(09-10-2022 11:09 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Let’s move on… This isn’t healthy for anyone.

This board is always in meltdown after every loss.

You'd think we were a school that went undefeated multiple times in last 20 years.

We lost a game by 3 points on the road.

We win more than we lose. The sky is not falling and Huskie football has a chance to win next weekend.

(09-10-2022 11:17 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(09-10-2022 11:09 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Let’s move on… This isn’t healthy for anyone.

This board is always in meltdown after every loss.

You'd think we were a school that went undefeated multiple times in last 20 years.

We lost a game by 3 points on the road.

We win more than we lose. The sky is not falling and Huskie football has a chance to win next weekend.

The sky DID fall some. Another chance for a rare G5 win wasted.

I’m the main meltdowner… Sorry.

(09-10-2022 11:20 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(09-10-2022 11:17 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(09-10-2022 11:09 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  Let’s move on… This isn’t healthy for anyone.

This board is always in meltdown after every loss.

You'd think we were a school that went undefeated multiple times in last 20 years.

We lost a game by 3 points on the road.

We win more than we lose. The sky is not falling and Huskie football has a chance to win next weekend.

The sky DID fall some. Another chance for a rare G5 win wasted.

The home team wins 70% of the time in college football. The odds are against us every time we play a road game.

Maybe we need to schedule us one of those UMass/FAU types.

We lost a game to a very similar team by three points. This game means nothing, whether we win or lose it. We can’t brag that we beat Tulsa. We aren’t embarrassed with a loss to Tulsa. It’s a long season. We have a Power 5 school coming to our stadium in a week. And then another power 5 on the road. Those are wins that we could brag about.

(09-10-2022 11:32 PM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  We lost a game to a very similar team by three points. This game means nothing, whether we win or lose it. We can’t brag that we beat Tulsa. We aren’t embarrassed with a loss to Tulsa. It’s a long season. We have a Power 5 school coming to our stadium in a week. And then another power 5 on the road. Those are wins that we could brag about.

True, our first two games no one was going to know if we went 2-0 because the media could care less about the MAC or our opponents.

We can still get a P5 scalp against Vandy. Although I don't think anyone cares about them either.

I'm not sure what the problem is around here.

I am confident Hammock will identify what happened and have the defense fixed by next week.

Our pass rushers choke every time they have a clear path to the QB. Fix that…

It is what it is, but I wish I did not take every NIU football loss so hard and like a kick in the nuts. In real time I wanted to punt at 4th and 4, but I admire the aggressiveness, basically we were 4 yards from a hard fought victory. The coaching staff obviously felt good about the play and they should have, because it was wide open. That play I was longing for a QB fake handoff bootleg that worked so well at the end of last year. When you lose because of simply not making easy catches it just stinks and hard to get past.

On to Vanderbilt, a victory next week will be sweet if we can get it done.

Hang in there Huskie Nation, it is a bumpy ride we call NIU football. I think we still have much more thrills for us lined up this season than disappointments.

(09-10-2022 11:39 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(09-10-2022 11:32 PM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  We lost a game to a very similar team by three points. This game means nothing, whether we win or lose it. We can’t brag that we beat Tulsa. We aren’t embarrassed with a loss to Tulsa. It’s a long season. We have a Power 5 school coming to our stadium in a week. And then another power 5 on the road. Those are wins that we could brag about.

True, our first two games no one was going to know if we went 2-0 because the media could care less about the MAC or our opponents.

We can still get a P5 scalp against Vandy. Although I don't think anyone cares about them either.

The Vandy game is definitely more important than Tulsa, let's get that SEC pelt. Having said that, the Trib and Sun Times would definitely make extra note of us as long as we stayed undefeated.

Good game last night, too bad the good guys didn't get the W. On to cornholing Vandy...

(09-11-2022 07:52 AM)ChicagoHuskie Wrote:  It is what it is, but I wish I did not take every NIU football loss so hard and like a kick in the nuts. In real time I wanted to punt at 4th and 4, but I admire the aggressiveness, basically we were 4 yards from a hard fought victory. The coaching staff obviously felt good about the play and they should have, because it was wide open. That play I was longing for a QB fake handoff bootleg that worked so well at the end of last year. When you lose because of simply not making easy catches it just stinks and hard to get past.

On to Vanderbilt, a victory next week will be sweet if we can get it done.

Hang in there Huskie Nation, it is a bumpy ride we call NIU football. I think we still have much more thrills for us lined up this season than disappointments.

I had the exact same thought on one of the first 3 downs where they handed off. Rocky fooled teams so badly on that play, typically near the goal line where team is expecting a handoff which is similar the situation last night with Tulsa crashing in.

If we beat Vandy next week it will still be a respectable OOC. The MAC overall really needs some wins. Pretty brutal first 2 weeks for our conference.

(09-11-2022 08:56 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(09-10-2022 11:39 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(09-10-2022 11:32 PM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  We lost a game to a very similar team by three points. This game means nothing, whether we win or lose it. We can’t brag that we beat Tulsa. We aren’t embarrassed with a loss to Tulsa. It’s a long season. We have a Power 5 school coming to our stadium in a week. And then another power 5 on the road. Those are wins that we could brag about.

True, our first two games no one was going to know if we went 2-0 because the media could care less about the MAC or our opponents.

We can still get a P5 scalp against Vandy. Although I don't think anyone cares about them either.

The Vandy game is definitely more important than Tulsa, let's get that SEC pelt. Having said that, the Trib and Sun Times would definitely make extra note of us as long as we stayed undefeated.

Good game last night, too bad the good guys didn't get the W. On to cornholing Vandy...

No, it was a good HALF game last night.

(09-10-2022 09:43 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  I'm not sure we win conference playing like that. Or how we played against EIU....this is trash

Fire all our defensive coaches and bring Knowles back. This is gross.

You're clearly forgetting how pathetic the MAC is

(09-10-2022 09:31 PM)TXHuskieJA26 Wrote:  How can you guys all be so upset by the going for it on 4th?? We know the defense is bad, and that go for it mentality is what won us most of our games last year....

It was stupid to go for it. With the D struggling and the lead, you gotta give the D as much leeway as possible.

(09-11-2022 12:18 AM)Big Red Wrote:  I'm not sure what the problem is around here.

I am confident Hammock will identify what happened and have the defense fixed by next week.

What went wrong was the playcall on 4th down. Fixing the D won't fix that kind of stupid.

Plain and simple, the game was lost by Hammock.

(09-11-2022 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  Plain and simple, the game was lost by Hammock.

Gumbs drops a wide open pass to win the game and McCray drops a wide open pass that would have had them approach field goal range and this is the conclusion you somehow draw? Might as well just put a sign up that says “if we lose it’s because of the coach.”

(09-11-2022 09:46 AM)7 Wrote:  

(09-11-2022 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  Plain and simple, the game was lost by Hammock.

Gumbs drops a wide open pass to win the game and McCray drops a wide open pass that would have had them approach field goal range and this is the conclusion you somehow draw? Might as well just put a sign up that says “if we lose it’s because of the coach.”

Nope, sorry, not gonna win by playing only one half of football.

Don’t take this as a pro-Ducker comment, it’s probably more pro-Ratdog, but the RBs have looked pretty average so far. They haven’t looked bad. But at best I’d say they looked good. This is the unit that is suppose to be elite. Top of the conference and one of the best duo’s in the nation. Waylee and brown shouldnt be averaging 4.5 ypc.

(09-11-2022 09:46 AM)7 Wrote:  

(09-11-2022 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  Plain and simple, the game was lost by Hammock.

Gumbs drops a wide open pass to win the game and McCray drops a wide open pass that would have had them approach field goal range and this is the conclusion you somehow draw? Might as well just put a sign up that says “if we lose it’s because of the coach.”

Running 3x before the dropped pass is a coaching decision not a player decision. Pretty conservative and dumb if you ask me. Im still sold on this staff but they need to get their ? together.