We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

Came close to having a couple more picks today. One problem is we rarely pressure opposing QBs

(10-01-2016 07:28 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

I'll check after I sober up. We just broke a 7 game losing streak and put 653 yards up.

We do need to improve the turnover margin. We are usually is the plus in turnover margin and that seems to be a big difference this year.

(10-01-2016 07:28 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

Best positive of the D today was we finally got some good pressure on the QB.

Neal wasn't a good runner. I have a feeling Terrell will bust some big runs on us. Heck they'll probably have 400 yards rushing...

(10-01-2016 07:34 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:28 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

I'll check after I sober up. We just broke a 7 game losing streak and put 653 yards up.

653 yrds? and we only scored 31. That is not efficenct.

(10-01-2016 07:58 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:34 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:28 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

I'll check after I sober up. We just broke a 7 game losing streak and put 653 yards up.

653 yrds? and we only scored 31. That is not efficenct.

Offense can't help the 2 missed FGs so it should have been 37

Without the pick it's probably 44. Really want to see how they do vs WMU next week


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(10-01-2016 08:18 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:58 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:34 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:28 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

I'll check after I sober up. We just broke a 7 game losing streak and put 653 yards up.

653 yrds? and we only scored 31. That is not efficenct.

Offense can't help the 2 missed FGs so it should have been 37

Without the pick it's probably 44. Really want to see how they do vs WMU next week


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Agreed. Between the missed FGs, red zone INT that looked like Maddie / Galloday not on the same page which isn't surprising given the short time Maddie has been back at QB, this game wasn't far from a 3 TD win. We only punted twice to Ball State's 7 punts and ran all over the Ball State defense which was giving up less than 100 yards/game on the ground.

We may be 1-4, but also aren't far from 4-1. If we bring the offense we had today, get some stops on defense, and win the turnover battle, no reason we can't win next week. If we come out like we did against South Florida, SDSU, and Western Illinois, it could get ugly. But I don't see that happening, this Huskie team seems to be putting some defense together, and the Anthony Maddie offense seems like the second coming of Jordan Lynch.

Maddie got all his rushing yards on scrambles. He got nothing on the designed QB runs. I'll be happy if they never call a QB run.

(10-01-2016 09:07 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Maddie got all his rushing yards on scrambles. He got nothing on the designed QB runs. I'll be happy if they never call a QB run.

Huh...? There were several plays that were QB runs...

Worried about the defense against WMU not the offense.

(10-01-2016 07:49 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Neal wasn't a good runner. I have a feeling Terrell will bust some big runs on us. Heck they'll probably have 400 yards rushing...

Terrell's kryptonite (aka Smalls) not being in the game hurts too.

(10-01-2016 09:13 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 09:07 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Maddie got all his rushing yards on scrambles. He got nothing on the designed QB runs. I'll be happy if they never call a QB run.

Huh...? There were several plays that were QB runs...

Re watch the game.

(10-01-2016 09:58 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 09:13 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 09:07 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Maddie got all his rushing yards on scrambles. He got nothing on the designed QB runs. I'll be happy if they never call a QB run.

Huh...? There were several plays that were QB runs...

Re watch the game.

Your quote: " Maddie got "All" his rushing yards on scrambles."

I'll abide with any 3rd part ruling.

(10-01-2016 09:07 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Maddie got all his rushing yards on scrambles. He got nothing on the designed QB runs. I'll be happy if they never call a QB run.

Did you miss the 75 yard TD run? That was clearly a QB draw.

(10-01-2016 09:01 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 08:18 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:58 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:34 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:28 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  We need to force more turnovers on defense. I wouldn't be surprised if we rank bottom 5 of all teams for turnovers recovered. What do we have -- 2 INTs and 1 fumble recovery in five games?

I'll check after I sober up. We just broke a 7 game losing streak and put 653 yards up.

653 yrds? and we only scored 31. That is not efficenct.

Offense can't help the 2 missed FGs so it should have been 37

Without the pick it's probably 44. Really want to see how they do vs WMU next week


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Agreed. Between the missed FGs, red zone INT that looked like Maddie / Galloday not on the same page which isn't surprising given the short time Maddie has been back at QB, this game wasn't far from a 3 TD win. We only punted twice to Ball State's 7 punts and ran all over the Ball State defense which was giving up less than 100 yards/game on the ground.

We may be 1-4, but also aren't far from 4-1. If we bring the offense we had today, get some stops on defense, and win the turnover battle, no reason we can't win next week. If we come out like we did against South Florida, SDSU, and Western Illinois, it could get ugly. But I don't see that happening, this Huskie team seems to be putting some defense together, and the Anthony Maddie offense seems like the second coming of Jordan Lynch.

Whoa, Maddie had a great game, but comparing him to Lynch is a bit of a reach. Lynch was certainaly not Dan Marino, but he wasn't nearly as inaccurate as Maddie. I'm giddie with how much better Maddie is than Graham, but comparing him to Lynch is like comparing my posts to Ernest Hemingway.

(10-01-2016 10:31 PM)ptownhuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 09:07 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Maddie got all his rushing yards on scrambles. He got nothing on the designed QB runs. I'll be happy if they never call a QB run.

Did you miss the 75 yard TD run? That was clearly a QB draw.

Thank you.

(10-01-2016 10:56 PM)Cowboy95 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 09:01 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 08:18 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:58 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  

(10-01-2016 07:34 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  I'll check after I sober up. We just broke a 7 game losing streak and put 653 yards up.

653 yrds? and we only scored 31. That is not efficenct.

Offense can't help the 2 missed FGs so it should have been 37

Without the pick it's probably 44. Really want to see how they do vs WMU next week


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Agreed. Between the missed FGs, red zone INT that looked like Maddie / Galloday not on the same page which isn't surprising given the short time Maddie has been back at QB, this game wasn't far from a 3 TD win. We only punted twice to Ball State's 7 punts and ran all over the Ball State defense which was giving up less than 100 yards/game on the ground.

We may be 1-4, but also aren't far from 4-1. If we bring the offense we had today, get some stops on defense, and win the turnover battle, no reason we can't win next week. If we come out like we did against South Florida, SDSU, and Western Illinois, it could get ugly. But I don't see that happening, this Huskie team seems to be putting some defense together, and the Anthony Maddie offense seems like the second coming of Jordan Lynch.

Whoa, Maddie had a great game, but comparing him to Lynch is a bit of a reach. Lynch was certainaly not Dan Marino, but he wasn't nearly as inaccurate as Maddie. I'm giddie with how much better Maddie is than Graham, but comparing him to Lynch is like comparing my posts to Ernest Hemingway.

Lynch averaged about 61% completion rate his 2 years of starting. As of now, Maddie is averaging higher than that. Lynch's difference was that he was a monster in the running game. Maddie won't match that but he doesn't have to if he keeps throwing well, and he does provide some punch running the ball.

Comparing two years of a completion percentage to approximately two games isn't much of a comparison. Let's take a look after another few games. I may end up being wrong, but just watching Maddie he appears to be considerably inaccurate.