(08-31-2013 09:26 PM)emussuperfan Wrote: Most of you people are just blowing smoke. Howard is a bad D2 team and we made them look good. Another thing to point out we had to play our starters the entire game just to get a win. Our 2nd and 3rd stringers got no work so they are a big unknown and will have to be played in the next 2 meat grinder games which isn't fair!
Sir, you are incorrect.
Wayne State, Grand Valley State, Saginaw Valley State, etc. are D-II.
Howard is I-AA or FCS as are teams such as N. Dakota State, Towson, E. Washington, etc. which beat big name teams such as Kansas State, UConn, Oregon State, etc.
There is a lot of variability within FCS. Some schools are very good; others mediocre. Howard is probably 'average' among FCS schools.
As far as what we saw on the field tonight:
I will concede that EMU played 3 quarters of unimpressive football.
The 4th quarter was rather impressive.
We are better than we played during the first 3 quarters but not as good as we looked in the 4th quarter.
The OL was shaky. The DL wasn't bad. I still believe LB is weak. DBs made some costly mistakes, but when a DB makes a mistake it can be 6 points.
On the otherhand, Benz looks like the real deal. RB is definitely a strength (how does Darius Jackson make a trackman, Hill, look slow???), WR/TEs are fine.
I believe the development of the OL will indicate what kind of season we will have.
If the OL matures, we will win some shootouts.
English did play a lot of players at many positions. It is called 'rotation' not first or 2nd teams.