I rewatched the first half last night (my ACC Network feed made our players into lego men - but only for the GT game and not other WatchESPN games). A few thoughts:
The O was pretty good.
- Only one punt the entire game (and a fake one). So they didn't stop us.
- We stopped ourselves with two turnovers. The second stripping Q of the ball was on the rest of our team too, IMHO, as there were 4 or 5 Bears mugging Q and no one on our team was in there to help push the pile. I think the play should have been whistled dead, but regardless it was a fumble.
- Our passing game is looking a lot better this year with more accurate throws, time to throw and good hands by all the receivers.
- What I really wanted to see in the replay is where JT got hurt, if he did. I saw him limping before half but he looked fine up to the last long throw with :12 in the half. So he should be good to go next week. Need to save him since it's a long season and the hits are only going to get more intense.
The ST was very good. Did about all you could ask except for big returns. I'll do a play by play breakdown but we were very solid in all but one area.
The D was not very good; but Mercer was making good plays. Accurate passing and good hands. The one screen catch of the ball one handed by cupping the end of the ball was sick. From what I watched of the VT game, the Mercer offense is better than VT. They didn't kill themselves.
A win is a win and we did it going away as we should have. I'm savoring any win since I think we are going to have to really scrap to make a bowl game this year. But 2-0 is as good as it gets.
