liveanddiedeac
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I think anytime a team has 2 missed FGs (granted one was 50+ but just wide and had the distance) and 3 INTs with 2 of them in the redzone you consider that shooting yourself in the foot especially when you outgained the other team by 100+ yards. Yes it may have been due to some scheming by our D knowing we would rather risk Hooker passing mistakes vs. being run over, but the reality is even a poor QB should avoid 3 ints in any game especially when on 2 occasions you had points to be had if you just make the conservative pass and don't try to go deep down field. Poor decision making by Hooker and will be interesting to see if they give another QB snaps going forward who is a more accurate passer otherwise a lot of teams will follow our formula and make Hooker beat them in the redzone with his arm.
Well sure, missing 2 FG's and throwing 3 INT's makes a big difference. However, I think it's not giving our guys enough credit to say that's why Va. Tech lost. It'd be different if both FG's missed was from inside 40 yards or all 3 INT's came in the red zone, but we really played well on both lines of scrimmage and despite the stats, controlled most of the game. When got out to a 10-0, they came back, but we responded to lead by 7 at half and then I though it was really important that we got points to start the 2nd half. We controlled the bulk of the game and it wasn't a situation where Va. Tech controlled things and then made mistakes at the worst times. I didn't see any of the Rutgers v. Michigan State game, but Michigan State committed 7 turnovers, that's shooting yourself in the foot, in fact that's blowing your foot right off. The last INT Hooker threw wasn't meaningful anyway, we had them in an almost impossible position, needing to go 98 yards with no timeouts and little time left. Yeah, we got some breaks, but our team played a really good all around game and that shouldn't be overlooked by saying, "well the Hokies beat themselves."
As far as Hooker not throwing accurately, even though we were focusing on stopping their running game, we were covering their receivers pretty well too. Several times Hooker was having to throw to guys that were well covered. He wasn't missing guys that didn't have a defender within 20 yards of them.
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