Well, our moto for the year is shaping up to be "a win is a win". Given our track record of mind-numbing losses, I'll definitely take it, but it wasn't to be confused with a work of art. Here's a few quick thoughts:
The Good:
1. Defense: hard to find too many faults when you defense holds the other team to a single score. An overall good effort by the D.
2. D-line: In particular, our D-line play was strong. We're getting a lot more penetration this year and disrupting plays before they start. Our pass rush was also good today. Rory Blair played a very nice game, as did Render. Nice to have those 2 back.
3. Peterman threw the ball reasonably well today. He still seems to be waiting too long to deliver, but that will come as he gains confidence and learns the system better.
4. Running backs were solid, but not spectacular. Both Ollison and Hall ran hard. They just didn't have much room today.
Needs Work:
1. LB play was still not great IMO. On the Akron TD, where in the name of god were our inside backers?
2. Offensive Line was not good in run blocking today. There really were no holes at all up the middle.
3. Besides Boyd, do we even have another WR on the field?
4. Punting wasn't good although given the weather, that's probably understandable.
5. I shudder to think of Blewitt having to make a 40 yard FG with the game on the line.
Overall, it was a pretty uninspiring win, but a win nonetheless. Our D played well but I wonder how much the really bad QB play of Akron had to do with this.
We will learn a lot about this team next week. If we play at the level of the first 2 games, Iowa will destroy us. We need to step it up in a big way. Should be interesting to see how the team responds.
Cruzer
The Good:
1. Defense: hard to find too many faults when you defense holds the other team to a single score. An overall good effort by the D.
2. D-line: In particular, our D-line play was strong. We're getting a lot more penetration this year and disrupting plays before they start. Our pass rush was also good today. Rory Blair played a very nice game, as did Render. Nice to have those 2 back.
3. Peterman threw the ball reasonably well today. He still seems to be waiting too long to deliver, but that will come as he gains confidence and learns the system better.
4. Running backs were solid, but not spectacular. Both Ollison and Hall ran hard. They just didn't have much room today.
Needs Work:
1. LB play was still not great IMO. On the Akron TD, where in the name of god were our inside backers?
2. Offensive Line was not good in run blocking today. There really were no holes at all up the middle.
3. Besides Boyd, do we even have another WR on the field?
4. Punting wasn't good although given the weather, that's probably understandable.
5. I shudder to think of Blewitt having to make a 40 yard FG with the game on the line.
Overall, it was a pretty uninspiring win, but a win nonetheless. Our D played well but I wonder how much the really bad QB play of Akron had to do with this.
We will learn a lot about this team next week. If we play at the level of the first 2 games, Iowa will destroy us. We need to step it up in a big way. Should be interesting to see how the team responds.
Cruzer
