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I disagree. For the most part these are constructive criticisms. Pointing out areas ways to improve the game day experience is good for the program as long as the right people hear and are open to the feedback.
Agree! If you can make the game day experience bettter, why not? The ATV guys are going to hurt someone. Absolutely no reason for their poor driving.
We stepped up our tailgating - I think it's because we have more women now (one of the guys got married this year and is bringing his new wife and another couple upgraded from a couple of games per year to the whole season), lol. We had superb bagels with all the fixin's including lox, homemade potato kugel, and eggs and sausage sandwiches on the bagels. Plus a bunch of fresh fruit and mimosas, in addition to the usual beer.
It was warm, but not brutal, although a few in our tailgate wished I had brought my canopy (told them to tough it out, lol). We now are using all 3 yellow lot passes (used to sell one to a friend), so we got our 3 cars across tailgate, which is definitely better - much more room - even enough for cornhole without interfering with other tailgaters, but we didn't actually play for some reason.
Happened to be tailgating next to another big group, which included the famous PiscatawayMike, and they invited us over to do fireball shots, which was very nice. They had all the shots laid out on a red tablecloth in a block R shape, which was a nice touch. The people around us seemed to like the music mix I was playing, as they turned theirs off and were bopping and singing to many of the songs. Agree the ATV cops were annoying.
Only stadium complaint was that upstairs on the east side they only had half of the concession stands open, for some dumb reason, so the lines were outrageous. Luckily, for me, my wife doesn't really like football much and spent most of the game in the shaded areas of the concourse, so she was able to get several of us beverages before haltime and in the 3Q.
Thought we played great in all phases of the game, except for our secondary, which was woeful. I know it's asking a lot for such inexperienced guys to step in and play well, but if they don't make big strides in the coming weeks, we're going to get burned quite a bit - unless our DL turns in monster performances, which could happen in some games. Can't wait to see Hamilton back in action and Turay at full speed.
I'd give Rettig a slight nod over Laviano, based on him completing a wider range of passes very nicely, although Laviano only had 4 attempts, so maybe he would've been able to do the same, just like Rettig would've done better had he had Carroo to throw to. Like I said, it's very close and I'm going to be fine with whoever coach picks (unless that guy does poorly, lol).
Our RB's are an incredibly talented group and our OL has a lot of talent, if not a wealth of experience. When they gel - and I think we'll see them getting better throughout the year, barring injuries - they're going to be very good. Our O is going to have to be good as I fear we're going to have to outscore the other teams to win, as I could easily see us giving up over 30 points a game to the good teams.
Our WRs are pretty damn good, too, but Carroo is on another planet - that first TD catch was sick - poor throw turned into a TD by an amazing adjustment and he kept his feet after the catch, which was not easy. Nice to see Grant make a nice catch on that gorgeous throw by Rettig (nullified by the penalty) and Patton making a very good leaping catch on another Rettig throw (which I thought was very nicely done) and Flanagan had a couple of nice catches, too.
And Grant's KO return for a TD was awesome - kid can be a game changer there. Wish we had gotten Federico a couple of FG tries, though and while I love all the TDs, would've been nice to get our punters some reps.
It was warm, but not brutal, although a few in our tailgate wished I had brought my canopy (told them to tough it out, lol). We now are using all 3 yellow lot passes (used to sell one to a friend), so we got our 3 cars across tailgate, which is definitely better - much more room - even enough for cornhole without interfering with other tailgaters, but we didn't actually play for some reason.
Happened to be tailgating next to another big group, which included the famous PiscatawayMike, and they invited us over to do fireball shots, which was very nice. They had all the shots laid out on a red tablecloth in a block R shape, which was a nice touch. The people around us seemed to like the music mix I was playing, as they turned theirs off and were bopping and singing to many of the songs. Agree the ATV cops were annoying.
Only stadium complaint was that upstairs on the east side they only had half of the concession stands open, for some dumb reason, so the lines were outrageous. Luckily, for me, my wife doesn't really like football much and spent most of the game in the shaded areas of the concourse, so she was able to get several of us beverages before haltime and in the 3Q.
Thought we played great in all phases of the game, except for our secondary, which was woeful. I know it's asking a lot for such inexperienced guys to step in and play well, but if they don't make big strides in the coming weeks, we're going to get burned quite a bit - unless our DL turns in monster performances, which could happen in some games. Can't wait to see Hamilton back in action and Turay at full speed.
I'd give Rettig a slight nod over Laviano, based on him completing a wider range of passes very nicely, although Laviano only had 4 attempts, so maybe he would've been able to do the same, just like Rettig would've done better had he had Carroo to throw to. Like I said, it's very close and I'm going to be fine with whoever coach picks (unless that guy does poorly, lol).
Our RB's are an incredibly talented group and our OL has a lot of talent, if not a wealth of experience. When they gel - and I think we'll see them getting better throughout the year, barring injuries - they're going to be very good. Our O is going to have to be good as I fear we're going to have to outscore the other teams to win, as I could easily see us giving up over 30 points a game to the good teams.
Our WRs are pretty damn good, too, but Carroo is on another planet - that first TD catch was sick - poor throw turned into a TD by an amazing adjustment and he kept his feet after the catch, which was not easy. Nice to see Grant make a nice catch on that gorgeous throw by Rettig (nullified by the penalty) and Patton making a very good leaping catch on another Rettig throw (which I thought was very nicely done) and Flanagan had a couple of nice catches, too.
And Grant's KO return for a TD was awesome - kid can be a game changer there. Wish we had gotten Federico a couple of FG tries, though and while I love all the TDs, would've been nice to get our punters some reps.
Where was Lou and Elliott on the sidelines? Does not seem like a Rutgers game without them throwing the football in to the refs.
We should have a flag flying in the stadium for every Big Ten team, something that is very prevelant throughout stadiums in our conference.
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