SWC75
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- An ugly performance. But there are no ugly wins. If you disagree, just think about how you would have felt if we’d lost and compare that to how you feel now. As Doug Marrone said: “We aren’t good enough not to enjoy a victory”.
- We have outscored the other team 29-3 in the fourth quarter and overtime this year. Coach Marrone wants you to know that that is because of their leadership and conditioning programs. Whatever, it’s a good sign.
- People wanted Ryan Nassib’s accuracy to improve. So far this year he’s 49 for 65, (.753). He’s doing this under considerable duress. And he’s not just throwing short: he’s got 496 yards 6TDs and only one interception. If he keeps this up he’ll have 3,000 yards and 30TDS this year, a place where no SU quarterback has gone before.
- I love the combination of Van Chew and Alec Lemon, now that they are healthy. They were both a shell of themselves in the second half last year. Chew is a wonderful, sure-handed receiver who can catch the possession pass or go deep. And he makes big catches. Lemon is a big, strong possession receiver who can break tackles. I hope they both remain healthy. They had 18 catches for 228 yards and 2 scores as well as most of our 20 first downs today.
- The defense had some issues but in the end they won the game. We expected a 42-14 type score and we got the 14. And they did it with Rhode Island having the ball for 32 minutes and 64 games and in the game all the way so they didn’t have to become one-dimensional.
- Shane Raupers didn’t put up big numbers, (35.4 yards per punt and he can’t boom the ball out of trouble like Carney and long could. But he gets good hang time and is better at placing the ball down deep than they are. I’d rather have Carney or Long punting from our end zone but I’d rather have Raupers punting from midfield.
- We survived Probst, even if we didn’t have Holmes to cover Baskerville.
- We’ve got USC just where we want ‘em. They don’t think we have a chance. (Here’s hoping they are wrong)
- I’ve driven to the Dome both times this year without the slightest sense of nervousness. It was like I was going to a movie. Driving home, I felt liked I’d been operated on without an anesthetic. I’d spent the whole second half waiting for the play that would lose the game. It didn’t happen but it had seemed inevitable. The time to get nervous is when you’re not nervous. That won’t be a problem the rest of the year. I’ll be a basket case for every game.
2-0 and 10 to go.
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
- We have outscored the other team 29-3 in the fourth quarter and overtime this year. Coach Marrone wants you to know that that is because of their leadership and conditioning programs. Whatever, it’s a good sign.
- People wanted Ryan Nassib’s accuracy to improve. So far this year he’s 49 for 65, (.753). He’s doing this under considerable duress. And he’s not just throwing short: he’s got 496 yards 6TDs and only one interception. If he keeps this up he’ll have 3,000 yards and 30TDS this year, a place where no SU quarterback has gone before.
- I love the combination of Van Chew and Alec Lemon, now that they are healthy. They were both a shell of themselves in the second half last year. Chew is a wonderful, sure-handed receiver who can catch the possession pass or go deep. And he makes big catches. Lemon is a big, strong possession receiver who can break tackles. I hope they both remain healthy. They had 18 catches for 228 yards and 2 scores as well as most of our 20 first downs today.
- The defense had some issues but in the end they won the game. We expected a 42-14 type score and we got the 14. And they did it with Rhode Island having the ball for 32 minutes and 64 games and in the game all the way so they didn’t have to become one-dimensional.
- Shane Raupers didn’t put up big numbers, (35.4 yards per punt and he can’t boom the ball out of trouble like Carney and long could. But he gets good hang time and is better at placing the ball down deep than they are. I’d rather have Carney or Long punting from our end zone but I’d rather have Raupers punting from midfield.
- We survived Probst, even if we didn’t have Holmes to cover Baskerville.
- We’ve got USC just where we want ‘em. They don’t think we have a chance. (Here’s hoping they are wrong)
- I’ve driven to the Dome both times this year without the slightest sense of nervousness. It was like I was going to a movie. Driving home, I felt liked I’d been operated on without an anesthetic. I’d spent the whole second half waiting for the play that would lose the game. It didn’t happen but it had seemed inevitable. The time to get nervous is when you’re not nervous. That won’t be a problem the rest of the year. I’ll be a basket case for every game.
2-0 and 10 to go.
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
