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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4737135, member: 2500"] I don't know at this point whether Fagnano has a decent arm or not. I know I didn't see much completed downfield nor did I see any out patterns completed - and only one tried I can recall, where he overthrew Ross. So I'll wait before judging, it's simply too small a sample. I will say this, I think Charlton neglected the run game and the size/talent of our OL. I say this after comparing our game vs the one I was dragged to yesterday, Pitt vs Wofford. Wofford is terrible. And even with that, Jurkovic was being booed by the 2nd series. In the first series he completed one pass for no yards, ran twice for a total of six yards, and was sacked for 12. He started the 2nd series with a loss of 1 on a pass play and another bad incompletion. But the running game got a 1st down and Jurkovic finally completed a pass to a wideout for a good chunk. Based on that and what I've seen from his previous work, Jurkovic is fine as long as there's NO pressure on him. If there is any, he folds. He has a better arm than NC St's QB, but none of the escapability - or desire to extend a play, it seems. And that, to me, is a bigger part of whether Fagnano is going to succeed here or not than if he can hit a bomb. While I didn't see "happy feet" from Fagnano, I also didn't see decisiveness as to whether he was going to run or pass. And that hesitation cost him yards. Pitt went very run heavy for remainder of 1st half. And while Jurkovic compiled a respectable stat line, it was the running game (45 for 217, or a 4.8 average) that set the tone and allowed Jurkovic to play the 2nd half with virtually no pressure while finding wide open receivers. Having an air assault is fun. But given our roster and strengths, IMHO, it's the run game (and YAC on screens) that is going to win for us and provide Fagnano with greater opportunity to succeed. And by the 'run game' I mean taking it to the opponent right up the guy more often than running sweeps. Why we ran so many sweeps confounded me more than any other aspect of Charlton's gameplan. [/QUOTE]

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