EWU @ UC Davis Game Day Thread

[clawman1]

These refs have really allowed Davis to get away with a lot of cheap shots on the Eagles. The Aggies play dirty

 

[Seattle Eagle]

It’s great to see us running the ball down a team’s throat late in the game versus the other way around.

 

[EWURanger]

It’s great to see us running the ball down a team’s throat late in the game versus the other way around.

Yes, and it’s nice to see #24 do it.

What happened to Musser? Apparently there was a personal foul.

 

[Obzerver]

It’s great to see us running the ball down a team’s throat late in the game versus the other way around.

Yes, and it’s nice to see #24 do it.

What happened to Musser? Apparently there was a personal foul.

another cheap shot on him...He was cheap shotted vs weber and it dislocated his jaw...and hes playing...one tuff bastard!

 

[ewueagfan]

Wow, you’re down 17 and you punt the ball?

 

[Obzerver]

sac state over psu start of 3rd qtr 21-7

 

[luckyintheorder]

So much for team pufnstuf.... It's late and it feels good to see the team win today.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMl6HnhFFIA[/media]

 

[clawman1]

Wyatt Musser would be a big loss especially at this time on the Oline

 

[EWURanger]

Great win. The Eags really dominated that 4th quarter and finished strong.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Stats page: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=353632

 

[Obzerver]

Great win and we are in that hunt for top 8 seed. GO EAGS

 

[LDopaPDX]

Good road win against a good team.

Sad that Eastern dominated that game and the score was still close due to rotten special teams. In a close game, that shitty special teams play will cause us to lose.

 

[60s Savage]

I don’t see the link for the game on ESPN. Can someone post?

Check the Eastern Washington Football Schedule Click on ESPN+ or KXLY ESPN 700 to hear pregame, game. post game and Coaches Corner. Eagles looked almost back to normal today, good expectations now against Portland State.

 

[luckyintheorder]

The broadcast crew for UC Davis cracked my wife and I up all night and when I woke up today I realized they sounded a lot like the SNL Delicious Dish skits... The best one

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpcfH_HHH8[/media]

 

[clawman1]

Great win. The Eags really dominated that 4th quarter and finished strong.

:thumb: Ditto :thumb:
But, lots of work to do to be playoff competitive. That itself says a lot, at this point in a season that should not be the case.
How much of Eastern's problems are financial related? Primarily not being able to pay coaches. As we all know wages everywhere have gone up dramatically , what about EWU? We've lost some coaches in football and left positions unfilled, costing us games. We've lost coaches in other sports as well.
This is only my speculation so 'I'd love to hear from someone more knowledgeable and directly involved in the situation. Maybe another thread is more appropriate.

 

[EWURanger]

I just looked at the stats from this game and I was a little surprised. The special teams gaffes really took away what was statistically a fairly dominant performance. If someone told me we were going to hold them to under 300 yards of offense and 20 points while forcing 2 turnovers I'd definitely have taken it.

EWU Davis
1st Downs 34 15
3rd down efficiency 9-19 3-12
4th down efficiency 3-3 1-2
Total Yards 625 283
Passing 414 159
Comp-Att 35-56 20-33
Yards per pass 7.4 4.8
Interceptions thrown 0 1
Rushing 211 124
Rushing Attempts 45 30
Yards per rush 4.7 4.1
Penalties 3-30 5-65
Turnovers 0 2
Fumbles lost 0 1
Interceptions thrown 0 1
Possession 36:41 23:19

 

[luckyintheorder]

Don’t understand the play calling. We have 2 big backs available for short yardage situation but we keep Merritt and try to run off of the edge.

We could have run off the edge, EB3 just isn't seeing which edge. It amazes me that audibles aren't being used. If Merritt goes right it's likely a score but the play was called left to the short side of the field. A motion left to right at least gets the defense flowing right possibly or bringing a TE in motion left to lead block, but the scheme doesn't have that so EB3 needs to see what's happening and AUDIBLE... IMO

Go to the replay at 8:24 in the 2nd quarter when several running plays looked inside the 10 yard line.. This is a microcosm of the issue's with running the ball. Eastern should be dominating instead they are going to "tricky" or expecting miracles.

3rd and 1 - Aligned to run left, Merritt apparently wants to go left but EB3 sticks the ball out to the right and has to scramble around oncoming rusher to get 1st down. I've consistently seen the Eagles run to the "weak" side this season in the red zone. Merritt got it wrong but IMO running to the weak side without setting it up first with some strong side runs/plays or motion to the strong side making the defense believe thats where the play is likely to go is VERY poor scheme. Running left on this one is the best option for success. Note the OL also blocks to the right. If you go through it from the 8:24 mark a couple of frames at a time, you'll see Eastern has a HUGE advantage left (strong side) and if they run that way, the result is likely a TD, but Davis seems to know the Eag's will go right. The whole blocking scheme here sucks ass. We saw this same kind of thing last week on 3rd and 2 when the play was run down from the backside resulting in a 4th and 4 punt.

Misdirection is great when set up properly, there was no set up and doing it in the condensed part of the field is ludicrously insane. Too my point -- Eastern can run off the edge... All day, every day in the BigSky and it would set up all kinds of play action deep throws but ofttimes each play seems to be called in it own bubble...

I certainly don't know it all but this sort of shit really annoys me and it's been going on most of the season. It's obvious to the opponents and too a crusty old fan.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Don’t understand the play calling. We have 2 big backs available for short yardage situation but we keep Merritt and try to run off of the edge.

We could have run off the edge, EB3 just isn't seeing which edge. It amazes me that audibles aren't being used. If Merritt goes right it's likely a score but the play was called left to the short side of the field. A motion left to right at least gets the defense flowing right possibly or bringing a TE in motion left to lead block, but the scheme doesn't have that so EB3 needs to see what's happening and AUDIBLE... IMO

Go to the replay at 8:24 in the 2nd quarter when several running plays looked inside the 10 yard line.. This is a microcosm of the issue's with running the ball. Eastern should be dominating instead they are going to "tricky" or expecting miracles.

3rd and 1 - Aligned to run left, Merritt apparently wants to go left but EB3 sticks the ball out to the right and has to scramble around oncoming rusher to get 1st down. I've consistently seen the Eagles run to the "weak" side this season in the red zone. Merritt got it wrong but IMO running to the weak side without setting it up first with some strong side runs/plays or motion to the strong side making the defense believe thats where the play is likely to go is VERY poor scheme. Running left on this one is the best option for success. Note the OL also blocks to the right. If you go through it from the 8:24 mark a couple of frames at a time, you'll see Eastern has a HUGE advantage left (strong side) and if they run that way, the result is likely a TD, but Davis seems to know the Eag's will go right. The whole blocking scheme here sucks ass. We saw this same kind of thing last week on 3rd and 2 when the play was run down from the backside resulting in a 4th and 4 punt.

Misdirection is great when set up properly, there was no set up and doing it in the condensed part of the field is ludicrously insane. Too my point -- Eastern can run off the edge... All day, every day in the BigSky and it would set up all kinds of play action deep throws but ofttimes each play seems to be called in it own bubble...

I certainly don't know it all but this sort of shit really annoys me and it's been going on most of the season. It's obvious to the opponents and too a crusty old fan.

7:51 2nd qtr 4 yard line -- Watch a couple of frames at a time. Play goes middle left and could have been a TD. TE comes down the line but picks wrong hole, it happens and note the center and RT #65 both give ground. If EB3 wanted to keep on this play, he can't because the RT #65 steps back into the bucket and allows the DE to contain the edge. the center has the super big dude over him, so I get it. #65 is Tristen Taylor, I assume he's been coached to do it this way since he's one of our best.

Throughout the game, OL seemed to miss blocks on several running plays and if this was the sort of thing they were doing it makes sense why the running game was so inconsistent. My son noticed the guard play was spotty throughout the game. He played guard on an OL that had 4 D1 scholly players to Auburn, Vanderbilt, Harvard and Samford.

Like anything, repetition helps and we saw the team run the ball well in the foggy fourth quarter. Great win on the road. Excited to see next weeks game.

I don't think Ely Doyle played. Hope he's back next week.

 

[clawman1]

Lucky;
Are the issues you mentioned flaws in the design of the play, player errors or play calling errors?
Who calls blocking schemes to go with a particular play initially and at the line of scrimmage? Based on your critique is this issues coaches breaking down our game film have seen and now taking advantage of. We went from hanging 77 points on Idaho one week to only scoring 20 points the next vs Weber.

 

[Seattle Eagle]

Don’t understand the play calling. We have 2 big backs available for short yardage situation but we keep Merritt and try to run off of the edge.

We could have run off the edge, EB3 just isn't seeing which edge. It amazes me that audibles aren't being used. If Merritt goes right it's likely a score but the play was called left to the short side of the field. A motion left to right at least gets the defense flowing right possibly or bringing a TE in motion left to lead block, but the scheme doesn't have that so EB3 needs to see what's happening and AUDIBLE... IMO

Go to the replay at 8:24 in the 2nd quarter when several running plays looked inside the 10 yard line.. This is a microcosm of the issue's with running the ball. Eastern should be dominating instead they are going to "tricky" or expecting miracles.

3rd and 1 - Aligned to run left, Merritt apparently wants to go left but EB3 sticks the ball out to the right and has to scramble around oncoming rusher to get 1st down. I've consistently seen the Eagles run to the "weak" side this season in the red zone. Merritt got it wrong but IMO running to the weak side without setting it up first with some strong side runs/plays or motion to the strong side making the defense believe thats where the play is likely to go is VERY poor scheme. Running left on this one is the best option for success. Note the OL also blocks to the right. If you go through it from the 8:24 mark a couple of frames at a time, you'll see Eastern has a HUGE advantage left (strong side) and if they run that way, the result is likely a TD, but Davis seems to know the Eag's will go right. The whole blocking scheme here sucks ass. We saw this same kind of thing last week on 3rd and 2 when the play was run down from the backside resulting in a 4th and 4 punt.

Misdirection is great when set up properly, there was no set up and doing it in the condensed part of the field is ludicrously insane. Too my point -- Eastern can run off the edge... All day, every day in the BigSky and it would set up all kinds of play action deep throws but ofttimes each play seems to be called in it own bubble...

I certainly don't know it all but this sort of shit really annoys me and it's been going on most of the season. It's obvious to the opponents and too a crusty old fan.

7:51 2nd qtr 4 yard line -- Watch a couple of frames at a time. Play goes middle left and could have been a TD. TE comes down the line but picks wrong hole, it happens and note the center and RT #65 both give ground. If EB3 wanted to keep on this play, he can't because the RT #65 steps back into the bucket and allows the DE to contain the edge. the center has the super big dude over him, so I get it. #65 is Tristen Taylor, I assume he's been coached to do it this way since he's one of our best.

Throughout the game, OL seemed to miss blocks on several running plays and if this was the sort of thing they were doing it makes sense why the running game was so inconsistent. My son noticed the guard play was spotty throughout the game. He played guard on an OL that had 4 D1 scholly players to Auburn, Vanderbilt, Harvard and Samford.

Like anything, repetition helps and we saw the team run the ball well in the foggy fourth quarter. Great win on the road. Excited to see next weeks game.

I don't think Ely Doyle played. Hope he's back next week.

Guard play has been spotty with a lot of moving guys around to fill holes because of injuries.