Let's get positive
Odoms - pure excitement. He's like Breaston with hands. I'm so pumped about his future.
BooBoo - not great in coverage yet, but he has raw talent and big time wheels. He had some great returns too.
Minor - Once again had RAGE. I think he's really finding his way and will be an absolute beast next year.
The offense - finally played 4 quarters, and we could see them coming into their own. Sure Threet had some pretty scary throws, he certainly has no arm what-so-ever but he also made a couple nice throws, including the TD to Savoy (and Savoy caught it!)
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November 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 PM ^
I love Odoms, but calling him "Breaston with hands," I don't quite agree with. Did Breaston ever muff a punt? I remember him regularly getting clocked by opposing gunners while somehow managing to hang on.
But anyway, it's really good to see the special teams giving the offense shorter fields to work with. In many games, our O has had consistently bad field position, which has not done it any favors.
And Minor is clearly coming into his own. He's not just running with authority, he's also showing improved vision and is hitting the correct hole more than he used to.
As for Threet, I think he's gutting it out on a bad arm. He had more zip on the ball earlier.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 PM ^
Steve Breaston had excellent hands for fielding punts. He had subpar hands for catching passes.
Odoms has pretty good hands when catching passes. The jury is still out on his punt catching abilities, since he's only had a couple returns. Obviously, yesterday's fumble didn't help his status in that department.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:29 PM ^
in hockey.
There seems to be a small group of our players that are buying into everything and are starting to make plays.
Atleast there were plays being made in the Purdue game. If we can atleast keep that up for the remaining games I will be happy, win or lose.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 PM ^
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 PM ^
It could be worse...
Imagine that Texas DB who dropped that feather of a ball that would have been an interception and could have sealed the win, almost guaranteeing Texas a spot in the NC game. You have to feel sorry for that kid...
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 PM ^
Minor - Obviously great. I don't know if it was Barwis or the chance to be the starter or what, but he's been great so far. He was injured earlier, so that excuses the fumbles.
Odoms - Good; would be great if blunders did not happen. He's a key part of our offense, and can really cut loose when he isn't zerged. Special teams results are really like early season Minor; fumble or TD. I expect he'll be great in the future.
Stonum - Wow, he did quite well at the game. I can definitely see the upside now.
Savoy - Welcome, and sorry I didn't recognize you. You did better than Clemons, and I like that.
Although I'd disagree with some about Threet; he was chucking the ball around rather erratically and still nearly got one or two intercepted. I really hope he's injured (in a healable way), because he's been underwhelming as of late. There were also several times when he handed off instead of keeping it and snagging first down+ yardage. And don't get me wrong, I have a ton of respect for Threet and he's >>>>> Sheridan, but calling him a positive for the day is wrong.