8/31 La Tech @Texas

[johnnylightnin]

Start the guy that went 1 of 3 with an INT?

Ha! We do this every year. We learned almost nothing Saturday except that we won’t be undefeated.

Anybody that knows anything about football knew our D would be way down. We still don’t seem to have a feature back and we’re still not helping the run game with our play calling.

I’ll give it a few more weeks before I write the obit on this year’s dawgs.

[eagle2180]

Start the guy that went 1 of 3 with an INT?

Ha! We do this every year. We learned almost nothing Saturday except that we won’t be undefeated.

Anybody that knows anything about football knew our D would be way down. We still don’t seem to have a feature back and we’re still not helping the run game with our play calling.

I’ll give it a few more weeks before I write the obit on this year’s dawgs.

We had an opportunity to create some excitement about our program the 1st game of the year... we sucked it up and were never in the ballgame. Our running game is terrible ......if you can’t run the ball effectively it’s going to be tough offensively. We couldn’t stop UT’a run game.

We will finish with 7 wins and qualify for another bowl game. Attendance will suck all year.... Admin and others will continue to make excuses. The leaders of La Tech have no vision and no interest in improving athletics at La Tech. We should just go D3 and put all money towards academics!

[Dawg Fan]

https://youtu.be/1T3oOa2HV-M Full game.

Watching the "come on man", hands in the air as if "what's wrong with you" gestures throughout the game by J'Mar I think this has to foster a toxic environment on our offense. He missed CJ Powell wide open in the end zone and then makes a curving motion with his arm as if CJ was running the route wrong. (59:00 minute mark) A QB like Tua or others would be pointing to themselves as to say "that's on me". This attitude answers why as a Senior QB1, he is not voted by his teammates as a captain. This attitude should have been "adjusted" by the HC long ago.

Second, is Skip actually calling the plays? Why do we even have an OC?

I wholeheartedly agree with you about J'Mar. His whole "it ain't my fault" demeanor really pi$$e$ me off.

[dawg80]

Smith looked pretty good at times. We did convert two drives into TDs after entering the Red Zone, the second one only after the pick 6 was nullified by a "roughing" the QB call. Griffin Hebert looks very promising, and together with Hardy, offers a pretty good one-two punch at WR.

Mostly, though, as Hogdawg has pointed out, we have a good "between the 20's" offense that sputters in the Red Zone. Lot of that is due to 1) not having a big back who can dig out those tough yards, and 2) not having a QB who is a true running threat. We make things too easy for defenses who can use the end line of the EZ as a 12th defender, i.e. can't get beat deep so overplay WRs underneath. Your QB HAS to represent a real threat such that defenses have to account for him. In our case opposing defenses mostly ignore Smith and concentrate on tightening down on the short passing attack.

It would also help to have a kicker who can actually kick.

[techman05]

Does Carly Lloyd have any eligibility left?

[dawg80]

Does Carly Lloyd have any eligibility left?

Of course, she has never played college football so she has 4 years of eligibility. Every kickoff would sail through the EZ, I can tell you that for sure.

[sportdawg]

Of course, she has never played college football so she has 4 years of eligibility. Every kickoff would sail through the EZ, I can tell you that for sure.

But her collegiate eligibility started when she step on campus at "Ruston", the State University of New Jersey, in 2001

[Gladzilla]

But her collegiate eligibility started when she step on campus at "Ruston", the State University of New Jersey, in 2001

I know a guy with 4 years of eligibility left. His dad is a professor in the arts department.

[70TECHGRAD]

Smith looked pretty good at times. We did convert two drives into TDs after entering the Red Zone, the second one only after the pick 6 was nullified by a "roughing" the QB call. Griffin Hebert looks very promising, and together with Hardy, offers a pretty good one-two punch at WR.

Mostly, though, as Hogdawg has pointed out, we have a good "between the 20's" offense that sputters in the Red Zone. Lot of that is due to 1) not having a big back who can dig out those tough yards, and 2) not having a QB who is a true running threat. We make things too easy for defenses who can use the end line of the EZ as a 12th defender, i.e. can't get beat deep so overplay WRs underneath. Your QB HAS to represent a real threat such that defenses have to account for him. In our case opposing defenses mostly ignore Smith and concentrate on tightening down on the short passing attack.

It would also help to have a kicker who can actually kick.

And....THAT sums it up!!!!

[Dawg Fan]

It would also help to have a kicker who can actually kick.

It's sad when you think about all the great kickers Tech has had over the years. For that matter, Tech has had some really great QBs over the years as well.

[johnnylightnin]

It's sad when you think about all the great kickers Tech has had over the years. For that matter, Tech has had some really great QBs over the years as well.

J’Mar passed TB on 300 yard games and total yards against Texas.

[techman05]

J’Mar passed TB on 300 yard games and total yards against Texas.

Is there a stat for total number of red zone yards versus total between the 20’s?

[DallasDog]

anyone breaking almost any football offensive record now days especially compared to a 50 years ago measurement means nothing.

[DallasDog]

Is there a stat for total number of red zone yards versus total between the 20’s?

Yes there is. Between the 20’s it’s 7-5, and in the red zone it’s 10-2.

[Blue Dawg]

Yes there is. Between the 20’s it’s 7-5, and in the red zone it’s 10-2.

Accurate.