You do realize we played the second half with basically 5 defensive lineman, one of which did a great job as a true freshman.
The teams were mirror images of each other statically. UNH was 5-0 in the league. They were good. We played with 4 defensive linemen for most of the game and they got worn down in the second half but made enough plays to WIN. Last I checked that's the object of the game. Spiders are in first place and control their fate with two games to go. Games swing on emotion and momentum plays. We just had enough at the end, I'm good with that. If you're going to beat up the coaching staff for the second half then give them some credit for the first half. I said after the Elon loss we'd run the table, 4 down 2 to go. See y'all in Delaware and in section 205 for the Indians.
Absolutely agree. Our play calling with 3:00 left resembled a team that was up 20 not 3. We got very lucky that UNH gifted us that fumble late but we ran the same regrettable shotgun runs on first and second down on both series late in the game. Everyone knows we aren’t a power run team. Play to your strengths…trust Udinski to throw short passes and win the game on offense…don’t rely on your backup kicker to hit 48 yarders. Hats off to the players for a great win but the coaches let them down in spots today. We should never have had to sweat out a Hail Mary at the end.
Our defense was exhausted, and had a number of starters either hurt, or not playing at all.
I agree that the defense was exhausted and missing some key pieces. That said, they played well enough to win. You take away the kick return and poor coverage at the end of the first half and we win going away. I don't understand why we try and sit on small leads. We get so conservative on offense down the stretch. It looks like we are playing not to lose instead of playing to win. You have a top notch QB and really good receivers who can execute the short passing game. Use them!
