Ugly game of football. Way too much of the same turnoveritis. We simply cannot turn the ball over like this and expect to improve.
Defense gave it their all tonight and looked respectable.
Itās time to put this 3 quarterback rotation to bed. Itās not a thing. It just makes us worse.
Quarterback has to be #1 recruiting priority.
The play calling was brutal all game, too. Perfect example. We are down by 3, driving, and get into four down territory. 3rd and 6. KP has run for about 35 yards on the drive. First play call, sail a pass over the head of Kofa. Second play call, almost throw a pick, incomplete, turnover on downs. The 3rd down play had to be a damn run to make it fourth a 1 or 2 (if not get a first). Instead, two horrid play calls relying on our quarterbacks with 5 combined picks to make something happen on 3rd and 6 and then 4th and 6, when a first down likely gets us in field goal range to tie the game. BRAINLESS PLAY CALLING.
Tonight Charlotte played a football game under the lights. The stands were full until half-time in the rain. There is much to be happy about. We were within striking distance the entire game, even though we did not get it doneāthanks defense.
bulshitā¦had to listen to the game on the radio. As far as i am concerned it is time to run a pro style offense. It is clear we cant throw the ball but we can run the ball. We need a LSU mentality and shove it down peoples throats. QB Huge problem. Johnson is the best option, but this season we arenāt bowl acceptable. So run barden for the rest of the season and earn the growing pains
Hard fought game that made me proud of our defense and the fans that showed up despite the bad weather.
I have no idea what the coaching staff can do to improve the quarterback play.
At this point, I wouldnāt mind seeing them go back to Matt full-time.
Our defense answered the call, time and time again. Amazing resiliency and persistence.
GDit Mullen, we were down 3 OL and KP was carving them to pieces, and you killed every GD drive forcing the passing game. WTF! Hand the ball off 3 more times to KP and we would have been in makeable FG range.
And its called a screen pass. If we cant protect and they are loading 8 or 9 in the box and blitzing, throw a GD screen. Football 101.
This one is all on the coaching staff. FAU was very beatable, and though āwe existā is right, I hate seeing an effort like our defense gave tonight go unrewarded.
And I am beside myself with incredulity that we didnāt bring in a 5th year or JUCO QB. Its mind boggling. I am not satisfied with our QBs on the active roster for next season. None of them can play at this level.
We are all gonna slowly kill this horse, neverthelessā¦
Defense played really well. QBs combined for 11/34, 89 yards, 6 int. We had more total yards (206-184) and more first downs. Receivers need to catch the ball 8/10 times, and we NEED to have better play calling. Why in the world do we do a keeper with Matt on 3/6, then 4/4. That is just God awful.
That all being said. We watched our FBS Football team play under the lights in front of 17K+ fans while it was raining.
As a student, I was very happy to see so many there for so long into the game. Better than the other half was at kickoff for the first game since maybe 1st one against Campbell.
Our defense played lights out tonight and KP carried us on offense, he had 165 yards on the groundā¦ We desperately need a quarterback, even though Matt turns the ball over WAAAYY too much, the offense runs much better with him in. Sure he will throw an int or 2, but we also will score, unlike when lee and brooks are in. We need to play matt and only matt. Also those refs were awful!!! so many missed calls.
really not sure how the coaching staff doesnāt think there needs to be a qb change in this game. McNeil had 0 scoring drives. Not all McNeill fault but you gotta make the change to try to move the ball.
And that first Matt int, wasnāt that like his first time in game? Yea, Im sure the other coaches have no scouting on Matt Johnson. It was forced and the receiver could have made a better effort to at lest knock it down but at after the rough time McNeil was having, why not leave your experienced QB in the game?
[quote=āNinerAdvocate, post:9, topic:29845ā]GDit Mullen, we were down 3 OL and KP was carving them to pieces, and you killed every GD drive forcing the passing game. WTF! Hand the ball off 3 more times to KP and we would have been in makeable FG range.[/quote] This is what I didnāt get. Iād just add that the weather was terrible. So even if we had good QBās, the smart move in rain is to run it more. Probably cost the Niners at least a tie near the end there when they took over on downs, right after Phillips had marched the Niners up the field. Really really poor playcalling.
Iāll echo othersā suggesting the QB rotation needs to stop. It isnāt working well at all, and just might be making things worse.
Itās fun to compete against a couple FBS teams in our first year at the top level, but itās still disappointing when the coachesā game management seem to be hurting us as much as the lack of talent/experience/depth.
Lambert and company need to realize we arenāt Ohio State and stick with a QB for consistency purposes. On top that, this doesnāt bode well for any QB recruit considering us. The fanbase showed up big time including the students despite the weather. On to the Panthers game tomorrow!!!
