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solid W lets get to .500

There’s a trophy for this?!? 😂🤣

Good call 👍

Geez, I woke up expecting this place to be burned to the ground only to find balloons and presents (well, sort of). I guess we put the torches down for this week?

A couple more things and my head has been kind of out it since I left the game at the half due to the death of a long-time co-worker and friend. Very few expected a win here other than maybe Atlanta Tiger. Morgan State did play well in their first two games. Akron might stink but they are still FBS and the Bears literally fumbled that game away. So it's a good win despite the major issues on special teams (blocking and snapping, not Vaughn) and the offense. Kent will be the focus but Brian Sheppard has to do a better job of managing the game and the clock when you have the game in hand. Kent is basically a game-manager so run the occasional QB draw. Our three running backs that we use are not big, I don't see them all of a sudden using Sabias Folley at 5-11, 235, but we did miss Bangda's size (5-10, 230). We miss him in terms of just ramming the ball up the middle with a nice lead though usually you have a fullback there. Dion Crews Harris is now a DL and so is Brockman Wallace. Can we move them to fullback in these late-game situations and go back to running the power? It's an offense that lacks an identity because I know Sheppard wants to throw a lot but we're not built for that. There was one great drive in that first half that was helped by a Daniel Thompson great run after the catch. IMO, we have to be precise to move the football and run long drives. We are not a very good running team though Morgan has a pretty good defense so I think they adjusted to those short passes to Perkins and James and took them away. Getting the ball to Perkins was great so see, but where is Cee Chosen? The burner from TCU should be on the field at least 1/2 the time and should run some end arounds. BTW, the right side of the offensive line is still in flux. I've seen a bunch of different combinations there, but we ended with a true freshman in K.J. Brooks at right tackle. Florian Staehler also played right guard. Maybe that's the combination we need but at some point, we need stability there. We're certainly not small, but we need more athletic and long linemen to eventually run that Air Raidish offense. But I have to give credit to Coach Dulin, who had his defensive backs on the Morgan receivers tonight. Even if their QBs were underthrowing and off tonight, their receivers were not open when they tried to go vertically. In the middle of the field? Sure, but it was nice to see Mason Woods out there manning the middle with the left hand wrapped up. Javier played about as well as a Towson CB could play since the days of Tye Smith and Jordan Love. He was fantastic. I thought Xavier Terry played well at safety and the combination of Charles Peoples and Shafeek Smith is somewhat promising. Don't love either but guess what? Norfolk State and the rest of the teams will be throwing away from No. 3. Impressive first half to an extent, but left too many points on the board on offense. It's all about getting better and they did that tonight.