DamThatRiver22
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I think we had a real shot at beating UNM with Hughes. The Lobos aren't infallible and they've shown some real weaknesses lately...some of which match up well against our strengths.
Hughes being out really throws things for a loop though. He's clearly been the strength of the team and has carried them quite far.
What I don't understand is that Sims, in his limited snaps for us, has actually looked good at times. And teams don't have nearly enough tape on him to suddenly have him figured out. Why all of a sudden he looked like a deer in the headlights in Vegas after his tuddy is beyond me, but hopefully it's something a couple weeks of first-team reps plus a full game against a weak opponent can get sorted out.
It did look like some of the collapse wasn't on him though; he looked visibly frustrated with them not being able to get the plays to him quick enough and that caused a couple of the penalties.
Maybe Taylor was having issues with decision making. Obviously the game plan and play calling changes a bit when you change QBs; they tried a couple of identical Hughes plays early on and Sims just isn't the same guy athletically and got stuffed multiple times....so Taylor obviously had to switch up the game plan a bit. Again, nothing a couple weeks of planning and a warmup against UTEP can't smooth out....
....hopefully, lol.
Edit: Feel terrible for Hughes though. He really stepped up and grew a bit before our eyes and he earned the position he's/we're in. Then an absolute freak injury...like, I watched that replay and it looked like at most he got his arm stung/bruised pretty good by a shoulder hit?
The human body is weird man, I've seen far worse hits/situations where there was zero injury at all. Then you've got a weird but not out of the ordinary impact to a guys forearm and he breaks it...
Wyoming fans aren't allowed to have nice things, lol.
Hughes being out really throws things for a loop though. He's clearly been the strength of the team and has carried them quite far.
What I don't understand is that Sims, in his limited snaps for us, has actually looked good at times. And teams don't have nearly enough tape on him to suddenly have him figured out. Why all of a sudden he looked like a deer in the headlights in Vegas after his tuddy is beyond me, but hopefully it's something a couple weeks of first-team reps plus a full game against a weak opponent can get sorted out.
It did look like some of the collapse wasn't on him though; he looked visibly frustrated with them not being able to get the plays to him quick enough and that caused a couple of the penalties.
Maybe Taylor was having issues with decision making. Obviously the game plan and play calling changes a bit when you change QBs; they tried a couple of identical Hughes plays early on and Sims just isn't the same guy athletically and got stuffed multiple times....so Taylor obviously had to switch up the game plan a bit. Again, nothing a couple weeks of planning and a warmup against UTEP can't smooth out....
....hopefully, lol.
Edit: Feel terrible for Hughes though. He really stepped up and grew a bit before our eyes and he earned the position he's/we're in. Then an absolute freak injury...like, I watched that replay and it looked like at most he got his arm stung/bruised pretty good by a shoulder hit?
The human body is weird man, I've seen far worse hits/situations where there was zero injury at all. Then you've got a weird but not out of the ordinary impact to a guys forearm and he breaks it...
Wyoming fans aren't allowed to have nice things, lol.
