I think we had TEN pass breakups! Totally underrated stat as many of those came on 3rd down or 4th down and worked effectively as INTs.
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I am monitoring progress. There is a lot to like everywhere but OL is stuck in the mud. I hope these kids step-up and take a measure of pride in their abilities to improve. If we can simply get "average" OL play I think we can win 8 games. Need 3 more before the bye and a few upsets late. GBR
Interesting...I just watched it and it seemed to me that he basically admitted that last week was a lesson learned, thus no need to talk/dwell on it a week later. JMO
I think there’s a difference between admitting that he needed to dial it up a bit and live up to what he preaches and talking about specifics from a prior game. I guess I don’t see the utility in talking about a past game during a post game press conference. But I can see where people want him to address things they are curious about.
To me it was like saying last week we were very aggressive in our playcalling. So the reporter asks like in overtime? And he replied I don’t wanna talk about last week.
That’s how I heard his responses
That’s how I heard his responses
I might need to go back and listen to it again, but I took that as him admitting he needed to be more aggressive in play calling and that he needed to be reminded this week of that after not living up to it last week. The reporter then wanted him to specifically admit that it was his overtime play calling where he failed to be aggressive and Scott didn’t want to go there. But maybe I heard it wrong.
I'm the opposite, I stay away after a loss because I just don't want to read negativity.
True. I am always a little suspicious of media, too. It seems, sometimes, that reporters would value the opportunity to have Frost publicly apologize with a discernable, emotional tear in his eye (good theatrics) as much as they would value a detailed explanation of specifics from last week.
Why? Those quotes don't apply to anything I said. I said it was a nice win and we made progress and that I'm not all that excited about beating MAC teams. I'm more interested in how we do during conference play.
Frost has said he expects to compete for the division title this year
if we are on schedule .. I would expect to go into those Wisconsin and Iowa games with the division on the line and for us to be their equal on the field - we have both at home
"I have some optimism because they had an awful culture,” he said. “They weren’t strong. They weren’t in shape. The schemes were bad last year and they still went into the fourth quarter tied with Wisconsin. They should’ve won two or three more games." - Scott Frost
the above issues should be well on their way to being fixed
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I beg to differ... you are saying it’s just a MAC school. All let week we were hearing how we could easily lose as this school was competitive against a ranked Utah the week prior...
Maybe you weren’t saying that, so it’s not relevant to you. But it is relevant to the many posters that were saying those very things.
personally the inconsistency on offense concerned me. I thought we were still not hitting on all cylinders especially in that second half.
I thought the second half our offense actually looked more comfortable. We didn't have many opportunities to get the ball in the second half because our defense wasn't able to get off the field. That's something that's annoyed me the last couple years is our offense finally seems to be getting something going and our defense can't get off the field.
I am still not sold on our D overall. I can see how teams are beginning to attack us. It will be interesting to see what the teams in the league dial up.
Someone wanted to bet that we would have a top 30 defense by year's end. I am NOT a betting man but would take someone up for $10 to a charity of their/my choice and I would gladly pay if they are a top 30 total D team a the end of the season. I would love to be wrong and pay.
Someone wanted to bet that we would have a top 30 defense by year's end. I am NOT a betting man but would take someone up for $10 to a charity of their/my choice and I would gladly pay if they are a top 30 total D team a the end of the season. I would love to be wrong and pay.
Is our defense much improved?
I’m not saying they are world-beaters. I’m just pointing out that guys are quick to pile on when things are snowballing, but many of those same guys go into hiding when the team puts in a good performance.
I wonder why that is.
I am happy we won, a loss today would have been very hard on this program. I am however tempering my expectations and just staying grounded. One game does not mean we are all the sudden a good team. I have been disappointed so many times, after thinking we turned a corner. I am expecting the worst and hoping for the best. If that makes me a bad fan so be it
I’m not necessarily attempting to call people bad fans... I’m just pointing out incongruous behavior.
I just don’t quite get when people moan and groan about a product when it is poor, but say nothing when the same product has turned it around, even if only for a game.
Yeah the offense still looks off. I do think the line seemed to give Adrian a bit more protection the 2nd half.
If the Frost offense is operating optimally, the D will spend more time on the field. If the Frost offense is not operating optimally, the D will spend more time on the field. The offense thrives on chunk plays. The first half TDs are as follows: One play, 21 yards, 7 seconds; Four plays, 83, 1:11; Four plays, 50, :39; Five plays, 87, :37. A total of four TDs in 14 plays, taking 2:34 seconds. Should the offense take less time to score points?
The defense thus is there to do better than hold serve. So take-aways and negative yardage plays are big. There are metrics that I like wrt the D. NU is:
* tied for third nationally in interceptions gained with 5.
* tied for 13th in TFLs.
* tied for 22nd in sacks.
* 25th in rushing D.
The defense thus is there to do better than hold serve. So take-aways and negative yardage plays are big. There are metrics that I like wrt the D. NU is:
* tied for third nationally in interceptions gained with 5.
* tied for 13th in TFLs.
* tied for 22nd in sacks.
* 25th in rushing D.
I do not think losing to a bad CU team is offset by soundly beating a G5 team - I hope they have turned a corner but to state they have turned a corner is way too early. Do not get me wrong we needed that win and we needed to beat them soundly and we did.
That’s why I said, “even if for one game,” because we need to see it week in and week out.
Truth be told, I’m not even looking for posters to say we “turned the corner”. I was just hoping for some skeptical posters to come on Saturday night and say “that’s more like it” or something along those lines.
To each his own I guess.
Yes sir.
However, it's extremely obvious that many posters just live to *****, whine, moan & sob.
Haha.....yes, par for course.
This. Our offense reminds me right now of Penn State’s. Everyone out here is complaining that Franklin’s offense is either boom or bust. Unless they get a really big play, they don’t score. Very few sustained drives. We have to be able to chew clock and sustain drives against teams like OSU and Wisconsin. I have seen little evidence so far that we can.
And we won’t be able to unless the offensive line gets better. That’s not going to happen overnight. Everyone has to be patient. There’s no reason to be concerned because we are what we are and we just have to hope we can continue to get better like last year.
I understand what you are saying, I said the same thing when Bo was here - we would look good one week everyone would jump on the train then Melvin Gordon would run for 400 yards in a half.
Nu since Solich has played good football in spurts, sometimes a half or a game, sometimes for most of a season but we have not been able to sustain it. The difference between a good team and mediocre or below average team is the ability to bring it week in week out. We have not seen that in sometime I am hoping that changes under Frost