Preview: LA Tech at UTEP - latechsports.com

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Originally Posted by qng001

Just comparing what is the high end of the college broadcasting spectrum.

Interview of LSU Director of Broadcast Operation. They have 5 separate control rooms for their sport venues. That's pretty impressive, but they do have a lot of money.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=949478475776839

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I agree. It's easy to use money as an excuse not to execute what you can.

Our production crew is obviously being told that they are doing a great job. We hear it before and during every game from the talking heads...thanking them and bragging on the work being done. I expect a few of those pats on the back, but I'm not sure anybody is in the background re-watching the games and finding the obvious things to improve on. They've had 3 games (productions) to get things right. If game 4 in Ruston doesn't improve we'll know for certain that it's just more poor leadership.

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Originally Posted by qng001

It's from the NCAA Football Stat (https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs).


Some categories UTEP excel in:

#11 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense
#20 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense
#43 Passing Yards Allowed


UTEP’s defense wasn’t great, but they weren’t bad either. They did enough to prevent our offense to establish any kind of rhythm. I think Tony Franklin’s game plan leaned too much on the pass in this game, probably a bit overconfident from what we did against USM. Our offense should look better later in the season when they face weaker CUSA defenses.

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No, the problem was just the opposite. Tony Franklin's game plan relied too much on a weak & lazy running game that wasn't working. Tech only gained 95 yrds on 42 carries. That's a pathetic 2.3 yard average per carry. That's NEVER going to cut it. Of course, it would have helped if Franklin had not run the same damn handoff play on 1st down ALL NIGHT LONG. I'm not kidding either. He ran a single back spread formation and handed off to the Tech RB on almost every first down in the game.

Not once did the LA Tech QB pull the ball back and try to run with it around the end (and it was wide open all night.) Time and time again, he just handed off to the RB on 1st down. By the middle of the 2nd qtr, everybody in the stadium --including UTEP-- knew who was going to get the football on 1st down. Franklin just made it too easy for UTEP to stop it. I'm sure the UTEP players were laughing in the huddle.