A Sea Of Red

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:11 pm**

Post-mortem sounds too depressing for this one. Here's our quick hit notes

http://www.aseaofred.com/quick-hit-notes-odu/

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:14 pm**

Wow!

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:17 pm**

Students rushed the field. SMH

-Offensive line looked really good. ODU has a very good Defensive line with an NFL prospect.

-Defensive is much improved. JuCo's had a major Impact.

-Malik Mathews is a huge weakness. Got beat almost every play. If ODU had an accurate QB his guy would've had 2 TD's. Add the fact he can't tackle.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:17 pm**

PxP Guy was good
Color guy.....
Scruggs got in and made some plays
This, to me, was a No Brainer Win. The trials and tribulations of the Season start next week. But it’s nice to know you start your FBS ERA with a win. No one can take that away

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:19 pm**

It would’ve been a totally different game had they hit those two field goals or connected on one of the wide open TD passes in the first half.

But they didn’t.

And we took advantage of it.

And we broke their will.

We’ve never done that under Turner Gill before.

Let’s build on it.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:20 pm**

VERY glad we didn't pay $1.2 million for ODU to drive to Lynchburg and beat us.

Impressed with the defense. Impressed with the up-tempo offense that let the running game work - the opposite of what I had been thinking. That's why I'm not a coach

Now to shift gears and beat Army next week.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:21 pm**

phoenix wrote:VERY glad we didn't pay $1.3 million for ODU to drive to Lynchburg and beat us.

Impressed with the defense. Impressed with the up-tempo offense that let the running game work - the opposite of what I had been thinking. That's why I'm not a coach

Now to shift gears and beat Army next week.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:21 pm**

Jonathan Carone wrote:It would’ve been a totally different game had they hit those two field goals or connected on one of the wide open TD passes in the first half.

But they didn’t.

And we took advantage of it.

And we broke their will.

We’ve never done that under Turner Gill before.

Let’s build on it.

Onward to Army.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:22 pm**

VERY glad we didn't pay $1.3 million for ODU to drive to Lynchburg and beat us.

Impressed with the defense. Impressed with the up-tempo offense that let the running game work - the opposite of what I had been thinking. That's why I'm not a coach

Now to shift gears and beat Army next week.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:23 pm**

Can someone delete my first post? Thanks :/

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:26 pm**

Next week is when the real test begins...and anyone can remember how badly we have done against the TO...and Hopkins (the starting qb) threw the ball 21 times last night...for a team that had a few games where they attempted zero passes in the last couple years

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:27 pm**

I wonder if ODU will still be on board with playing us every year after this.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:28 pm**

It’s great to get the win, but can’t forget after the win against Baylor last year the wheels feel off. Still not convinced that Gill can put together a successful full season.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:29 pm**

You guys should think about West Point starting tomorrow. Let's soak up a HUGE in-state victory that demonstrated some surprising improvements on both the fronts. That defensive performance even against a suspect O without its best back did what we haven't been able to do consistently in a couple of years. Lemonier was everywhere even when he wasn't making the play himself. Considering the number of key players on defense who had limited action for one reason or another and I am stunned at their performance tonight.

Offensively, these are the type of numbers I hope we aspire toward the rest of the season:

Buck didn't make suspect passes and made the smart choices on his opportunities. This is the kind of effort we should expect from a kid this talented in his junior season. If we can get any semblance of a running game our passing attack is going to be tough to contain for most of our opppnents. Tonight the Texan JUCOs gave us what we needed.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:31 pm**

Sly Fox wrote:You guys should think about West Point starting tomorrow. Let's soak up a HUGE in-state victory that demonstrated some surprising improvements on both the fronts. That defensive performance even against a suspect O without its best back did what we haven't been able to do consistently in a couple of years. Lemonier was everywhere even when he wasn't making the play himself. Considering the number of key players on defense who had limited action for one reason or another and I am stunned at their performance tonight.

Offensively, these are the type of numbers I hope we aspire toward the rest of the season:

Buck didn't make suspect passes and made the smart choices on his opportunities. This is the kind of effort we should expect from a kid this talented in his junior season. If we can get any semblance of a running game our passing attack is going to be tough to contain for most of our opppnents. Tonight the Texan JUCOs gave us what we needed.

Thanks Board Sheriff. I mean we’ve seen this before. We can be both happy and nervous at the same time.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:49 pm**

Like some have said already... I want to be excited about this. I should be happy. But I’ve seen this show before. I’ve gotten my hopes up before. Now if we beat army... i might start believing it’s real.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 10:56 pm**

Tonight was a good night for LU. Build on that momentum. Beat Army.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:09 pm**

Best defensive effort I have seen from Liberty. A few missed arm tackles but even then support was there to cleanup.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:15 pm**

BJWilliams wrote:Next week is when the real test begins...and anyone can remember how badly we have done against the TO...and Hopkins (the starting qb) threw the ball 21 times last night...for a team that had a few games where they attempted zero passes in the last couple years

We win if they throw 21 times. That happened because they were behind and Duke's defense was effective against the run.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:28 pm**

As a guy who lives down the street from ODU and has to hear all of the yapping by Monarch fans all the time, I *really* appreciated the effort by the good guys tonight. If you want to have some fun, go over to the ODU board and read the game thread from the beginning when they started making predictions. It's actually hilarious.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:29 pm**

Jonathan Carone wrote:It would’ve been a totally different game had they hit those two field goals or connected on one of the wide open TD passes in the first half.

But they didn’t.

And we took advantage of it.

And we broke their will.

We’ve never done that under Turner Gill before.

Let’s build on it.

Nice to have LU not having the woulda, coulda, shoulda game.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:48 pm**

I was jumping around at the wedding dinner that I attended tonight. I knew LU had the means for victory. That being said, we know what usually occurs after the first game. Hopefully the momentum is still going as those boys head to West Point. But for now, let’s take a little break and enjoy the win.

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:56 pm**

You should check out the ODU board: https://csnbbs.com/forum-688.html

Some of their fans are ready to fire their entire coaching staff. Others are praising our students and our stadium, and still others want a rematch in the worse way.

If JB were still here, he would be offering HCTG a lifetime contract (and maybe he deserves one after tonight!).

Posted: **September 1st, 2018, 11:57 pm**

I saw a lot of the same weaknesses I've seen for years with Turner Gill lead teams in the 1st half. Then something happened in the 2nd half that hasn't happened with TG. We got better in the 2nd half.

It was encouraging and such a fun way to start life at the FBS level.

I still think we win 3 or 4 games tops but we may be better than I thought.

Posted: **September 2nd, 2018, 12:00 am**

How many ODU fans were there

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