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Good, Bad, Ugly - Missouri State

HookedonGriz

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Good:
- played a bit of a sloppy game overall against a determined MVFC team, while missing multiple All Americans, and still came away with the win
- Hayden Harris played incredible. Some big TFL and some timely sacks
- the play by Gradney when he broke up a 4th and 7 pass at a critical time to stuff momentum was huge
- Eli Gilman is a special RB with incredible abilities. He carried the team in that last drive. Averaged 5.9 you and scored 2 TDs
- how about our new punter and FG kicker….Morrison had some incredible punts (averaged 45 yards per) and put the ball inside the 5 and 10 on top of kicking 3 FGs which we needed. I could see him being in the special team POTW discussion. He boomed on 60 yards in the air
- Xavier Harris really stepped up in Juniors absence and was awesome out of the slot. That high ball he went and got at the 3 yard line was incredible. And the 4th and 1 TD on the sideline showed his speed and strength
- I thought the QBs were efficient and did their jobs. Nothing mind blowing but nothing bad either
- we have a freshman LB who really flashed to me and made some big TFL and had a sack (Otlewski from SDSU). And he’s a presence out there at 6’4 235 lbs
- the Griz made the plays on offense and defense at the end when they needed to most
- was good to see Fontes bounce back after early drops
- Hayden filled in very nicely for Gubner in the middle and made some big plays

Bad:
- seemed like we gave the QB too much time to complete passes
- gave up at least 4 different 3rd and longs
- too much over pursuit and missed tackles
- can’t fumble punts especially in that situation of a 3 and out with awesome field position

Ugly:
- the refs letting the safety tackle White in the end zone when he was burned. That was incredibly obvious

Feel free to add anything
 
The good for me is now we have some good live game film and the real coaching and adjustments start plus we now have game film on North Dakota also

Plus I think it was really good to have some adversity on the first game with all the new players and still come away with the w

The bad for me I have watched the 3rd and long plays that mo state completed again and the screen ones really exposed are defense and how we don't have angles down yet, which luckily can be fixed quick with practice because the athletes are def there
 
While the LBs had an overall not so good night, it’s clear Kaho is really good and Ryan T is a workhorse. Gradney also looks absolutely yoked this year and it showed when he stuck some perimeter tackles.
 
Missing: Wilson, Grossman, Bergen, Husdtedt, Leonard, and a couple others…

Add in:

Andres Lehrmann
Pat Hayden
Vai Kaho
Cade Klimczak
Chrishawn Gordon
Prince Ford
Kenzel Lawler
Logan Fife
Lyon Loud
Stevie Rocker
Ty Morrison
Caleb Otelewski
Jake Mason
Everett Johnson

None of them had ever played a down in live action together. That’s a lot of “new” out there trying to gel in real time…This team is only going to get better. Bodes well.
 
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Missing: Wilson, Grossman, Bergen, Husdtedt, Leonard, and a couple others…

Add in:

Andres Lehrmann
Pat Hayden
Vai Kaho
Cade Klimczak
Chrishawn Gordon
Prince Ford
Kenzel Lawler
Logan Fife
Lyon Loud
Stevie Rocker
Ty Morrison
Caleb Otelewski
Jake Mason
Everett Johnson

That’s a lot of “new” out there trying to gel in real time…This team is only going to get better. Bodes well.
It definitely showed on Saturday, they clean up giving up the 3rd and Longs repeatedly ill be happy, was driving me insane!
 
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