Game thread for Miami vs. Northwestern
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Yes Sir. They're not much of a team at all. And we, a totally desperate, much more "talented" team, can't beat them at home. Drives me insane.
That's what grown ups do, Dude. Stop it.
Fitz might be in a gigantic slump right now as the leader of this program when it comes to playing actual football, which pisses me off, but crapping on him for how he acts like a real adult/grown up with the coach on the other side? Put the bong down. We're still very fortunate to have him as our coach. Yes, he does need to do some serious changes regarding football. Like, right now.
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I do think they're a well coached and developed team, but they didn't do anything special at all from a schematic standpoint to attack us like Duke and SIU did.
Yes Sir. At least tonight's game was an exciting, close fought game that went down to the wire, and our whole team fought their asses off, especially the D, the OL showed finishing power on the late TD drive, there were many positives, etc. And it was still very embarrassing.
Playing Minny - that is shaping up to be OMG, I'm Going to Crawl Under A Rock For The Next Ten Years embarrassing. I think I'll be ironing my underwear that day.
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Maryland might be embarrassing as well. Damn, every BIG game might be embarrassing!!!! Really sad. Watching the Cats for over two decades with it's ups and downs was still fun as you knew the Cats always had a chance to win, with a few exceptions, but since 2019, the program has lost its mojo. I can't believe that the staff can be so bad that they can't put a decent team on the field. Recruiting has been improving, but the results are subpar to say the least. Fitz and his coordinators aren't getting the job done.
I cannot agree that the game was exciting. Close perhaps, but I’ve been a fan for 30+ years and I had a hard time caring about the outcome.
That's a puzzlement to me also. Would like to hear the coaching staff's justification for that.
Exactly. How can we be recruiting - at the very least - above average, and play this bad??
I live in Sumter SC. Their are only two places a guy can get a haircut on a Saturday and the one near me is SportsClips. No hot babes are ever present. A few are cute though.
I go to our local sports clips. The staff are very nice. I tend to get the senior cut - I qualify! The full service option is relaxing too but has become a little pricey. Our shop is always busy, I have to reserve ahead.
Okay, I was out of town and didn't see a single play.
I read all the comments on the game thread...
How can some of you guys be blaming the defense for this loss?
You hold somebody to 17 points, you should win.
I'll watch the replay if I can find it.
But come on - if you can't score against Miami, Ohio, you have a lousy offensive line and bad play calling.
One thing you can' see on TV is if the quarterback is failing to identify receivers who are breaking open.... did Hilinski find anyone to throw to while scrambling? It is an enormous part of being a college QB.
I read all the comments on the game thread...
How can some of you guys be blaming the defense for this loss?
You hold somebody to 17 points, you should win.
I'll watch the replay if I can find it.
But come on - if you can't score against Miami, Ohio, you have a lousy offensive line and bad play calling.
One thing you can' see on TV is if the quarterback is failing to identify receivers who are breaking open.... did Hilinski find anyone to throw to while scrambling? It is an enormous part of being a college QB.
All three units played like **** in that game. But the defense has been bad in pretty much every game since Auburn.
If it’s broke, fix it. I still have hope for our offense this season with Jake if they can clean up the turnovers.
Okay I watched the game.
The offense was garbage for most of it.
Obviously the O-line could not open holes for the running game - Miami came in with a solid defense against the run, but I don't think Hilinski even attempted any passes beyond 20 yards in the middle of the field.
Miami figured us out and started blitzing - Hilinski did not respond well to the pressure.
When he rolled out or scrambled, he threw into multiple defenders frequently.
(Do we EVER send anybody deep in those situations or does every receiver come to the ball?)
The defense gave up a single TD after a blocked punt handed Miami the ball on the NU 8 yard line at the end of the first half. Can't blame the defense for that.
They played quite well for 3 1/2 quarters. Some of that had to do with Miami's QB. After the NU offense finally got our 2nd touchdown, the defense promptly gave up a 65 yard run that led directly to a game-tying TD.
The offense immediately went 3 and out, handing the ball right back to Miami in a 14-14 game.
Miami ran the ball 11 of the next 12 plays, eating up the clock and setting up the game-winning field goal. Why we couldn't stop a team that really didn't want to pass, I'm not sure. The linebackers almost seemed to be running forward into the line instead of sitting behind the line, reading the blockers and trying to locate the ballcarrier.
However, we primarily lost the game because our conservative, predictable, limited, bumbling offense put up only 14 points in 11 full possessions.