Pretty poor 1st qtr for the pokes…

O:

• Surprised to see Rengel with the start, but overall I like him as a player.
• The pick was a bad decision, but he came back

D:

• pretty clear it has been decimated from last years graduates and transfers

O-State 3rd qtr:

O:

• first drive started off great, injury time out seemed to snuff out the momentum
• switched to gunnar, not sure if we needed to do that at this point in the game. I like gunnar but we need some consistency

SP:

• the FG coverage has been phenomenal. One block in the 2nd qtr and maybe another in the 3rd? looked close. After commercial, kick looked just rushed.
• Once again punting is damn good, pinned @ the 5 yard line.

D:

• UCA’s first drive … We can’t tackle at ALL!
• Couple Tips this game at the line has been nice
• 2 sacks in UCA first drive
• UCA 2nd drive … chunk play after chunk play… We sucked ass this drive… embarassing.

Over all our D sucked this qtr, and the O cant get any sustained momentum going. Not looking good for the 4th

O-State 4th qtr and end game

O:

• OLLIE!!! what a man! Steppin on toes and breaken ppls nose
• Finally another TD!!! we got some chunk plays that drive and gunnar was great.
• TD #2 of the qtr … OLLIE!!! OK BOYS WE ROLLING NOW!!!

I am cautiously optimistic about our Offence… The weapons are there, but they need the reps… The biggest issue (like every year) will our O-line hold up?

SP:

• Another FG block!!! lets GOOOOO (PAT block)

VERY happy with SP teams today. Picking up where we do every year. Gundy is our Sp Teams coach, so I expect them to play well.

D:

• Stepped up the plate when it mattered the most, and got some stops
• 5 sacks makes me happy
• Going forward, I am still pretty worried about our D. They need a lot of work if we are going to win the minimum.

Ill say this, Im happy for the win, but I am a realist. 6 wins and a bowl and Im happy. 8 or 9 wins (including the bowl) and Ill be VERY happy for this season. We have a lot of potential, but with 51 new players this year, I cant see that we will be good enough fast enough. Gundy has surprised me before, but like I said… I am a realist.

VICTORY!

O-State 2nd qtr:

O:

• 3 and outs need to stop. First drive of the qtr was a huge bust with Rengel.
• Alan BOWMAN!!! LETS FING GOOO! Not the best first drive, but some nice 1st down passes when we needed them. I smell potential.
• AB’s second drive… Great passes, but THE DAMN DROPS!!! WTF!!!
• AB drive after fumble was meh at best… almost picked twice

SP:

• Robinson kid CAN KICK! holy crap, especially for someone who has never kicked prior to this year?
• Punt and Kick coverage seems to be on point again this year which is good.
• Hitting FGs is good atleast

D:

• played much better this qtr, still need some gelling this year
• TFL and Sack on UCA 2nd drive was very nice
• TFL and Sack on UCA 3rd drive, but let a huge pass through
• FORCED FUMBLE!!! LFG!!! and… it wasn’t payed off by offense, damn

Overall taking the lead into the half is good! Against an FCS team though? Im still worried about this season as a whole. We need waay more offensive success.

UCA starts the second half with the ball

I don’t have much to say on the game as my kitchen doesn’t have a view of the TV and I was cooking some chicken fried steak for some friends, but I heard that Gunnar and Rangel are both great this year and I’m hoping that we can somehow utilize both. In an ideal world, we’d have two all-star quarterbacks that can be slotted in and out when we need to.

It sounds like our defense was mid at best, our O-line is mid, and our special teams is still great. I’m hoping that the score here was just the first-game jitters and us trying out every player we had which would hurt the consistency. Hopefully, going forward we don’t have any issues and we win it all.

Unrelated note, I miss flairs from /r/CFB. I can’t tell if I should hate someone or not without them.