the interception was tipped. I didn’t see a tip but the defender had already stepped inside the receiver in any case and Hunt threw a fastball right to him. Then he threw one to Ismael when he was sandwiched between two guys. Fortunately, the pass missed all three of them.
- Dungey was far from perfect: the swing pass to Phillips was over his head. He managed to tip it to himself before running 32 yards through the defense to a score. He threw a couple passes early and a fade that should have gone to the corner of the end zone was just thrown to the side of the end zone and the receiver had to hold up for it and got pushed out of bounds. But he seemed to know what he was doing out there overall, completed 10/17 for 114 yards, 2 scores and no interception. He also ran for 20 yards. He looked better than Hunt right now and he’s got nothing but upside in the future with two more games against limited opponents before he winds up in the deep end of the pool. And we’ve got a couple of guys who played last year to back him up. If the Dungey era is coming, why not begin it now?
- Two freshmen ran for touchdowns. A sophomore caught two touchdowns passes from a freshman. A sophomore had a pick six and a junior who missed most of his sophomore year returned a punt for a touchdown. Our best defensive players are a junior end and a sophomore middle linebacker who is our first sophomore captain in 70 years. Matt Park said he stopped counting when he noted the 20th guy who had never played before getting into the game. We had game-breakers galore out there tonight. Our improved recruiting isn’t about star ratings any more. These guys are actually out there doing it.
- Jordan Fredericks is the real deal. He’s not very tall- listed at 5-10 but he weighs 205 now and he is built. He’s got that ‘V’ shape in his upper body and thick thighs. In his high school film he had a straight-up running style but now the runs from a crouch and explodes into tacklers, who must be covered with bruises. He keeps his legs moving and can run right over people. He gets through the hole in a hurry. He didn’t get to show his flat out speed, except on his first carry when he bolted 31 yards but it’s there. Just as true freshman Dungey was really our best QB from when he showed up, Fredericks is already our best running back and the coaches showed they know it by giving him the ball 14 times for 103 yards and a touchdown where he seemed to run through the whole defense but wouldn’t be denied.
- I certainly didn’t expect to see 5-6 165 walk-on Jacob Hill lining up at running back, much less leading the team in carries with 17, (mostly in the second half after the game was decided). He wore Adonis Ameen-Moore’s old number, 34, and looked like Adonis’ mini-me. He’s quick and spun like a top, delighting the crowd, for 75 total yards. He actually showed some power. He’s got a low center of gravity because he has a low everything. He may only be 165 pounds but all 165 are coming up at you when you try to tackle him. Still, I would assume that if we get McFarland back from whatever prevented him from playing, we’ll see less of Jacob, at least in that spot. (Although it would be hard to see less of him.)
- If you wondered how long it would take for Dontae Strickland to get his hands on the ball, it didn’t take long. He recovered the airborne fumble on the opening kickoff and then followed Frederick’s blocking into the end zone on a 21 yard TD run from that H-back positon. I wondered why he didn’t get the carries Hill got. I guess they don’t see him as a full-time running back. He looked explosive and the coaches should find ways to get him the ball. But they need to find ways to get other guys the ball, too.
- Erv Phillips was brilliant while he was in there, except he needs to develop a better instinct as to when to turn around for the ball as a receiver. As it was, he caught two passes, both for touchdowns. His 32 yarder where he tipped an overthrown swing pass to himself, headed for the sidelines and then cut across the field was a thing of beauty.
- Brisley Estime pretty much sealed the deal with a brilliant 74 yard punt return full of moves and acceleration for a score on the last play of the first half. That’s what we dreamed of when he was recruited. It was out first true punt return for a touchdown, (as opposed to a blocked kick), in a dozen years. The era of automatic fair catches is over. The Salt Badger is back!
- Even if we hadn’t gained 426 yard, for 23 first downs and 47 points, we’d have won anyway because our defense swallowed their offense whole. Our front seven just mauled their offensive line. The Rams gained 4 yards in 20 rushes and averaged 2.9 yards per pass completions. They had 64 total yards and 2 first downs, not enough for even a single scoring drive. They never threatened to score at all. They never even crossed the 50 yard line except on one play that was called back for a penalty. It was bug vs. windshield and our defense was the windshield.
1-0 with 11 to go!
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!!
