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"Teaching" in the 1960's was practically non existent FR-So. Very few professors (actually mostly grad students) who even tried to teach. They could however devise a really hard test. There was a real difference between FR-So vs Jr-Sr. Learning occurred in your major and otherwise was just survival.

I was interested in CGC press conference where he referred to his "book" (size of dictionary) of all the play call/situation stats that he used to make game decisions . Maybe looking up those similar situations in the book is one cause of the indecisions and late calls to the field. I once knew...

Not to defend Thacker but we did blitz early to no good outcome. Our guys rushed in there and stuck to a blocker like velcro. When we got some penetration from our DEs they could not tackle the very mobile QB and he just bought more time for their receivers to get open. I was hoping our D would...

Picket is a really good QB and he had a truly great game. He will beat you every time with that kind of performance if you cannot get pressure (which we did not or can not). We had a few breakdowns in coverage but the base problem was no pressure. We probably had an equal number of plays that...

Mine and I am sure a lot of others are concerned about the first and goal performance (which is embarrassingly pathetic) which has little to do with the red zone numbers.

Stopping the zone read is a matter of deciding to use your unblocked D player to play the QB or chase the RB. If you want to stop the QB its a matter of telling your player his responsibility. Easy to stop the QB if that is your priority. If I were coaching I would stop the QB every time and...

And we can describe two types of basic coaching. 1. conditioning/physical development, organization of staff (and staff selection) and practices, teaching fundamentals/discipline/techniques, finding the right fit for players. 2. game prep for the opponent, game day management (includes decisions...

I agree with you in that except for the second Q we played competitively and the game was much better than the score. I also elevated my opinion of Sim's play. He was pretty good. Just fixing the terrible first and goal performance and the penalties in the red zone will make us a much better team.

On O we spread our players out side line to side line most often leaving 5 Olinemen. Pitt did not bite. The came after us with 4 DLs and LBs to fill all the gaps and often in the process just ran right through us. I saw no major adjustments so during the course of the game not much changed. We...

You must have missed the TE motioning toward the QB, stopping, making a "U" turn, and returning from whence he came. Rinse and repeat. Maybe we should have put him behind one of the guards so that there was another blocker for the Pitt players to run over. Seriously we could have used them...

They were not only crossing and switching on us but also out numbering us. We did not prepare well, scheme well, or did not adjust well. They came at us aggressively taking away the run and forcing us to pass. We did not scheme or block well enough to protect for the pass consistently enough...

Overall I thought Sims played a good game. Saw a few flashes of really good. Pitt schemed to keep him bottled up and we did not seem to make any adjustments to get him loose on the outside. The first interception was a mistake on the Oline. However the second interception, while also a breakdown...

I have been watching the game rerun and especially the line. We seemed to have 3 problems with the Oline. 1. we got physically whipped one on one. Probably talent and coaching. 2. Due to injuries we played at least 3 players not normally considered starters, but "above the line". They got...

I sat next to a very knowledgeable Pitt fan. He knows the team well. He could not understand why we did not throw deep over and over. He claimed that any team who has success over Pitt does it with mid and deep passes. The runs and short stuff do not work against Pitt according to him. As I...

Our history with our OC is we move the ball off and on, but since he arrived we have a terrible record in the red zone, and most especially with first and goal (failed 3 more times today).

#60, #64, and #79 played guard along with #70.

We have had 2.4 years of really bad performance inside the 10 yard line. Three more failures today. Something needs to change.

That certainly seemed the case most of the time, especially after the first quarter. He had time on many plays but some of that time was after we moved him out of the pocket and he missed finding some targets after the pressure got him uncomfortable. We got a good push on a lot of plays forcing...

In the red zone I am puzzled about the multiple fad routes (when Yates is in last two games) to the corner of the end zone to a short receiver. None successful.

Cochran and Williams both left the game (and returned later) injured so some replacements did get some scrimmage time.