You've got me thinking on the snaps. Perhaps it was communication between Kreutz and Altmyer. I'm no expert, but I believe our linemen are going on the QBs voice. The defense is probably looking at the ball? Is the center is getting a physical signal from the QB (pressure on his a$$ perhaps) that tells him the next call is the snap? Perhaps Kreutz is anticipating it too much? Or Altmyer (inexperienced) is too slow?
To throw a perfect 30yd dot on the sideline from the pocket while a defensive lineman has a completely unimpeded line to the quarterback into the tightest defended window imaginable is mindblowing. Most of the QBs who can do that are starting on Sundays. Just sheer willpower to get that done in your first game no less.
LA was the great unknown coming into this game, of course. If he can move the ball, and our O-line can open up a bit of room for Reggie and Josh, LA will keep us in a lot of games this season. Tommy D was a warrior for us last season but there's no way without Chase breaking open a couple long runs that the final drive last night ends in anything but disappointment if it occurred a year ago.
if he indeed has the college career we hope he does , I do have a hard time seeing him stick around that long .
I love your enthusiasm, but we should pump the brakes. If he has the career that we hope that he does, he'll be the #1 pick in the draft...says every team in college football. I'd be more than happy with 3 years of uninjured Tommy Devito production.
That is what makes me excited. If the strength of the team lives to expectations, the QB and DB play is good enough to win a lot of games. This team looks like another 7-9 game win team. That is what is exciting!
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The ESPN game tracker locked up for the final 2:42. I had to come over to the game day thread to learn anything.
I remember last year reading about early season timing issues with our brand-new center, and then things started clicking a few games in. Hoping it's the same learning curve with Kreutz that will level out soon.
You started watching football when you were 1?
Wisconsin, 2021.
Am I on the basketball page? Hmm, poor first half, come out better and pull out a Win.
It was hard to tell numbers because they brought the band, which takes up the first 15 rows of section 110. It was fuller than other teams, though. They were not the rowdiest or the loudest section I've witnessed in my years sitting next to the visitors. It was nice to see your fans also struggle with "when do we make noise" vs. "when do we be quiet". I found it funny when there were obvious times Illinois fans should be loud, and Toledo fans should be quiet, Toledo fans seemed louder than ours. It didn't help that the cheerleaders kept holding up "Make Noise" signs at the worst time
Plus the big hits he took were not when he was running
Really? You don’t think we were in control during the stretch of play where we rattled off 20 straight points to go from down 12 to up 8?
Right on. I think the 15 or so students who came did the overrated thing. Dumb. Always a hard ask for the parents to get loud when they don't have a connection to the university, just their kids. The 30 to 40 year old crowd experienced the only real lul Toledo has had in 3 decades and those fans are where the noise should come from. The 60somethings can only do so much.It was hard to tell numbers because they brought the band, which takes up the first 15 rows of section 110. It was fuller than other teams, though. They were not the rowdiest or the loudest section I've witnessed in my years sitting next to the visitors. It was nice to see your fans also struggle with "when do we make noise" vs. "when do we be quiet". I found it funny when there were obvious times Illinois fans should be loud, and Toledo fans should be quiet, Toledo fans seemed louder than ours. It didn't help that the cheerleaders kept holding up "Make Noise" signs at the worst time
At one point, like 5 minutes into the second, your fans started chanting "overrated", which was odd, since we are neither rated, nor was the game close to being finished. I'm glad Illinois won, though, or I'm be afraid the fans would have been insufferable. That touchdown late in the 4th made me so nervous to hear whatever was going to come if we lost.
And when the band took the field for pregame less than 5 minutes later, only the very top corners were empty. The thing to be weary of tho is that this was a night game which means Block already happened. I'm still worried in 2 weeks for Penn State there will still be way too many students with tickets skipping the game to go to block.
I wouldn't sweat this quite yet. We were definitely out of sync, which can be fixed with practice. It seems the O-Line struggled a bit in the first couple games of the past 2 seasons - remember how we couldn't punch the ball into the end zone against IU last year?
