[NU Sports] NU-CMU final

[mlinhardt at netzero.net]

I disagree with some of your analysis: the running play improved exponentially with Mike Trumpy in the backfield.  He saw the holes he had between the tackles, hit them as hard as possible and as fast as possible.  If he continues to average 4 per carry, he's going to be something with Mr. Persa making magic with his feet, arm and decision making.  I stood corrected when I said that our running woes appeared to be line related as he was able to make something on almost every touch (only one carry was for negative yardage).  He didn't stay in for obvious passing downs, so perhaps his blocking and route running need some work still, but I identified him in the backfield when he came in and had little hope for any run game improvement based on what I had seen, but he was great  57 yards on 12 carries.  Schmitt is a good blocker when he's kept in to do so (holding call notwithstanding as the officiating sucked) and can catch coming out of the backfield.  Now that he appears to be holding onto the ball, Trumpy and Schmitt could be a good tandem.
The running game had issues when we went away from the hot hand thinking that maybe Arby should get one more shot to hold onto the job.  He was clearly angry with himself afterwards as I heard him yell "Sh!t!" coming to the sidelines after the fumble that sparked CMUs almost comeback.  Unfortunately, it appears Arby needs to concentrate on baseball.
Hunter Bates tried WAY too hard in relief of Jared Carpenter and had 3 major whiffs on tackles to go with his 11 stops.  Saw Quentin Davie take a bad angle on an easy tackle at one point as well that went for big yards.  Justan Vaughn needs to be more aggressive in coverage as he was in the right position on the last TD throw but waited for the receiver to catch it before attempting to make a play instead of stepping in front and knocking it down.  
But, there's always a let down game in the early season and if you can come away from a game that wasn't your best played with a win, it's good.  
Go CATS!!
Maureen Linhardt
Tech 93

"SjT \(Stephen J. Truog\)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-CMU final
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:30:30 -0700 (PDT)

Just win, eh? 4-0 - nice start for the Cats!

Love the D front, love Persa and Ebert and love Dunsmore ... BUT ...

- The line and running play needs to improve in a hurry
- The secondary looked sloppy at the end
- The discipline, as Coach Fitz just said on TV, was lacking

And we need to move Arby Fields out of the backfield. Maybe he can be a receiver or D-back, but he can NOT carry the ball and be an effective running back. His turnover almost sparked a CMU comeback.

So on to a winnable game at Minnesota - though if we play like we did today, it could easily be a loss. No more letups now that conference play is upon us! Whatever the kinks to work out, 4-0 feels good (and necessary) at this point of the season! GOPHER MEAT! GOPHER MEAT!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
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