SFA71 said:
We DID NOT choke! If you had seen the game, you should remember that when the beercats drove down to our end of the field we had them at fourth and something. Maybe fourth and four AND WE STOPPED THEM. A facemask penalty negated that BUT THE POINT IS WE DID STOP THEM. When the face mask grab happened, we had the QB stopped and about to go down when a hard charging lineman inadvertently grabbed his facemask. It was an error BUT NOT BECAUSE WE CHOKED. If anything it was because we were going all out and karma kicked us in the gonads.
ABSOLUTELY, 71!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well said and spot on! Those who say the Jacks choked are full of cr**. Those people were probably watching the game from the comfort of their living room and could not see what was happening all over the field on every play, especially in the trenches. Both the OL and DL had tremendous games. And the defensive backfield had a good game, except for the two long completions late in the game when fatigue probably was setting in. (Give Prison Tech's receivers some credit. They made some great catches.) And all of our Jacks did it against what is assumed to be the best in the FCS.
I couldn't be prouder of our Lumberjacks, the fans that made the trip (they were loud and proud), the LMB (they were loud and proud) -- everyone! And yes, the coaches, too. We've got the best set of coaches that SFA has had in many, many years, and yet some of you on here are dumping on them. Those were high pressure situations that required quick decisions. Most of those decisions were good ones and a couple were bad. I wouldn't trade our set of coaches for any others in the FCS, including Prison Tech's.
One final comment. I think Prison Tech's player of the game had to be their punter. He got them out of trouble many times. That dude could really boom it.
#AxeEm