Owls-Tigers Post Game Views Thread
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Wise Owl
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Owls-Tigers Post Game Views Thread
Offense: The WR/TE need to catch the catchable balls! O-line didn't too too bad. The QB's had time to throw or get rid of the ball. The RB's had a few good runs also. Clayton looked very poised out there. Rusty had a harder time settling in. Good move for coach to stick him back out there late in the game to keep his confidence intact.
Defense: Played great for a while. DB's looked confused on the post and WILL routes. Have to work through those problems when we play a running QB. A couple of D linemen looked out of position(before they were blocked) during some of of long runs.
Special Teams: Except for the error in touching down his knee our kicking game wasn't too bad. The S/T coverage need a little tweaking. Kick/punt return need a lot of work.
Overall we have to remember that we played a good team out there. Their defensive play had something to do with our play on offense. Offensively we knew they were going to put up some points. Good RB's and Special Team players will do that for you.
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Wise Owl
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Insert from a Post Game Notebook on CUTigers.com:
Florida Atlantic defensive end Josh Pinnick, who told the Clemson offensive line earlier in the week to ?bring it on,? still wasn?t impressed, even after the massive whipping his team took.
?I don't think we played all that bad,? he said. ?The score didn't justify the way we played. Physically, I think we matched up. We were in the game for a while, but it just got away from us. ? I don?t want to say what I think about them being the 18th (ranked) team.?
Pinnick has every right not to be impressed. There are probably some Clemson fan not impressed as well, along with analyst and fans outside of FAU and Clemson. My problem would be the end of his quote. I cannot stand when a player, fan or anyone downplays a team they just played (win or loss). Pinnick, instead of questioning Clemson's 18th ranking should be questioning the pollsters in why his team isn't rated higher.
Comments like that, I feel, takes more away from your team than the other, especially in this case with the outcome. Why downplay a team that beat you? Is saying you got beat a by a lesser team that much more better to live with than saying you got beat by a good or great team?
Sorry you guys if I'm coming off in an unpopular way. Pinnick is dead right about what he said.
- The score does not give a good explanation of the game. It was much closer than the score indicates.
- Physically, you guys were better than what Clemson fans may of expected, even me.
- The game did get away from you guys. It could of been a lot closer if assignments were made, players adjusted a little better, and some of you guys made the tackle on the initial hit.
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Wise Owl
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We can take some strong positives from this game as O.G. stated. Now that I've sleep off the sticker shock of the final score I think we can truly build on some of these things and give K-Sate a very very tough game next week.
GO OWLS!
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Wise Owl
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It's good to see that Pinnick has some attitude on an young team but and don't think questioning Clemson's ranking after what the scoreboard looked like at the end of the game is the right way to handle it but…I know they felt like the hung in there and I think they played well despite the score and some big mistakes.
GO OWLS!
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Wise Owl
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See last year.
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Spread The Wings
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"Sore Loser?!?! Tell you what, show me a Good Loser and I'll SHOW you a LOSER!!!"
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Wise Owl
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with that said…….
I think it is good that FAU faced its toughest OOC opponent first. If you wanted to reveal ALL the areas that need work, play the most talented opponent first. Now they will go into this weeks practice with a list of things they need to work on especially those areas that might be vulnerable to K-State's game.
I didn't get a chance to watch the game, I listened. The one thing I DIDN'T hear was what I heard all last year. "Embick back to pass, under pressure", or "Embick is in trouble, trying to get away", etc. There seemed to be better protection of the QB this game. It is hard to evaluate a game from a radio broadcast. It sounded like Holley had some good kick off returns. We don't know how our punt return team might do since Clemson never punted.
I am looking forward to see how these things will be addressed and worked out.
Thank you cutingernut for your civilized and objective posts to an opponent or former opponent.
FAU - THE REAL SLEEPING GIANT
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Both QB's had plenty of time to find an open receiver and make a pass, run or throw it away. Clayton reminds me a little bit of Ken Dorsey and Danny Wuerffel (sp?) in that neither of them practiced well but played strong on game day. I would prefer to see him run the O for the rest of the season. I feel that his experience at MSU gives him an advantage and hopefully he will get sharper.
I really liked how all of our backs picked up blitzes and blocked well adding to the QB protection.
I truly believe that we will be able to upset one of the other 3 big teams we play.
Good showing overall IMO.
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