(10-07-2017 02:53 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  Jordan Strack reporting on twitter that Thompson has a broken leg. Dang.

Gonna hurt the Rockets for the rest of the season for sure, but I hope it doesn't impact his draft prospects too much.

Saw them pumping up the air cast on the field. No surprise

Well, the wind was a factor, the injury to Thompson was factor, and the refs were bad at times. However, there are times when this team looks like an undisciplined mess.

(10-07-2017 03:02 PM)TampaRocket Wrote:  

(10-07-2017 02:49 PM)rockytop Wrote:  

(10-07-2017 02:45 PM)TampaRocket Wrote:  EMU is a well coached team...they play hard, are aggressive and will win a lot of games. I'm still not sure what we have. We were lucky to win this one today. We've lost a lot of key players, play really undisciplined and continue to get outcoached...not a recipe for success.

How were we out coached?

Our red zone play calling is horrible...we commit way too many penalties...our defensive scheme is a wreck...we were giving them 10 yd cushions on their final drive...Seems like a lot of the same issues from a year ago. Fortunately their WR rounded off his route and allowed our DB to make a play at the end of the game. Otherwise, we may be looking at a different outcome. On the other hand...EMU was sound on defense...they made plays, were in position and challenged our WR's on just about all throws. That team is well coached. Not taking anything away from EMU (because they are much improved), but that game should not have been as close as it ended up being...we were lucky to escape with a W...did the same thing vs Tulsa...who happened to get blown out by Tulane today.

The red zone play calling has been atrocious for the better part of a decade.

(10-07-2017 03:46 PM)toledobrad Wrote:  

(10-07-2017 03:02 PM)TampaRocket Wrote:  

(10-07-2017 02:49 PM)rockytop Wrote:  

(10-07-2017 02:45 PM)TampaRocket Wrote:  EMU is a well coached team...they play hard, are aggressive and will win a lot of games. I'm still not sure what we have. We were lucky to win this one today. We've lost a lot of key players, play really undisciplined and continue to get outcoached...not a recipe for success.

How were we out coached?

Our red zone play calling is horrible...we commit way too many penalties...our defensive scheme is a wreck...we were giving them 10 yd cushions on their final drive...Seems like a lot of the same issues from a year ago. Fortunately their WR rounded off his route and allowed our DB to make a play at the end of the game. Otherwise, we may be looking at a different outcome. On the other hand...EMU was sound on defense...they made plays, were in position and challenged our WR's on just about all throws. That team is well coached. Not taking anything away from EMU (because they are much improved), but that game should not have been as close as it ended up being...we were lucky to escape with a W...did the same thing vs Tulsa...who happened to get blown out by Tulane today.

The red zone play calling has been atrocious for the better part of a decade.

Need to put a tight end in the middle of the field inside of the 10. Not using the Michael Roberts portion of the field at all since he graduated.

How many times do we have to keep getting screwed by the officials before our WORTHLESS MAC Commisioner does something about it?
There’s got to be something !

We need to just move on from this ugly win and focus on CMU.
GET WELL SOON CODY.

(10-07-2017 04:08 PM)Michigan Rocket Wrote:  We need to just move on from this ugly win and focus on CMU.
GET WELL SOON CODY.

Agree...not going to get any easier from here on out.

Attendance looked pretty darn good! That was a bright spot!

Official attendance was 22,681

http://www.utrockets.com/documents/2017/...gan_15.pdf