Stony Brook Game Thread
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Had UR won, the Spiders would hsve been #1. NDSU beat FBS Iowa on a last second field goal 23-21.
I'm out of town didn't see nor hear any of the game my guess we couldn't use our size to power run. They used speed to blitz we're to slow to pick it up. Forcing hurried passes etc. is that even close?
I'd cancel the flight home and given them a long bus ride instead to think about the game
I'd cancel the flight home and given them a long bus ride instead to think about the game
This was one of those games where every aspect was out of sync. KL had 400+ yards but made bad decisions 3x in the red zone. Defense did not tackle well and their receivers were WIDE open.
I am optimistic this was the bad game we needed to get out of the way to come together stronger. Colgate will be true test if we have learned a valuable lesson
NDSU has what we dont: tradition of winning, consistency on both sides with nothing fancy and strength in the trenches.
We are still a year or two behind them.
I am optimistic this was the bad game we needed to get out of the way to come together stronger. Colgate will be true test if we have learned a valuable lesson
NDSU has what we dont: tradition of winning, consistency on both sides with nothing fancy and strength in the trenches.
We are still a year or two behind them.
A mediocre team thoroughly dominated us in every facet of the game. I don't know if the team can recover from this fiasco. We were outplayed and outcoached by a mediocre team. We will win some games, but do we deserve to even be in the playoffs? Right now, I'd say no. And we are definitely not deserving of national ranking. A long season lies ahead, but this team better reposition itself.
#2 in FBS and #2 in FCS both played like "number two"
Norfolk tried the same thing just didn't have the horses. Coaches should have seen this coming and altered game plan
Colgate 55 Yale 13 -- we better get it together quick..no vacation against the red raiders next week.
What happened to our screen game? We ran 10 agaisnt UVA and 0 today. I'm not talking wide screens to WRs, what about screens for Thompson or the WR mid screen we ran to Wilkins? Seems the game plan changed but that may be the Oline
Spiders lose to Stoney Brook by 28 and score 14. JMU loses to UNC by 28 and scores 28. You do the math. Mmmmmmm
Me too. At the Lego fest downtown with my son and couldn't believe the score alerts.
2 weeks ago - Rocco's the greatest coach ever
Today - Rocco's a bum who can't coach.
Reality is somewhere in between. I'll admit to seeing a national title in our future after the Virginia game. After today, that vision is a little cloudier -- but still there. Need some adjustments, but I'd rather it get exposed in September (especially in an embarrassing way to really get the guys fired up) then for it to come in late November/early December.
One loss doesn't sink a season... yet. I still have faith, and am looking forward to a rebound performance next week
Today - Rocco's a bum who can't coach.
Reality is somewhere in between. I'll admit to seeing a national title in our future after the Virginia game. After today, that vision is a little cloudier -- but still there. Need some adjustments, but I'd rather it get exposed in September (especially in an embarrassing way to really get the guys fired up) then for it to come in late November/early December.
One loss doesn't sink a season... yet. I still have faith, and am looking forward to a rebound performance next week
We were totally dominated by the team predicted to finish 6th in the CAA. Their O line was better than our D Line, their D-Line was better than our O-Line, we did not tackle, we did not block and if I am on the staff, I would always either kick an on-sides kick when kicking or kick it out of bounds because a) the opposing is always at the 35 to 50 yard line anyway, and b) the overall percentage of on-side kick recoveries is about 20% so why let the other team have a chance to return the kick for a score l;ike they did at the start of the second half? There were no good signs from this game. The seniors better regroup or this season could slip away. NDS beat a nationally ranked FBS school. We are nowhere near as good as they are. I am not confident at this point.
I like Rocco and hope he stays for years but this problem was obvious the end of last year and has continued and they don't seem to want to or be able to fix it
I wasn't able to watch yesterday and only caught a little bit of the first half on the DVR. I did notice a couple of quick things.
- On our punts, our upbacks are sitting back and not engaging the rushers. The first punt was nearly blocked by a guy lined up in the A gap. He shot the gap then ran around the side of the upback wall.
- I don't understand why we return kicks from the endzone. You now start on the 25 with touchbacks.
- I don't like slow developing short yardage plays. On our first 4th and 1, we ran a slow developing play. LB shot the gap and our H-back missed the block. Line got decent push, so had it been a quick-hitting play, we probably pick up the first.
Obviously our lines were totally dominated. I did not see our D line being schreded by SBU. I don't think we called a very good game, especially in then first half. I think the D will recover and be good next week. Offensively, we better find a running game. I like Goodall and would like to see him get more touches. Kyle needs a running game to keep the opposing D off of him. When preasured, KL will make mistakes.
How long will DR put up with this ineptitude. Special teams are consistently poor. Please reassign Legg if he must be kept for recruiting.
So frustrating. Stand on the 10 and just let it go if its over your head. If they happen to down it inside the 5 so be it but at least there's a chance that it bounces into the end zone and you're starting on the 20.
I was at Stoney Brook on Saturday and I can assure you it was no prettier in person. It was obvious to me that the SB coaches saw a number of things on film that they exploited. Not the least of which was evidently some tendency on kick offs that created a wide open seam down the left side. It was wide open all day. If you heard Rocco's post game press conference you heard him say they were outcoached, out hustled, and outplayed. No use calling it anything other than it was. SB just wanted it more. Two takeaways I have after watching the game. First, we are not as bad as we looked. I hate the idea of a "good loss", but if this team has the potential to still be special ( and I think they do) they will learn from this loss and use this loss to motivate themselves against any team not named Tribe or Barney. Second, Stony Brook is a good and dangerous team. They have some talent and will surprise more teams than just Richmond this year.
BTW, that's a nice stadium at Stony Brook. Talking with a guy up there, he said they have big expansion plans to fill out the end zone around their big scoreboard and an upper deck on the visitors side in order to jump to FBS in a few years. The only problem was they can barely half fill the stadium they've got when they're hosting the number 2 team in the country. They've got all they need to take they're program to the next level except the fans. SMH. I still can't figure out the appeal of going FBS unless you're in the Power 5. I don't know why teams are so determined to go FBS, raise they're athletics budget, lose more money, and if they have a once in a generation season of 11-1 (like App State in 2015), they are rewarded with a no name pre-Christmas bowl game.
BTW, that's a nice stadium at Stony Brook. Talking with a guy up there, he said they have big expansion plans to fill out the end zone around their big scoreboard and an upper deck on the visitors side in order to jump to FBS in a few years. The only problem was they can barely half fill the stadium they've got when they're hosting the number 2 team in the country. They've got all they need to take they're program to the next level except the fans. SMH. I still can't figure out the appeal of going FBS unless you're in the Power 5. I don't know why teams are so determined to go FBS, raise they're athletics budget, lose more money, and if they have a once in a generation season of 11-1 (like App State in 2015), they are rewarded with a no name pre-Christmas bowl game.
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