Ball State Drive Chart
With all of the angst about Childers I went back and watched the Ball State game with an eye toward what and who caused drives to end. Spoiler alert: It was everyone, not just Childers. Drops, penalties, protection and play calling all contributed.
Below is a summary of when and how each possession ended. The game times that I note are for the pertinent set of downs within that possession.
First Half
Possession 1, 9:30 1st Quarter
-Drop by Robinson
-Jet sweep by Brown for no gain
-Pressure up the middle, Childers forced to throw it away
-Punt
By the way, Ball State clearly noticed on film that “we” had trouble in protection up the middle against EMU because they brought it repeatedly and with good effect. That needs to get fixed, pronto because you can bet Ohio will do it too.
Possession 2, 7:05 1st Quarter
-Touchdown
Possession 3, 3:15 1st Quarter
-Pass to Tears broken up
-Swing pass for three yards
-Penalty makes it third and 12
-Sack, pressure up the middle
-Punt
Possession 4, 12:34 2nd Quarter
-Touchdown
Possession 5, 4:51 2nd Quarter
-Harbison for three yards
-Bubble screen blown up for loss
-Sack, unimpeded up the middle
-Punt
Possession 6, End of 2nd Quarter
-Ran out the clock
Second Half
Possession 1, start of 3rd Quarter
-Harbison for five yards
-Harbison for three yards
-Childers throws behind Wesley on slant
-Punt
Possession 2, 11:25 3rd Quarter
-Touchdown
Possession 3, 0:24 3rd Quarter
-Jones for five yards
-Sack up the middle untouched to make it third and fifteen
-Jones for one yard (this was from our own 20 yard line so some conservatism was understandable)
-Punt
Possession 4, 10:12 4th Quarter
-Interception, threw late toTucker
Possession 5, 6:45 4th Quarter
-Drop by Tears
-Jones for three yards
-Jones for two yards
-Field goal
Possession 6, 2:14 4th quarter
-Three runs and punt. Harmston missed his block on the third run or they may have picked up the first. That play was pretty well blocked otherwise.
Childers the bad
The only pass that I felt Childers missed badly on was the slant to Wesley to start the second half. Wesley had his man beat and that may have been a TD if Childers hit him in stride.
The two throws Childers would want back are the slant and of course the INT where he threw late to Tucker.
Childers the good
There were also four occasions where Childers made excellent plays to extend drives:
-3:37 first quarter, squeezed one in to Brown to convert 3rd and 8
-12:40 second quarter, scrambled right and found Robinson for ten yards and a first down
-7:54 third quarter, stood in the pocked under pressure and converted 3rd and 12
-7:15 fourth quarter, ran for 18 yards to pick up first down before Gantz field goal
(This post was last modified: 10-08-2018 01:47 PM by NIU1981.)
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