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  1. Long time, no post. 

    Missed almost all of the second half unfortunately but really didn't love what I saw for the most part. 

    Some of you mentioned the lack of penalties which is great but I don't know how you all weren't screaming at your TV's when we got 2!!!!!! delay of games on PUNTS!! One shouldn't happen but you can chalk it up to first game jitters. The second one is inexplicable. I was pulling my hair out.

    Went in with an open mind with Snyder. I know it's only one game with some decent competition on the other side but the dude looked totally lost. Missing easy throws, making awful decisions that should have ended in more picks and most of all you have to make a decision in the pocket. I know it is a revamped o-line but there were many times he had a while to sit back in the pocket looking downfield for plentyyy of time only to get sacked as if he didn't expect pressure to come eventually. Maybe our receivers were getting no separation (which is likely since I only recognize one receivers name) but dang man you gotta make a decision. Throw it, tuck and run...DO SOMETHING. There were times I was screaming at my TV (again) just for him to make a decision already. It was no surprise when he got sacked. 

    Overall it's game one and I'm still hopeful we can improve and end this year with a decent record. 

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  2. 11 hours ago, DocCas86 said:

    FYI.  If you have time and interest you can still watch the game from Facebook feed found in streaming thread.   

    I watched the first half yesterday as I missed it live.  One thing. I came away with, the interior defense looked good.  Brock made a couple of nice blocks and altered a couple of shots.  Really looking forward to  to this season.

    Thank you so much I didn’t know that. Got to watch the replay. Lots of good stuff. Little bit of rust and a lot of new players that I need to learn their names. Hard to tell still but we will know more soon as competition ramps up. 
    Couldn’t see the student section from the feed but they sounded pretty darn good for an exhibition game. I’m hoping it keeps growing once we get into the regular season. So freakin pumped that bball is back 

  3. This team is just so inconsistent. I know 5-7, 6-6 and 7-5 are still completely possible and the 2 latter of those are what I would’ve considered a win before the season started but it’s just frustrating to see how well they can play at times thinking of what could’ve been if not for a missed kick etc. Too many times we do something great only for the next drive we watch either the offense sputter to a terrible 3 and out or the defense lets a team march 75 yards down the field in about 5 plays. 
    I’m still feeling hopeful about the season and making it to a bowl game but it’s going to get harder next week. Hoping this team can get a signature road win. Akron doesn’t count. 
    I keep trying to tell myself that sitting at 4-4 is better than what I expected before the season started. I truly think we have the talent to beat eastern but who knows what kind of football we will put on the field

    Ive been a firm believer that we need to do everything possible to get that open AAC position in order to advance the athletics program. App state being undefeated doesn’t help whatsoever but if we can somehow manage to win 3 of the next 4 and be 7-5 going to a bowl game it would be huge. Looking for b-ball to help us out some in a “down” football year 

  4. 5 minutes ago, promotherobot said:

    I get what you're saying but wow, when I see games like the last two it makes me wonder about that entire staff. Are we that bereft of talent on offense or is it the playcalling? Thank goodness Akron is a complete dumpster fire. I was a little worried we were going to lose that game late.

    What are the chances we win 4 if the next 5 and get a bowl? Slim to none?

    I totally got the feeling we were going to lose the game too. We were just handing it to Akron but like you said we are lucky they are even more awful. I’m so conflicted with this team because they’ve shown flashes of playing extremely well. Winning 4 or 5 more I’d say pretty slim but even if we win say 2 more and end 5-7 that’s still a hell of a lot better than the 2-10 Quinn days 

  5. There are some things about LL that I haven’t been totally happy with, especially halftime adjustments and getting the team to come out with a fire in the second half (or lack there of) but I’d still be upset to see him go. I really don’t want another coaching change and more “building a new system” which inevitably means a couple down years. Also many of us thought this year was going to be really really rough after all of the player turnover but we are sitting at 3-4 with a win over temple and an OT loss to Ohio. Yesterday’s win was ugly as anything and I think we play to the level of our opponents but I still think it’s very possible to get to 6 wins which is fine by me in a year we thought would be really really bad. LLs ceiling can be questioned but the floor is much higher than past coaches and I’m all for that. 

  6. For me it’s Ohio too. I know we aren’t really their rival but that’s the only team that I really can’t stand. 

    Same thing with basketball...hate Ohio. I was in school during the dj cooper days and the almost fight that broke out after a home game the one time with javon McCreas mom apparently and then dj came to the student section and tried to rip apart the famous poster of him in the bikini that circulated the MAC student sections. 
    Also for basketball is kind of Akron. I know they have the Kent rivalry but it’s always really competitive. The only difference is I’ve had really good experiences multiple times with Akron fans. From the many times I’ve been around their fans they’ve been really respectful so there’s not really the hatred involved there 

  7. Have no idea what to think of this team. This was much more of temple giving us gifts than us being good but still what a freakin win. A ginormous step to bowl eligibility. 

    I too was upset with all the late injuries. Hopefully none are too serious. 

    We have to be able to close out games but at the same time we had a new RB come in because it was a big lead. If we are up by one or two tds and trying to milk clock at the end of a game you know we are going with patt or marks.

    again, I know temple gave us a lot of gifts but still, in other years there’s still no chance we win that game and that gives me some more hope for the rest of the season. If the team can figure out how to play as well as they have at times for full games it could be great. If we come out and play like we did against liberty it’s gunna be rough. Either way, this was a win that really gave me some more hope for the season and I’m pumped for MAC play.  

  8. Yea I also wonder if playing an FCS opponent made us a little flat especially on defense. I’m hoping with a formidable opponent the D really steps up the focus on every play. The couple of breakdowns could be slight lapses when in the back of your head you know it’s going to be an easy win. We shall see

  9. Not much talk on here post-game and I think that says it all. We clearly are going to be extremely run heavy and I think that just makes it less exciting of a game. If we can win with it then I couldn’t care less but we will see how the season progresses. 

    Pros: 

    1) It’s a UB victory and we start off 1-0. There was never truly a scare in the game either. I was generally underwhelmed but it never really felt like UB would lose this one. It’s one game closer to bowl eligibility no matter what 

    2) running game looks strong and we have a great stable of backs. 

    3) no injuries from what I could tell. Most important here 

    4) kicking game was on point. Wish they would’ve let him try that long one (I think it would’ve been about 47) after he made the 40 yarder but whatever...

    Cons: 

    1) buffalo didn’t seem THAT much better than this team who is an fcs squad that’s gone something like 2-9 in the last 3 seasons. Felt like an inferior FBS team that we were able to handle and that’s scary 

    2) the run game was working out great to start. If we can continuously get to 3rd and manageable idc we can run it all day and then hope every once in a while we catch them off guard with a throw. However, teams will catch on. Just like RMU did. Everyone and their mothers knows we are going to be running a ridiculous amount. Once RMU started to get used to it, things kinda grinded to a halt. I got the feeling we are going to be playing a lot of defense if we play like this against any FBS team

    3) the defense was pretty porous at times. They had good moments and came out really stuffing the run but couldn’t really stop any mid-deep throws. I honestly have no idea why RMU didn’t throw it more. They were having all kinds of success despite a drop or two and one early overthrow. It actually felt similar to last year. The defense seems to be able to push it to 3rd down all the time but always struggles to get off the field. 

    4) why did we not let Myers try and sling it around a little bit? He clearly had some major R-fr jitters and his short passes were all over the place. Why not let him keep trying them and get into a groove. This offense will not last against anybody FBS with how little we threw. I will say his long ball looked pretty decent just barely missing on one, throwing a nice ball on the PI and also to the wide open Lefebve but my god there needs to be way more balance. You are now bringing a redshirt freshman starter into prob a top 5 hardest places to play on prime time Next weekend and there is absolutely no way he feels comfortable throwing the ball after today. We all know PSU is watching our game tape from tonight and going to load up the box every down just daring us to throw the ball. Why wouldn’t you. I know we will he run heavy but even an FCS school figured out how to slow it down fairly quickly and then we were completely one dimensional. This is going to be a huge issue unless by some miracle we are just saving all of our throwing plays for PSU. 

    Overall I know we won but by in large this was extremely underwhelming and makes me terrified for the rest of the season. I will be thrilled if I’m proved wrong but I really worry this is going to be a huge regression year...

     

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