Jk... Lol
Merry Christmas:)

(12-23-2014 09:28 PM)bmx672 Wrote:  Jk... Lol
Merry Christmas:)

Why? You did not like the pooch kicks?

(12-23-2014 09:34 PM)COHUSKIE Wrote:  

(12-23-2014 09:28 PM)bmx672 Wrote:  Jk... Lol
Merry Christmas:)

Why? You did not like the pooch kicks?

Don't you still have to focus on your campaign to get Joe Novak fired?

I don't see us winning that game no matter who coached us. We were just out gunned:(

(12-23-2014 09:36 PM)bmx672 Wrote:  I don't see us winning that game no matter who coached us. We were just out gunned:(

Yep, clearly NIU could have played better(1 for 5 in red zone) but Marshall is a damn good team.

(12-23-2014 09:39 PM)BobL Wrote:  

(12-23-2014 09:36 PM)bmx672 Wrote:  I don't see us winning that game no matter who coached us. We were just out gunned:(

Yep, clearly NIU could have played better(1 for 5 in red zone) but Marshall is a damn good team.

Exactly. We had chances to keep up in the first half, but we couldn't get TDs. Marshall was gonna put up points no matter what.

0-3 in bowl games.

(12-23-2014 09:53 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  0-3 in bowl games.

You know who's 0-5 in bowl games? Ol' Jerry up in Minnesota.

(12-23-2014 09:53 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  0-3 in bowl games.

3-0 vs Big 10, 2-0 vs Toledo, 1-1 in MACC. I'll take the trade off.

(12-23-2014 09:53 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  0-3 in bowl games.

Underdogs in all 3 as well.

Well, all good things must come to an end at some point. I think our MACC win got our hopes up a little too high this time around and we forgot about our struggles this season. Cato is something else. Most teams would've had a hard time keeping Marshall from scoring.

And yes, something needs to be done about Carey and his play calling as well.

(12-23-2014 11:04 PM)ChumChum Wrote:  Well, all good things must come to an end at some point. I think our MACC win got our hopes up a little too high this time around and we forgot about our struggles this season. Cato is something else. Most teams would've had a hard time keeping Marshall from scoring.

And yes, something needs to be done about Carey and his play calling as well.

Well he doesn't call the plays so you're out of luck with that

We need more speed. Drew needs to work on accuracy. Please get a kicker who can boom the ball both punting and kickoffs. We are close just need a few pieces.

(12-23-2014 11:13 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  We need more speed. Drew needs to work on accuracy. Please get a kicker who can boom the ball both punting and kickoffs. We are close just need a few pieces.

+1.... Marshall was FAST>

(12-23-2014 09:53 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  0-3 in bowl games.

11-5 last 16 games overall

Carey's record in the MAC and vs. Big Ten has been great.

The frustrating thing is the clueless stuff like calling a timeout at the end of the first half with 13 seconds left...totally dumb. And it was far from the first time that he had trouble with timeouts.

(12-23-2014 11:55 PM)NIUHuskie Wrote:  Carey's record in the MAC and vs. Big Ten has been great.

The frustrating thing is the clueless stuff like calling a timeout at the end of the first half with 13 seconds left...totally dumb. And it was far from the first time that he had trouble with timeouts.

Yup, why not wait until 4 or 5 seconds left. Also the TO with 10 seconds left in the 1Q was a little puzzling. I think maybe Loos got sick all of the sudden, and he wasn't sure what to do.

I know the score doesn't indicate anything near this being true, but I don't think the talent gap was all that far off. NIU was fairly close in all stats except kick return yardage and the score. Those dumb ass pooch kicks seemed really stupid, but maybe they just limited how many yards Marshall was going to put up on the D. To me the big difference was the Marshall big bruising back had 4.5 speed, and the NIU big back did not. Then obviously, they had a really talented senior QB, and NIU merely had an efficient Soph QB who is still figuring things out. Hare had some really bad misses. Don't get me wrong, he has exceeded any expectations I had of him but he did not have a good game today.

Anyway, cheers to year that far more was accomplished than I anticipated. I feel really good about next year. If nothing else this game made me realize NIU has to get out of the MAC. When the comparable CUSA team kicks the crap out of NIU it is a sure sign than 10+ wins in the MAC is not nearly the accomplishment that 10 wins is in any other conference outside of the Sun Belt. Big 12 is probably way out of reach, but the AAC would be a nice step up.

(12-23-2014 11:37 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  

(12-23-2014 11:13 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  We need more speed. Drew needs to work on accuracy. Please get a kicker who can boom the ball both punting and kickoffs. We are close just need a few pieces.

+1.... Marshall was FAST>

That was the biggest difference, along with depth. Go watch a replay of the KO return for the TD. Remi Watson, #8 for. Marshall, makes a block at the Marshall 30 knocking himself off stride, but he and Craig Wilkens, #81 our backup Z WR, both blow past your coverage team and run down our KR Reeves.

It took one kick off, and seeing the speed, for your coach to figure out that he had to do something different. Reeves is maybe one of the 10 fastest guys on our team but Watson and Wilkens definitely aren't. I don't know if pooch kicking the rest of the game was the best idea, but I think Reeves would have broke another one if you would have kicked away the whole game.

The depth thing is why you didn't do in the second half what you were used to doing in conference. We rotate 9 guys on the D line, hardly anyone plays more than 40 snaps. So even if you keep pounding the ball we don't get worn down.

I don't think the gap in the two teams is as big as the score indicated tonight, looked like your QB was probably a little nervous and your coach wasn't willing to let him challenge our man coverage. If you can't throw the ball in the redzone you can't beat us. We came in to the game #23 in redzone defense and had only given up 11 redzone rushing TDs all season.

(12-23-2014 09:28 PM)bmx672 Wrote:  Jk... Lol
Merry Christmas:)

(12-23-2014 11:13 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  We need more speed. Drew needs to work on accuracy. Please get a kicker who can boom the ball both punting and kickoffs. We are close just need a few pieces.

Yes. Without TLL on the field we don't have any explosive player. Brown is straight line fast but lacks the elusiveness of a TLL. Also at the RB position both Boughnon and stingly are good but they don't provide and make you miss ability. Need a change of pace back which Daniels was supposed to be this year and only showed glimpses of his former self a few times.


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