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Scott "Rufio" Feather
Just want to add how good Tom Elrod is as a radio analyst.
We did get touchbacks. The kickoffs were good enough not to risk the spot on the 25. That's all you need nowadays.
Hines is an upgrade at KR/PR.
Geez. Hunter Williams gives a good interview, too. Sounds like a coach as well.
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. He had two, maybe even three lapses in judgment on punt returns in the first half. Staff was coaching him up on the sidelines after each.
A very nice opening game. Thought the OL still had problems but did better than last year. RBs made some nice runs, but we lacked consistency. I don't think our pass rush ever got to the QB, but you can't complain about how the defense dominated the game.
As others have noted, it's good to see a coach not pack it in with a large lead. We kept running our offense giving Hinton some meaningful experience.
It'll be interesting to see if we can move the ball well against 'Cuse, or whether this was just Elon.
They said 70. It got considerable hang time.
Wolford gives a good interview. He sounds like a coach.
From the seats:
We are much better than last year - whether that will bear itself out in wins, who knows
I really like Bell and Colburn. They move the pile when they run
Line will still be an issue and we are thin there.
I was impressed with Brent (outside of the one horrendous drop on the comeback). It's nice to have a big target
I'm a little underwhelmed by ST outside of Kinal. If we don't get touchbacks, our coverage is pretty suspect. I missed the good punt return in the 3rd
I missed one that he was down inside the 10. Regardless of the mistakes, he's still an upgrade.
I think it's safe to assume that rushed or not, he got every bit of that one and a little bit more. I doubt he's booming 70+ yard punts with any regularity in practice.Officially it was a 70 yd punt
However, on the replay, he kicked it from his own 2 or 3 yd line and the ball was spotted on the Elon 16.
ie. the ball travelled over 80 yds.
It also looked like he was rushed and didn't get everything into the kick.
Amazing.
Thoughts on burning Hinton's red shirt?
Thoughts on burning Hinton's red shirt?
"Burning" implies there was an intent for him to red shirt in the first place. I don't think, given our very thin team, that Clawson ever intended to red shirt Hinton.
We can use his wheels and we may well need him as a starter given just how brutal our schedule is second half of the season.
A team this thin needs a back-up QB with some experience. Really happy Hinton got some quality time in the 2nd half.
No choice. It's unlikely Wolford plays every snap this season. Gotta get reps for the backup. Also balances out scholly situation.
Yep. For example if Wolford's helmet gets knocked off it's not like we'll want to just play without a QB for a play. You need 2 QBs.