Fwd: [NU Sports] Unfortunate Day

[Jonathan Hodges]

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From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
Date: Sep 10, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Unfortunate Day
To: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>


> Speaking of which - was Sutton hurt? It seemed like he
> didn't play the second half. Maybe it was just because
> Jordan was a better north-south runner.

I thought Sutton may have been hurt too in the second half because he
didn't get much playing time and I didn't see him on the sidelines.
He came back in late in the game though and looked fine.  I think that
in the second quarter when the coaching staff switched to the 1 or 2
TE sets and tried to ram the ball up the middle (unsuccessully) they
used the larger Jordan rather than Sutton.  Both are very solid backs
and are quick, but unfortunately when the offense isn't clicking (like
on Saturday) they can't carry everything themselves.

I was also a little dissapointed they didn't use more 2 back sets with
both of them - instead we saw 2 back sets with Cobb and Jordan or
Sutton with Cobb exclusively as a blocker.

IMHO - the offense's inability to get drives going later in the game
was a sign of a young QB plus a young OC - there were many overthrown
balls or open receivers neglected, plus the offense never really got
into a rhythm.  When they did have a couple of drives late in the game
that got into FG range the coaches decided to go for it on 4th
(unsuccessfully each time) instead of taking the points while we had
the chance (at the time we were down by 17 - needing 2 TDs and a FG at
least).  I think in this game the inexperience hurt us the most.

Jonathan



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