I was at the CWU game last night. The box score says attendance of 3709 and that is certainly very inaccurate. At least another 2000 there with lots of people standing along the field fence line and tons of students there. Great to see the student section on one end and the band on the other. What a great atmosphere.
One of the best defensive and special teams efforts you will ever see. Donte did everything last night and showed why he will be the player of the year and hopefully and All-American. Fumble recovery, swatted down the pass, 2 sacks. The defense had their work cut out for them with the offense sucking, and they made stops time and time again. Sadly their only mistake of the night was the personal foul on third down of the last drive. They were one more play away from winning the game and instead it led to ASU's game winner. But it should not have come down to just 1 play. We did get bailed out a couple times with ASU's two missed field goals. And wow the special teams coverage was also great, with 3 blocked/deflected punts.
But that passing game has got to be the worst we have ever had in a very long time. If JJ Lemming is going to be a traditional pocket passer with no rushing abilities whatsoever, then he actually needs to complete his passes. He had no downfield vision, no accuracy, and as long as ASU kept defending the passes they knew he was no threat to rush and they could keep containing Boddie. I think the 2019 Canon Racanelli even could've played better. But 9/33 is never going to win a football game. I hate to blame just one player for the loss, but you sorta have to blame Lemming. If CWU had any halfway decent QB, they would've won that game easily. Because ASU was giving us so many chances to add to our score. Unfortunately I did not see Matlock on the sidelines, so I wonder why he was absent. Surely they would've gone to him pretty early if he was there because of his mobility to scramble on broken plays. Going forward I think he needs to make the start next week, as it will be good for Lemming to hit the bench until he gets his act together.
One of the best defensive and special teams efforts you will ever see. Donte did everything last night and showed why he will be the player of the year and hopefully and All-American. Fumble recovery, swatted down the pass, 2 sacks. The defense had their work cut out for them with the offense sucking, and they made stops time and time again. Sadly their only mistake of the night was the personal foul on third down of the last drive. They were one more play away from winning the game and instead it led to ASU's game winner. But it should not have come down to just 1 play. We did get bailed out a couple times with ASU's two missed field goals. And wow the special teams coverage was also great, with 3 blocked/deflected punts.
But that passing game has got to be the worst we have ever had in a very long time. If JJ Lemming is going to be a traditional pocket passer with no rushing abilities whatsoever, then he actually needs to complete his passes. He had no downfield vision, no accuracy, and as long as ASU kept defending the passes they knew he was no threat to rush and they could keep containing Boddie. I think the 2019 Canon Racanelli even could've played better. But 9/33 is never going to win a football game. I hate to blame just one player for the loss, but you sorta have to blame Lemming. If CWU had any halfway decent QB, they would've won that game easily. Because ASU was giving us so many chances to add to our score. Unfortunately I did not see Matlock on the sidelines, so I wonder why he was absent. Surely they would've gone to him pretty early if he was there because of his mobility to scramble on broken plays. Going forward I think he needs to make the start next week, as it will be good for Lemming to hit the bench until he gets his act together.
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