Saturday, October 4, 2008

UNC- Halftime Thoughts

- You have the nation's number 1 rusher and  a red shirt sophomore quarterback starting his first game, on the road, in front of a sold out crowd, so on 3rd and 2 you...pass?  Huh?

-You have fourth and two around midfield, you've had two punts blocked, and should have had another blocked, and you still have the nation's leading rusher, so you...punt?  Huh?

-Frazer looked great on the first and last drive of the half.  That second pick was totally on Kashif Moore.  

-Frazer needs to quit forcing the ball into double coverage.  

-How is this only a two score game?  

-Penalties.  I know how Matt Hinton, over at Doc Saturday, rails against the perceived value of a penalty, but honestly...what the hell?  Its like we've just shot our selves in the foot and then decided to shoot ourselves in the other foot-you know, just to even things up, brah.

-Having looked at the drive chart, our defense is playing a damn fine game.  UNC has really only had one good drive, and even that ended in a field goal.  Field position is killing us, right now.

-That option to Todman in the first quarter was awesome.  I've been looking for something like that all season.  

-If we want to win this game we need to give Donnie 20 carries, Todman 10-12, and Dixon/Frey/Butler another 10-12.  Frazer, though, for the most part, I've liked what I've seen, cannot carry this team.  21 passes to 15 Donnie Brown carries will not cut it.

On an unrelated aside: if you don't already know, I've followed the University of Tennessee for my entire life and to see the Vols in such a state of terrific disarray kills me.  

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