Disappointing Season

[blueandgold]

We've all talked about how disappointing our season was this year. There were high hopes since we were bringing back so many starters. I think we overlooked who we were losing though. We lost 3 key starters that turned out to be more significant than we realized. Hixon who we all know was huge both as a receiver and returner, but the other two were Rohr (a tackling machine) and Swiger (a clutch kicker you could count on). These are 3 of the biggest reasons we didn't match or exceed last years performance. Does anyone else agree with me? Mostly I've heard everyone talk about the other 2 keys to our bad season: No discipline and bad tackling. Together these are the top five reasons for the disappointment IMO.

[74ZIP]

Junior, i agree that Rohr and Swiger were signifcant contributors,but i think they missed BIGGS and Hixon more...nobody will say it but BIGGS covered a lot of Getsy's ills because the coaches could count on him to run and catch,,,he could run the middle...he could catch passes there too...i don't see yet anybody on the roster who can do that..no strong legged runners for the middle...no backs catching out of the backfield...we'll see

[liljc]

Junior, i agree that Rohr and Swiger were signifcant contributors,but i think they missed BIGGS and Hixon more...nobody will say it but BIGGS covered a lot of Getsy's ills because the coaches could count on him to run and catch,,,he could run the middle...he could catch passes there too...i don't see yet anybody on the roster who can do that..no strong legged runners for the middle...no backs catching out of the backfield...we'll see

Also, Biggs would sell out like no other while picking up blitzers for Getsy...Man, I loved watching Biggs play ball!

[Ryno aka Menace]

I honestly don't think we missed D. Hixon that much, Harvey to me is just as good if not better. He gave the Zips big returns practically every game along with a score,...but the tackling and running game was not there.

[sgm405]

I honestly don't think we missed D. Hixon that much, Harvey to me is just as good if not better. He gave the Zips big returns practically every game along with a score,...but the tackling and running game was not there.

Harvey is good, but better than Hixon already? Not a chance.

[Buckzip]

Hixon brought experience and clutch ability. I think in 4 years HArvey will be better. But right now, no.

[Ryno aka Menace]

I guess what I should say is that Harvey to me was just as sure handed as D. Hixon, it was everyone else that had multiple drops in the passing game. I just feel like the O-line and Running game were the biggest problems. Even if we had Hixon this year we still would have Getsy spinning to avoid sacks, and Kennedy coming back from his injury a different person. Hell Terrell Owens couldn't have prevented the ass whipping we took from Can't or Western.

[blueandgold]

I agree that Biggs was also significant. He was next on my list, but not my top 5. I think that injuries to Kennedy and the other RB's was the problem in that area more than Biggs being so much better.As far as Harvey, I think he will be tremendous, but he is not at that point yet. Give him one more season and he should surpass Hixon as one of the best.

[Zips#1Fan]

Harvey already is better than Hixon was his senior year. Harvey has better vision on the field he runs good routes and he is always open on the field too bad luke getsy couldn't see that last season. and i believe that he's faster than hixon. and if that kid keeps playing the way he played last season he will be a 1st round pick for sure.

[super]

Harvey already is better than Hixon was his senior year. Harvey has better vision on the field he runs good routes and he is always open on the field.R u watching the games? Harvey runs 2 routes(post and post corner) on a safety, which are the worse cover guys in the secondary. Also, he needs to more consistent with catching the ball and blocking. He will be a great receiver but he has a number of things to improve on first..In my opinion, I think Lindsey is a much more complete receiver as the announcer mentioned during the Ohio game. I wish they would find a away to get him more involved in the offense.

[74ZIP]

Harvey has POTENTIAL...but if you watched him closely he dropped KEY passes and he 'took too many plays off'... he still doesn't make the clutch,tough catches even though he has great ability to get open...my fear is that MAC defenses will start jamming him at the line and he won't be strong enough to get open...Hixon could...here's to Harvey GROWING UP!

[Zips#1Fan]

Harvey is the going to win the nations best receiver next year believe that

[InTheZone]

Harvey is the going to win the nations best receiver next year believe that

Foolish. That's all I can say to describe that post, and anyone saying Harvey as a freshman was better than a senior Hixon.Harvey was a one trick pony. He went deep, and went deep well, but JD used his incredible speed to exploit matchups with the safeties from the slot. Other than that, Harvey ran sloppy routes, he took plays off, and didn't block anybody in the running game. He has ALOT of growing up to do before he's on the level of Hixon or even Matt Cherry. Teams will look at what he did last year and will not give him those kinds of favorable situations again next year. The kid has a lot to work on, and if you talk to JD, he'd say everything I just said. I agree with whoever above said Lindsey was the most complete reciever physically, but while Harvey needs to grow up on the field, Lindsey needs to grow up off of it. The reason he probably wasn't more involved in the offense last year is that his discipline level is at about 0 from what I've heard. Here's to hoping he gets his head on straight, because he could be one of the best WR's we've had here.

[zipboy]

One huge component mentioned above - Biggs picked up blitzes really well. The only game we did a decent job was against Miami when we had to keep the TE in the backfield to help out. Our RBs were manhandled by blitzes this year.