Kneejerk: Week 9, NMSU
All right, all right, all right. Nice win today. Gave the team some confidence going into their big matchup in State College, which is all I really wanted. All that extra stuff I mentioned would just have been icing on the cake.
Had no clue that the reason TP didn’t play in the 2nd half was partially due to injury until after I got back home; not that that mattered to me. Heard Glen Mason unleashed his full fury on TP after that, and I will reserve my comments on that until later. But don’t be surprised if I need to go to OSU hospital because I’ve rolled my eyes so far back in my head that they get stuck…
The Bucks put together their 3rd shutout of the season with a 45-0 win. What do ya know? They covered that massive 44 point spread!
IN A NUTSHELL:
- Stat of the game for TP? 0 turnovers. Yes, he only played one half, and yes “it was only New Mexico State”, but that matters to me. This team has rolled quite a few teams this season and TP still had at least 1 TO.
- Not gonna lie, that horsecollar tackle (which unsurprisingly wasn’t called) scared me. TP could have been seriously hurt! He said he had a slight injury to his leg, but it’s not serious. So everyone calm down!
- Speaking of missed calls…Big Ten refs continue to be garbage this season. Worse than usual IMO.
- The team did not go 3-and-out on the first drive! Hallelujah! It really is the little things in life…
- There were a couple of TP’s passes that were u-g-l-y and should have been picked, but weren’t. There were also a couple of passes that were simply beautiful. TP’s putting it all together. It’s a process, but he is progressing. He gets a big test next week.
- Loved what TP did with his legs. 83 yards in one half of play is impressive to me, no matter who the opponent is.
- THERE WERE PASSES THROWN TO THE TE!!
- Trick plays? Most pleasant surprise of the day! Posey looked great throwing that TD. Didn’t know he was a lefty.
- I continue to be disgusted with analysts and media members who are just waiting for TP to do something stupid so they can jump all over him. He not coming out of the locker room with pads was such a nonissue. Do you really think it was his idea anyway? Stop trying to drag this talent down and just do your jobs!
- How many different RBs got carries today? 7? Out of all of them, I was most impressed with Mr. Jordan Hall. Just love what he can do with a small window. It’s like an automatic 3-4 yards each carry. Would love to see him get more looks, but realize that will be hard with Boom and Zoom back in the rotation.
- There’s nothing cooler than hearing the ‘Shoe erupt in a chorus of “Boooooooommm” after he carries the ball. Missed that while he was out.
- LOL @ Duron getting return man reps. Say what you want, you’re not going to have to worry about him muffing punts/kicks like Ray-Ray does…
- My heart goes out to Aaron Pettrey after he took that cheap shot in the game. Having said that, our kicking game is on life support. For those not at the game, the wind was crazy at times at field level, but that’s no excuse. Going 1-5 in FGs is simply unacceptable. Barclay gets a pass because it was his first action and he wasn’t expecting it. But we can’t leave 12 points on the field like that going down the stretch.
- This defense continues to be so fun to watch. I always seem to key in on Nathan Williams and Kurt Coleman. They are always in the thick of things. Can’t wait to see what they do next week against PSU.
- TBDBITL put on the best halftime show I’ve ever seen! The Halloween theme was complete with “Ghoulverwines”, Ghostbusters props and participation from Brutus and some cheerleaders, choreography from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and more. If anyone knows if there is a video recording of that available somewhere, I’d like to be notified because I will gladly purchase it. That’s how much I enjoyed it!
- I loved how Tress cleared the bench. We all knew he would. And it was nice to see the offense/defense still be productive no matter who was out on the field.
Not really much to talk about given the level of competition, and I’ve got no problem with that whatsoever. Bring on Penn State!
Read on for more postgame goodies.
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