First-half thread for NU vs. MSU
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Now that i’ve Seen him some, it is apparent Hunter isn’t a runner but is a relented pocket passer.. The offense doesn’t play to his strength.
The MSU coverage on our receivers is fantastic. Johnson doing a nice job giving our guys a chance, and the WR’s have come up with some really nice grabs.
He also seems to be barking out a bunch of commands. Eventually he is going to take a game over. Maybe today.
The coaching limitations are so maddening - and it just sucks that Hunter isn’t a finished product - gotta stick with him, but I was hoping he’d be much better than what he’s showing early on. The McCall stuff isn’t worth rehashing - it doesn’t matter that his offense 3 weeks in has yet to show any progress despite arguably better tools at hand - he’s here to stay.
QUOTE="cat inkansas, post: 660789, member: 838"]Whatever Fitz says during timeouts---he should say something different!![/QUOTE]
QUOTE="cat inkansas, post: 660789, member: 838"]Whatever Fitz says during timeouts---he should say something different!![/QUOTE]
You are free to do what you want, but if I were you I wouldn’t post during games. As I said in a thread a few days ago, just a completely different tone.
This isn’t ideal but a lot of game left. Hunter looks good except for one bad play.
I am sure the coaching staff feels bad about collectively handing MSU 7 points before the half.
Yes, we should only post happy thoughts. BTW, that was a slightly less than perfect first half!!!
Yes anything less than calling the Touchdown Play every time on offense and calling the Sack or Turnover Play on defense is a disaster.
Oh, and if we’re not in the lead from start to finish the sky is falling.
Too many mistakes, but also a lot of promising stuff. I’ll reserve judgment till the end of the game.
Nah, that’s on Hunter.
He had the back open for a check down. You can’t force that throw off your back foot into the wind. He’s played fairly well so far, but that decision was very costly.
I completely understand the coaching staff’s motivation to steal a few points before half while in plus territory. They gave Hunter a fail safe option in the flat, but he choose not to take it.
Bummer.
With two minutes to go it looked like at worse the score would be 7 to 6. Hope this fires up the Cats who are at least in a better position than the other mitten state team at their half with Wisconsin shutting them out.
Come on though. Two really dumb, yet important play calls have really made the difference in this game. First was going backwards on first and inches near the goal line. Second, was trying to pass down field on 3rd and 20 going into the wind with a minute and a half less in the half instead of running some clock and punting MSU deep. That's a 14 point turnaround, which in a game like this, might be all she wrote.