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Third Quarter No-Shows Cause Griz to Lose Momentum
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The momentum.
UM plays well in the first half, leading 21-3 at half. Davis is very bothered by the crowd, getting multiple false starts, etc. Davis seems to be losing its cool later the first half, with mistakes and multiple late hit penalties. However, Davis has no turnovers, and ends the game with no turnovers.
What halftime adjustments should make, with UM up 21-3 and having held Davis to 113 yards of TO, is my recollection?
Davis gets kickoff to start the second half. UM forces a quick punt by Davis on its first drive. UM offense has 6 plays for 33 yards. Williams has nice 31 yard punt to the Davis 5, fair catch.
Davis has nice 12-play drive, but gets only a 41 yard FG at 7:22. Davis has false start and personal foul on drive, but Buss follows it up with a 15 yard personal foul. Davis starting to wake up, but UM holding and not falling apart.
UM drives 10-41, and at 4th and 1, UM goes for it and Lee doesn't get it, at 3:22. His only rush of the game. UM tries to do a quick play, but ref holds up play at ball, and then comes out going right through backfield. In retrospect, UM probably should have stopped the quick play at that point (no surprise left), and figured out a better play.
This was a huge momentum shift. Just huge.
Davis runs a trick receiver pass for 56 yards, by far its longest pass of the day. Davis scores 3 plays later, in 1:05 and at 2:17. I told my wife to watch out for Davis to come at us hard. The Davis confidence is now way up and they are ready to roll, even tho UM still up 21-13.
UM goes 3 and out. I think this is when UM went for a longer pass on first down, incomplete. Williams punt goes 38 and is fair caught. Would have been nice to have a big punt there.
At quarter, Davis is fired up. I commented to my wife that the Griz seemed not to have great excitement and confidence, as they gathered at the sidelines. They probably felt Davis picking up steam and now fully confident.
Davis goes 10 for 63, to tie the game. Makes 2-pt conversion. Davis is starting to take control of the game and clearly has the momentum.
Davis scores quickly in 3-82, on 56 yard run. Catches UM in a blitz from outside, and runner has big hole and only 1 person to beat in the secondary. Davis up 28-21 at 10:59 to go in game.
Sneed sacked on 3d down, and Davis recovers fumbles at UM 14. Sneed hit as he throws as backer gets around lineman quickly from Sneed's right as he looks left. Not Sneed's fault.
Davis scores quickly. 35-21. 9:13.
Sneed throws bad pick in flat on first play, after Calhoun false start. Davis scores quickly. 42-21.
Thought Humphrey should have gotten into the game at this point.
Davis had 11 penalties in first half, and 3 in the second half. UM had 5 for the game.
I felt sick for the team.
Congrats to Davis.
UM plays well in the first half, leading 21-3 at half. Davis is very bothered by the crowd, getting multiple false starts, etc. Davis seems to be losing its cool later the first half, with mistakes and multiple late hit penalties. However, Davis has no turnovers, and ends the game with no turnovers.
What halftime adjustments should make, with UM up 21-3 and having held Davis to 113 yards of TO, is my recollection?
Davis gets kickoff to start the second half. UM forces a quick punt by Davis on its first drive. UM offense has 6 plays for 33 yards. Williams has nice 31 yard punt to the Davis 5, fair catch.
Davis has nice 12-play drive, but gets only a 41 yard FG at 7:22. Davis has false start and personal foul on drive, but Buss follows it up with a 15 yard personal foul. Davis starting to wake up, but UM holding and not falling apart.
UM drives 10-41, and at 4th and 1, UM goes for it and Lee doesn't get it, at 3:22. His only rush of the game. UM tries to do a quick play, but ref holds up play at ball, and then comes out going right through backfield. In retrospect, UM probably should have stopped the quick play at that point (no surprise left), and figured out a better play.
This was a huge momentum shift. Just huge.
Davis runs a trick receiver pass for 56 yards, by far its longest pass of the day. Davis scores 3 plays later, in 1:05 and at 2:17. I told my wife to watch out for Davis to come at us hard. The Davis confidence is now way up and they are ready to roll, even tho UM still up 21-13.
UM goes 3 and out. I think this is when UM went for a longer pass on first down, incomplete. Williams punt goes 38 and is fair caught. Would have been nice to have a big punt there.
At quarter, Davis is fired up. I commented to my wife that the Griz seemed not to have great excitement and confidence, as they gathered at the sidelines. They probably felt Davis picking up steam and now fully confident.
Davis goes 10 for 63, to tie the game. Makes 2-pt conversion. Davis is starting to take control of the game and clearly has the momentum.
Davis scores quickly in 3-82, on 56 yard run. Catches UM in a blitz from outside, and runner has big hole and only 1 person to beat in the secondary. Davis up 28-21 at 10:59 to go in game.
Sneed sacked on 3d down, and Davis recovers fumbles at UM 14. Sneed hit as he throws as backer gets around lineman quickly from Sneed's right as he looks left. Not Sneed's fault.
Davis scores quickly. 35-21. 9:13.
Sneed throws bad pick in flat on first play, after Calhoun false start. Davis scores quickly. 42-21.
Thought Humphrey should have gotten into the game at this point.
Davis had 11 penalties in first half, and 3 in the second half. UM had 5 for the game.
I felt sick for the team.
Congrats to Davis.
Sam A. Blitz
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Selling beer won't solve the problem. It might bring in some revenue, but it would also bring additional liability. These games are as much social events for people as it is about football, like it or not. People tailgate at half time not just to drink.
polsongrizz
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retiredpopo said:
They can't, unless you are brain dead.
polsongrizz said:
Did anyone do that? Don't think so.
Do you think the Griz crowd influences portions of games?
Do you think the crowd caused multiple motion penalties yesterday?
Do you think players waive their hands for the crowd to scream/cheer just for the fun of it?
Do you think the crowd is as loud and influential when 10,000 people are out of the stadium in the early part of the third quarter?
polsongrizz
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PlayerRep said:
There are numerous teams who have virtually zero fan base, those teams are still winning with semi-empty "stadiums." How many fans did UCD need to beat the living crap out of us yesterday? Looked like about thirty. A few false starts in the second half WOULD NOT have changed the ending of that game. Anything else?
retiredpopo
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If it takes a full stadium waving their hands for us to win we don't deserve to win.
polsongrizz said:
Just think how good Davis and other winning teams would be at home if they had great home crowds. The UM crowd yesterday was helping in more ways than false starts. Davis was having trouble communicating. The crowd was hostile.
Were you even there?
mtgrizrule
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So, over history of WaGRIZ, opposing coaches, opposing players, commentators, analysts, media have admitted that GRIZ NATION is a huge factor. Every GRIZ coach has mentioned the importance of having fans in the stadium for as much of the game as possible. Opposing teams choose to defer to having the ball until the 2nd half, why is that? They know damn well the crowd will NOT be as much of a factor for the 1st 6 minutes of the 2nd half!!!
Nobody here is saying the reason the GRIZ lose is strictly because of the fans. The team, coaches, players, etc acknowledge this because, it is a difference maker. The more we can do, the better!!! We fans jump coaches for not utilizing the best players and situations. Yet our own fan base, does not understand, or respect how important our fans can be, and how fans can positively influence games for the GRIZ!!!
Can we not show our team a little more appreciation and challenge ourselves to be the best fanbase we possibly can be? I don't get how some on here can bitch about the team, coaches, players, etc not doing a number of things, yet those same people cannot commit to our teams more? I guess, to those people, it is a 1 way street. It's okay, acceptable, and respectable for them to have expectations of greatness and best efforts of the team, but the team cannot have expectations of the fans???
#yesthefansdomakeadifference, #doyourshare
Nobody here is saying the reason the GRIZ lose is strictly because of the fans. The team, coaches, players, etc acknowledge this because, it is a difference maker. The more we can do, the better!!! We fans jump coaches for not utilizing the best players and situations. Yet our own fan base, does not understand, or respect how important our fans can be, and how fans can positively influence games for the GRIZ!!!
Can we not show our team a little more appreciation and challenge ourselves to be the best fanbase we possibly can be? I don't get how some on here can bitch about the team, coaches, players, etc not doing a number of things, yet those same people cannot commit to our teams more? I guess, to those people, it is a 1 way street. It's okay, acceptable, and respectable for them to have expectations of greatness and best efforts of the team, but the team cannot have expectations of the fans???
#yesthefansdomakeadifference, #doyourshare
Boscoe
Well-known member
mtgrizrule said:
For three & a half quarters of every home game, our defense gets to enjoy an advantage that only a few other FCS teams enjoy. Yes, I would like the fans to stay in the stadium the entire game( I did), but this team doesn't get to shift the blame to the fans when 99% of the rest of the FCS plays in front of 3,000 people at best. It's a weak excuse.
mtgrizrule said:
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Spot on! It’s why it’s called HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE!
5 false starts in the first half, several more gone unnoticed by the officials, and multiple personal fouls.... and Davis QB even said that the crowd caused them problems the entire first half. They were rattled.
All it takes is 6 minutes of a half-empty stadium in the second half to let opponents get in sync, and many fans don’t understand that. We should be making it hell for opponents all 60 minutes.
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