Not really a need for a wake up call. They are the better team , and did not finish then off, because of the position they put themselves in...next week do you think they will come out fired up or flat?
For the second straight week I feel like we outperformed the opposition but due to stupid mental and physical errors we came out with a loss. Gotta stop the dumb mistakes...
(10-05-2019 07:40 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: Best case scenario, this game turns out to be the 2011 Central Michigan wake up call. That team lost the MAC opener to Central Michigan and looked indisciplined and unfocused but then woke up and went 7-1 the rest of the way to get to Detroit and won a Championship.
Worst case...
Oh yeah, that 2011 team also won a Bowl Game.
A couple of other parallels, that 2011 team also had a first-year, first-time head coach. Also, that team took a 40-something to single-digit loss to a team from the Big Ten.
They're not making it easy on themselves but anything's possible.
(10-05-2019 07:09 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote: The third quarter has to be the worst quarter of NIU football I have ever seen, and I'm a survivor of the 90's.
Don't forget that NIU got exactly ONE First Down in the third quarter and it came by virtue of a penalty.
That was indeed a train wreck of a quarter. We had two turnovers and what seemed like 100 yards of penalties.
NIU was out scored 24-3 in the second half despite the only pass completed by Ball State in that second half being the 2-pt conversion.
Who is the Huskie player that fumbled the kick off ball out of bounds and walked off like nothing happened? Jones?
If so, that's a red shirt sr?????? WHat the ....
we have to have better than that. Time to have walk on try outs if that's the best we got.
Put Tucker back there then. He can make a fair catch--- which in that situation would have been nice. HOw different would that game have been if that guy makes a fair catch?????
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(10-06-2019 11:05 AM)chihuskie Wrote: Who is the Huskie player that fumbled the kick off ball out of bounds and walked off like nothing happened? Jones? It's
(10-05-2019 07:40 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: Best case scenario, this game turns out to be the 2011 Central Michigan wake up call. That team lost the MAC opener to Central Michigan and looked indisciplined and unfocused but then woke up and went 7-1 the rest of the way to get to Detroit and won a Championship.
Worst case...
I hope you're right. Just seems like there are few positives to go on right now. The number of penalties and bonehead mistakes is staggering.
That's actually why not all is lost. The bonehead mistakes are, in theory, correctable. The players need to shoulder some responsibility for the trash we've witnessed on the field but it is mainly on the coaches.
Coaches need to put their big-boy pants on and start coaching like paid professionals. It's their job to get the players to buy-in and lock-in. No excuses.
It's not over until at least the second MAC loss.
Rise and shine. Bedtime's over. Time to wake the f*** up.
(10-05-2019 07:40 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: Best case scenario, this game turns out to be the 2011 Central Michigan wake up call. That team lost the MAC opener to Central Michigan and looked indisciplined and unfocused but then woke up and went 7-1 the rest of the way to get to Detroit and won a Championship.
Worst case...
Oh yeah, that 2011 team also won a Bowl Game.
A couple of other parallels, that 2011 team also had a first-year, first-time head coach. Also, that team took a 40-something to single-digit loss to a team from the Big Ten.
They're not making it easy on themselves but anything's possible.
Agree. If we go 7-0, we earn a trip to Detroit and a Bowl game.
We will have to play almost mistake free football for that.
EMU beat Temple who is 4-1.
Toledo is playing very well.
Both WMU and CMU are most likely better than Ball State University.
If we go 6-1 and beat the above schools we still might earn the trip to Detroit and a post season Bowl game.
Sadly anything less, likely means a 12 game season.
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(10-05-2019 07:40 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: Best case scenario, this game turns out to be the 2011 Central Michigan wake up call. That team lost the MAC opener to Central Michigan and looked indisciplined and unfocused but then woke up and went 7-1 the rest of the way to get to Detroit and won a Championship.
Worst case...
Oh yeah, that 2011 team also won a Bowl Game.
A couple of other parallels, that 2011 team also had a first-year, first-time head coach. Also, that team took a 40-something to single-digit loss to a team from the Big Ten.
They're not making it easy on themselves but anything's possible.
Leaders need to step-up and lead.
An offense that could score more than 20 points a game.....ah, the memories.
(10-07-2019 10:50 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: I will never understand why the Huskie head was taken off the helmets.
Same here. I love our logo, have since the day it was released. I was just telling someone yesterday that my favorite helmet was the flat black with chrome mask and over-sized chrome Huskie head that I believe they have only worn once.
(10-07-2019 10:50 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: I will never understand why the Huskie head was taken off the helmets.
Agreed. Always been my favorite from day one. They removed the Huskie head because they want to brand the NIU. Never understood it. Doesn't it say NIU under the Huskie head?
(10-05-2019 08:07 PM)BDB5yp Wrote: There needs to be a Seniors meeting. The Seniors need to play and act like Seniors and help the young players and coaches not look like a Jackasses. I hate to see Seniors on the team costing the team....people I’m holding accountable:Marcus Jones(wtf, think!), Spencer Tears (wtf, non existent), Tre Harbison(wtf, how do you cause your own Quarterback to fumble?),Treshaun Foster(wtf, how many unsportsmanlike conducts you gonna get). They lost all focus and thought the game was won after the first half.
Hits the nail on the head. Totally and completely.
In every other coaching change, it was the returning seniors (and Juniors I assume) that held it together -- that showed the new coach the ropes sort of speak. You identified who those seniors are, and correctly ask, what the ....?????
Maybe Hammock expected these "veterans" to do their jobs in the locker room and on the practice field. They apparently have not. Someone has to!
Not to call someone out -- but --- our safety play has been atrocious. Look at how many long runs we have given up! Poor decisions, poor pursuit angles. That alone has cost us DEARLY!!!! You're a "SAFETY." You are NOT a "lineman." You are not even a "line-backer." You are a "safety." You are the one guy that CANNOT get beat. You DO NOT need to stop a runner at the line of scrimmage. Not even one or two or three yards beyond the line of scrimmage. Not even 4, or 5 or 6!!!! You DO need to get in the way at least of a running back with a head of steam. At least get in his way and slow him down-- someone will help. A safety that does something more than run alongside and then behind an opposing running back would be most welcome at this point.
There, I said it.
I feel better now.
So ... how were those walk-on tryouts?
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(10-08-2019 08:00 AM)chihuskie Wrote: Not to call someone out -- but --- our safety play has been atrocious. Look at how many long runs we have given up! Poor decisions, poor pursuit angles. That alone has cost us DEARLY!!!! You're a "SAFETY." You are NOT a "lineman." You are not even a "line-backer." You are a "safety." You are the one guy that CANNOT get beat. You DO NOT need to stop a runner at the line of scrimmage. Not even one or two or three yards beyond the line of scrimmage. Not even 4, or 5 or 6!!!! You DO need to get in the way at least of a running back with a head of steam. At least get in his way and slow him down-- someone will help. A safety that does something more than run alongside and then behind an opposing running back would be most welcome at this point.
There, I said it.
I feel better now.
I feel this is more a product of a change in defensive COACHING philosophy.
This is about all that needs to be said regarding this year's NIU team:
Rushing offense ranked 127th out of 130 team in the nation at 2.76 yards/rush. Huskies do not have an offensive line capable of running the ball. Bowers is an upgrade over Childers but when you can't run the ball, at all, it is just asking for a disaster.
Huskies have to get back to an elite offensive line, that is when this team is good. This staff has a lot of work to do on the recruiting trail, lets see if they can get it done
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(10-07-2019 10:50 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: I will never understand why the Huskie head was taken off the helmets.
Agreed. Always been my favorite from day one. They removed the Huskie head because they want to brand the NIU. Never understood it. Doesn't it say NIU under the Huskie head?
Yea I don't get it. Brands don't work if they're changed every few years.
(10-08-2019 10:52 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: This is about all that needs to be said regarding this year's NIU team:
Rushing offense ranked 127th out of 130 team in the nation at 2.76 yards/rush. Huskies do not have an offensive line capable of running the ball. Bowers is an upgrade over Childers but when you can't run the ball, at all, it is just asking for a disaster.
Huskies have to get back to an elite offensive line, that is when this team is good. This staff has a lot of work to do on the recruiting trail, lets see if they can get it done
What is their rushing average not including sack yardage? That is the real story. Harbison is still averaging 4.9 ypc IIRC. Run blocking could be a bit better but it isn't terrible. Blocking by the WRs could be better I think, especially on plays to the outside. Pass blocking needs to be better too.