HelenaHandBasket
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putter said:
It is cute that you think they only went deep 5 times by choice.
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#13 Griz vs SFU Game Thread 7:00 PM
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It is cute that you think they only went deep 5 times by choice.
EverettGriz said:
Not trying to enter the argument between PlayerRep and EverettGriz because I am a pedestrian fan who never played the game and I am no good in space and am only scary good at drinking beer, but I would like to acknowledge that the above highlighted statement is world class smack talk funny. :thumb:
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UMcheer2000
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Gotta love all the Monday morning quarterbacking..
It's Monday and I'm watching the rerun on ALT. Lot I missed from the NEZ. Guess what? SFU is pretty good. I doubt we see many better lines in the BSC this year. They double up on Kidder and still we aren't getting much of a pass rush. Their QB is sound. Lorenzo of course. They don't have as many weapons offensively but I like their secondary.
putter said:
This. I can't think of too many other reasons we didn't mix things up more. Call me names, I don't care but my guess is we see new and exciting things next week. Not sure if it will be enough but I'm hoping for some surprises.
SaskGriz said:
Hehehe. I love it when the humorless Player pokes at Ursa or Everette. It always ends funny.
HelenaHandBasket
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putter said:
Nothing.
George Ferguson
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This whole St. Francis traveled 2,000 miles thing cracks me up. What does that have to do with anything? Teams are expected to play well no matter how far they travel, so why shouldn't St. Francis have played well? If the Griz went 2,000 miles and played poorly, which they have in the past, no one would cut them any slack on this board for how far they had to go. Stitt would, as usual, be eaten alive for things like "not being prepared" ect. No one would ever even bring up the 2,000-mile thing in refererance to cutting the Griz slack. The travel is not a reason the Griz should have dominated St. Francis.
UMGriz75
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I gather you have never been a competitive athlete in anything.havgrizfan said:
Traveling for 12-14 hours and through two or more layovers and forced to sit in a small seat most of the way is the most "unnatural" thing an athlete can do prior to a competition. Try it sometime.
George Ferguson
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UMGriz75 said:
First, as usual, you gather wrong. Secondly, you failed to quote the entire point of my post. My post was on some Egrizzers being completely hypocritcal, in that, they would never, ever cut the Griz slack for playing poorly on a 2,000-mile road trip, yet, they a few of them used St. Francis' trip as the basis for the fact that they SHOULD have played poorly, hence the Griz SHOULD have dominated them.
Why don't you try responding to what people actually say sometime.
IdaGriz01
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Would rather avoid the pissing contests, but this is where these thoughts belong.
Could finally stand to re-watch the game, which we recorded. Knowing the outcome made it easier to assess the play-calling, execution, etc. Several things rose to the top (not necessarily in any order).
SF is a very well-coached team. They have a couple of studs and the staff does a great job of surrounding them with "roll players" That supporting cast allows the stars to make the most of their talents. We should all hope they didn't have too many of the role players dinged up in the game, so they continue to look good (to pump up the rep of the Griz).
The Griz defense played great -- aside from the one late lapse, and the camera work was not good enough to be sure who (or set of who's) blew their assignment(s) on that one. As for special teams coverage of the returns, I'm not sure what you do ... except try to avoid kicking to the guy (not always possible).
The "good Gus" vs "bad Gus" problem, before the late first-half drive, seemed to have a lot to do with poor communication between BG and his receivers. That got way better after some coaching at half. Based on "live watching" hype and comments on here, I began to think that -- while Brady is smart and has a good grasp of the offense -- he is just was not very quick on the uptake. That is, intelligent, but not "reactive smart." Now, I'm beginning to think he has another, very common, problem, at times -- I wonder if he "over-thinks" what he sees. Perhaps he's seeing, and considering, too many possibilities growing out of the read option. Once he started to relax and let the game flow, he and the offense looked a lot better.
Oh, and Brady's running reminds me of a giraffe ... it takes him awhile to get going, but then he covers a lot of ground. No lack of guts, but he still needs practice on getting down.
Viewing the game more calmly confirmed a thought about the run vs pass game ... and the low frequency of deep balls. Again, the lack of useful camera coverage makes it hard to be sure. However, overall the "take what the defense gives you" meant that the medium-short passing game was the running game for the Griz offense. After all, even with so few really long balls, the Griz still averaged 12.6 yards per reception -- i.e., most receptions went for more than a first down, on average. And those completions went to ten different receivers ... which has to give future DCs something to worry about.
In sum: We're much more encouraged about the future season than we were in "the heat of the moment" of letting a less-talented team hang around and make the game as close as it was. Sure, there are always specific issues we think we can identify, but those seem solvable. My greatest concern is that the Griz have never been a terrific road team (but then, not many are). They do have, I believe, the talent and systems to beat UNI, but that does not always play out for an away game.
Could finally stand to re-watch the game, which we recorded. Knowing the outcome made it easier to assess the play-calling, execution, etc. Several things rose to the top (not necessarily in any order).
SF is a very well-coached team. They have a couple of studs and the staff does a great job of surrounding them with "roll players" That supporting cast allows the stars to make the most of their talents. We should all hope they didn't have too many of the role players dinged up in the game, so they continue to look good (to pump up the rep of the Griz).
The Griz defense played great -- aside from the one late lapse, and the camera work was not good enough to be sure who (or set of who's) blew their assignment(s) on that one. As for special teams coverage of the returns, I'm not sure what you do ... except try to avoid kicking to the guy (not always possible).
The "good Gus" vs "bad Gus" problem, before the late first-half drive, seemed to have a lot to do with poor communication between BG and his receivers. That got way better after some coaching at half. Based on "live watching" hype and comments on here, I began to think that -- while Brady is smart and has a good grasp of the offense -- he is just was not very quick on the uptake. That is, intelligent, but not "reactive smart." Now, I'm beginning to think he has another, very common, problem, at times -- I wonder if he "over-thinks" what he sees. Perhaps he's seeing, and considering, too many possibilities growing out of the read option. Once he started to relax and let the game flow, he and the offense looked a lot better.
Oh, and Brady's running reminds me of a giraffe ... it takes him awhile to get going, but then he covers a lot of ground. No lack of guts, but he still needs practice on getting down.
Viewing the game more calmly confirmed a thought about the run vs pass game ... and the low frequency of deep balls. Again, the lack of useful camera coverage makes it hard to be sure. However, overall the "take what the defense gives you" meant that the medium-short passing game was the running game for the Griz offense. After all, even with so few really long balls, the Griz still averaged 12.6 yards per reception -- i.e., most receptions went for more than a first down, on average. And those completions went to ten different receivers ... which has to give future DCs something to worry about.
In sum: We're much more encouraged about the future season than we were in "the heat of the moment" of letting a less-talented team hang around and make the game as close as it was. Sure, there are always specific issues we think we can identify, but those seem solvable. My greatest concern is that the Griz have never been a terrific road team (but then, not many are). They do have, I believe, the talent and systems to beat UNI, but that does not always play out for an away game.
IdahoGrizFan
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Frustrating watching our defensive backs give up so much. Whyyyyyyyy.
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UMcheer2000
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putter said:
Watched th UNI/Nebraska game..
Idk I'd UNI is that good or Nebraska sucked
