JoeD Syracuse analysis

[politics]

Joe D's Notebook: The Syracuse Recap

 

[coachcap]

Pretty vanilla. He & Gresh were MUCH more animated on the radio program. Actually surprised that the muzzle has been taken off by corporate to allow them to tell the truth.

 

[jdb50]

Heard some of it Coach, the four 90 plus yard drives given up, the missed open receivers, being ahead for only 10 minutes all year, no pass rush letting QB's hit big plays down the field all season. The thing that bugs me is having Summers on their #1 wideout and he clearly was not ready mentally to deal with the ball coming his way that much. It is like he thought because he was on him Syracuse would throw to someone else.

 

[BlueDogs]

Pretty vanilla. He & Gresh were MUCH more animated on the radio program. Actually surprised that the muzzle has been taken off by corporate to allow them to tell the truth.

Good. It's about time the media started challenging Fiasco's platitudes and psycho babble.

 

[Exit 4]

Heard some of it Coach, the four 90 plus yard drives given up, the missed open receivers, being ahead for only 10 minutes all year, no pass rush letting QB's hit big plays down the field all season. The thing that bugs me is having Summers on their #1 wideout and he clearly was not ready mentally to deal with the ball coming his way that much. It is like he thought because he was on him Syracuse would throw to someone else.

I'm not making excuses, but maybe Diaco was caught up in the notion Summers would have a pick on the very next throw to his side given his ball hawking last year. Regardless, Diaco needs to show more looks on D, the base formation is out there too often creating opportunities for the opposition to plan mismatches. Its easier to attach a stale target - that a target that doesn't mix it up.

 

[politics]

The line about "they threw to the tight end eight times, so we can't complain about that" was a little bogus. Why not target them in the red zone? Oh wait, we're not allowed to throw inside the 10. Man, that Malcolm Butler left a mark. Meanwhile, Louisville has 9 TD passes in 13 red zone trips.

 

[jdb50]

I'm not making excuses, but maybe Diaco was caught up in the notion Summers would have a pick on the very next throw to his side given his ball hawking last year. Regardless, Diaco needs to show more looks on D, the base formation is out there too often creating opportunities for the opposition to plan mismatches. Its easier to attach a stale target - that a target that doesn't mix it up.

On the 59 yard back breaker I thought he was going to get a pick with the ball in flight but he mistimed his jump.