The Good and Ugly from KU game

[bbwvfan]

The Good and the Bad of WVU v. Kansas « WVU Sports with Mike Casazza

 

[Mike]

I got lucky on the solar flares, I have DIRECTV, was watching the game on Root Pittsburgh, when they started, I changed to MASN, the game was on there never missed a play.

 

[WVUDAD]

His assessment was really close to mine, STs horrible, defense improving, clock management needs work, I wonder.......

 

[Slaton10]

His assessment was really close to mine, STs horrible, defense improving, clock management needs work, I wonder.......

DAD has been validated by Mike Cazzaza!..

 

[mad2mc]

DAD has been validated by Mike Cazzaza!..

Or is it the other way around. Either way doesn't say much.

 

[Mac_Bridger]

Mad, this is what I was talking about in the other thread...

"Bad: Clock management
The end of the first half was sloppy. WVU started at its 20-yard line with 61 seconds and two timeouts remaining and ended up kicking a 53-yard field goal … and leaving the field with two timeouts. It started with an 8-yard run by Wendell Smallwood, and that’s fine, but it stayed in bounds and no one called a timeout. I’m still OK with that, especially when Trickett and Thompson connect on the next play for 19 yards and Thompson does everything he can to get out of bounds, and does at the 47. Now there are 36 seconds showing and WVU runs and Smallwood gains three yards and there’s a timeout … no, wait, no timeout … and there are 32 seconds left and WVU doesn’t snap it until 14 seconds pass. Then it’s a deep throw to White that takes seven seconds and a Dreamius Smith run with 11 seconds to go. He salvages the drive with 14 yards and then steps out of bounds with four seconds to go. It’s going to be really interesting if/when WVU needs a touchdown this season."

 

[mad2mc]

Mad, this is what I was talking about in the other thread...

"Bad: Clock management
The end of the first half was sloppy. WVU started at its 20-yard line with 61 seconds and two timeouts remaining and ended up kicking a 53-yard field goal … and leaving the field with two timeouts. It started with an 8-yard run by Wendell Smallwood, and that’s fine, but it stayed in bounds and no one called a timeout. I’m still OK with that, especially when Trickett and Thompson connect on the next play for 19 yards and Thompson does everything he can to get out of bounds, and does at the 47. Now there are 36 seconds showing and WVU runs and Smallwood gains three yards and there’s a timeout … no, wait, no timeout … and there are 32 seconds left and WVU doesn’t snap it until 14 seconds pass. Then it’s a deep throw to White that takes seven seconds and a Dreamius Smith run with 11 seconds to go. He salvages the drive with 14 yards and then steps out of bounds with four seconds to go. It’s going to be really interesting if/when WVU needs a touchdown this season."

When I read that, I figured that it was. While I understand that some may feel it was bad clock management, even in the article, Casazza said he was ok without calling a time out when Smallwood didn't get out of bounds due to the Trickett / Thompson connection on the next play. If he felt that concerned about conserving time, why not call time then? I guess I do not see a big deal since we had the lead even if Lambert would have missed the FG. If the draw play didn't work, would people say why run the ball with the amount of time on the clock? If Trickett would have thrown a pick, I guarantee that some would have said they should have ran the ball and killed the clock. Without seeing it, I still do not feel a sense of urgency to call the time outs. IMHO, Casazza's last sentence is ridiculous. Running out the clock before halftime with a lead is far different than attempting to conserve time and needing a touchdown at the end of a game. To each his own.

 

[DBAR4WVU]

My biggest concern from this game, other than the continuing ST lapses, is the inability to get 6. Kicking field goals is ok when facing a stiff D from a quality opponent, but this was Kansas. The stats do look good, but when you see 3 instances of settling for 3 instead of 7 in the 1st qtr alone - it raises concerns. Then managing only 7 points in the 2nd half - not the game I was expecting. Hats off to the defense - they played well. The 14 pts. Kansas scored can be attributed to ST errors. Kansas had 9 1st downs, 176 total yds (that includes a 76 yd. punt return) and 14 punts. So the defense gave up 100 yds in the game. Great job.

 

[Anotherwvufan]

My biggest concern from this game, other than the continuing ST lapses, is the inability to get 6. Kicking field goals is ok when facing a stiff D from a quality opponent, but this was Kansas. The stats do look good, but when you see 3 instances of settling for 3 instead of 7 in the 1st qtr alone - it raises concerns. Then managing only 7 points in the 2nd half - not the game I was expecting. Hats off to the defense - they played well. The 14 pts. Kansas scored can be attributed to ST errors. Kansas had 9 1st downs, 176 total yds (that includes a 76 yd. punt return) and 14 punts. So the defense gave up 100 yds in the game. Great job.

Red Zone offense is a big concern. When we are inside the 10, we need to get TDs. Does it look like Dana has done a complete 360 here? In the past, we were consistently going for it on 4th down in the red zone. Very few if any tries this year.

If we got TDs in every red zone trip this year, we would be undefeated and in the top 6.