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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel S" data-source="post: 129467170" data-attributes="member: 1754664">Howard had a good game. He hit open receivers for big plays (and the receivers caught them). He deserved the MVP award. ASU's defense was atrocious but you still have to make the plays. He also kept his poise much better than he has before.&nbsp; ASU fans have to be shaking their heads (WVU fans would be forming a lynch mob) wondering WTF the coaching staff was doing (not to mention the kicked XP). I can't fault starting the game daring us to throw. When ,however, it became obvious their DBs could not even stay close to our receivers why it didn't back off into a cover three or some formation with deep safety help is baffling. Giving us repeated shots at the fly and deep posts was exactly the wrong thing to do. If you are going to &quot;give&quot; us something make it the short and intermediate passes and then make the tackle. We haven't been good at either completing those or turning them into big plays all year. Maybe we would have some success at that in this game but sticking with plan of letting us isolate on overmatched corners and WSs was clearly not working.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samuel S, post: 129467170, member: 1754664"] Howard had a good game. He hit open receivers for big plays (and the receivers caught them). He deserved the MVP award. ASU's defense was atrocious but you still have to make the plays. He also kept his poise much better than he has before. ASU fans have to be shaking their heads (WVU fans would be forming a lynch mob) wondering WTF the coaching staff was doing (not to mention the kicked XP). I can't fault starting the game daring us to throw. When ,however, it became obvious their DBs could not even stay close to our receivers why it didn't back off into a cover three or some formation with deep safety help is baffling. Giving us repeated shots at the fly and deep posts was exactly the wrong thing to do. If you are going to "give" us something make it the short and intermediate passes and then make the tackle. We haven't been good at either completing those or turning them into big plays all year. Maybe we would have some success at that in this game but sticking with plan of letting us isolate on overmatched corners and WSs was clearly not working. [/QUOTE]

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