[NU Sports] Nevada loses to Fresno State

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Back from Annapolis where I OD'd on crabs and watched Navy-East  Carolina on 
Saturday. Brought up memories about our 49-40 win in 2002, which  USNA (1-10, 
2-9 in 2001) had just hired Johnson, and we were in the middle  of our season 
and a half swoon. Baz was a struggling Freshmen, and you just knew  that both 
teams would struggle mightily.
   Anyway, a comment on Nevada: They fell behind by 2 scores as  Fresno ran 
roughshod over them. Then, as we've seen many times, Pat Hill   (not a coaching 
genius IMHO) decides to "get cute" and do end-arounds for  losses; 
inexplicably throwing deep, etc. when the Bulldogs were tearing them up  on the ground.  
Nevada owned the 3rd quarter, but to Fresno's defense,  stiffened and scored 
a big TD 1/2 way through the 4th Q.
   Nevada looks like a team that makes few errors; they were man  handled in 
the trenches.  They're QB was also a first time starter; this  has the looks 
of a nail-biter.
  Miami comment: As I was away for a 4 day weekend, my .02 on  Miami:  The 
defensive nature took our list by surprise, both for and  against our Cats.  
Wooten gets a gold star; he really looks fast.   Eaton, while not being on as 
many tackles, hits the hardest. MU failed miserably  on 1st and 10, both on the 
ground and in the air.
   I agree with Dennis on our rushing; it stunk in the 1st  half.  However, 
it got better when Jordan and Sutton were in a 2 back  set.  I think we'll see 
more of that this week. Also, I thought it was a  good idea to run Kafka as a 
way to get the jitters out.  MU was keying on  Sutton anyway.
   1-AA alert: 1-AA scores two wins this weekend, and New  Hampshire is the 
best team in 1-AA's best conference; the A-10.  Know this;  in the past 6-7 
years, the A-10 owns victories over Rutgers twice (Villanova and  UNH last 
season) , Maine beat Mississippi St. two years ago, Villanova over  Temple in 2004, 
and now Richmond beats Duke.  The teams in the A-10 have  impressive 
facilities and get up for these games.  UNH's QB reminds me of  Penn St's Michael 
Robinson (or Brett Basenez!), so we better come to play.
 
  Glad football is back. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
 
   Trust the  Plan,                Eric