Here's what I wrote on the PC board:
A couple things from the game thread then I'll get to my thoughts:
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anyone else want to comment on the pooch and squib kicks we are doing.. i am not a big fan.. granted liberty does have speedy returners.. but still you have to get the ball down the field better
You're punter wasn't happy with that. We saw him on the sidelines saying, "Why are we doing that" after the touchdown.
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so much for the 20K or even 17K. attendance was 15K.. still big looks like a good atmosphere
The attendance was disappointed. We had 15,300-ish, which is second in school history, but expected more. The weather probably kept them away. The crowd also wasn't nearly as lively as in other games. I think it had to do with the fact that it wasn't close and it was a day game. We have fun, but it was a relatively boring game.
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classy move Coach Rocco.....throwing deep with 2 minutes left ahead 41-14....thats like Coach Lamb of Furman calling a TO with a few seconds left to score a TD...
If you listen to Coach Rocco in his post-game press conference, he says that they had all intentions of running the ball and running the clock out in the fourth quarter. However, Byrnes Bentley called a timeout before third down, so we said screw it and threw the ball up. We threw it to the tight end for his only catch of the game.
Now, for other stuff:
You guys are going to be good. If Bentley can recruit, you'll be good. You've got the talent now. You'll probably beat Chuck South by 15-20 points.
Your QB seems to be ok. He left the game with a neck brace on but he was walking so I don't think it's that bad. His mom came running out of the stands and went down on the field when he got hurt.
We had a ton of penalties. One of the unsportsmanlike ones I didn't necessarily agree with (the one on Lloyd). Worrell was tripped up, then got up and started running again and SRL pushed him down. It was after the initial down, so I can understand the penalty, but I can see where SRL thought he was never down, etc.
I'm not a fan of your coach, at all, but I like your players. I really do. Most teams we play, had they went up against the prank that we pulled in the stands, would've been talking crap, flipping us off, etc. Yours didn't do that. They just laughed and went on playing football. I'm a big Larry Thomas fan now after seeing that he can take a joke, laugh it off, and appreciate it for kids being kids. Grayson and Worrell also were good sports about everything (Mullins played great by the way).
We got you guys in Clinton next year. I hope to see ya there.
(Oh, by the way, you guys had a decent crowd there. About 30 minutes before the game you have 7-8 rows completely filled. I don't know how many more came, but there was a decent PC crowd, better than anyone else we've played this year)
The prank went great. I'm about to watch the video of it and hope to have it edited by Monday. Anyone know how to get video off a Comcast DVR to the computer?
Brock played absolutely amazing. 19-25 for 298 and 3 TD's.
Rashad was awesome.
Defense gave up big plays in two drives but overall was just as good as last week.
Officiated was ehh a few times, but that was both ways. Welcome to the Big South.
Other than that, I don't have much off the top of my head.
The defense looked a lot better than the last game I saw. Also, Brock did really well today. There were a couple of drops by the receivers and a few passes that were overthrown a bit, but that's to be expected. Brock showed a lot of confidence out there today and I also liked the fact that the coaches showed their confidence in him as well by giving him back to back pass opportunities. I really like what I saw from the flames today and I can't wait until next week!
Oh my word, his neck is broken? He's not paralyzed is he? What's the link to their message board?
- By Sly Fox
- By LU Armchair coach