Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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Originally Posted by
Dorm Fridge
And the only shutout in 34 years of the Independence Bowl.
Apologies to those who like to see field goal attempts. None today. But we had plenty o’ punts.
Nice crowd and a nice win against a “big time” program. The weather was great to boot.
The end was puzzling to me. JMar slid short of the goal line, presumably to be able to run out the clock. I think a couple of kneel downs would have run out the clock. BUT, we then run the ball. It was great we scored a TD, but what if Tech had fumbled and Miami ran it back for a TD? They would have tied or, with a 2 point conversion, beaten us when we could have been up 14-0 of JMar had just completed the run the first time.
What did I miss? Is there some sound strategy to what Tech did there?
Nope. J'Mar didn't understand what he was doing. Because our lead was only 7 points, he should have simply run into the end zone and taken the points. As you correctly stated, sliding and killing the play left us open to a potential fumble or turnover on subsequent snaps. But J'Mar was awful all day. We won in spite of him. Your understanding of a potential fumble on the next play, etc... is exactly correct.
As BlueDawg said, at least we don't have to worry about J'Mar anymore.
I do want to mention that the LA Tech defense played a great game. Connor Taylor was a beast all day, and very deserving of the Defensive MVP award that they gave him. And our DB's played excellent pass defense, got 2 INT's, and tackled extremely well. The tackling appeared to be much improved. We never missed Amik on defense.
It should be noted that Miami was never held below 16 points in a game all season, and the Miami offense averaged 25.6 points per game this year.
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Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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TechDawgMc
Saw a meme with a great stat. Number of four and five star players on the roster: Miami 33 Tech 1.
....and I'd guess that the "1" four or five star player on our roster was Amik, who didn't even play in the game. :laugh:
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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DallasDog
Someone got a link to the Miami board? As pissed as they were before the game I bet it’s a really good read now.
Why were they "pissed . . . before the game?"
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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70TECHGRAD
Bottom line: It was a fugly win, but it was a WIN!!! Not only that.....We skunked them!!!!!
Amen! That's what I'm proud of most; shutting them out! That made it a statement win.
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Dixonfor6
Willie Baker
Isaiah Graham was also a 4 star.
Former 4-star WR Isaiah Graham transferring from TCU
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StrongBad
Is he transferring to Tech?
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BTW saw some Auburn fans in Natchitoches yesterday...they were all decked out in their orange and blue Auburn gear. They saw my Tech cap and said they watched our game and were so elated we bashed Miami. "We hate the "U"!" they said. They were also very impressed with our defense.
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And another BTW, hello Tyler, who was it who caught the TD pass vs. Miami?
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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dawg80
And another BTW, hello Tyler, who was it who caught the TD pass vs. Miami?
Israel Tucker wasn't it?
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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brtransplant
Is he transferring to Tech?
Dude! He caught at least 4 tds for our dawgs this year.
Where have you been? Do you attend the games or watch?
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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dawg80
And another BTW, hello Tyler, who was it who caught the TD pass vs. Miami?
Yes your Rummel grad came through!
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J’Mar was way better than Miami’s starting QB. At least J’Mar was able to connect on some slants. The TD throw was a good play by him too. But then his Mr Hyde showed up and he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Overall, glad we didn’t have the Miami QBs on our team.
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Woke up today still feeling proud of the team’s bowl win.
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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Dorm Fridge
Woke up today still feeling proud of the team’s bowl win.
Dang right! And wore our colors all over town again today.
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BoutThemDawgs
Israel Tucker wasn't it?
Correct!!!!
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Just rewatched the game to see the little things I missed. J’Mar still stunk. At least 6 overthrown balls that I remember and probably more. Allen being ejected was a great example, much line Wade’s hit on Lawrence in the Clemson game, of the need for a change to the targeting rule. True targeting should require the defenseless player component. Otherwise, just call unnecessary roughness and play on.
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techman05
Just rewatched the game to see the little things I missed. J’Mar still stunk. At least 6 overthrown balls that I remember and probably more. Allen being ejected was a great example, much line Wade’s hit on Lawrence in the Clemson game, of the need for a change to the targeting rule. True targeting should require the defenseless player component. Otherwise, just call unnecessary roughness and play on.
Allen didn't commit a penalty. He can't control what the offensive player does. Using the screwed up logic of the NCAA, the targeting call could have been on the offensive player.
Re: Independence Bowl vs Miami
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techman05
Just rewatched the game to see the little things I missed. J’Mar still stunk. At least 6 overthrown balls that I remember and probably more. Allen being ejected was a great example, much line Wade’s hit on Lawrence in the Clemson game, of the need for a change to the targeting rule. True targeting should require the defenseless player component. Otherwise, just call unnecessary roughness and play on.
Definitely more.
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PawDawg
Allen didn't commit a penalty. He can't control what the offensive player does. Using the screwed up logic of the NCAA, the targeting call could have been on the offensive player.
The way I saw it, he had his eyes down at his shoe tops. If you can’t see the target, and you make contact to the head, the rule will be enforced. I don’t agree with it, but I think the rule currently in place was applied appropriately.
