[ScarletNGry]

Post game thoughts . . .

Well, I would like to stand and applaud for the great winning streak and of course the National Championship.

As for the game itself, I can not say I am surprised at all. We were not going to win them all with no running game and bland pass plays. I got a little excited with the double option and the pitch underneath to Hartsock, very creative playcall. I expected quite a few wrinkles like that in the game and that was the only one I saw. Once again, Ross leaving with an injury hurt us, he was running fairly (as compared to previous games) well. Hall is not the RB we need but he is the best we have IMO. He does not have good balance and lacks the ability to run with a low center of gravity. He would be better served to shrink his doby and leave very little to see and hit but he does run upright and waits for something to become very obvious as far as a hole goes.

Defense played lights out as far as I am concerned. I am tired of hearing that we lost to a 3rd string TB. He was a good RB and would be starting almost anywhere else based on his past few games. He followed his blocks and they blocked fairly well. The FB was killing us, he did some great ISO blocks and really lead the play well, I miss those days when our FB did that. Pagac is not the answer at MLB. he missed way too many plays in a game that we needed him in. I don't know who would be the answer, but Pagac is not it. Carpenter is going to be a good one. He attacks the blockers very well and has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. I really like him. Hawk played his normal game. There were more than a few defenders trying for the kill shot instead of wrapping up, not happy about that. We need to get back to tackling first and stripping the ball later.

I reserve comment on the Reynolds bit for now. Not really sure what to think, but I will say I was disgusted by the act itself.

Where we go from here is going to say alot about our team and coaches. We have a very tough ball game this week against a very similar team to the one that just beat us. They will be physical and will try to run the ball. I just hope the weather will be nicer, that has to kill our offense when it rains like that.