3 days later I'm finally able to talk about it (though everything's been said by now)...
...Watching the team warm up, it looked as though we didn't care. My pop asked me "Well, how in the hell can you tell that by looking at them?" I just said something like "I don't know.. but they just look flat."
It's no wonder we can't field punts like we saw Saturday night. I'm sure Smith couldn't believe somebody could actually kick a ball 50 yards and make it hang in the air for so long. And evidently our coaches have never seen it either since we didn't tell him to back his *** up after watching the first few punts. ...Because for damn sure, WE can't kick like that.
Having to continually bring LB's and safties off the corners to get pressure on the QB is going to cost us some big plays.
Probably nobody was more glad to leave Ruston than Michael Gates. He got his *** whipped. Every. Play.
Gambling in the last 3 minutes that they can't get a first down when they've done it all night.... Me before we punted: "See, these are the dumbass decisions that make people question Croom."
When Tyson Lee actually handled the snap ok and didn't run into Fatass while trying to make a handoff, I thought he looked ok. I was kind of surprised at the backlash from fans for Croom pulling Carroll. It was not Carroll's night.
Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">or on the replay board.</span> Maybe his hands were on the outside of the shoulder pads instead of in on the chest, but he didn't reach out and grab the guy. We've all seen worse go uncalled.
We miss Anthony Johnson something fierce.
I wonder if Ruston and La Tech let the traffic back up like that on I-20 prior to every game or if they simply aren't used to 18K people trying to get off at that exit an hour or so before the game.
A big shout out to LA state troopers and/or Gustav. Thanks for not patrolling I-20 east after the game. Driving 90 mph between Ruston and the river was nice.
All the LA Tech fans around us were gracious winners and the MSU fans took the loss well (hell knows we've had enough practice). The only absurd thing I saw was an extremely obeese Tech fan turn around in the closing moments and for probably a full minute jingle his keys and shout "Wooo!" over and over directly toward a group of young guys who were MSU fans. Had it gone on much longer one of the young guys would have rolled his fat *** down the stadium, but his equally whale-ish chick flopped her arm around his shoulders and convinced him turn around. It was very comical and provided some levity to just having given away a football game.
The photo below was taken just after the last interception and long return with the late hit. It's the first moment when I realized we were probably going to lose.
...Watching the team warm up, it looked as though we didn't care. My pop asked me "Well, how in the hell can you tell that by looking at them?" I just said something like "I don't know.. but they just look flat."
It's no wonder we can't field punts like we saw Saturday night. I'm sure Smith couldn't believe somebody could actually kick a ball 50 yards and make it hang in the air for so long. And evidently our coaches have never seen it either since we didn't tell him to back his *** up after watching the first few punts. ...Because for damn sure, WE can't kick like that.
Having to continually bring LB's and safties off the corners to get pressure on the QB is going to cost us some big plays.
Probably nobody was more glad to leave Ruston than Michael Gates. He got his *** whipped. Every. Play.
Gambling in the last 3 minutes that they can't get a first down when they've done it all night.... Me before we punted: "See, these are the dumbass decisions that make people question Croom."
When Tyson Lee actually handled the snap ok and didn't run into Fatass while trying to make a handoff, I thought he looked ok. I was kind of surprised at the backlash from fans for Croom pulling Carroll. It was not Carroll's night.
Riley's holding didn't look that blatant when it happened <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">or on the replay board.</span> Maybe his hands were on the outside of the shoulder pads instead of in on the chest, but he didn't reach out and grab the guy. We've all seen worse go uncalled.
We miss Anthony Johnson something fierce.
I wonder if Ruston and La Tech let the traffic back up like that on I-20 prior to every game or if they simply aren't used to 18K people trying to get off at that exit an hour or so before the game.
A big shout out to LA state troopers and/or Gustav. Thanks for not patrolling I-20 east after the game. Driving 90 mph between Ruston and the river was nice.
All the LA Tech fans around us were gracious winners and the MSU fans took the loss well (hell knows we've had enough practice). The only absurd thing I saw was an extremely obeese Tech fan turn around in the closing moments and for probably a full minute jingle his keys and shout "Wooo!" over and over directly toward a group of young guys who were MSU fans. Had it gone on much longer one of the young guys would have rolled his fat *** down the stadium, but his equally whale-ish chick flopped her arm around his shoulders and convinced him turn around. It was very comical and provided some levity to just having given away a football game.
The photo below was taken just after the last interception and long return with the late hit. It's the first moment when I realized we were probably going to lose.
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