OptimisticOwl
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RE: Coaches Caravan 2017 July 11-13 DFW/ATX/SAT
(07-13-2017 12:03 PM)Almadenmike Wrote: (07-12-2017 11:49 PM)Rick Gerlach Wrote: With a few exceptions (1980, 1994 come to mind), our vulnerability to explosive plays has predated Coach Bailiff by decades. (2004 @ SJSU as a oft-cited example)
Losing that game still rankles me.
Three of the biggest factors, IMO:
1) Our top running back was held out due to a team infraction/discipline ... and the second fellow ran so much (successfully for quite a while) that he got physically sick on the sideline. Our potent running offense, running on only one depthless cylinder, pooped out in 4Q.
2) Hatfield continued to hand SJSU great field position with short, pooch kickoffs, of which we had many.
3) Late in 4Q, one of our DBs intercepted -- rather than batted down -- a long 4th down Hail Mary pass. This gave us terrible field position, we went 3-and-out, and the Spartans got the ball with a short field and quickly scored the winning (or tying, I forget) TD.
Grrr.
Dad gum that Bailiff.
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