2024 non-GT games thread

[orientalnc]

Syracuse is a decent team. But mierda can happen.

 

[GT33]

Syracuse is a decent team. But mierda can happen.

Too bad it couldn’t happen to Francine and Nardouchie on the same day.

 

[yeti92]

Another pick 6 by McCord. Why couldn’t he do that against us?

He threw a few bad balls in our game, one hit our DB in the head. Too bad our DBs mostly just watch the WR instead of the ball so they don't notice the ball is up for grabs.

 

[UgaBlows]

Uh oh, Syracuse coach gonna remember this slight ...

I enjoyed watching him melt on the sidelines last night

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Football be crazy this year.

 

[stinger78]

He threw a few bad balls in our game, one hit our DB in the head. Too bad our DBs mostly just watch the WR instead of the ball so they don't notice the ball is up for grabs.

This! We have so few INTs mainly due to them with their backs to the throw. Is that Brumfield, too?

 

[Root4GT]

This! We have so few INTs mainly due to them with their backs to the throw. Is that Brumfield, too?

The 3 Pick 6s were all by Linebackers playing zone defense very well. One was on a tipped ball. Their DBs and their coaching was not in the mix on those 3 plays.

 

[57jacket]

Pitt's pass rush was great. It was the difference in the game.

 

[g0lftime]

Pitt's pass rush was great. It was the difference in the game.

McCord lost any chance of post season awards last night. He looked like a Heisman against us and our pass rush.

 

[MWBATL]

Pitt's pass rush was great. It was the difference in the game.

This.
As much improvement as we’ve made on defense (and we have) our pass rush is still lacking.

 

[roadkill]

McCord lost any chance of post season awards last night. He looked like a Heisman against us and our pass rush.

Many of McCord's throws looked like risky, or just bad, decisions given the coverage his receivers were getting last night. Perhaps he wasn't accustomed to the type of defense Pitt was fielding. Pitt's pass rush was definitely a factor, but even when he had time to throw, he was usually throwing into coverage.

 

[5277hike]

How often does an FBS quarterback throw 5 interceptions? When was the last time?

I feel like they typically get yanked after #4, Surely it’s been years

I watched Eddie McAshan do it at BDS in 1972 against Rice. Also threw 5 td passes.

 

[FlatsLander]

Three pick 6s in first half!!!

Not even Cole Stoudt could pull those numbers!

 

[Thwg777]

So far so good for BC +7.5. BC up over Louisville 20-0

 

[AUFC]

Can someone explain to me this time management situation? I'm seeing it a ton recently.

Your opponent has 1st and goal on the 5 and you have 3 timeouts. 2:00 to go and you're up 20-0. They run the ball on 1st down for no gain. Do you call a timeout at 1:55 or let your opponent run the clock down to 1:20 and hold onto the timeout? I feel like it's way easier to conserve time when you have the ball and can throw to the sidelines, spike it, or run hurry up whereas your opponent controls the clock when they have the ball. Maybe the idea is just to get into halftime up 20-3 or 20-7? It seems awfully conservative even to me and I'd consider myself a conservative football couch coach.

 

[cpf2001]

Can someone explain to me this time management situation? I'm seeing it a ton recently.

Your opponent has 1st and goal on the 5 and you have 3 timeouts. 2:00 to go and you're up 20-0. They run the ball on 1st down for no gain. Do you call a timeout at 1:55 or let your opponent run the clock down to 1:20 and hold onto the timeout? I feel like it's way easier to conserve time when you have the ball and can throw to the sidelines, spike it, or run hurry up whereas your opponent controls the clock when they have the ball. Maybe the idea is just to get into halftime up 20-3 or 20-7? It seems awfully conservative even to me and I'd consider myself a conservative football couch coach.

If I have a big lead (20-3 definitely) I'm probably not going to be aggressive with under two minutes left in the half - a turnover would be a brutal momentum change there. But if they get the ball first in the second half, then I'm thinking timeouts to get my defense dialed in too, not just to save time, because I wouldn't want to go from 20-0 to 20-14 without a legit possession in between.

 

[AUFC]

If I have a big lead (20-3 definitely) I'm probably not going to be aggressive with under two minutes left in the half - a turnover would be a brutal momentum change there. But if they get the ball first in the second half, then I'm thinking timeouts to get my defense dialed in too, not just to save time, because I wouldn't want to go from 20-0 to 20-14 without a legit possession in between.

Exactly what could happen. You might be watching as well but the scoreline is now freshly 20-7 but it's a weird 20-7 in the sense that it's, for the most part, 2 evenly matched teams with Louisville shooting themselves in the foot multiple times. If they take the lead during the 3rd quarter, I wouldn't be super shocked and Boston College would probably regret wasting their extra possession of the 1st half at that point.

I agree with you that the "momentum/mental reset" timeout you see more typically in basketball is severely underutilized in football. Of course most teams lately have just been faking an injury to get the same effect.

 

[bobongo]

Can someone explain to me this time management situation? I'm seeing it a ton recently.

Your opponent has 1st and goal on the 5 and you have 3 timeouts. 2:00 to go and you're up 20-0. They run the ball on 1st down for no gain. Do you call a timeout at 1:55 or let your opponent run the clock down to 1:20 and hold onto the timeout? I feel like it's way easier to conserve time when you have the ball and can throw to the sidelines, spike it, or run hurry up whereas your opponent controls the clock when they have the ball. Maybe the idea is just to get into halftime up 20-3 or 20-7? It seems awfully conservative even to me and I'd consider myself a conservative football couch coach.

Your best tactical bet is to stop the clock in anticipation of getting the ball back in good field position. There's a better chance of something going right than going wrong. If you're just content to let them run the clock out, you're sitting on a lead with half a game to go.

 

[cpf2001]

Whoops BC. Didn’t watch much (baseballing) but lol, AUFC is right they should’ve been more aggressive.

 

[iceeater1969]

We get a bye after this week Thats 5 in a row; then rest. We will need it.
Then we play mia

Mia played Louisville. Tomorrow Mia plays FSU , then Duke.
Then we play mia.
Maybe they will be tired.