1981 grad

We wore out FIU as they lost to Marshall by 11 today.

Tavari has changed his game this year. Really playing under control and not turning the ball over. He seems to be more of a facilitator than a scoring threat. His offense has been limited because he has not driven inside that much and his floaters have not been falling. I have not checked the stats but I believe he has less than 4 turnovers all year.

I just looked at the box score and saw we had 19 turnovers. We made some real ugly passes. That will not win us many games. However, we shot 40% from the three and I feel like this team is a better shooting team than last year. I also like that Freeman led the team in shots. He took over in the 2nd half. The team made a concerted effort to get him the ball in the 2nd half and that was the difference in the game. I cannot say that any of the guards stood out tonight.

Freeman had a monster game. I love that he feels confidant to shoot a 3 ball in the clutch. He also had some nice drives. His only weakness today was that he missed some foul shots. The first game is always the toughest and hopefully we will play better tomorrow.

Freeman has gotten beat up in the paint and no calls at all. On the one play he got mugged and the Zip drove to the basket and they called the foul on Freeman. We have gotten some bad calls in this half. However, we still need to win this game.

Running a great offensive set with Sammy at the foul line and then passing the ball to Freeman under the basket. When we run the ball through Freeman good things happen.

I thought they did a much better job later in the half getting the ball to Freeman. There is nobody that can match with him. Need to keep feeding him the ball. We are really giving FIU fits on the offensive end. They are really having problems finding open shots. I think I just witnessed the worst foul shot ever by a college player. Not only did it not hit the rim, it only made it half way to the basket.

Having problem getting the ball to Freeman. When they get it into him he is being double teamed. We have made some outside shots but not a very good offensive flow to the Zip offense.

No, this is just the camera angle for warmups. I think we played in this tourney 2 years ago and it was very professional but was a high school sized facility.

The coaching staff? (OK I am still upset about the punt from the 30)

happy to read your post. I would prefer a field goal attempt from 46 over a punt from the 30. However, a 6 point lead with 2 minutes left and a team that continues to lose games is not ideal. If they make the first down. Game over.

I think JoMos decision to punt from the 30 yard line and the ball going into the end zone netting 10 yards sort of sums of this season of futility. Had he gone for it on 4th and 12 and made the first down, game over. Consider that our kicking game has had problems all season, what was he thinking.

I am going guess we are the only team in college football to punt from the 30 yard line.

The night was not a complete loss. We beat Hidelberg in basketball.

Ugliest field goal kick of the year but who cares.

I agree!! I looked at the replay and it looked like it was out before he hit the ground. The ref who was closest did not make the call but a sideline ref that could not see the play.

These announcers are the worst. After Eastern Michigan took 3 straight time outs to stop the clock, he indicated they had all 3 timeouts several times. But that is what you get when you have our record. The worst announcers for the worst teams.

A net punt of 11 yards. Another stupid play by Jomo. If you make a first down, you win the game. You have only won 2 games. Go for it!!!

Cuffler looks good when he has time and has open receivers. He has thrown some really nice passes. The last one was a great catch by Gathings. Glad he ran off the field before he could say anything!!

Our center got hurt and is now back in.

Giving up a score right before the half and getting penalties that keep the opposing team's drive alive is what we do best.

Maybe JoMo reads this board. Pass to Linguard, Pass to Linduard, Run by Lingard for TD. Hasn't everyone on this board been saying get the ball to Linduard the entire season.

If he is 8 credits short of graduating and this is his 2nd transfer and you have to sit a year on your 2nd transfer unless you are a graduate transfer, can anyone explain what they are arguing to the NCAA that he should not sit until after he graduates?

Last year I was not that impressed with Lyles. He always seemed a step slow for a big man. However, he was a frosh so there is a great deal of room for improvement. However, I think if he had improved a great deal that we would see him on the floor more. I am sure you will see him on Tuesday. Also, if one of our bigs gets injured he will be next man up. However, if Ali joins the mix he may find it even more difficult to find playing time.

Not whining and not bitter. Just stating my opinion. I am a long time season ticket holder and have probably watched 50 of these games against division 2 or 3 teams especially under KD. My preference as a fan is to watch better competition than Heidelberg. If you disagree, so be it. With regard to scheduling, Groce is a great coach and obviously feels like this matchup helps the team. As stated in my post, I just don't know how a team progresses when the level of competition is far below what you will be facing the following week.