The Aftermath. No Game Analysis...Yet
September 02 2007 12:03 PM -- Filed in: Football
That was a crazy day in college football. The
Abomination in Ann Arbor
dominates the discussion and even overshadows
Virginia Tech's emotional home opener. I
won't say much about Michigan because
a) karma is always in play and
b) the michigan bloggers already have
enough to cope with. For instance, Brian
suddenly likes kitty cats. Condolences.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Columbus was and is a decidedly happier city. We didn't play especially well but considering the plight we could be facing, it's best to keep things in perspective. We had our own Div. IAA team to deal with and deal with them we did. But, being that I don't have Insight or DTV, I don't have a copy of the game. I'm working on that as we speak (hello, BitTorrent!) so I may be able to get a full game analysis and POW up in the coming days. Until then, the least I can do is offer a streamlined version of some of my mental notes after watching the game at the Varsity Club.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Columbus was and is a decidedly happier city. We didn't play especially well but considering the plight we could be facing, it's best to keep things in perspective. We had our own Div. IAA team to deal with and deal with them we did. But, being that I don't have Insight or DTV, I don't have a copy of the game. I'm working on that as we speak (hello, BitTorrent!) so I may be able to get a full game analysis and POW up in the coming days. Until then, the least I can do is offer a streamlined version of some of my mental notes after watching the game at the Varsity Club.
- Whoa, new punt formation! Memo to staff, please
put away the LSU tapes (they use a different but
similar formation). Michigan learned their lesson a
few years ago (I think it was UM, anyway) so
there's a reason hardly any teams use this gimmick.
- Offensive line was not impressive today. Then
again, we were vanilla and kept running behind left
guard over and over and over again. It becomes a
numbers game when the opposition overloads the box.
- Along the same lines, if you load the box you
are playing with fire elsewhere. "Elsewhere" would
be on the outside with Brian Robiskie. Robiskie
caught a career-high 9 passes for 153
yards.
- Beanie Wells said he 'wasn't into the game'. Other
players said the same. I don't even know what to
say.
- It seems like our team speed has taken a drop.
I guess I should have expected this in the WR corp
but it's even more apparent that I expected. We
need Ray Small in the worst way, for just his speed
capability alone.
- Rumor central: I heard today from someone who
talks with Pretorious that Aaron Pettrey is hurt.
This makes sense since Aaron didn't handle kickoffs
as JT said he would.
- I didn't understand the mass substitutions on
the second and third series. Beanie was out on the
2nd series and we had an entire new offensive line
on the 3rd. I took this as a planned move rather
than the staff sending a message...and if so, I
don't understand it. First game of the year and
these guys are trying to find their groove. Give
them time to find it.
- Impressed with Todd Boeckman. He really seemed
poised and there is a gigantic difference between
he and Schoenhoft IMO.
- Defense reminded me of last year's first game.
No one standing out - although Lawrence Wilson was
having a fine game before his awful injury - and
just going through the motions.
- An actual game did nothing to change my views
on the field.
- Chalk up first game jitters for the BTN. Let's hope anyway. That was an awful production with names spelled incorrectly, a scarcity of stats throughout the game, late with down and distance frequently, Roger Twibell put me to sleep, camera operation was poor and they used the entire top portion of screen real estate to show the score and time. Take a cue from ABC who has been doing this a lot longer than you and just put a little box in the upper right (or left depending on which way offense is moving) and be done with it. Otherwise, you're inexplicably reducing viewing area.
