Kadeezy said:
You’re so brave! Heaven forbid a long-sufferening hornet fans chirp on the team’s message board.
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Mighty brave and keyboard warrior-ish to chime in once the outcome was decided. None of them were here running it before or during the game.
It’s easy to front run once the game is over. I’m quite certain none of them besides SWeberCat02 would be posting messages here if the Hornets had won it. So I’ll ignore each and every one of them now. I ain’t reading or responding to it. I see a WSU handle, I skip it. Ain’t got time for those that run their mouth after the fact. They can talk to the hand :tothehand:
Moving on to the game, I know what I know and saw what I saw. It was just one of those games where the stars aligned for one side over the other with regard to the bounce of the ball and errant throws. Good for WSU.
It even happened on the onside kick. Weber State player on his back finds the ball in his lap after a Hornet player has it but loses possession upon hitting the ground. That BS happened twice tonight and both were possession swings.
Anyone with a set of eyes could see that Hornets had two TD’s they left out on the field. Both because of overthrows by the QB. Neither had anything to with what WSU did defensively. So no credit to them for inaccuracy of the QB, who has to make those throws. I see those same throws made routinely in HS.
Also no credit to WSU for the ridiculous coverages on the Hornets part. On 3rd and 16, it is inexcusable to not play 2 safeties over the top and leave your corner with no help to allow an easy three step drop go route. Daron Bland was even staring at the QB suggesting it was zone yet he apparently had man to man with no deep safety in sight.
Just inexcusable scheme there. Can’t have a player beat by 5 yards with no help on a 3rd and long situation like that. Can’t happen. No excuses for Andy Thompson on that one.
That’s really the only thing that pissed me off. It’s one thing to get beat playing the right way. But to make inexcusable decisions that don’t put your players in the right position is beyond maddening. I even detailed the 2nd and 11 ‘off’ coverage on a 7 man blitz earlier in the thread. Same applies to that play as above. Those two plays ended up resulting in 14 points.
Then add another 7 with the fluke INT to start the 3rd quarter and the 2 TD negating overthrows by Dunniway and it’s easy to see how this game unfolds differently. Perhaps WSU still finds a way to win, but it would have been a game.
In that regard I give full credit to Jay Hill and his staff for not making the same scheme/coverage gaffes the Hornets staff made. They were well coached and largely in the best positions possible.
Lastly, just like how Montana is back in the thick of things with the Hornets loss tonight — even though it looked gloomy for their fans after losing in SAC 2 weeks ago — I believe the Hornets are likely to be back in it in 2 weeks too.
I can see Montana beating WSU at home on 11/16. Unlike Sac State, they won’t make the same tactical errors with coverages in long yardage situations and I don’t believe WSU can beat them throwing it underneath. If Dalton Sneed is back for that game, I really like the Griz to win it. If not, Cam Humphrey looked great today so perhaps they’ll still have a decent shot at it.
The Hornets just need to take care of business against NAU, Idaho and Davis. But even if they lose one of those games and lose out on a share of the Conference title, they can still earn a playoff birth with 2 out of three.
Let’s hope Thomson is ok or that Coach Taylor can work some magic with Dunniway.
