TSU88

Actually, the passing game improved from week 1 to 2. Week 1 saw 85 yds passing, 3 INT's & 0 TD's. Week 2 saw over 200 yds passing, 2 INT's (one was a horrible pass. The other, the DB made a nice play) & 2 TD's. We still got routed, but, realistically, what did you expect? U MD dropped 51 on Texas the week before. So, if Stover doesn't throw a pic 6, U MD scores 56 yesterday. What do San Jose State, Charlotte & ECU have in common? They're all FBS programs who had 55 or 56 pts scored on them yesterday (their might be other FBS schools who got similarly torched, as I haven't seen the west coast scores). The point is, routs like this are going to happen from time-to-time. Check back with me after the St. Francis game. If we lose that one (and especially if we get drubbed) then I'm inclined to say we're looking at a 3-4 win season. But, if we can pull next week out, we enter CAA play (which ultimately will determine whether we have a successful season or not) with a 2-1 record.

I feel your pain on the D, but it begs the question of just how, after 2 games, do we assess this D? Is it the D that pitched a shutout in week 1 or the D that got destroyed in week 2? I suggest the answer is obviously somewhere in between. Week 1 we played an inferior offense; week 2, a superior one. I'm almost inclined to say burn the film from yesterday's defensive disaster and move on. Next week against St. Francis, who is far better than Morgan State's O, but not as good as U MD, should be telling. Honestly, I've got a bad feeling about this game, but time will tell.

Being at the game today, I commented to someone I was with that we weren't fast enough to run wide on MD & Simpson and Platt weren't big enough to run straight up the middle on them. We really do need to start establishing the run. I hope we can begin doing that next week vs St. Francis.

I get it, the object is to win. And I don't expect us to score 45 points a game. Having said that, 102 yards of total offense, 17 yards rushing & 3 INT's, against a bottom feeder MEAC team, is pitiful. Our longest run by an RB was what, 7 yards? Why was the run game abandoned for much of the game? Is Morgan's D the FCS version of the 2000 Ravens D? Why was the O-Line pass & run blocking so woeful? Why is the play calling so vanilla? Is it a lack of talent, poor coaching? A combo of the 2? Perhaps it's too soon to push the panic button, but next week vs MD has all the makings of a 56-0 type loss. If this is indicative of the O this year, I'm hard pressed to see more than 2-3 wins. I feel like I've been sold a bill of goods by a snake oil salesman

To Tgr4life, I might not be a D1 HC, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. So the record is clear, I posted no complaints about any specific players. Indeed, an unbiased reading of my post reveals my dissatisfaction to have been with the coaching staff (which I stand by). You're entitled to your opinion & I'm entitled to mine. If that putrid offensive performance the other night didn't set off alarm bells for you, so be it. As for me, as an alum, a season ticket holder & a donor to the athletic department, I've earned the right to point out my concerns with the product that was put out on the offensive side of the ball the other night. Personally I would love nothing better than to eat a heaping helping of crow going forward. We shall see.

As I stated in a different topic thread, if last night is any indication, a 2-3 win season, at best, is in the offing. As I was sitting in the stands last night, I noticed Morgan loading the box, and asked myself "why aren't we forcing them out of that, by going with 4 wides"? If I understand that, why was it apparently lost on our offensive coaching staff? We were thoroughly out coached & but for Morgan shooting itself in the foot on offense, we lose. And it wasn't lost on me that Rhode Island took an FBS team, Central Michigan, to triple OT.

13-21, 235 yards & 3 TD's, in only 2 1/2 quarters of work, against the defending state champions. Not too shabby

Great get

So, I see where Carleton, who we beat by 12 I believe, beat Bama by 13. And it's already been noted that we blew out McGill, who lost in OT to SMU. Sounds encouraging, but I suspect some of our CAA opponents will be improved this year

Are we MD's opener, or do they play a game the week prior?