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Nice job, Hank: - Hulk01 - 09-05-2017

http://www.gomightycard.com/

Some fresh takes on the game and players, nicely put.  Thanks, Hank....

Re: Nice job, Hank: - CTcard - 09-05-2017

Thanks for the article Hank. Enjoyed it.

One little correction on the OL rotation ...
Quote:Hamilton struggled a bit early on, and Little took over during the second quarter. Not only did Little get more time than Hamilton, he outplayed him, shoring up what had been a leaky right side of the line.

Little came in for Hamilton for the second quarter series where we turned over the ball on downs after the third and 27.
Hamilton came back in the next series, and I believe stayed in until Burns and the second unit checked in for the second drive of the third quarter.



Yep. - Redrum - 09-05-2017

More engaging, informative than a lot of the professional coverage.  Also nice to read when most of the college football media treated the season opener in Australia as equivalent to a minor riot in a penal colony.  Well, we get our debut on the Big Stage this coming weekend.  Hope we're up to the task.  In the flow of such a successful game, I hadn't marked the insertion of Walker Little into the OLine.  Hope he learned enough in that opener because USC's d-line reckons to be a master class in trench warfare

Blogging with the Enemy? - Bruce Wang - 09-06-2017

Hank,

Will we see a Blogging with Our Worst Enemy this week?  We didn't see one with Rice.  Hoping that was because a Rice football blog didn't exist and not because you decided to retire the feature...

Publius

Re: Nice job, Hank: - Hank 91 - 09-06-2017

Here's an interesting note about Hamilton. After the first viewing I was wondering about the line, and it seemed to me like Little had played more than Walker. I asked Twitter, and a few people agreed with me. They were people I respect, so I ran with it. Anyway, Devery Hamilton, Sr., responded to me on Twitter and suggested I take a closer look if thought his son had been outplayed. To be honest, I really don't know. It just felt like Hamilton was getting beat around the right edge, but I didn't focus on that issue during a rewatch, that was just my first impression.

The problem I have is that I'm very aware that there are players' parents who follow me on Twitter and read my site, so I'm always careful of criticizing individuals. I can't imagine what it would feel like to read an author's negative commentary on your child's performance. It would be one thing if this were the NFL, but these are still just kids.

Re: Blogging with the Enemy? - Hank 91 - 09-06-2017

(09-06-2017, 08:30 AM)Publius link Wrote:Hank,

Will we see a Blogging with Our Worst Enemy this week?  We didn't see one with Rice.  Hoping that was because a Rice football blog didn't exist and not because you decided to retire the feature...

Publius

Yes, it's coming on Friday, and I think I'll probably have answers from two different sources. You're right about Rice -- I couldn't find any blogs, and the few times I've reached out to a beat writer have resulted in less than scintillating answers.

Re: Nice job, Hank: - CTcard - 09-06-2017

(09-06-2017, 12:37 PM)Hank 91 link Wrote:Here's an interesting note about Hamilton. After the first viewing I was wondering about the line, and it seemed to me like Little had played more than Walker. I asked Twitter, and a few people agreed with me. They were people I respect, so I ran with it. Anyway, Devery Hamilton, Sr., responded to me on Twitter and suggested I take a closer look if thought his son had been outplayed. To be honest, I really don't know. It just felt like Hamilton was getting beat around the right edge, but I didn't focus on that issue during a rewatch, that was just my first impression.

Interesting that you are getting feedback from parents like that.

While I think Mr. Hamilton Sr. is largely correct, it's going to give him continual heartburn if he keeps chasing all the potential critics out there.

Hamilton (the OT) did have a few issues very early on, though I'd have to rewatch to remember the particular plays. I thought he got much better, though I don't remember the exact timing. I do wonder whether Little coming in for the one series in the second quarter was preplanned, or done in response to the early struggles and thus to give Hamilton a chance to take a breadth, watch, and recalibrate. I don't remember any particular trouble at RT after that one series.

Re: Nice job, Hank: - Hank 91 - 09-06-2017

What's also interesting is that the other parent who kind of responded was Walker Little's mother. She tweeted a link to my recap and said something like "So proud of all our freshmen!"

Re: Nice job, Hank: - TreesAndBirds - 09-06-2017

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