[NU Sports] Post-game thoughts?

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> Do we really think that Persa had a
> bad night?  He was 30 for 41 for 305 yards and no

He had a bad night - many throws that were just behind or just over the head. Stats can be deceiving (look at Purdue's rushing yards - which essentially came on two plays) - he was off. 

> I thought the bigger problem on offense is that we tried to
> run too much when we just don't have a good running

Yeah - we were really trying to do it at the start of the game and it worked, but Purdue adjusted at the half and clamped down and we never changed our plans. Plus, it kept Persa from getting into rhythm.

> rushed one more time than we passed.  It seems we just
> need to face the fact that we don't have a rushing game and
> throw the ball a lot more than we run.  Isn't that how

There are ways to make the short passing game into a running game - we did have some nice screen calls, but didn't use the middle of the field on quick slants much.

We just didn't deserve to win - neither did Purdue. We were clearly the better team and we played an awful game.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT