Really glad we won but feel like it was a pyrrhic victory with the injuries to Costello and especially Little who I worry is done for the season. Praying it's just a bad sprain but think it's likelier to be a ligament tear. Pretty sure Costello will be in concussion protocol which means he's almost certain to miss U$C. Let's hope he's back for UCF.
I think the final score is pretty representative of the game but it was far tighter than it should have been.
3 stars of the game:
- Cam Scarlett. He looks like a completely different player. It's clear he REALLY worked on his footwork and agility in the offseason. His cuts in the hole were night & day different from last year, and he looks like he dropped 10-20 lbs. Still doesn't have breakaway speed but I can only remember two plays where he was caught from behind going off-tackle compared to last year when that happened too often
- ILBs, especially Ricky Miezan. My biggest area of concern going into this season and they all played well. Miezan stood out a little bit but credit to the entire position group.
- Casey Toohil. I'm not sure I have enough fingers to count how many times he was in the offensive backfield or stuffing an off-tackle run
3 goats of the game:
- B1G refs. Nuff said
- Davis Mills. Needs to figure out how to run RPO without fumbling the ball untouched by the defense. Needs to figure it out really fast. Maybe RPO needs to be removed from the U$C gameplan
- ShawVita. Punting from the NU 34 overrides all of the good they did. Toner clearly has the leg to hit from well beyond 50 yards and is the most accurate kicker in school history. KICK THE DAMN FG. Make that FG and the complexion of the end of the game changes considerably with NU needing a TD not just an FG. I'm so sick of this crap and I will continue to boo loudly and vociferously. If you don't trust your kicker to try a 50-yarder then you need to recruit/develop a new kicker. Instead, he asked a rookie punter to pin NU deep and ended up with a net 14 kick. ???
I think the final score is pretty representative of the game but it was far tighter than it should have been.
3 stars of the game:
- Cam Scarlett. He looks like a completely different player. It's clear he REALLY worked on his footwork and agility in the offseason. His cuts in the hole were night & day different from last year, and he looks like he dropped 10-20 lbs. Still doesn't have breakaway speed but I can only remember two plays where he was caught from behind going off-tackle compared to last year when that happened too often
- ILBs, especially Ricky Miezan. My biggest area of concern going into this season and they all played well. Miezan stood out a little bit but credit to the entire position group.
- Casey Toohil. I'm not sure I have enough fingers to count how many times he was in the offensive backfield or stuffing an off-tackle run
3 goats of the game:
- B1G refs. Nuff said
- Davis Mills. Needs to figure out how to run RPO without fumbling the ball untouched by the defense. Needs to figure it out really fast. Maybe RPO needs to be removed from the U$C gameplan
- ShawVita. Punting from the NU 34 overrides all of the good they did. Toner clearly has the leg to hit from well beyond 50 yards and is the most accurate kicker in school history. KICK THE DAMN FG. Make that FG and the complexion of the end of the game changes considerably with NU needing a TD not just an FG. I'm so sick of this crap and I will continue to boo loudly and vociferously. If you don't trust your kicker to try a 50-yarder then you need to recruit/develop a new kicker. Instead, he asked a rookie punter to pin NU deep and ended up with a net 14 kick. ???