Wyo2dal said:
Cowboy Junky said:
Wyo2dal said:
Cowboy Junky said:
WYCowboy said:
Did anyone else notice that we played a different pass defense last night than we have played all season so far? It sure looked like it to me - this looked like the pass defense we played last year giving the receivers a 10 yard cushion instead of playing the receivers tight like we had been.
Yeah, I think that has more to do with us jumping out to a lead and trying to dominate the game with our rushing offense. We looked like we were content to force Nevada to drive the ball down the field on us. We we're trying to eliminate the big plays and make them go the long, hard way to score.
Stanard seemed like he was perfectly content to play conservatively on defense to allow our rushing offense to beat Nevada down and get the win.
It worked. It just doesn't make the defense look great. We give up tons of yardage when we play that way.
Seems to me like he coaches not to lose instead of coaching to win anytime we're In the 4th quarter.
If he coaches that way against BSU we'll all be blaming the loss on him. He has to nail the coffin shut and keep the hammer down the entire game the second he lets up we lose focus and momentum.
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It's worked this year. It's taken a team with 2 losses, that has little depth at most positions, and put us in position to be bowl eligible in the 8th game of the year.
It didn't work against EMU. They came back and beat us.
It did work against UNI, CSU, AFA, UC Davis, and Nevada. We won all five of those games playing conservatively in the second half.
So far, the style has us sitting at 5-2.
None of those teams are nationally ranked, have put up video game numbers in previous games and have taken us to the woodshed every time they play us.
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I don't disagree with you about Boise, just the implication that the conservative play calling hasn't worked. It has worked enough for us to have three more wins than last year with 5 games remaining.
I think Vigen is finding his legs. In fact, I think he's doing an outstanding job calling plays. The naked boot and the reverse pass worked to perfection and those were aggressive play calls.
Stanard didn't have to be aggressive with his play calling last night because Nevada couldn't stop us from jamming the ball down their throats. He went conservative after Chase went down and after we we're up by 15 points.
I don't think we'll have that luxury vs. Boise. If we get up on them by two touchdowns in the second half, we will need to remain aggressive or they'll beat us.
It has worked the majority of this season though.