(10-01-2022 06:36 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:29 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  If there's one thing in life I hate is losing to Toledo. Toledo beat CMU by 21, and will stomp NIU next week. They've have 400 yards passing with out secondary.

They will have 400 by halftime

Thank God I won’t be going to this game. Won’t watch or listen to it, either. I will spend an enjoyable 3 hours filing my nails.

(10-01-2022 06:35 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  The biggest problem I'm seeing in Hammock, is his stubbornness and lack of adjusting at halftime. We have what it takes to win, we seen in all the blown leads. We just aren't making the right moves to hang on. A la, we got it, let's go super conservative and run out the game.

What the hell was that HB draw on 3rd and long!?!

That's the frustrating part. Haven't been blown out, even by Kentucky (who wet the bed today, BTW).

Could easily be 4-1. We have been in the lead or tied in every game, just keep choking.

(10-01-2022 06:37 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:33 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:29 PM)SiegInc Wrote:  I don't know why everyone around here was walking around with a hard-on after Hammock got hired. So what if he's a previous player and has ties to NIU, he had zero HC experience and barely any experience above just being a running back coach. These games have proven he's in over his head.

Yea, them being a former player means nothing. That's been tried before.

He's a good coach, with potential to be a great one. He just has to surround himself with a better staff and get out of his own way.

I’d agree he’s a good coach. But he’s got to be realistic and honestly a bit harder on his guys. “Saving our best for Mac play”? That’s such BS. He needs to straight up say “we choked”. Or is that too hard for younger people to hear today and it may cause them to need a safe space.

(10-01-2022 06:38 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:37 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:33 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:29 PM)SiegInc Wrote:  I don't know why everyone around here was walking around with a hard-on after Hammock got hired. So what if he's a previous player and has ties to NIU, he had zero HC experience and barely any experience above just being a running back coach. These games have proven he's in over his head.

Yea, them being a former player means nothing. That's been tried before.

He's a good coach, with potential to be a great one. He just has to surround himself with a better staff and get out of his own way.

Well, he is now 15-22.

Can't argue against that. All I got is worse to first. I'm hoping that wasn't a fluke.

We're scoring enough points (even without Rocky) to win games. It's so clear our D is as bad as I ever remember. In any game this year when it was up to the D to get the big stop how many times did the D come through? Maybe they would and then on the next possession hot knife through butter again!

(10-01-2022 06:39 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:37 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:33 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:29 PM)SiegInc Wrote:  I don't know why everyone around here was walking around with a hard-on after Hammock got hired. So what if he's a previous player and has ties to NIU, he had zero HC experience and barely any experience above just being a running back coach. These games have proven he's in over his head.

Yea, them being a former player means nothing. That's been tried before.

He's a good coach, with potential to be a great one. He just has to surround himself with a better staff and get out of his own way.

I’d agree he’s a good coach. But he’s got to be realistic and honestly a bit harder on his guys. “Saving our best for Mac play”? That’s such BS. He needs to straight up say “we choked”. Or is that too hard for younger people to hear today and it may cause them to need a safe space.

It's so hard to coach nowdays. Be hard on your players and they all transfer. Or worse, they protest and get you fired like the Hawaii coach Todd Graham.

Look that situation up. The players gripes against Todd Graham were the softest things I've ever seen. Like a coach getting mad Dr.Pepper was out, expressing desire to coach in the pros, inviting captains only to dinner, and so on. They were bowl eligible and now they are an even bigger joke than we are.

Gen Z makes my class of millennials look good.

I wasn't a Carey fan, and not ready to give up on Hammock, but I feel like the guy who left his okay wife for a stripper and is now having second thoughts.

(10-01-2022 06:39 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:37 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:33 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:29 PM)SiegInc Wrote:  I don't know why everyone around here was walking around with a hard-on after Hammock got hired. So what if he's a previous player and has ties to NIU, he had zero HC experience and barely any experience above just being a running back coach. These games have proven he's in over his head.

Yea, them being a former player means nothing. That's been tried before.

He's a good coach, with potential to be a great one. He just has to surround himself with a better staff and get out of his own way.

I’d agree he’s a good coach. But he’s got to be realistic and honestly a bit harder on his guys. “Saving our best for Mac play”? That’s such BS. He needs to straight up say “we choked”. Or is that too hard for younger people to hear today and it may cause them to need a safe space.

I (like you and I suspect many/most) didn't buy that - it was was pure smelly BS!

(10-01-2022 06:42 PM)NILAW Wrote:  We're scoring enough points (even without Rocky) to win games. It's so clear our D is as bad as I ever remember. In any game this year when it was up to the D to get the big stop how many times did the D come through? Maybe they would and then on the next possession hot knife through butter again!

First half fine, second half, BSU was moving the ball at will.

(10-01-2022 06:45 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:42 PM)NILAW Wrote:  We're scoring enough points (even without Rocky) to win games. It's so clear our D is as bad as I ever remember. In any game this year when it was up to the D to get the big stop how many times did the D come through? Maybe they would and then on the next possession hot knife through butter again!

First half fine, second half, BSU was moving the ball at will.

And the coaches have to see that also - a blind man could see it. Figure out why and fix it coaches.

(10-01-2022 06:46 PM)NILAW Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:45 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:42 PM)NILAW Wrote:  We're scoring enough points (even without Rocky) to win games. It's so clear our D is as bad as I ever remember. In any game this year when it was up to the D to get the big stop how many times did the D come through? Maybe they would and then on the next possession hot knife through butter again!

First half fine, second half, BSU was moving the ball at will.

And the coaches have to see that also - a blind man could see it. Figure out why and fix it coaches.

Won’t happen.

(10-01-2022 06:48 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:46 PM)NILAW Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:45 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:42 PM)NILAW Wrote:  We're scoring enough points (even without Rocky) to win games. It's so clear our D is as bad as I ever remember. In any game this year when it was up to the D to get the big stop how many times did the D come through? Maybe they would and then on the next possession hot knife through butter again!

First half fine, second half, BSU was moving the ball at will.

And the coaches have to see that also - a blind man could see it. Figure out why and fix it coaches.

Won’t happen.

They can't fix it. We have no talent in the secondary. The teams can pass at will and get first downs and long drives.

Last season made Hammock look better than he is in my opinion. We didn't win the MAC due to his coaching ability, we won because the entire conference sucked a lot more than it usually does.

The near loss to EIU was frustrating, and it should not have been that close. The loss to Tulsa was also frustrating and maddening. The loss to Vanderbilt was equally frustrating and maddening. The loss today has pissed me off like no other. Completely unacceptable.

(10-01-2022 06:53 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  The near loss to EIU was frustrating, and it should not have been that close. The loss to Tulsa was also frustrating and maddening. The loss to Vanderbilt was equally frustrating and maddening. The loss today has pissed me off like no other. Completely unacceptable.

Well said and agree!

(10-01-2022 06:53 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  The near loss to EIU was frustrating, and it should not have been that close. The loss to Tulsa was also frustrating and maddening. The loss to Vanderbilt was equally frustrating and maddening. The loss today has pissed me off like no other. Completely unacceptable.

To put things into perspective……. Illinois state beat EIU 35-7

Watching N.C. St. v. Clemson. N.C. St.-that's how you play D (of course with Dave D. not a surprise)

(10-01-2022 06:56 PM)JoeNovak Wrote:  

(10-01-2022 06:53 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  The near loss to EIU was frustrating, and it should not have been that close. The loss to Tulsa was also frustrating and maddening. The loss to Vanderbilt was equally frustrating and maddening. The loss today has pissed me off like no other. Completely unacceptable.

To put things into perspective……. Illinois state beat EIU 35-7

ISU would beat NIU this year.

My 2 cents.

Hampton can throw but doesn’t appear to have a good “touch” on the ball, hence in pressure situations he is throwing bullets or overthrowing and the ball is sailing on him.

It’s common knowledge Ball St blitzes on 3rd down, why then is our QB dropping back instead of rolling out, screens, draw plays, etc?

Any jamoke studying the 2nd half game film of the Kentucky game could figure out what offensive scheme will beat us - quick outs and slants over the middle, etc. Coach Stoops “got it” and adjusted his offense accordingly, so did the BS staff.

Even my dimwitted dog who slept through the game knew that when Lynch entered the game what would happen.

McCray needs to be sat down and the special teams coach needs to have a coming home to Jesus talk with Richardson.

I am so, so disappointed iand feel tremendously bad for the majority of the players who must be in utter despair.

Basically we could easily argue that we should be 0-5