- September 18th, 2017, 8:50 am
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Our wide receiver group played well. Gandy Golden made some outrageous catches all in a sequence. Farrow and King look explosive on every play.
O-Line gave buckshot time and run blocked well.
Stubbs looks very sure of himself on Punt returns, and he reminds me of Steve Smith with his YAC yards being so violent and tough. Overall the kick coverage and return game were in LU favor all night. This has been the biggest area of improvement over Gill's tenure.
Baptist side was very engaged in the game. The band sounded so good in the end zone. We have done away with some of the super lame game day stuff, like the red jacket guy telling us how to chant , and I could be wrong but I did not notice any "flame throwers" at the game for the first time in a couple seasons. I thought the PA did a fantastic job and really has improved. Students storming the field is pretty lame, but if it keeps them there for the fourth quarter, it may be worth it. Props to the students for coming out and really being a force at home games.
Now for some of the negatives I noticed. Chris Turner can cover, and jumps routes. He cannot tackle, and he tries way to hard to make a play on the ball on every play. The secondary (Tillman, Peters, Turner all got burnt in situations where they were looking back for the ball. I am not a DB coach, but I feel like their main job is to make it difficult and prevent the WR from catching the ball, not to go up and make a SCTOP10 play on every ball.
Play calling in a few key situations was pretty awful. Defensive and Offensive coordinators cant get every play call right, but the 3rd and 1 with game in the balance, you cannot throw a go route, and then run it with RB that hasn't had a carry yet. Not good.
16,000 fans. I get it , that we are being audited now, and these numbers have always been this low in real life, but it just hurts a little to see that number so low.
Fan reactions , It really shows some of our fan base immaturity and how new some of you are to this, that you can only find the negatives with LU football unless we beat a P5. Here is a reminder, ISU is a good team in a good conference, they beat us badly in 2014. We are now winning games (3-0) , and the fan base is calling for a national championship or bust. If you take a step back and enjoy the progression and very sharp incline this program is on, it would do some of you well. I am not sure if Gill is the man going forward, but I am thrilled to be 3-0.
Overall it was another fun Saturday night in Williams Stadium. #GOFLAMES
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