last game question

[castlerocker]

I stopped watching the SDSU game at halftime (my circumstances) when the score was 30-13 and somehow I knew all those points came a little too easily. I fully expected a poke piss down the leg thing to happen because I remember what happened at the Bowling Green game where we escaped because of a blocked FG.

We scored 30 points in the first half but were unable to even put up one lousy point in the next half. It's real good to win the thing but we were extremely lucky. Our second half play on offense should have been enough to lose that one.

I know the scheme was to play differently to preserve a lead but can't help but feel there is something wrong here. We play football the first half and pussball the second.

Somebody said it would be nice to just go out there and keep the foot to the floor the entire game but it looks like your not going to see that with the coaching.

 

[seattlecowboy]

The problem wasn't that Wyoming didn't want to keep their foot on the pedal. The play calling was pretty much the same in the 2nd half as the 1st half but SDSU made adjustments at halftime and Wyoming's offense sputtered.

The problem was that the Wyoming coaches didn't make any adjustments after SDSU made theirs and therefore we didn't execute at nearly as high of level as we did in the 1st half.

We won though so that is all that matters but I do agree we will need to be able to make better adjustments in the future or we probably get beat. I'm just glad we won. We should go to a bowl game now which was the goal at the beginning . We have a chance to finish 8-4 now instead of just 7-5 which would be great.

 

[PokeNer]

Agree that the play calling didn't change in the second half. The coaches still called the read-option and screens that worked so well in the first half, in the second. That also threw down field in the second just as much as the first. I think the biggest difference is SDSU clamped down on 3rd down, which didn't happen in the first half.

SDSU made good adjustments - Rocky Long knows how to coach up the D. Really the only play calling that concerns me is not taking a chance on 3rd and 4 to put the game away. Every time we need a crucial first down it's always the same play. Granted you want to run to keep the clock running/force the other team to use a timeout, but there's got to be a running play in our arsenal that can be relied upon to get those four yards.

I find it pretty impressive that Wyo put up more points on SDSU's D than any other team so far and that includes TCU and Michigan, and we did it in one half. I would have really liked to see us put up some points in the second half, but we walked out of there with a win and that's all that really matters.

Hopefully the Pokes can keep the momentum into this weekend, knock off the frogs, and set us up for a chance at 2nd in the MWC.

 

[Dutchnation]

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. Watch the post-game interview with Long. He even admits they didn't make any changes on defense because he was convinced it was just execution by his guys. So there weren't adjustments made by SDSU. The pokes also claim they were running the same offense and they didn't go into conservative mode, but I just didn't see it. Gagliardi is looking up the run/pass distribution from first half vs. second half for me over on his blog. I really think they went with a much more run heavy offense in the second half. I am really anxious to see what RG comes up with though. It was frustrating that we couldn't hang another 30 on them in the second half...but I don't want to be greedy. happy we got the W.

 

[WyoBrandX]

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. Watch the post-game interview with Long. He even admits they didn't make any changes on defense because he was convinced it was just execution by his guys. So there weren't adjustments made by SDSU. The pokes also claim they were running the same offense and they didn't go into conservative mode, but I just didn't see it. Gagliardi is looking up the run/pass distribution from first half vs. second half for me over on his blog. I really think they went with a much more run heavy offense in the second half. I am really anxious to see what RG comes up with though. It was frustrating that we couldn't hang another 30 on them in the second half...but I don't want to be greedy. happy we got the W.

I don't have the stats to look it up at the moment, but that is what I noticed. We favored the run in the 2nd half.

I think we can run the ball rather well, but I get the general feeling when we start out and slightly favor the pass, we can run all day long. When we favor the run, our offense just shuts down. I'm don't know why this is, but it certainly looked like we were trying to throw that game in the second half due to this.

 

[Wyo2dal]

I still say the front line was worn out and couldn't contain the way they did in the first half. Granted that doesn't change how out offense performed but we had the opportunity to but the nail in the coffin and we failed to just like we failed to do it at Bowling Green as well.

 

[WYCowboy]

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. Watch the post-game interview with Long. He even admits they didn't make any changes on defense because he was convinced it was just execution by his guys. So there weren't adjustments made by SDSU. The pokes also claim they were running the same offense and they didn't go into conservative mode, but I just didn't see it. Gagliardi is looking up the run/pass distribution from first half vs. second half for me over on his blog. I really think they went with a much more run heavy offense in the second half. I am really anxious to see what RG comes up with though. It was frustrating that we couldn't hang another 30 on them in the second half...but I don't want to be greedy. happy we got the W.

I have a feeling that the biggest thing that SDSU did at halftime resulted in no paint left on their locker room walls & ceiling.

 

[whyoh]

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. Watch the post-game interview with Long. He even admits they didn't make any changes on defense because he was convinced it was just execution by his guys. So there weren't adjustments made by SDSU. The pokes also claim they were running the same offense and they didn't go into conservative mode, but I just didn't see it. Gagliardi is looking up the run/pass distribution from first half vs. second half for me over on his blog. I really think they went with a much more run heavy offense in the second half. I am really anxious to see what RG comes up with though. It was frustrating that we couldn't hang another 30 on them in the second half...but I don't want to be greedy. happy we got the W.

I have a feeling that the biggest thing that SDSU did at halftime resulted in no paint left on their locker room walls & ceiling.

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[Pokemus Prime]

The thing that stands out to me offensively, is that it doesn't seem we have much of an intermediate passing game. In the games I've watched we tend to overuse the wide received screen and then hit the long pass down the middle (which I'm not complaining about by the way), but I don't see a lot of the quick slants or crossing routes over the middle to sustain drives. Has anyone else notice this?

 

[laxwyo]

hell, maybe the kids just got overconfident and got complacent because we were working them so bad. I think that when things are going so well, coming out of half time, you just think you can do it without all the work. maybe thats all it was. I think we were running the same plays as were before, but we weren't getting it done. If one guy gets lazy, then there is premature pressure and the play doesn't happen.

 

[cowboyz]

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. Watch the post-game interview with Long. He even admits they didn't make any changes on defense because he was convinced it was just execution by his guys. So there weren't adjustments made by SDSU. The pokes also claim they were running the same offense and they didn't go into conservative mode, but I just didn't see it. Gagliardi is looking up the run/pass distribution from first half vs. second half for me over on his blog. I really think they went with a much more run heavy offense in the second half. I am really anxious to see what RG comes up with though. It was frustrating that we couldn't hang another 30 on them in the second half...but I don't want to be greedy. happy we got the W.

I don't have the stats to look it up at the moment, but that is what I noticed. We favored the run in the 2nd half.

I think we can run the ball rather well, but I get the general feeling when we start out and slightly favor the pass, we can run all day long. When we favor the run, our offense just shuts down. I'm don't know why this is, but it certainly looked like we were trying to throw that game in the second half due to this.

In the first half we passed 25 times and ran 22. In the second half it was 11 passes and 20 runs. There are a couple sacks as well that could have been pass or run plays. It would seem we played not to lose in the second half. Many times when you play not to lose, you lose. This time it worked out!