After a lot great commentary and analysts and watching a few clips I don’t think the culprits are so plainly obvious as they may appear. So, here are some thoughts:
1. No poise - Baloney. This is hogwash beyond one late hit. The Rosa penalty should have never been called. He made a legitimate football move diving into the endzone with a guy on his tail. He couldn’t see. Was it celebration motivated? Probably, but unless it’s taunting or an act that is clearly a non football move, no ref makes that call. Also, the coaches did a horrible job defending the players after the PI. Mora should have been on that field throwing an absolute fit if for no other reason than to get a call later. Remember the D just shut down NCState on a 4 play goal line stand. You get your butt on the field and defend their amazing effort. Probably should have thrown a Hurley and himself ejected. Never let that slide.
2. Speed and Bad Tackling. Our athletes were slower and that’s why a lot of missed tackles occurred. They spread us and got a lot of one on one open field situations. The D was entirely wrong for NCState. The D line did a great job pass rushing and flushing the QB but lacked the speed to close the deal. The failure to not spy the QB is on Mora. We did have limited success bringing additional pressure but it was done wrong. Delayed pressure up the middle would have been much smarter since the QB largest wasn’t breaking outside contain but moving up and out of the pocket. Leaving Jackson to sit 10 yards alone to chase close and make plays side line to side line against a fast team was insane. It made the kid look bad. They needed to make a choice to either bring up more help or bring fewer pass rushers.
3. O Play Calling Horrendous. First series brilliant. The remainder a disaster. So many bad calls and mistakes in not understanding where we were having success. Our O line is power run dominant and we had plenty of success between the tackles. That showed early and also showed late on the few occasions we did. We were getting 4+yards a run on most plays. Instead, Charlton kept trying to out run a faster team on the edge and we were continually shut down. We failed to use our TEs in any play action. Why? If we stayed power run heavy the play action passing game would have opened up some receivers, especially tight ends. Whatever advantage the Charlton- Fagnano past experience was supposed to yield, it wasn’t there. Why? Because Charlton still doesn’t know how to call a P5 game. The speed, athleticism and gave dynamics are different than FCS ball. He is killing us. His use of untimely gadgets shows impatience and his lack of confidence in being able to execute at critical moments. There was zero need for gadgets in that game.
4, Touching the 3rd Rail. Hard to criticize Mora because he has done a fantastic job and the team is clearly better. They showed up and slugged it out with a very good football team. But, the staff did the players no favors and didn’t not put them in the best position to win in this one. They have to do much better.
Looking forward to what comes. We have a real team on our hands.
1. No poise - Baloney. This is hogwash beyond one late hit. The Rosa penalty should have never been called. He made a legitimate football move diving into the endzone with a guy on his tail. He couldn’t see. Was it celebration motivated? Probably, but unless it’s taunting or an act that is clearly a non football move, no ref makes that call. Also, the coaches did a horrible job defending the players after the PI. Mora should have been on that field throwing an absolute fit if for no other reason than to get a call later. Remember the D just shut down NCState on a 4 play goal line stand. You get your butt on the field and defend their amazing effort. Probably should have thrown a Hurley and himself ejected. Never let that slide.
2. Speed and Bad Tackling. Our athletes were slower and that’s why a lot of missed tackles occurred. They spread us and got a lot of one on one open field situations. The D was entirely wrong for NCState. The D line did a great job pass rushing and flushing the QB but lacked the speed to close the deal. The failure to not spy the QB is on Mora. We did have limited success bringing additional pressure but it was done wrong. Delayed pressure up the middle would have been much smarter since the QB largest wasn’t breaking outside contain but moving up and out of the pocket. Leaving Jackson to sit 10 yards alone to chase close and make plays side line to side line against a fast team was insane. It made the kid look bad. They needed to make a choice to either bring up more help or bring fewer pass rushers.
3. O Play Calling Horrendous. First series brilliant. The remainder a disaster. So many bad calls and mistakes in not understanding where we were having success. Our O line is power run dominant and we had plenty of success between the tackles. That showed early and also showed late on the few occasions we did. We were getting 4+yards a run on most plays. Instead, Charlton kept trying to out run a faster team on the edge and we were continually shut down. We failed to use our TEs in any play action. Why? If we stayed power run heavy the play action passing game would have opened up some receivers, especially tight ends. Whatever advantage the Charlton- Fagnano past experience was supposed to yield, it wasn’t there. Why? Because Charlton still doesn’t know how to call a P5 game. The speed, athleticism and gave dynamics are different than FCS ball. He is killing us. His use of untimely gadgets shows impatience and his lack of confidence in being able to execute at critical moments. There was zero need for gadgets in that game.
4, Touching the 3rd Rail. Hard to criticize Mora because he has done a fantastic job and the team is clearly better. They showed up and slugged it out with a very good football team. But, the staff did the players no favors and didn’t not put them in the best position to win in this one. They have to do much better.
Looking forward to what comes. We have a real team on our hands.
