the biggeest blown call i can remember is the review of the 3rd down catch taht went through the recivers arms and hit the dirt. that was a big time miss that would have brought up forth down. but given our coachings staffs propensity to throw on every down it prolly would have been at best a 3 and out anyway

…but listening to Bob Davie talk about the “excellent job done by the officials” was even more infuriating.

PASS DEFENSE. AND PASS DEFENSE. This seems to be one topic that never gets covered. We seem to always have problems with this. We can shut down nearly any team’s running game but I don’t understand why this keeps happening. I guess we just don’t have the players we need to be effective in this department. And WV State would have beaten us with 6 turnovers. We may have won the game with just one less.

Officiating? I don’t know about that. Maybe one bad call for each team.

I remember two times JB was hit late, two times Devine’s head was almost ripped off, one invisible holding call that killed a drive and a ton missed holding calls on Auburn’s line.

I had one of the worst migraines of my life during the game so I could have a clouded memory.

They are not the reason we lost but it would’ve been easier to win had we gotten a few calls.

5th, i totally disagree with this grade, i would more likely give them a “D” on offense. 5 turnovers? seriously? you cannot give any grade over a “D” with 5 turnovers. without 5 turnovers, we win this game. forget what the defense did, if you don’t take care of the ball you lose. period.

i think we did some GREAT things on offense! but none of that matters when you give the game away. look at the first quarter, those two big plays were awesome and showed that we can be great, but not if we follow it up by turning the ball over. I would take less big plays and less turnovers anyday, rather than a big play and turnover.

but i see what your saying, i was impressed with our third and short game. and Devine looked really good.

But there is still no way the get a “B” with 5 turnovers.

the o-line did a nice job run blocking. but you are right about the o-line, even though there is usually no such thing as “too much penetration”

coaches were blaming one of the interceptions on running a wrong route, and another on being hurried by the rush.

i guess i can agree on a “C”

get some sleep.

the one thing we are forgetting about the 1st quater is the play calling. the reason why we were able to rack up 2 bills on o and throw a 21 spot on the board was because au had no idea WTF was going on. no clue at all. it was brilliant in the 1st quater. after that though it felt like we became one deminsional. once jb and the o line started getting shakey you gotta start pound the run . clark up the gut, noel on ther perimiter, some options. make them worry about the run again. im supprised after noel broke that long one that we didnt really start ramming it down thier throat. they were beaten and batterred and we let them hang around in the first half…

Sure is a stud, he capped off a great offensive effort by tackling a defensive lineman or is it “attackling”? Too bad we had to get intercepted for him to pull it off. We got work to do.

I’m not sure you can be pleased by anything if you don’t like the playcalling after we roll up 500 yards and 30 points with 6 turnovers

half that came in the 1st quater. stop drinking the kool-aid and take a hard look at the game plan the coaching staff utilized in the second half. there was very little effort put into establishing the run. thus the corners can sit on thier coverages and wait for jb to throw. they dont have to worry about run support, niether do the safteys. nevermind that the entire second half he was running for his life. it is very easy to question the game from the comfort of my cubcile beacuse thats what fans are supposed to do when you have a loss in this manner. the coaching staff is getting paid what they are because thats thier job. taking cirtisism is also part of the job description.c’mon man the air was out of that stadium, and we let them hang around

This game is going to help us win the big east-think about it- is going to Cincy, SFfla or Rutgers anything like where we just were? I don’t think so.

agree on this point. the boys fought very hard sat night, and given the circumstances the game played out similar to my expectations. i figured it would come down to the wire but on our end, not thiers. great game. but again when you dont have to worry about the run, it makes pass coverages a whole heck of a lot easier. thats not taking away from au, thier defense sparked one heck of a come back. on that note the only team im worried about now is cincy, USF without matt Grothe is huge….that guy was a mountaineer killer. sucks for him being a senior and all but thats the hand he got delt. hopefully he’ll make it to the next level where he belongs.

don’t think we should ever forget about them….but God, we owe them….

yeah…slightly…bastards