mthoopsfan
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The Griz were hurt by a half dozen mistakes and some bad tackles in the first half, and perhaps beyond. Dropped balls, penalties, missed tackles, bad decisions on throws, etc.
The play-calling was a bit too fancy early in the game, in my view. Ah Yat shouldn't have thrown 4 long balls early in the first half. Receiver wasn't open, and sometimes double-covered. A couple times were 3d and short. Jeez, get the first down, and throw to the many open receivers. Ah Yat is very good and improving, but this was not his best game, especially earlier in the game. He ran well and is a better and tougher runner than I had realized. He hung in there and finished strong.
Great composure, never got rattled, jump kept playing and pouding, and took control. Terrific defense by the D in second half. The CP QB hit some covered receivers earlier in game and the receivers made some nice catches. But after the Griz starting cranking up pressure later in first half, and in second half, the QB got rushed and worried and fell apart. He was 15-33 with 4 picks. The other guy was 1-6 for 0 yards.
Great games by Gillman and Rocker. And, of course, Wortham. He had 10 catches. Gillman was 18-123 for 6.8. 2 TD's rushing. 5 receptions. Rocker had 3. Rocker was wide open at 10 yards on the long throw into double coverage that was to picked in the SE end zone.
The Griz D dominated the second half. CP had five 3 and outs (8, 5, 6, 3, 0, 0 yards), and then a 4-38. In 2d half, CP had TO of 60 yards. The UM LB's led tackling with 7, 5 and 5. Third down conversions were 11-19 Griz to 2-14. Great pick 6 by Lawler to start half and start shifting momentum.
First downs 27-11 for Griz. Plays were for Griz 85-57. Alot of plays. TO was 434 to 336, for Griz.
Ah Yat was 27-of-41 passing for 257 yards, 1 TD and 1 pick. He threw better at the game went on. He barely overthrew multiple receivers.
Griz beat the 16 point thread. Griz poster Elrod texted me at halftime to say Griz would adjust and win 28-9. What a lucky guess.
CP QB was 15-33 and 4 picks. The back up was 1-6 for 0 yards. CP was 16-39 passing. The longest pass was a goof up by our secondary when we didn't cover a wideout on CP sideline. D had to shift and wasn't ready.
This is a fun team. 6-0. They need to keep improving and reduce mistakes. I didn't realize the Griz D had dominated the 2d half like that. Injuries don't seem to be too bad. I'm hopeful and excited.
"The Griz were outgained 276 yards 146 in the first half but turned it around to force three second half turnovers and limited the Mustangs to just 60 total yards, two complete passes, and one first down in the second." That is domination.
"I told them in the locker room after the game, that's what good football teams do. They find different ways to win," said head coach Bobby Hauck.
"They win when they aren't playing their best. All three phases contribute and we lean on each other, so if one side's struggling, the other side will carry the load, and that's what good teams do. So, we have a good team."
"You'd be shocked at how calm, how academic, it was in the locker room at halftime. It was nothing. It was like, all right, here's the yardage goals. Here's what they got. Here's what we've got. Here's where we've got to fix things," said Hauck.
"We've got to make some plays. We've got to quit goofing things up and looking like we are not tuned in to what's going on. So, we got all that shored up, and it was great."
The play-calling was a bit too fancy early in the game, in my view. Ah Yat shouldn't have thrown 4 long balls early in the first half. Receiver wasn't open, and sometimes double-covered. A couple times were 3d and short. Jeez, get the first down, and throw to the many open receivers. Ah Yat is very good and improving, but this was not his best game, especially earlier in the game. He ran well and is a better and tougher runner than I had realized. He hung in there and finished strong.
Great composure, never got rattled, jump kept playing and pouding, and took control. Terrific defense by the D in second half. The CP QB hit some covered receivers earlier in game and the receivers made some nice catches. But after the Griz starting cranking up pressure later in first half, and in second half, the QB got rushed and worried and fell apart. He was 15-33 with 4 picks. The other guy was 1-6 for 0 yards.
Great games by Gillman and Rocker. And, of course, Wortham. He had 10 catches. Gillman was 18-123 for 6.8. 2 TD's rushing. 5 receptions. Rocker had 3. Rocker was wide open at 10 yards on the long throw into double coverage that was to picked in the SE end zone.
The Griz D dominated the second half. CP had five 3 and outs (8, 5, 6, 3, 0, 0 yards), and then a 4-38. In 2d half, CP had TO of 60 yards. The UM LB's led tackling with 7, 5 and 5. Third down conversions were 11-19 Griz to 2-14. Great pick 6 by Lawler to start half and start shifting momentum.
First downs 27-11 for Griz. Plays were for Griz 85-57. Alot of plays. TO was 434 to 336, for Griz.
Ah Yat was 27-of-41 passing for 257 yards, 1 TD and 1 pick. He threw better at the game went on. He barely overthrew multiple receivers.
Griz beat the 16 point thread. Griz poster Elrod texted me at halftime to say Griz would adjust and win 28-9. What a lucky guess.
CP QB was 15-33 and 4 picks. The back up was 1-6 for 0 yards. CP was 16-39 passing. The longest pass was a goof up by our secondary when we didn't cover a wideout on CP sideline. D had to shift and wasn't ready.
This is a fun team. 6-0. They need to keep improving and reduce mistakes. I didn't realize the Griz D had dominated the 2d half like that. Injuries don't seem to be too bad. I'm hopeful and excited.
"The Griz were outgained 276 yards 146 in the first half but turned it around to force three second half turnovers and limited the Mustangs to just 60 total yards, two complete passes, and one first down in the second." That is domination.
"I told them in the locker room after the game, that's what good football teams do. They find different ways to win," said head coach Bobby Hauck.
"They win when they aren't playing their best. All three phases contribute and we lean on each other, so if one side's struggling, the other side will carry the load, and that's what good teams do. So, we have a good team."
"You'd be shocked at how calm, how academic, it was in the locker room at halftime. It was nothing. It was like, all right, here's the yardage goals. Here's what they got. Here's what we've got. Here's where we've got to fix things," said Hauck.
"We've got to make some plays. We've got to quit goofing things up and looking like we are not tuned in to what's going on. So, we got all that shored up, and it was great."
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. I’m still not a fan of the scheme, but I like that the coaches mixed in more zone yesterday. That was probably the best defensive performance we’ve had since 2023 and it came a week after they had arguably their worst performance since Weber state 2024. I like that both the coaching staff and team responded with such a dominant plan and execution. My hat is off to them. Echoing what hoops was saying, I think Ah Yat wanted the home run a bit too often in the first half, and he missed some wide open shorter gains that were there. What a great performance he put in during the second half though! Al in all, I’m real impressed by this team, especially their ability to shake off mistakes and slow starts, adjust, and dominate to finish games. Go Griz!!
