Thoughts about today:
BG is better but not that much. Don't like to complain about the refs but that was the second worst officiating I've seen in a MAC game and the worst I've been at. Having a receiver "in the area" of an intentional grounding doesn't mean "somewhere in southeast Ohio." My guess is that penalties against Ohio were running two or three to one of BG's penalties until the 4th quarter garbage time. Looked to me like they were bending over backwards to help the visitors. You know it's bad when they issue a warning against the band.
Daz has to remember the situation. On the 4th & 2 run, he had a hole for two or three yards but instead took it outside where the WR was engaged with a defender. Of course, he was stopped short. If you need two yards and the hole will get you there, take it. We had a RB several years ago who danced around in the backfield instead of hitting the hole and he wound up with bench time.
I don't think we have a healthy QB right now who's capable of getting it done. Last week we couldn't get a TD from the CMU five; today we started at the BG 37 and couldn't punch it in. The best drive of the day started inside our 1 and ended with a FG. Our TD came in garbage time. There were a few dropped balls but mostly the misses were uncatchable.
Would like to see a fake punt on something other than 4th and 10. We had a 4th and 4 earlier at about the same spot on the field and BG tipped its hand that it was dropping into coverage. That should've been the fake.
Tackling. Wasn't there today.
Wonder why BG stopped using the misdirection pass to Green. It worked twice for big gainers in the first quarter because our D bit on the misdirection, leaving him wide open. Then suddenly they stopped using it.
Once again we got into an early hole and couldn't dig out. What puzzled me was why we deferred after winning the toss. With BG's rep for high-powered offense and low-powered defense, I thought we would've wanted to go on offense first.
The ticket office's seating chart needs to show where the visitors' seats are. Last time I was at Peden they were still at the south corner of the east stands, I think. Now, they're in the west corner of the north end zone. Our tickets were in section 108 and I might not have gotten those if I'd known. After the first quarter a couple of the airheaded BG cheerleaders moved up to about the three yard line and started leading BG cheers toward our section, where there was a wave of green and maybe four people with BG garb. After halftime I got tired of it and started yelling back at them {"CKS" and whatnot). Yelled at the refs a lot, too. Haven't made a spectacle of myself at a game for quite some time. Felt good. (My wife was at a conference so it was just me and my 13-yr-old son; performed by dadly duty of embarrassing him.) Not sure if the three cops who showed up next to 108 in the 2nd half were because of me or what. Finally in the 4th quarter Ohio cheerleaders moved back in front of our section and the BG airheads moved back into the end zone. The Athletics Dept needs to remind visiting teams' cheerleaders where their constituents are.
Speaking of cheerleaders, I didn't see ours in their usual garb. Instead they were in long pants and t-shirts. Looked like alumni. And where was Rufus? Didn't see him after he rode his motorcycle to lead the team onto the field. By the 3rd quarter, the molty falcon mascot was roaming the west stands like he owned the place. Tacky.
The band was fantastic, as usual, and the alumni band was great.
On a personal note, I walked up Jeff Hill for the first time in 40+ years. Proud to say I only had to stop once, about 3/4 up. Even stopped wheezing by the time we got to old Baker.
Despite the outcome, had a great time. Being in Athens most any day soothes the soul.
Last Edited: 10/11/2014 10:01:53 PM by Pataskala