SHSU just kicked FG to go up 27-24 with about 11 min left in 4th.

John Roberts not playing due to a concussion.

VU TD. 31-27 with 7:15 left.

VU drove for TD with 7:15 left to go up 31-27.

SHSU drives for TD with 4:03 left to go up 34-31.

Anyone else watching this game?

Just watched the last couple minutes on espnews...'nova just missed the tying kick at the end. Not a bad effort without your star QB

well now only 1 CAA team left SHSU just nixed Villy

Bummer

Missing your All-American QB was too much for Nova to overcome, but that last drive by Nova was a prime example about how to play to lose. Horrible play calls and execution, and even worse clock management. Talley's got to look back and blame himself.

Yep. Final SHSU 34, VU 31.

I said last week that VU would be 13-0 if they had a FG kicker. Lost:
-@ Cuse in 2 OT after missing 2 chip shot FG, including one to win it at the end of regulation.
-@ UR 10-9 after missing a PAT.
-to SHSU after missing PAT and FG at end of regulation to tie it (in addition to not having Robertson)

Missed whopping 9 PAT's on season and was horrible on FG.

(12-13-2014 04:34 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  Missing your All-American QB was too much for Nova to overcome, but that last drive by Nova was a prime example about how to play to lose. Horrible play calls and execution, and even worse clock management. Talley's got to look back and blame himself.

Yeah, Robertson plays and the CAA again has 2 teams in the semis in a supposedly down year..

Absolutely horrible clock management by the VU coaches and no sense of urgency by the players.

Compared to the way we play fast, that last 2 minutes was difficult to watch.

(12-13-2014 04:51 PM)Oldduke Wrote:  Absolutely horrible clock management by the VU coaches and no sense of urgency by the players.

Compared to the way we play fast, that last 2 minutes was difficult to watch.

Yes it was. Reminded me of Mickey ball.

According to a VU poster on CS, there was a big contingent of UD fans at the game cheering on KC Keeler. It must really suck for UD. They fire a 11 yr HC in Keeler who:
-took them to the playoffs 4 times, 3 times to the NC game, and won an NC.
-An 11-2 record in the playoffs.

Keeler went 12-10 in his last 2 seasons at UD (7-4 & 5-6). They replace Keeler with a HC who goes 13-11 in his 1st 2 seasons (7-5 & 6-6). Meanwhile, Keeler, after taking a yr off from coaching to work the booth, takes over an SHSU team that, while being in the playoffs the previous 3 seasons, only returned something like 7-8 starters. His hiring was announced on Jan 23, only 13 days before signing date so had little chance to put together a HS signing class. So he takes (according to the ESPN commentators of their Aug @ SHSU loss) 14 I-A transfers. Now he has SHSU in the semis and has run his playoff record to 14-2.

This would sort of be the equivalent of Withers going 7-5 this season and 6-5 next season, missing the playoffs both seasons, and having MM, after taking a year off in the broadcast booth, becoming the new HC somewhere else next season, and shockingly taking that team to at least the semis.

(12-14-2014 09:27 AM)BDKJMU Wrote:  According to a VU poster on CS, there was a big contingent of UD fans at the game cheering on KC Keeler. It must really suck for UD. They fire a 11 yr HC in Keeler who:
-took them to the playoffs 4 times, 3 times to the NC game, and won an NC.
-An 11-2 record in the playoffs.

Keeler went 12-10 in his last 2 seasons at UD (7-4 & 5-6). They replace Keeler with a HC who goes 13-11 in his 1st 2 seasons (7-5 & 6-6). Meanwhile, Keeler, after taking a yr off from coaching to work the booth, takes over an SHSU team that, while being in the playoffs the previous 3 seasons, only returned something like 7-8 starters. His hiring was announced on Jan 23, only 13 days before signing date so had little chance to put together a HS signing class. So he takes (according to the ESPN commentators of their Aug @ SHSU loss) 14 I-A transfers. Now he has SHSU in the semis and has run his playoff record to 14-2.

This would sort of be the equivalent of Withers going 7-5 this season and 6-5 next season, missing the playoffs both seasons, and having MM, after taking a year off in the broadcast booth, becoming the new HC somewhere else next season, and shockingly taking that team to at least the semis.

Wouldn't be shocking. I get pretty tired of the crapping on MM. MM would have had a Justin Thorpe team in the semis if they didn't have to go play NDSU in the Fargo Dome (and they gave them a game which no other team did that year).