(09-08-2013 09:41 AM)JMU2004 Wrote: A lot of excellent points made in this thread. The mistakes made last night were a microcosm of our issues in the last 5 years.
This drive really encapsulated things for me.
James Madison at 8:37 JMU AKR
1st and 10 at JMU 23 Jainard Lambert rush for 7 yards to the JMads 30, tackled by Jatavis Brown.
2nd and 3 at JMU 30 Jainard Lambert rush for 7 yards to the JMads 37, tackled by Johnny Robinson for a 1ST down.
1st and 10 at JMU 37 Jainard Lambert rush for 5 yards to the JMads 42, tackled by Johnny Robinson.
2nd and 5 at JMU 42 Jainard Lambert rush for 18 yards to the Akron 40, tackled by Nick Rossi and Anthony Holmes for a 1ST down.
1st and 10 at AKR 40 JMU penalty 10 yard holding accepted, no play.
1st and 20 at AKR 50 DeAndre' Smith rush for 2 yards to the Akron 48, tackled by Emmanuel Lartey.
2nd and 18 at AKR 48 Michael Birdsong pass complete to Dae'Quan Scott for 4 yards to the Akron 44, tackled by Cody Grice and DeAndre Scott.
3rd and 14 at AKR 44 Michael Birdsong pass incomplete to Brandon Ravenel, broken up by C.J. James.
4th and 14 at AKR 44 Timeout AKRON, clock 05:08.
4th and 14 at AKR 44 Michael Birdsong punt for 44 yards for a touchback.
4 runs up the middle by Lambert averaging 9 yards per play. Take out lambert and run a sweep. Tackle or WR gets caught holding on the stretch play, costing 10 yards. Going away from the quick hitting plays makes it tough on the linemen sometimes. Next play, another sweep for 2 yards and the drive is dead. The announcer made a comment about why go away from the up the middle runs when they are working. Pooch punt by birdsong was okay, but went for a touch back. Why not let the punter try to pin them inside the 10. That's what he practices all week.
That was the head scratching drive which could have had JMU extend the lead with a FG or TD.
I don't think I can let last nights game go. I guess I just thought things would be different this year. Shame on me I guess.