sith_horn

After watching the Texas Chips condensed replay, the backup OL played pretty damn good. No idea if Colorado State had their backups in at that point or not. Sydir Mitchell was less than impressive. He's got a ways to go. Jerrick Gibson looked pretty good. Runs with effort and shows some patience at times before cutting it loose up the crease. Wingo needs to wrap the ball up in traffic. He's not the only one though. Ball protection is one of my pet peeves. Bolden was a little too anxious to strut his stuff on a couple of those punt receptions/decisions. Hopefully Banks gets it across but he may realize it himself judging by his body language. The DL was a little soft up the middle at times with no LB's in place to clean up the mess. Stuff to work on but a good first performance overall. I don't think too many QBs would have shown the kind of heads up improvisation Manning did with that quick dump off to Bolden for the TD. Gruntled.

That explains a lot for me. Didn't know jack about ND's roster going into this game.

Stupid sips. Still got two TO's in our back pocketses ...

Big 12 football runs through Lubbock ...

ND's LT is ass.

That's what she said.

The tongue-bathing hype they were doing pre-game was nauseating. I muted it, then promptly switched over to Gator v U.

I'd rather see replays every time so long as ithey don't overlap live plays, as interviews often do. Fuck that.

That's what I'm talking about. Focus on player developement and titles. If Ewers is to have a chance at the Heisman, it will be because he shined against real competition and will sort itself out.

Screw the Heisman. Develop Arch.

Gotta hand it to Colorado State. They're scrappy and a Hell of a lot better tune-up than Temple was for ouSux. Really glad we didn't have a marquis opponent for this first game. We clearly need it.

Not saying he isn't good, but consider the competition. These aren't elite DB's.

Announcer raved about the great coverage. Sure the defender was in position, but didn't turn his head around or put his hands out. Where else could Golden go from there? Tracking a receiver is only half the job as well we know.

These announcers are ass.

If he's hurting and it's causing the mental mistakes, then he needs to go sit down. If true, he should never have even came into the game.

Well, the good news is, we're no longer reliant upon "sources" or 995 pumped sunshine. We can see it with our own eyes.

I feel pretty good about the defense actually. Sark & Co addressed the needs well enough in the portal that a good rotation of bodies should yield steady, if not stellar performance. I expect great play from Alfred Collins and probably good performance from Norton, Lole, and Savea along with the rest of the interior DL roster. They will rotate interior bodies. They don't have to collapse the pocket really, if they can plug their gaps and hold, our stellar stable (emphasis added) of Edges and LB's can take care of the rest. And there is also Nance's effect to consider. He should add some disruptive wrinkles to the defense. Reports from practice were that some of his alignments caused issues for the OL at times. Pressure is more likely to come from the Edges this season and I'd expect AC to also add to that occasionally up the middle. He's so fast and athletic off the ball, he will be disruptive in his contract year. The secondary has been talked up a good bit too, and while I'm hopeful, it's also kool-aid season. Hope they really take a step forward this season with their technique and playing the ball. Improved pressure off the Edges should help them.

Jerrick Gibson may well surprise if what's being said by OTF is true. Apparently, he is supposed to be the best in pass protection and he is ahead of the curve in physical development compared to most freshmen RBs. Still, a lack of seasoning at the collegiate level and familiarity with the playbook is reason enough to be concerned. IMO, Michigan's front was going to be challenging to run against even with Baxter in the fold though. Sark needs to have the team in the right frame of mind for that game. Going to be a gritty dogfight in the trenches. That and Tashard Choice needs to hammer home ball protection to the RB's. That's one aspect of coaching Stan Drayton was better at IMO.

No pressure ...

Gotta love how the camera keeps pulling away from the field so we can view the scalps of the jawboners in the booth.

Oops.

FSU should lose for inflicting the tomohawk chant on everyone.

https://tenor.com/vM9Y.gif Let me help you with that grandpa ... 😆