[NU Sports] Thompson and Mathews returns

[DPENDERG at aol.com]

The so-called improved offense we saw in Reno was not playing Penn State or  
any other Big Ten team.  It was Nevada for heaven's sake (and we still  could 
not avoid turnovers).  Thompson/Mathews will help, but we're playing  a 
defense which shut down the #1 team in the country for most of the game (and  the 
Penn State loss really was the fault of two late turnovers).  I'd like  to be 
optimistic, but the Lions will be highly motivated for a W after their  
fourth-quarter meltdown against the Bucks.  I just hope we can keep it  close, get a 
few turnovers ourselves, and if we're in striking distance in the  fourth, 
anything of course can happen with the Cardiac Cats.  
 
In a message dated 9/27/2006 2:50:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
WildElk2 at aol.com writes:

Reports  from The Daily Herald say that Kim Thompson and Austin  Mathews, two 
 
vital cogs in our offense may be back against PSU. If so, this will   give us 
a 
big shot in the arm in light of Kafka's  availability.
Our offense looked like a 1-A offense for the  first time this  season 
against Nevada (hold on to the _#o@!c$_  (mailto:#o@!c$)  ball!)  , and the 
infusion of these players  will help. Penn St. can be had, but we'll  need to 
play our 
best game  of the year.
As far as my optimism (or lack of..) , I saw  improvement from  the EMU 
game except with all the turnovers.   We may have looked better, but  with 5 
turnovers a game, we'll be  2-10 at season's end.
With that said, I'm much more upbeat  about this weekend than I  thought 
I'd be, providing we actually do  get Thompson and Mathews back, as well  as 
Kafka's situation.   In 2003 we were 2-4 and got it together; 1-3 in  2004, 
so I'm 
not  ready to write the season off.  As important as the Nevada  game was  in 
the grand scheme of things, this week's game is more so.   PSU  has lost to 
Notre 
Dame and Ohio St. so with their schedule  they've played , they  deserve some 
slack.  But if you listen to  PSU fans, the wind went out of  their 
collective 
sails after their  poor 2nd half at Ohio St.  Morelli is  having growing 
pains, 
and  from what I've seen, New Hampshire and Nevada had MUCH  better QBing 
than  
PSU. 
Not calling for the upset yet, but let's see who plays and  who sits  on 
saturday.

Trust the Plan,             Eric

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