Gameday Thread: Week 1 EWU 36 vs. Tennessee St 29

[EWURanger]

Wow. Get ready for a wild ending to this one.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Ref's are off the chain.. several calls both ways have been borderline IMO. I don't care for it. It's been a pretty clean game

 

[EWURanger]

Tons of time…

 

[luckyintheorder]

Tons of time…

It's obvious there is room for the Eag's D to grow, right now it's mostly thinking and not reacting...

 

[luckyintheorder]

Holy Cow.... Tre Weed made a play.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Good win. Tip the cap to the OL for giving GT a ton of time all game. Lot's of improvement needed from the OC, DC, offense and defense.

 

[eaglesfootball]

well folks that was a little too close for comfort but good start to the season, and over a FCS team not a DII like most years.

 

[Atomic Eagle]

Talkington - 29/46, 348 yards, 5 TD 0 Int. That's not a bad game.

 

[HeavyIsTheCrown]

Talkington - 29/46, 348 yards, 5 TD 0 Int. That's not a bad game.

GT impressed me, he had some clutch throws including the game winner. He missed a few wide open receivers but he made up for it when the game was on the line. Congratulations EAGS and congratulations GT, you made me proud today. :clap:

 

[luckyintheorder]

Talkington - 29/46, 348 yards, 5 TD 0 Int. That's not a bad game.

GT impressed me, he had some clutch throws including the game winner. He missed a few wide open receivers but he made up for it when the game was on the line. Congratulations EAGS and congratulations GT, you made me proud today. :clap:

Whew! Big throw's in that last drive. Gotta say he played above my expectation. The inaccuracy impacted several drives and the Eag's ability to maintain possession. I don't think there is much that can be done to improve his accuracy at this point. Know it will cost the team eventually. Good win today despite the rust all around.

Would love to hear overall assessment from someone who was in the stands.

from the stats page Advanced stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=409685
Advanced Offensive Statistics
STAT TSU EWU

Passing Downs (%) 27 (33%) 28 (36%)
Leverage Rate 67% 64%
Field Position Rate 27% 40%
BIG Plays (Yds) 16 (422) 12 (237)
Sack-Adj Rush Avg 6.3 4.3
Sack-Adj Yds per Pass Att 7.5 7.2
POWER Rushing 0-8 (0%) 0-3 (0%)
Runs Stuffed (%) 13 (24%) 5 (16%)
Rushing Success Rate 36 48
Offensive Success Rate 31 38
Playcalling R-P (Sack-Adj) 62/38 41/57

 

[ewueagfan]

GT was off on a few throws but it seems to me that most of those were in the 3rd quarter when the field was wet and I think that had an impact on both QB and receivers. I would have to go back and look at the stats but from what I remember he was pretty accurate in the 1st half of the game.

The defense played "ok" with too many big plays given up but give that team credit. They have a boatload of P5 transfers and a lot of team speed. Our D created some crucial TOs and that was the difference in the game.

 

[Obzerver]

2nd time evacuating sporting event. We won and that's good cause we could have just as easily lost. It was obvious to me Coach Goerge used the cramping to slow down EWU that first half...EWU would start to get on a roll and then when in striking distance and going into no huddle...cramp city. As cheap as a few of their players were. That cramping issue imo save them some pts. The one time player was standing there looking around then flops...as a soccer official auto yellow card.
That team had some impressive speed, size and athleticism. QB/RB and play selection was good for them and losing that LB who got kicked out was a stud and that helped us.
EWU, thankfully looks like they can make plays off/def...can miss the mark sometimes but that's football. Don't remember giving up so many big plays. Don't know enough to say what happened functionally wise
GT is good and running that ball was throwing them off (was he our leading rusher?). They got stuck in that throw short plays and TS picked up on that and had some bad series. I'm confident with GT at QB and encouraged that he will get better.
Banks, Rice,Crosby, doyle and Johnson caught my eye as did a few others. Seems like we should use our TE's more in the pass game as they are really good. 3rd downs 7 of 16, don't know if that's good ,bad or average but what I do know Kokich is a good punter seems better than than last year. Place kicking hmmm while special teams looked vastly improved.

 

[HeavyIsTheCrown]

2nd time evacuating sporting event. We won and that's good cause we could have just as easily lost. It was obvious to me Coach Goerge used the cramping to slow down EWU that first half...EWU would start to get on a roll and then when in striking distance and going into no huddle...cramp city. As cheap as a few of their players were. That cramping issue imo save them some pts. The one time player was standing there looking around then flops...as a soccer official auto yellow card.
That team had some impressive speed, size and athleticism. QB/RB and play selection was good for them and losing that LB who got kicked out was a stud and that helped us.
EWU, thankfully looks like they can make plays off/def...can miss the mark sometimes but that's football. Don't remember giving up so many big plays. Don't know enough to say what happened functionally wise
GT is good and running that ball was throwing them off (was he our leading rusher?). They got stuck in that throw short plays and TS picked up on that and had some bad series. I'm confident with GT at QB and encouraged that he will get better.
Banks, Rice,Crosby, doyle and Johnson caught my eye as did a few others. Seems like we should use our TE's more in the pass game as they are really good. 3rd downs 7 of 16, don't know if that's good ,bad or average but what I do know Kokich is a good punter seems better than than last year. Place kicking hmmm while special teams looked vastly improved.

Yes.

TD 0
AVG 6.7
GAIN 68
Net YDS 60