[NU Sports] Alamo Bowl: At the half ...

[MHRJGScott at aol.com]

Correct, correct and correct, at least the zebras are getting it right and  
letting the kids play.
 
 
In a message dated 12/29/2008 9:50:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sjtruog at yahoo.com writes:

Tie game  - should be happy, but frustrated is more like it. We dominated the 
first half  and came away with a 10-10 tie. Ugh.

THE GOOD
- Hankwitz came in  with an amazing game plan and is now officially the best 
coordinator hire.  Ever. Holding that offense scoreless playing on a short 
field most of the game  with the D we had last year is incredible.
- Sutton looks sharp. Sure wish  we had him healthy all year (or last year), 
but at least he's playing well his  final game at NU and hopefully some NFL 
scouts take notice.

THE  BAD
- Red zone offense. After some nice tendency-breaking play calling  early on, 
we really reverted to our old ineffective selves on that red zone  chance in 
the second quarter.
- Momentum lost. Why kick a long FG on 4th  and 2 when we've been running it 
over them? Why no runs in the red zone? We've  had opportunity after 
opportunity to put this one away early and some awfully  conservative play calling in 
the second quarter really put a damper on  momentum.

THE UGLY
- The kicking game. I understand why we're not  kicking deep, but just kick 
out of bounds then. And that last punt was awful.  The kick went the opposite 
way of the coverage and made it all too easy for a  great returner.

We really played well but a little tight in the second  quarter once we had 
the lead and let a lot of big chances slip away. The good  news is that we get 
the ball first and if we can get back to that good mix of  offense we had in 
the first quarter and keep playing lockdown D, we can go up  again before 
Mizzou gets a chance to rally.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO  CATS!!!




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