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Week 11 Plays
TCU +7
TCU +7' for another Unit
AFA -2'
ND +4 Looking for the middle.
Utah -14
Utah -13' for another unit
SDSU +3
SDSU ML +150
Week 10 Recaps
BYU 35 CSU 16
Story of the game from a gambling perspective is still probably the pic 6 that BYU backup QB Brenden Gaskins threw with four minutes to go in the game. It was one of two turnovers for the Cougars but was clearly the difference between covering the 21 or not. CSU blew multiple shots early in the game to take the lead or stay close. They had three drives inside BYU's 10 yard line in the first half and only scored 3 points. Coach Lubbick was not pleased as he's usually quite reserved but clearly wasn't so after the game.
"I might be foolish but I thought we'd come in and play well; I really thought we could play with these guys," Lubick said. "I get so darned angry at the players because I think we're a better team than we've shown. That's the stuff that frustrates you."
Lubick even admitted to berating his players with a swear word or two at halftime after they seemingly outplayed BYU only to trail 21-3.
CSU added another RB to the depth chart this week as Mike Myers looks to be getting more carries moving forward.
"I would say that we've got to put him in," Hammerschmidt said. "We need to find some energy, and he gives us that. I think we need to look for sparks from different guys."
The only reason I include that is the fact that the Rams have three viable RB's to carry the ball next week. I can see the writing on the wall. The Rams will run the ball 75% of their offensive plays next week as Hanie hasn't been able to do anything thru the air. I'll go more in depth in my preview of the NMU/CSU game.
As for the Cougars they did a great job thru the air in the victory passing for 355 yards constantly taking advantage of blown coverage by the Rams. Four passing plays accounted for 180 yards of the passing stats. They surprisingly had some problems running the ball as they had 106 yards on 38 carries (2.8 ypc). They seemed to have come out of their bye trying to establish a passing game as they've been a one dimensional running team for the past few weeks.
"I think it just proves that we are not one-dimensional offensively," Hall said. "We can run, we can pass it all over the field and I think that is big for us. It gives us a lot of confidence that whatever play is called and whenever we have the ball it will be in good hands and good things will happen."
AFA 30 Army 10
There is always a game come Sunday that I'd rather not re-visit and this is the one. I predicted last week that the Falcons would be in the high 300's in rushing yards and they cleared that with 437 yards rushing and 6.5 ypc. They were also 9/12 for 108 yards passing yet only scored 30 points. I'll blame their lack of points on a crooked official. The Falcons had been penalizied 32 times over their previous 9 games but somehow found a way to have 8 penalties against Army. I'd say at least 6 of those penalties were inside Army's 30 yard line when the Falcons were driving. You just don't have 6.5 yards a carry and have to kick 3 field goals. If anybody wants to know anything about Army let me tell you they are awful. I haven't seen such an inept offensive team all year.
TCU 37 NMU 0
Another tough beat as the Lobos refused to score. It's not so much that they refused as it was TCU just being dominate.
"They dominated," Long said. "They dominated the line of scrimmage, and any time [they] dominate the line of scrimmage on offense and defense, you get your butt kicked."
The Lobos' first play of the game went for 22 yards. Their final 59 gained 97 yards. The second-ranked offense in the Mountain West Conference had 119 yards and six first downs.
Joseph Turner has taken over the starting RB spot from Aaron Brown and had a nice game running for 115 yards on 28 carries. Both teams pulled their starters for the 4th quarter which killed any chances of the over hitting. Lobos had 28 yards rushing on 26 carries.
SDSU 27 Wyoming 24
Big victory and a great show of character here for the Aztecs. I didn't see the game so Aztec4life could probably give a better recap than I could. SDSU was down 21-0 early in the 2nd quarter and had memorable comeback capped by Keven O'Connel 27 yard TD pass with a minute left. Like I said I didn't see it and can only write about what I read here. From the boxscore:
Wyoming's offense is still horrible. They had 250 yards of offense with 157 of that coming in the first quarter where they took a 14-0 lead. They did a good job of only turning the ball over once. Defenses seem to be focusing on the run knowing that Sween can't beat them thru the air. WYO ran 47 times for 91 yards.
SDSU did what I thought they would do and just abonded running the ball from the beginning. They ran the ball 24 times while passing 44 times however 14 of those rushes were by O'Connel himself in what could have been scrambles for all I know. In the end the Aztecs were destined to win this game after all that has happened in SD over the last two weeks. I'm clueless how they react off the weekend @UNLV.
Utah, UNLV had BYEs.
I'll have my previews for week 11 up by this evening.
Last Week 2-2 -1.30 Units
Week 11 Plays
TCU +7
TCU +7' for another Unit
AFA -2'
ND +4 Looking for the middle.
Utah -14
Utah -13' for another unit
SDSU +3
SDSU ML +150
Week 10 Recaps
BYU 35 CSU 16
Story of the game from a gambling perspective is still probably the pic 6 that BYU backup QB Brenden Gaskins threw with four minutes to go in the game. It was one of two turnovers for the Cougars but was clearly the difference between covering the 21 or not. CSU blew multiple shots early in the game to take the lead or stay close. They had three drives inside BYU's 10 yard line in the first half and only scored 3 points. Coach Lubbick was not pleased as he's usually quite reserved but clearly wasn't so after the game.
"I might be foolish but I thought we'd come in and play well; I really thought we could play with these guys," Lubick said. "I get so darned angry at the players because I think we're a better team than we've shown. That's the stuff that frustrates you."
Lubick even admitted to berating his players with a swear word or two at halftime after they seemingly outplayed BYU only to trail 21-3.
CSU added another RB to the depth chart this week as Mike Myers looks to be getting more carries moving forward.
"I would say that we've got to put him in," Hammerschmidt said. "We need to find some energy, and he gives us that. I think we need to look for sparks from different guys."
The only reason I include that is the fact that the Rams have three viable RB's to carry the ball next week. I can see the writing on the wall. The Rams will run the ball 75% of their offensive plays next week as Hanie hasn't been able to do anything thru the air. I'll go more in depth in my preview of the NMU/CSU game.
As for the Cougars they did a great job thru the air in the victory passing for 355 yards constantly taking advantage of blown coverage by the Rams. Four passing plays accounted for 180 yards of the passing stats. They surprisingly had some problems running the ball as they had 106 yards on 38 carries (2.8 ypc). They seemed to have come out of their bye trying to establish a passing game as they've been a one dimensional running team for the past few weeks.
"I think it just proves that we are not one-dimensional offensively," Hall said. "We can run, we can pass it all over the field and I think that is big for us. It gives us a lot of confidence that whatever play is called and whenever we have the ball it will be in good hands and good things will happen."
AFA 30 Army 10
There is always a game come Sunday that I'd rather not re-visit and this is the one. I predicted last week that the Falcons would be in the high 300's in rushing yards and they cleared that with 437 yards rushing and 6.5 ypc. They were also 9/12 for 108 yards passing yet only scored 30 points. I'll blame their lack of points on a crooked official. The Falcons had been penalizied 32 times over their previous 9 games but somehow found a way to have 8 penalties against Army. I'd say at least 6 of those penalties were inside Army's 30 yard line when the Falcons were driving. You just don't have 6.5 yards a carry and have to kick 3 field goals. If anybody wants to know anything about Army let me tell you they are awful. I haven't seen such an inept offensive team all year.
TCU 37 NMU 0
Another tough beat as the Lobos refused to score. It's not so much that they refused as it was TCU just being dominate.
"They dominated," Long said. "They dominated the line of scrimmage, and any time [they] dominate the line of scrimmage on offense and defense, you get your butt kicked."
The Lobos' first play of the game went for 22 yards. Their final 59 gained 97 yards. The second-ranked offense in the Mountain West Conference had 119 yards and six first downs.
Joseph Turner has taken over the starting RB spot from Aaron Brown and had a nice game running for 115 yards on 28 carries. Both teams pulled their starters for the 4th quarter which killed any chances of the over hitting. Lobos had 28 yards rushing on 26 carries.
SDSU 27 Wyoming 24
Big victory and a great show of character here for the Aztecs. I didn't see the game so Aztec4life could probably give a better recap than I could. SDSU was down 21-0 early in the 2nd quarter and had memorable comeback capped by Keven O'Connel 27 yard TD pass with a minute left. Like I said I didn't see it and can only write about what I read here. From the boxscore:
Wyoming's offense is still horrible. They had 250 yards of offense with 157 of that coming in the first quarter where they took a 14-0 lead. They did a good job of only turning the ball over once. Defenses seem to be focusing on the run knowing that Sween can't beat them thru the air. WYO ran 47 times for 91 yards.
SDSU did what I thought they would do and just abonded running the ball from the beginning. They ran the ball 24 times while passing 44 times however 14 of those rushes were by O'Connel himself in what could have been scrambles for all I know. In the end the Aztecs were destined to win this game after all that has happened in SD over the last two weeks. I'm clueless how they react off the weekend @UNLV.
Utah, UNLV had BYEs.
I'll have my previews for week 11 up by this evening.
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