mthoopsfan
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Terrific first drive by Griz, then too many 3 of outs (three 3 and outs in a row after first drive, then 10-57 with pick), too many mistakes by Griz, inability of the O to get going way too often, 2 bad interceptions, 2 weak calls by coaches (see below). Severals drops by our receivers, and multiple very nice catches by receivers. Dumb penalty for pushing the Davis player when the refs were standing right there. In 2d half, 4-10, TD, 3-9, 1-0 (pick), 3 for -2. A good team like Davis can't be beaten if the Griz make so many mistakes, and miss those opportunities.
Griz need to pick a starting QB.
A pretty good game by the D (maybe a good game), but those near interceptions need to be caught. Lost some guys in man coverage for 2 TD’s and some longer 3d down pick ups. Davis had some short fields, but the D held them to FG’s. That was good. 386 total offense for Davis, 286 for Griz. In last 4 games before UM, Davis has had TO of 622, 549, 671, and 548.
Hauck said their D handled UM o-line. That’s not good. Davis was loading the box.
Davis did a nice job of keeping the kicks and punts away from Bergen, even though their punter had some shanks. Davis punted 7 times, Griz punted 6.
Larison/no. 3 was 24 for 97, or 4.0 per carry. He’s good, but the D handled him pretty well. Their QB was 28-38 for 227 and 3 TD’s. Too much for him.
No takeaways by Griz. Meyer had 17 tackles, Lee had 13. Wilson is not credited with a sack. Huh? He had a great sack. Griz didn’t have any others.
Fife was 13-23. Ah Yat was 7-18. Ah Yat seems to get sacked too much to me, and gets too many balls tipped. Neither QB saw the field very well, Hauck said that. Both QB’s had a few nice runs. Gillman 8-21. Ostmo only 6-8, but picked up some key extra yards to get those 8. Those two had 14 carries in the game.
No. 11 needs to make that early catch on 3d down. I would have left Fife in the game when he was taken out. Griz need to run the ball on 3d and 1 (and could have run again if they hadn’t gotten a first). That picked in the back of the end zone killed us and was unnecessary. I would have punted at the end of the half on 4th down. Griz gave Davis a FG by going for it on 4th down.
Don’t know why receiver (no.6?) stepped out of bounds before he came back to make the catch on Davis sideline.
Griz should have had a lead at halftime. Bad on the Griz. After getting a lead in the second half, the Griz gave up 17.
22 first downs for Davis, only 15 for Griz. Both teams 6-16 on 3d down conversions. Griz 0-3 on 4th down conversions. In last 4 games before this one, Davis has had first downs of 29, 26, 29 and 31.
Don’t know why the Griz couldn’t have gotten at least one TD in the 4th Q or later in the game.
Hauck said this was Davis' best game of the season.
Akem said after the game that it was time to pick a QB. I assume almost everyone in Griz nations feels that way.
I think the refs goofed up the call on the Davis catch in 2d half, when our defender had the ball after the 2 players came down together. A ref was looking right at it. It was pretty clear to me that our defender took away the ball on the way down.
The Griz are completely capable of winning the next 2 games. Will they do that? I don't know. The O needs to play better. The coaches need to pick a qb and make a few better decisions, in my view. I still think the Griz are not that far off from being better, but maybe I'm just an optimist. I thought the team would show better tonight, even if they didn't win. Obviously, PSU is now a must win.
Griz need to pick a starting QB.
A pretty good game by the D (maybe a good game), but those near interceptions need to be caught. Lost some guys in man coverage for 2 TD’s and some longer 3d down pick ups. Davis had some short fields, but the D held them to FG’s. That was good. 386 total offense for Davis, 286 for Griz. In last 4 games before UM, Davis has had TO of 622, 549, 671, and 548.
Hauck said their D handled UM o-line. That’s not good. Davis was loading the box.
Davis did a nice job of keeping the kicks and punts away from Bergen, even though their punter had some shanks. Davis punted 7 times, Griz punted 6.
Larison/no. 3 was 24 for 97, or 4.0 per carry. He’s good, but the D handled him pretty well. Their QB was 28-38 for 227 and 3 TD’s. Too much for him.
No takeaways by Griz. Meyer had 17 tackles, Lee had 13. Wilson is not credited with a sack. Huh? He had a great sack. Griz didn’t have any others.
Fife was 13-23. Ah Yat was 7-18. Ah Yat seems to get sacked too much to me, and gets too many balls tipped. Neither QB saw the field very well, Hauck said that. Both QB’s had a few nice runs. Gillman 8-21. Ostmo only 6-8, but picked up some key extra yards to get those 8. Those two had 14 carries in the game.
No. 11 needs to make that early catch on 3d down. I would have left Fife in the game when he was taken out. Griz need to run the ball on 3d and 1 (and could have run again if they hadn’t gotten a first). That picked in the back of the end zone killed us and was unnecessary. I would have punted at the end of the half on 4th down. Griz gave Davis a FG by going for it on 4th down.
Don’t know why receiver (no.6?) stepped out of bounds before he came back to make the catch on Davis sideline.
Griz should have had a lead at halftime. Bad on the Griz. After getting a lead in the second half, the Griz gave up 17.
22 first downs for Davis, only 15 for Griz. Both teams 6-16 on 3d down conversions. Griz 0-3 on 4th down conversions. In last 4 games before this one, Davis has had first downs of 29, 26, 29 and 31.
Don’t know why the Griz couldn’t have gotten at least one TD in the 4th Q or later in the game.
Hauck said this was Davis' best game of the season.
Akem said after the game that it was time to pick a QB. I assume almost everyone in Griz nations feels that way.
I think the refs goofed up the call on the Davis catch in 2d half, when our defender had the ball after the 2 players came down together. A ref was looking right at it. It was pretty clear to me that our defender took away the ball on the way down.
The Griz are completely capable of winning the next 2 games. Will they do that? I don't know. The O needs to play better. The coaches need to pick a qb and make a few better decisions, in my view. I still think the Griz are not that far off from being better, but maybe I'm just an optimist. I thought the team would show better tonight, even if they didn't win. Obviously, PSU is now a must win.
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