Great stop by the D there.
Southard has impressed on D. Effort is there for sure.

OMG. he can't just end the half? Ridiculous calls.

RedRiverLa said:

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OMG. he can't just end the half? Ridiculous calls.

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Clock management masterclass

RedRiverLa said:

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OMG. he can't just end the half? Ridiculous calls.

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Don't blame Carhel on that one. Vidlak wanted to run a few more plays.

Honestly we are seeing what we usually see when we play an FBS team. Likely a very limited selection of offensive plays to keep it simple. Defense looking good but on the field a lot.
Make it through the 2nd half, keep injuries to a minimum and get ready for the actual season which starts next week,

Ok, please feel free to apply that to whomever orchestrated the final plays, lol.

RedRiverLa said:

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Ok, please feel free to apply that to whomever orchestrated the final plays, lol.

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I was more reading Vidlak facial expressions on the last plays lol.

Fair point!

Hit their star TE in the knee. Could be done for the season from one play. Edit: looks like he can walk off, but that's how quick things can change for a season.

Just a good throw right there. Can't complain.

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If they wanna sit Sammy the rest of the game, I'm for it.

He's gonna get killed and we've got a long season ahead.

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Carthel: "**** no. Gonna drop him back every play and watch him die."

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Pretty happy with the Defense overall tonight----but the absolute zero from the offense has been awful.

Although I expect the drop back to FCS will help our offense, if the O Line doesn't get better at protection then we got problems.

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I think OLine is fine. Its still holding strong somewhat with a P4 DLine. Its just really hard to give Vidlak anything with 3 seconds max.

Wondering if switching rosters in the fourth will break the game open one way or another.

WHY???

So, go for it on your own 28? I understand 24-0, but...

Its a buy game guys. Let the kids play. Let them have fun. Come with vengeance the next game.

This is a pure no need to overreact game. We didn't get boat raced, at least not in the way we could've been.

We were supposed to lose by a lot. If we won, that's great. But this is not a surprise. We will bounce back next week and take out a tremendous amount of anger on some Wildcats.

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This is a pure no need to overreact game. We didn't get boat raced, at least not in the way we could've been.

We were supposed to lose by a lot. If we won, that's great. But this is not a surprise. We will bounce back next week and take out a tremendous amount of anger on some Wildcats.

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This hasn't been the worse P5/P4 game weve played. Ill gladly take 0-27.

However I dont trust Gavin to throw the ball further than 10 yards lol.

If it makes anyone feel better, UCA got absolutely destroyed by their P4 opponent 61-6.

SFASawmillGuy said:

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If it makes anyone feel better, UCA got absolutely destroyed by their P4 opponent 61-6.

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Thats normally the scores I would expect lol.

Somebody on here won some cash on the spread.

Could've been much worse than it ended up being. Our guys didn't quit. Offensively we looked very overmatched, but we won't play a defense even half that good all year, even in the playoffs. I think we did as well as we could've with the mistakes.

Gotta dust off and get back on the field, because next week we have a tough, top 25 ACU team that'll be looking for a home win.

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Defense playing really well. Love the aggression.

Offense. Puke vomit

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Just couldn't seem to crack the code with UOFH secondary. They played us very tight.

We just couldn't put enough weapons in place on offense . I felt pretty positive about the play overall. Defense is very mature. Didn't make any huge mistakes and our coverage corners played well against a P4 opponent. Offensive line has to give Vidlak more time. And open up a few holes. Our running back room has plenty of quality.

I agree on the SFA defense (8 tackles for a loss and a sack) and I look forward to seeing them dominate in the FCS ranks and the SLC.

Overall, I think the biggest diferrence in the two teams was speed. That may not have been easy to see if you were watching via the video stream, but it was pretty clear when watching the whole field in person. Our guys were having no success in creating any space. Cudos to UH's DBs.

Another positive was the number of negative plays that UH's offense had. There must have been at least a dozen or more.

A back breaker was when the UH QB turned a broken play into a 40 yard run in the first half. The Jacks had them stopped cold before that. For all the hype that the Aggie-turned Cougar QB has been getting in the Houston media, I thought he was pretty average.

And Bugs Mortimer saw lots of playing time. It's obvious the coaches see him as a weapon on returns and receiving. Again, UH's speed neutralized him, but he'll open some eyes once FCS play starts.

The biggest awakenings I saw were the play at the CB2 spot from Michael Patterson III and the little play Gavin Rutherford got near the end of the game. I'm sure the Jacks will have the offensive power we're used to from last year against ACU. The crew knows the importance of next Saturday in the chance of an at-large if they don't win the league.

Rough game last night, only because I knew some of us on the forum thought we had a legit shot. Houston's D-Line had other ideas. I personally think their defensive front won the game. Sam looked extremely uneasy back there, and I can't blame him. I'm not gonna be upset with our O-Line because that's the major difference between FCS & a Power 4 school; the trenches will always favor the bigger school.

Overall, the defense had a strong showing. If they paired that with a few more 3rd down stops, I'd say they had a stellar performance.

I appreciate the chat not overreacting to a loss against a Big12 school. Unfortunately, we are supposed to lose those games. Learn from it & I hope the offense is ready to go next week vs ACU.

I think it was fair to think we had a shot, and honestly I massively underestimated how much better UH's defense was from a year ago. You're right, they were very, very fast. We had maybe 3 plays where a receiver got open past 10 yards and one was a dropped pass, one was overthrown because Vidlak was getting sacked while throwing it, and one was a huge pass from Rutherford against the backup defense.

Defensively ACU is gonna have fits trying to move the ball against us. Especially against the pass, we will be hard to gets points on.

Offense will be fine. Vidlak was pressured all night, but we will not face another team like that all year, even in the playoffs. I'm comfortable saying we should win any other game left on our schedule, and any games we drop will be one of those head scratchers where we should have won.

And now most importantly, we came out to it healthy, and gained $400,000. Now let's go 11-1, storm our way into the playoffs.