[NU Sports] First quarter ...

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

- The good first: Loved our opening series. We moved the ball, had a nice mix of plays and were an over-anxious throw from extending it further. But we were moving the ball on the Raiders pretty easily.

- After that, though, UGH! The series inside the 5 should have been when they brought in Colter ... but instead we survive (despite an ill-timed QB run with Watkins and near disaster fumble by Adonis) that and then they ruin Watkins' momentum by switching QBs on the third series for a 3-and-out??? Pretty weak play calling on those 2nd and 3rd series - bad calls, bad personnel, etc.

- Special teams just sucked. What happened to our punter??? Awful. We'd be better off going for it from now on.

- The defense is the same sloppy one we saw the last two games - WAAAAAY too soft in secondary coverage, too jumpy on the line and they're starting to get chewed up by Tech.

We've got good field position and need a score on this drive or a turnover to change the momentum FAST. Much like the Illinois game, I'm not worried about Watkins right now - it's the other 20 or so players who need to STEP UP!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT


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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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