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Postmortem Offense
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2 sacks for 12 yards loss
I didn't see the game. Snelsire's runs (11 runs for 20 yards, long 14 with 1 TD) closely matches Wickersham's (14 runs for 25 yards, long of 20,with 1 TD) in the Lehigh game. It looks like the coaches have learned little in the last 7 games. We seem to be reverting to form and not opening up the play book, even though Snelsire has better field vision and better mobility.
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Mojo-Spider
Bench player
The 2nd half offense was every bit as futile as Howard. Were it not for the 75 yard lightning strike we’d have had <50 yards of offense. We only got 3 1st downs in the 2nd half.
As several others have mentioned, It was clear when we didn’t even take a shot to score at TD inside the 10 yard line at the end of the 1st half that the offensive playbook had been closed.
The amount of pressure this type of thinking puts on the defense is ridiculous!
But you know what? Somehow we won the game! It’s crazy.
Go Spiders!
Apparently the Spider football mantra is modeled after the shampoo marketing campaign to sell twice as much product.
Play, Recuperate, REPEAT.
It's good to hear from Spider Royalty.
I imagine the decision to kick the FG at the end of the 1st half was a result of the decisions made in the Bucknell game. Coach Huesman's decision to go for it against Bucknell resulted in 4 trips into the red zone with no points. If we would have had 6 points, the outcome of the Bucknell game would have been 34-33, Spiders.
To compete against these Patriot League teams with good offenses, we are going to have to score points.
Arachnid
Bench player
Royalty, there is a lot to unpack in your comment.
In contrast to the Bucknell game, it seems we took the ball out of Snelsire's hands, especially in the second half.
In the post game discussion about Bucknell, Roll Spides said...
"Interceptions are never easy to swallow however I’m glad the offense stayed aggressive throughout rather than taking the ball out of his hands."
Roll Spides had some very good analysis.
"Of our 32 rushes, half netted 2 yards or less. That volume of minimal gains led to us being off schedule and facing longer 3rd downs in the 2nd half.
Given the resistance we faced in the run game I was surprised how much we stuck with it:
rollspides.com
"Of our 32 rushes, half netted 2 yards or less. That volume of minimal gains led to us being off schedule and facing longer 3rd downs in the 2nd half.
Given the resistance we faced in the run game I was surprised how much we stuck with it:
- 1st down | 57% run, 43% pass
- 2nd down | 71% run, 29% pass
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CityStadiumFan
Walk-on
Agreed and those Reid defenses, relative to the times, were very, very good (I'd argue quite a bit better than our current defense although offenses back then were still much more run heavy). Coach Reid's best teams also featured true running Qb's who could really hurt you with their legs. I really wish that Huesman would hire a dedicated OC like when he hired Cosh to mange the offensive scheme and QB play/ development. There are plenty of examples of defensive minded head coaches who delegate that side of the ball effectively. The constant evaluation and reliance on 16 doesn't give me a lot of confidence in our offensive direction going forward. Same with the hiring of Jacob as OC (It's less any nepotism issues and more that they both share the insistence on a QB run style offense without recruiting a dangerous running QB). We all saw what Coleman provided for the offense over the past two seasons with the ability to throw the ball and his play was out of necessity not plan.
32counter
All A-10 player
Sean Gustus out of DeMatha and classmate of Michael Westbrook was a prototypical QB on a Jim Reid team.
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Mojo-Spider
Bench player
Jimmy Miles who I believe was from George Wythe HS in Richmond was also a successful Reid QB during that defensive era.Sean Gustus out of DeMatha and classmate of Michael Westbrook was a prototypical QB on a Jim Reid team.
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Ha! Who were the OCs?
Go Spiders!
Jimmy Miles had a run where we defeated I believe, Nova, Delaware and William and Mary on consecutive Saturdays scoring 30/40 points each game. Y'all being hard on these boys. Just win the game. Go Spiders.
Mojo-Spider
Bench player
No disrespect to Jimmie Miles. He was a winner and perfect fit for Reid’s offense and a star player in his teams.
I’ll have to see if I can research the OC’s.
Go Spiders!