Hola amigoes thought i would give my imbeclic comments to the last game or at least some on here have thought previous pst were less than cogently coherent that said i do not think thomas hammock win games this year from superior strategy it is difficult to win when play not to lose the faint hearted approach to wiing college games seldom works as a graduate of niu 1974 i have seen lots of games maybe 50 in person and 300 by tv my first was 1964 ucla v ill dads day visiting my brother 8 years as a college junior while i was 7th grade been to 4 bowl games 3 niu were in and 1984 rose bowl i ran at niu myself cross country 1973 a sport they no longer have and another brother played on niu basketball team 1967 so we all love sports in the family do not presume to understand all xs and os but can still understand football though is not our sport still as a competitive runner for 45 years i know that tthe racer who is bold more often wins while timidty begets failure and thoselast 5 mintes the niu coach was trying to run the clock instead of aiming for a first down i just knew and i was right boston college would the game tancredo was bold in 2002 and novak tmid and bold and toledo won that

(09-06-2023 11:29 PM)garcia gomez Wrote:  Hola amigoes thought i would give my imbeclic comments to the last game or at least some on here have thought previous pst were less than cogently coherent that said i do not think thomas hammock win games this year from superior strategy it is difficult to win when play not to lose the faint hearted approach to wiing college games seldom works as a graduate of niu 1974 i have seen lots of games maybe 50 in person and 300 by tv my first was 1964 ucla v ill dads day visiting my brother 8 years as a college junior while i was 7th grade been to 4 bowl games 3 niu were in and 1984 rose bowl i ran at niu myself cross country 1973 a sport they no longer have and another brother played on niu basketball team 1967 so we all love sports in the family do not presume to understand all xs and os but can still understand football though is not our sport still as a competitive runner for 45 years i know that tthe racer who is bold more often wins while timidty begets failure and thoselast 5 mintes the niu coach was trying to run the clock instead of aiming for a first down i just knew and i was right boston college would the game tancredo was bold in 2002 and novak tmid and bold and toledo won that

Holy run on sentence…

I understand the point you are trying to make though.

(09-06-2023 11:29 PM)garcia gomez Wrote:  Hola amigoes thought i would give my imbeclic comments to the last game or at least some on here have thought previous pst were less than cogently coherent that said i do not think thomas hammock win games this year from superior strategy it is difficult to win when play not to lose the faint hearted approach to wiing college games seldom works as a graduate of niu 1974 i have seen lots of games maybe 50 in person and 300 by tv my first was 1964 ucla v ill dads day visiting my brother 8 years as a college junior while i was 7th grade been to 4 bowl games 3 niu were in and 1984 rose bowl i ran at niu myself cross country 1973 a sport they no longer have and another brother played on niu basketball team 1967 so we all love sports in the family do not presume to understand all xs and os but can still understand football though is not our sport still as a competitive runner for 45 years i know that tthe racer who is bold more often wins while timidty begets failure and thoselast 5 mintes the niu coach was trying to run the clock instead of aiming for a first down i just knew and i was right boston college would the game tancredo was bold in 2002 and novak tmid and bold and toledo won that

I hope you weren't an English major.

Great point....
but....
look right above the ALT key--- left of the question mark and right of the comma. (Just a suggestion)

I support Hammock but like I said elsewhere I thought he should've went for it on that 3rd-and-8 to try and ice the game. I don't know if I'd call it "timid". I think the strategy was to force them to use their last timeout which was overvalued.

My point would be that, when our defense was absolutely horrible -- non-existent, then to "control the clock" and keep your defense off the field was a valid strategy, IMO (though you could argue for outscoring them-- but not if you don't have the offense to outscore them!)

But if your defense is decent (and they certainly were vs. BC), then I think "controlling the clock" is NOT the best strategy. Just try to score touchdowns! Push the pedal to the floor whenever you can! Create separation. Keeping the game close should NOT be a goal!

Not saying Hammock is doing that.... but sometimes it kinda seems like it.

(09-07-2023 10:12 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  My point would be that, when our defense was absolutely horrible -- non-existent, then to "control the clock" and keep your defense off the field was a valid strategy, IMO (though you could argue for outscoring them-- but not if you don't have the offense to outscore them!)

But if your defense is decent (and they certainly were vs. BC), then I think "controlling the clock" is NOT the best strategy. Just try to score touchdowns! Push the pedal to the floor whenever you can! Create separation. Keeping the game close should NOT be a goal!

Not saying Hammock is doing that.... but sometimes it kinda seems like it.

Totally agree. My heart will not make it through another season of these close games. My heart could use a good rest.

I get the concern over the so called “control the clock” strategy, but you can say a lot of stuff about Hammock, but him being conservative overall hasn’t been a concern of mine. I hated the playcall Saturday, but how quickly we forget what he did at the end of the Tulsa game last year. I think for the most part he has a pretty good handle and the flow of the game and what is required when.

(09-07-2023 10:18 AM)7 Wrote:  I get the concern over the so called “control the clock” strategy, but you can say a lot of stuff about Hammock, but him being conservative overall hasn’t been a concern of mine. I hated the playcall Saturday, but how quickly we forget what he did at the end of the Tulsa game last year. I think for the most part he has a pretty good handle and the flow of the game and what is required when.

Specially with Rocky being so off Saturday. Hopefully in the future we get the chance to run up the score a little! hehehe

(09-07-2023 10:38 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:18 AM)7 Wrote:  I get the concern over the so called “control the clock” strategy, but you can say a lot of stuff about Hammock, but him being conservative overall hasn’t been a concern of mine. I hated the playcall Saturday, but how quickly we forget what he did at the end of the Tulsa game last year. I think for the most part he has a pretty good handle and the flow of the game and what is required when.

Specially with Rocky being so off Saturday. Hopefully in the future we get the chance to run up the score a little! hehehe

That might have been another good spot for Lynch to come in. Roll him out…if someone is WIDE open then let him throw. Otherwise just let him keep it. Running up the middle had failed the last 7 runs in a row.

(09-07-2023 10:46 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:38 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:18 AM)7 Wrote:  I get the concern over the so called “control the clock” strategy, but you can say a lot of stuff about Hammock, but him being conservative overall hasn’t been a concern of mine. I hated the playcall Saturday, but how quickly we forget what he did at the end of the Tulsa game last year. I think for the most part he has a pretty good handle and the flow of the game and what is required when.

Specially with Rocky being so off Saturday. Hopefully in the future we get the chance to run up the score a little! hehehe

That might have been another good spot for Lynch to come in. Roll him out…if someone is WIDE open then let him throw. Otherwise just let him keep it. Running up the middle had failed the last 7 runs in a row.

Lynch is another guy that had a good game at BC. Did he even tough the ball against SIU?

(09-09-2023 09:44 PM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:46 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:38 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:18 AM)7 Wrote:  I get the concern over the so called “control the clock” strategy, but you can say a lot of stuff about Hammock, but him being conservative overall hasn’t been a concern of mine. I hated the playcall Saturday, but how quickly we forget what he did at the end of the Tulsa game last year. I think for the most part he has a pretty good handle and the flow of the game and what is required when.

Specially with Rocky being so off Saturday. Hopefully in the future we get the chance to run up the score a little! hehehe

That might have been another good spot for Lynch to come in. Roll him out…if someone is WIDE open then let him throw. Otherwise just let him keep it. Running up the middle had failed the last 7 runs in a row.

Lynch is another guy that had a good game at BC. Did he even tough the ball against SIU?

Lynch is a good guy to bring in when the offense struggles.

Did anyone run into Tim Midity at the game today?

(09-09-2023 09:44 PM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:46 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:38 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(09-07-2023 10:18 AM)7 Wrote:  I get the concern over the so called “control the clock” strategy, but you can say a lot of stuff about Hammock, but him being conservative overall hasn’t been a concern of mine. I hated the playcall Saturday, but how quickly we forget what he did at the end of the Tulsa game last year. I think for the most part he has a pretty good handle and the flow of the game and what is required when.

Specially with Rocky being so off Saturday. Hopefully in the future we get the chance to run up the score a little! hehehe

That might have been another good spot for Lynch to come in. Roll him out…if someone is WIDE open then let him throw. Otherwise just let him keep it. Running up the middle had failed the last 7 runs in a row.

Lynch is another guy that had a good game at BC. Did he even tough the ball against SIU?

There was one play in the first quarter that they brought lynch in and then had him move out as a receiver and was wide open. Would have been an easy first down and then some but didn’t even look at him.