After a day of recovery, there were definitely some bright spots. The first is Quincy and the O-Line. That was absolutely impressive and goes without saying. The D-Line actually played pretty well in my opinion. Not perfect but they did have moments of complete domination. And Samson was a man among boys. I don't think NAU's O-Line is the best we'll see but they certainly aren't bad so kudos to our guys for continuing to make strides. Linebackers played well too. It's hard to tell for sure exactly how they played on TV but Hamlin was around the ball a lot and made some big hits and big plays. Cody stuffed the middle on several occasions, as good MLB's do. Not counting the last drive, I think the secondary played good enough to win. The good news is our defense definitely is improving.
After the game, I thought JW was the worse QB we have had in a long, long time. Then I got to recover and look at the glass half full. What I liked was that I saw times where he was exhibiting some leadership and taking command. For example, when Butorac didn't snap the ball and we got a delay of game, you could see JW get pissed when he didn't snap it. Although his play didn't necessarily look all that stellar, it was his third start and NAU had two games of film on him. SUU had to guess what they were going to see and UNC only had one game to look at. I suspect he grew up a lot in that game and even though he appeared to struggle, it didn't look like he hung his head. Rather, it looked like he kept battling. The quality of the guys around him and the good coaching leads me to believe they picked him up after the game and he'll be better for it. I look for him to rebound big time against UND.
Yes, we lost and that stings, but we're getting better and better in areas where we typically struggle, which could really come in handy for a deep playoff run.
Oh yeah, the spanking UM received certainly helped take some sting out of our loss. There superior defense they have been touting gave up 421 on the ground.
After the game, I thought JW was the worse QB we have had in a long, long time. Then I got to recover and look at the glass half full. What I liked was that I saw times where he was exhibiting some leadership and taking command. For example, when Butorac didn't snap the ball and we got a delay of game, you could see JW get pissed when he didn't snap it. Although his play didn't necessarily look all that stellar, it was his third start and NAU had two games of film on him. SUU had to guess what they were going to see and UNC only had one game to look at. I suspect he grew up a lot in that game and even though he appeared to struggle, it didn't look like he hung his head. Rather, it looked like he kept battling. The quality of the guys around him and the good coaching leads me to believe they picked him up after the game and he'll be better for it. I look for him to rebound big time against UND.
Yes, we lost and that stings, but we're getting better and better in areas where we typically struggle, which could really come in handy for a deep playoff run.
Oh yeah, the spanking UM received certainly helped take some sting out of our loss. There superior defense they have been touting gave up 421 on the ground.
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There was a good turn out by students and none students. Every thing got finished about 9:30 p.m., got home and crashed. I know you are very busy now at UPS, the holidays are almost upon us. Take care. Go Eagles!!!!! Vic Wallace
Perhaps my example was bad but I saw other instances where JW was trying to lead the charge. I was trying to say that he was in there battling and not hanging his head. Impossible for me to know what was going on in that particular situation (and in retrospect I would have been general and not specific) but I thought it was good that he was taking command (good in the long-term sense of his development). Good for him for challenging a very accomplished senior captain. That takes a pair. If he was blaming Butorac and not taking responsibility for something that was his fault, bad for him. I never meant to suggest any of that exchange was anyone's fault. The entire point of my original post was that I saw good things and I didn't intend for it to get off the tracks with that example. So to recap:
