Coach34 said:
"<span style="font-size: 12pt;">People who have actually "seen" Anthony Dixon so far this year knows he is a different back than last year. He is faster, stronger, and is using his power to run through tackles. Depending on number of carries, he may get 1500+ yards this year and actually get some votes for the Heisman. La Tech is not going to stop him...we control the clock, we control the score. It will be what Croom wants it to be. The center of our offensive line dominates the line of scrimmage. "
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great great stuff</span></p>
...and watched the HD DVR replay of about 3/4 of the game, before the length cut it off: wish I had remembered to record both our game and the program afterward, because the game was so long, my HD DVR only recorded through the 3rd quarter, and the first minute of the forth. I was able to replay certain plays and look at them closer.
Your quote aside, because I have been wrong before, I'd still like to make a number of observations about the game.
1. We had the best athletes and were the superior team, we just made a lot of stupid mistakes.
2. Wes made a couple of bad throws into coverage over the middle, but otherwise played well.
3. Whatever could go wrong did. Derek Pegues would never have tried to make an over the shoulder catch of a punt. Nor would he have attempted to pick it up instead of covering it.
4. Two personal fouls called on us weren't. K.J.'s tackle wasn't a horse collar. He had the player by both the front of his jersey and back of his jersey, and just pulled him down, he didn't jerk him down from behind. Most of the leverage was from the front jersey. The announcers even said so. Zach Smith's hit on the receiver in the same series, wasn't a PF. He hit him with his arms and shoulder, not his helmet. Both those calls in Tech's offensive series led to their go ahead touchdown. Also, Tech was holding us all night, and they were never were called.
5. We are much better than the score indicated, but some "really dumb" things. The possession inside the 1 yard line, which led to the Tech team getting the nice punt return was enabled by stupid play calling. You don't run outside toward the sideline when there are 55 seconds on the clock and Lee should not have slid down...he had the first with an effort. The punt return was also enabled by a nice push in the back by a Tech defensive back on our gunner that pushed him past Livas that wasn't called. The official's calls were homer calls.
6. When Lee was in, Tech blitzed more and covered the outside preventing escape and obstructing his vision to the outside receivers.
7. We deserved to lose. We played sloppy and made too many mistakes.
