Thursday, September 11, 2008

Finally recovered from last weekend



First off:

I'm looking for writers to fill in when I'm extremely swamped with school work and whatever else.

Secondly:

From the Kalamazoo bars to late night pizza to not being able to find the mass of Huskies at the tailgate, this past weekend was an interesting one to say the least. My favorite pre-game moment was walking through the massive student tailgating section, getting booed and having beer cans thrown at the small gathering of Huskie fans with me.

This game was strange. It was kind of like bizarro world with what happened in K-Zoo.

The main thing about this game was that rFR QB Chandler Harnish went down with a sprained ankle in the 1st part of the 1st quarter of the game. This was disappointing because he showed so much promise during the game @ Minnesota. WR Britt Davis didn't even make the trip to Kalamazoo because of "health issues". Right there 2 of your best offensive weapons are taken away from you.

At RB, Me'co Brown got most of the carries. Why? Because he's quicker and can peform better out of the shotgun formation, per OC Limegrover. I guess that is mostly what we were going to use against the Broncos. Still would like to see one back being used over and over so he can gain some consistency and yardage.

Both SR Dan Nicholson and rFR DeMarcus Grady got turns at QB, with Grady running every time. Grady really needs to learn how to throw if he wants an extended stay at the position. ESPN's Graham Watson made the Overstatement of the day, assuming facts before anything is reported.

Dan N's shoulder is not going to hold up all season, so we may consider burning the redshirt off of Brandon Rogers and letting him get some playing time throwing the ball around.

An old-school connection between Nicholson and Marcus Perez was made, with MPZ getting 6 catches for 77 yds. Nate Palm continues to impress catching 4 passes for 78 yds.

LT Trevor Olson had some trouble keeping the defensive tackles out of the backfield, as our QBs were sacked 4 times.

DE Larry English will be playing with a club against Indiana State because of a broken thumb injury, which required surgery. Overall the defense wasn't that great while struggling with run defense and not sacking Tim Hiller once in this game.

Overall, starting your second road game in a row, in-conference, with a rotating door at QB, with one of your best WRs not making the trip, with a new coach, with an inconsistent running game, with a freshman at LT is not going to be a good situation.

31-27 and 29-26. 2 close losses to some tough teams. Minnesota blew out BGSU who just upset Pitt, while WMU is the class of the MAC West.

This is a great time for a bye week and an FCS team to play. Let this team develop and get their things together before the bulk of conference play up ahead.


Now...what exactly am I going to do this weekend?

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