Not Bad, really proud!

[E.T.]

We were bad.

I am disappointed in the loss.

Go BULLS !!!

[Usfman14]

I love people who are happy with crappy play

[E.T.]

I expected to know where our team was after this game...

We have a lot of room for improvement.more of an uphill battle than I expected.

Go BULLS !!!

[hbryan]

I love people who are happy with crappy play

 

So do players with poor skills and mediocre/poor coaches.  If every Div 1 teams fan base consisted predominantly of these Pollyanna's, there would never be turnover in the depth chart or the coaching ranks.  Thankfully, they are a decided minority of CFB fans.

[Apis Bull]

I love people who are happy with crappy play

 

Who's happy with crappy play?

[jjlovecub]

I love people who are happy with crappy play

 

Who's happy with crappy play?

Look at the posts in this thread.

[Apis Bull]

 

 

I love people who are happy with crappy play

 

Who's happy with crappy play?

Look at the posts in this thread.

 

 

I just looked again and didn't see one post where someone said they were happy with crappy play.  I see people pointing out some positives of the game.  There wasn't much good to take away from this, but there was some.

[Nuke]

I was proud that the defense came out and played well. I know MSU has a poor offense, but the defense played aggressively. Now if we can just get the oline to block and a qb who can complete passes

Oh yeah forgot to say I was also proud in rushing for over 100 yards versus a top 10 defense.

Edited September 8, 2013 by Nuke

[commbull]

I'm not happy with crappy play, but I saw improvement from last week to yesterday in several areas. I'm hoping that continues.

[Who'sYourData?]

I love people who are happy with crappy play

 

Perhaps a deeper analysis is in order, rather than generalizations.

 

The defense played very well and is to be commended.  I don't care whether MSU is good or bad offensively.  The USF defense made some terrible teams look great last year.  I am confident that won't happen this year.  

 

Going back and looking at last week's game and how it played out, the only drive that was bad on defense was the third quarter drive.  In that drive, I'd agree with CWT that some guys lost their discipline and tried to be heroes rather than playing defense.  When combined with how atrocious the defense was last year, I'd say the defense has already improved immensely and I look forward to seeing the defense progress as the year goes along.

 

The passing game is beyond terrible at this point.  Some of that is QB play, some is line play, some is not being totally comfortable with the play calls and how they should be executed.  The offense isn't second nature right now, too much thinking going on.  Eveld is better than Floyd started out, but I think Bench is best option.  Unfortunately, I guess he doesn't have a grasp of the entire playbook and/or minor injuries have impeded his progress.  Eveld understands the offense, doesn't make bad decisions, but doesn't get his passes off quickly enough.  But he may be good enough against most of our other opponents that don't have the ferocious pass rush that the Spartans have.  I think/hope we'll see more of Bench as we go along and the offense can progress to a mediocre level this season.  

 

Oh, we may need to make a change at punter.  That one punt killed us yesterday.  I'm hoping the kid gets through the nerves and is consistent here on out.

Edited September 8, 2013 by ShadowBull