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CPJ Press Conference audio (good quality)
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I graduated with Wesley. He used to be able to put it out the back of the end zone. (But I think HS they kick further up I don’t remember)Y'all need to calm down. Anybody remember Gardner-Webb?
Thoughts:
Mason seems to be so good. He and Benson as a combo will be fantastic. The A Backs were good too. O-line left something to be desired. The defense was pretty good to me, not fantastic but good.
Thoughts on TaQuon:
Y'all are too hard on him. He's an electric runner, and guess what: he made some nice pitches today! His passing was meh. Really I think he will improve as the season progresses. IT'S THE FIRST GAME PEOPLE! Expect some hiccups. We looked amazing in the first game last year and look what happened. There are things to fix, but I believe we will fix them.
Also: If Wesley Wells keeps kicking touchbacks, let him do KOs. King seems to have a lot more leg strength. Davis to me is all mental. He has a ice leg, but I think he's overthinking it.
Thanks dude. I was hoping to sleep tonight!Y'all need to calm down. Anybody remember Gardner-Webb?
I made some notes during the game. I'll try not to be a Debbie downer after a 40pt win but here goes:
1st Half
1. Unis looked really good on my tv. Love the text font, loved the gold numbers
2. Hello Mason - he looks like he's gonna be a baller
3. We may have the worst kicking situation out of all the P5 teams, possibly even all of D1
4. TM looks bad passing
5. Loved CPJ's Adidas hat
6. Offense doesn't look smooth at all
7. Cottrell looks like a friggin race horse, let's find a way to get the dude some touches please
8. TM looks really bad passing
9. Wes is having trouble with the gold numbers, he couldn't identify the receivers to save his life. I'm wondering if it's gonna be an issue with announcers this season. How was it for you guys in the stadium?
10. TM looks extremely bad passing
2nd Half
1. KB looks like a mini-tank, his legs are like tree trunks. He looks like himself which is good.
2. Defense just looks more fun. I couldn't imagine playing Defense at Tech for the last few years where you had to read and react to everything rather than get to attack on occasion. How boring would that be?
3. PJ Simmons, the little RB from Alcorn, looks like a baller
4. The "4" on the jerseys looks ridiculous, not a huge fan of the number font (I like the text font though)
5. Bates in the booth with Wes was the most annoying dork today. He almost ruined the broadcast.
6. Crowd looks abysmal
7. We're gonna miss Lucas REALLY BAD
8. Great to preserve the shutout
Those are just the notes I jotted down during the game, I'm not gonna share my initial takeaway about our overall situation right now.
I thought the defense was as advertised, frankly.
For someone who says he has been working on his passing , against an FCS opponent , I thought our passing was mediocre, at best. Won't cut it, unless it improves mightily.My only concern after the game today was how abysmal TM’s passing was, we are going to have a tough season if he can’t do any better than that.
I am a little bit worried about lack of pass pressure from our Def but i’m assuming that Woody called a really vanilla game blitz-wize.
He won't last the season running 20-30 times a game , IMO.He will get better ( I hope ) but he will not beat you passing but will with his running.
Yeah, the passing game got work, and still needs a lot more, IMO.I havent looked at the stats but it seems like the bbacks had easy pickings when called upon. I think cpj wanted to work on passing and getting the abacks involved. We could have just dived them to death all day if we wanted.
For someone who says he has been working on his passing , against an FCS opponent , I thought our passing was mediocre, at best. Won't cut it, unless it improves mightily.
We lined up in Prevent on 3rd and 16, they completed the pass, and the next play started 4th and 23. That was a fun and interesting play.Offense was meh overall. Although like someone above said, we could’ve gashed them with KB and JM all day long.
I LOVED what we did on D today. Better tackling (still need better), flying to the ball, swarm tackling, and no backpedaling 20 yards on 3rd and 12 (cushions still there at the snap, but much better awareness of where the sticks are and when to break).
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I thought the defense was as advertised, frankly.
Complete and total agreement. I was trying to be polite. If I see one more jump ball , no separation, throw it up and pray , I am going to start watching the Badgers more.Mediocre? No...it was poor. 50% against an FCS opponent? Poor. Passes into tight coverage, passes way overthrown, etc. It wasn't like their DBs were just lights out. TM was making bad throws. He has to reach back rainbow anything over 30 yards. It's disappointing. You want to see a quick release with a flat trajectory. You don't want to see a WR and a DB standing still waiting for the ball to come.
We got pressure...I'm more worried about our contain against mobile QBs. We lost containment a lot, but we certainly got pressure.Agree except I expected some more pass rush. One sack!