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Post by aztecdan8 on Sept 1, 2024 10:50:02 GMT -8
O'Neil was not bad at all. His first quarter was bad, and his second quarter was mediocre, but he got better as the game went on. The kid is a true freshman. He was playing high school football a year ago! His improvement throughout the game was impressive. And, even with the problems with the O-Line and his receivers dropping a few passes, he still ended up 22 for 33! 66% is pretty darned good! 2 TD's and 0 INT's. I'll take that any day from my starting QB. Spot on. Don't forget that there were 2 dropped TDs for a total of about 70 yards in the first half. In both those drives we got zero points. The 2nd "drop" was dismissed by the announcers as the TAMUC safety arrived a beat after the ball hit the WR's hands, seemingly blowing up the play. But if you watched that one closely, the ball hit the WRs hands (sorry can't remember which WR) and the ball came out of his hands a bit so he was losing his grip in the ball. Had he been all alone maybe he is able to re-secure the ball for a TD catch. He should've caught that clean and could've secured it and avoided the break up from the db. The announcers were lazy/lax in looking closely and commentating on that play IMO. Add in thisr 2 more completion for TDs and 70 more yards and then look at O'Neils stats and the overall offensive output and performance. Need to be much better next week. I believe they can be. |
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Post by MontezumaPhil on Sept 1, 2024 12:00:46 GMT -8
Now I know what Aztec Fast means. In past years (way too many) we played horribly in our openers against FCS teams, and either barely escaped or lost outright. Then we spent the next week straightening things out.
This year the straightening out happened at halftime. We were night-and-day better by the third quarter, and dominated in the fourth.
Next week's opponent has to be the most disheartened school/team/fan base in America. Even their own head coach--an alum, no less--left them for dead. Their mortal foes the Ducks have stepped up to the Promised Land of college football, while the Beavers show no signs of knowing what to do next. They can be had.
The Aztecs showed me a lot last night on both sides of the ball. If the O-line gets its timing down and O'Neil can develop more chemistry with his receivers, I like our chances with OSU.
In Lewis I trust.
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Post by johneaztec on Sept 1, 2024 12:30:16 GMT -8
O'Neil was not bad at all. His first quarter was bad, and his second quarter was mediocre, but he got better as the game went on. The kid is a true freshman. He was playing high school football a year ago! His improvement throughout the game was impressive. And, even with the problems with the O-Line and his receivers dropping a few passes, he still ended up 22 for 33! 66% is pretty darned good! 2 TD's and 0 INT's. I'll take that any day from my starting QB. Spot on. Don't forget that there were 2 dropped TDs for a total of about 70 yards in the first half. In both those drives we got zero points. The 2nd "drop" was dismissed by the announcers as the TAMUC safety arrived a beat after the ball hit the WR's hands, seemingly blowing up the play. But if you watched that one closely, the ball hit the WRs hands (sorry can't remember which WR) and the ball came out of his hands a bit so he was losing his grip in the ball. Had he been all alone maybe he is able to re-secure the ball for a TD catch. He should've caught that clean and could've secured it and avoided the break up from the db. The announcers were lazy/lax in looking closely and commentating on that play IMO. Add in thisr 2 more completion for TDs and 70 more yards and then look at O'Neils stats and the overall offensive output and performance. Need to be much better next week. I believe they can be. This. Also, the fact that he didn't have any turnovers is very impressive for a true Freshman, even against that opponent. He's very cerebral. I liked the fact that if his receivers couldn't catch it, nobody else was either. The over throws were expected, since you're getting to know you're re receivers in real game time moments. The timing got better, and should continue to improve. He also seems to have very good pocket presence. |
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Post by Cwag on Sept 1, 2024 13:33:30 GMT -8
When was the last time we put up 45 points against any team in our first game of the year?
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Post by zurac315 on Sept 1, 2024 14:06:53 GMT -8
Do we know Borjon's status?
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Post by AzTex on Sept 1, 2024 14:08:35 GMT -8
I agree Cooper looks solid, but he was overused - getting too many snaps. It seemed like he pretty much only came out when he asked for a break. As others have said, we have tons of depth at RB and the back ups should be getting more snaps. If this is going to be the norm, I expect that depth to go away via the transfer portal. I also think Lucky Sutton could really stand out, if given a chance. As bad as O'Neil was at QB, I was not impressed with our WRs. They didn't seem to be getting much separation and often had trouble reading the ball and catching it. Related to that, does anyone know what's going on with Mekhi Shaw? Did he even get on the field yesterday? He has been out most reliable WR and I expected him to excel in this new offense. He had a rough start, true. 9 of 19 for 39 yards. But then he went 13 of 14 for 175 yards. Not my definition of bad, especially for a true freshman playing in his first college game. |
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Post by zurac315 on Sept 1, 2024 15:11:56 GMT -8
I agree Cooper looks solid, but he was overused - getting too many snaps. It seemed like he pretty much only came out when he asked for a break. As others have said, we have tons of depth at RB and the back ups should be getting more snaps. If this is going to be the norm, I expect that depth to go away via the transfer portal. I also think Lucky Sutton could really stand out, if given a chance. As bad as O'Neil was at QB, I was not impressed with our WRs. They didn't seem to be getting much separation and often had trouble reading the ball and catching it. Related to that, does anyone know what's going on with Mekhi Shaw? Did he even get on the field yesterday? He has been out most reliable WR and I expected him to excel in this new offense. He had a rough start, true. 9 of 19 for 39 yards. But then he went 13 of 14 for 175 yards. Not my definition of bad, especially for a true freshman playing in his first college game. No, not bad at all for his first college game. No interceptions was really quite good. And he threw for decent yardage despite some drops by receivers. And it was nice to see TEs catching passes instead of just blocking. |
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Post by sdsustoner on Sept 2, 2024 3:02:08 GMT -8
O'Neil was not bad at all. His first quarter was bad, and his second quarter was mediocre, but he got better as the game went on. The kid is a true freshman. He was playing high school football a year ago! His improvement throughout the game was impressive. And, even with the problems with the O-Line and his receivers dropping a few passes, he still ended up 22 for 33! 66% is pretty darned good! 2 TD's and 0 INT's. I'll take that any day from my starting QB. O'Neil was making the correct reads all night and early on was not executing his throws. My guess due to nerves as he was overthrowing his deep balls. As he settled down he became more confident and looked really good to me. Nerves and a bad OLine He did have to launch a couple of those passes earlier than he hoped. |
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Post by sdsustoner on Sept 2, 2024 3:03:21 GMT -8
I agree Cooper looks solid, but he was overused - getting too many snaps. It seemed like he pretty much only came out when he asked for a break. As others have said, we have tons of depth at RB and the back ups should be getting more snaps. If this is going to be the norm, I expect that depth to go away via the transfer portal. I also think Lucky Sutton could really stand out, if given a chance. As bad as O'Neil was at QB, I was not impressed with our WRs. They didn't seem to be getting much separation and often had trouble reading the ball and catching it. Related to that, does anyone know what's going on with Mekhi Shaw? Did he even get on the field yesterday? He has been out most reliable WR and I expected him to excel in this new offense. He had a rough start, true. 9 of 19 for 39 yards. But then he went 13 of 14 for 175 yards. Not my definition of bad, especially for a true freshman playing in his first college game. He started 1-6 for minus 3 yards That's what impressed me most about the kid. After going 1-6, he got settled in and didn't panic to make it worse. He made good reads and actually had a good game. No turnovers too. I'm just glad deep balls were incomplete due to overthrows this year as opposed to the QB not having the arm strength that plagued the Aztecs prior |
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Post by sdsustoner on Sept 2, 2024 3:04:37 GMT -8
A ton of missed assignments on the offensive front including the TEs. To the point they whiffed on run blocks. Especially in the first half. That happened on almost every rushing play. That greatly improved in the second half. The procedure penalties seemed to die down in the second half. Brown learned how to catch a football after his first two targets were dropped and O'Neil got better with his accuracy once he settled in. This team has to quit playing stupid. Phillips with a great hit immediately messed it up by taunting the guy. Louis shoving the QB long after he released a pass that was intercepted. That's stupid football sdsustoner, I was a little concerned about how your dogs (and neighbors) were handling your reactions to the first-half play by the Aztecs. I remember one of games a few years ago you talking about ,I think his name was Doofus, kinda freaking out with you yelling at the TV during one of the poor offensive out puts from the Aztecs (The ASPC hopefully was not needed)* *People, please note the use of sarcasm here 🤣 😂 Halftime was pretty bad. That missed FG got me to throw a fit 😂 |
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Post by sdsustoner on Sept 2, 2024 3:12:40 GMT -8
I'm not sure what to think after that game. I'm just glad the offense finally figured out that if they don't get penalties they can move the football and the defense figured out how to stop getting run over by a bad FCS squad in the second half. Also, did we get a new kicker since the back-up finished the game? The real test is next week. There were some very encouraging signs, but hard to tell against the quality that we played against. Is TAMC really bad? Or, are they pretty good, and we can take something away from it? We were a tale of two teams. I'm not surprised by the slow start. Hopefully we'll clean up the mess that we showed at times, and play like we did in the second half all game against Oregon St. We'll need to. I'm just happy we finally have a coach who makes offensive adjustments during the game. |
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Post by gigglyforshrigley on Sept 2, 2024 8:25:38 GMT -8
Seems like it's been 5+ years since I've seen us complete a successful bomb for a TD, and we had one in that game. Love taking the shots downfield
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Post by sdmotohead on Sept 2, 2024 8:47:42 GMT -8
What happened to our kicker? I thought he was a lefty but after halftime we switched?
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Post by AzTex on Sept 2, 2024 9:01:23 GMT -8
He had a rough start, true. 9 of 19 for 39 yards. But then he went 13 of 14 for 175 yards. Not my definition of bad, especially for a true freshman playing in his first college game. He started 1-6 for minus 3 yards That's what impressed me most about the kid. After going 1-6, he got settled in and didn't panic to make it worse. He made good reads and actually had a good game. No turnovers too.
I'm just glad deep balls were incomplete due to overthrows this year as opposed to the QB not having the arm strength that plagued the Aztecs prior
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Post by perch on Sept 2, 2024 9:05:57 GMT -8
The left footed kicker didn't look very good. All his kickoffs barely reached the 15 yard line. The righty looked much better his kicks went into the end zone. Don't know his name.
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Post by jdaztec on Sept 2, 2024 9:23:19 GMT -8
Right opponent to start the season with. Good win. The team got better every quarter. Big challenge next week. I think we have the coaching , team speed to compete , we will see if we have the size and depth.
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Post by sdsustoner on Sept 2, 2024 11:21:50 GMT -8
He started 1-6 for minus 3 yards That's what impressed me most about the kid. After going 1-6, he got settled in and didn't panic to make it worse. He made good reads and actually had a good game. No turnovers too.
I'm just glad deep balls were incomplete due to overthrows this year as opposed to the QB not having the arm strength that plagued the Aztecs prior
I was glad early in the game to see us attempt some deep balls for a change. O'Neil will get his timing down with his guys and Brown can catch. He caught the bomb with one hand. Maybe he should just do that all the time because he has two drops when he used both hands. |
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Post by AzTex on Sept 2, 2024 12:36:09 GMT -8
I was glad early in the game to see us attempt some deep balls for a change. O'Neil will get his timing down with his guys and Brown can catch. He caught the bomb with one hand. Maybe he should just do that all the time because he has two drops when he used both hands. O'Neill got his timing down pretty good. He was 13 of 14 on his last 14 attempts.
I was about to comment on how great that throw was that Brown caught with one hand. The ball couldn't have been better placed if it was handed to him. Watching the replay I saw that the defender had grabbed Phillip's left arm so the only thing he could do is catch it one handed. Just a nice soft pass dropping into the receiver's hands. Beautiful. Reminded me of the passes that Dennis Shaw threw.
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Post by junior on Sept 2, 2024 12:48:33 GMT -8
Right opponent to start the season with. Good win. The team got better every quarter. Big challenge next week. I think we have the coaching , team speed to compete , we will see if we have the size and depth. … not having to take the payday beatdown game - like Fresneck and others - is a sign of progress. Now they need to prove themselves against a varsity opponent like Oregon State - even with their diminished capacity, it's still going to be an uphill battle. Though surprisingly, Las Vegas (so far) doesn't think so (+3.5 to +4.5) |
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Post by AzTex on Sept 2, 2024 14:03:56 GMT -8
sdsustoner, I was a little concerned about how your dogs (and neighbors) were handling your reactions to the first-half play by the Aztecs. I remember one of games a few years ago you talking about ,I think his name was Doofus, kinda freaking out with you yelling at the TV during one of the poor offensive out puts from the Aztecs (The ASPC hopefully was not needed)* *People, please note the use of sarcasm here 🤣 😂 Halftime was pretty bad. That missed FG got me to throw a fit 😂 But you had to love the 58 seconds that led up to the attempt (except for the QB sack). |
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