Topic: Gutty

[_sturt_]

I haven't read all the threads, but I'm sure I'm not the first to say that some wins are just impressive because of everything that happened that should have predicted a loss. Clearly, we're a different team without DJ. But we can beat a decent opponent minus him.

[Johnnyherd]

I haven't read all the threads, but I'm sure I'm not the first to say that some wins are just impressive because of everything that happened that should have predicted a loss. Clearly, we're a different team without DJ. But we can beat a decent opponent minus him.

Yes, and I don't know about that...I think we are half the team without him....

It's pointless to say this, but I'd bet we win by 2-3 TDs today with DJ 100%....Just not the same team...We feed off his relentlessness and he breaks teams...

How many 2nd & 10s, 3rd & 10s did we have today?  With DJ it's 2nds & 3s, 1st & 10s

[parshall2marshall]

Agree. football games are won on first down more than anything. Dictating the plays and formations to follow.


Side note :

Funny how I can disagree so vehemently with riflearm's HN defense of the coaching staff last week ( 4th and goal from the 6 inch line vs. WKU ). His rationale was it worked to get us to OT -where we lost. First, it would be much easier to follow up with a FG than the TD we did eventually get. But negates that a follow-up TD would win for us in regulation. [ Not to mention having to stop not only a WKU TD but a WKU FG the way we played it. ]

And agree with him on the pass today :

https://marshall.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=2236&tid=207489559&mid=207489559&sid=1082&style=2

p2m

[pdunn]

Funny how I can disagree so vehemently with riflearm's HN defense of the coaching staff last week ( 4th and goal from the 6 inch line vs. WKU ). His rationale was it worked to get us to OT -where we lost. First, it would be much easier to follow up with a FG than the TD we did eventually get. But negates that a follow-up TD would win for us in regulation. [ Not to mention having to stop not only a WKU TD but a WKU FG the way we played it. ]

We did the same thing in the GMAC bowl back in 2001 with Bobby P coaching.

[parshall2marshall]

We did the same thing in the GMAC bowl back in 2001 with Bobby P coaching.

I don't honestly believe that the 2 situations could be compared. Either for or against the coaching decision being made at the time. Both at least sort of worked ( to get us to OT ), but 2001 was our only reasonable course of action ...i.e. it was not 4th and goal from the 6-inch line.

p2m

[pdunn]

Good point.  I can't remember the distance on that play in 2001.