Game 10 (Week 12) at NIU - 7pm EST (TV - CBSSN)

[Captain Kangaroo]

3 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Is it just me, or was that a very lackadaisical 2 minute offense? 

I think you’re missing 58 other game minutes.

[Blue & Gold]

 

 

[MangoZip]

28 minutes ago, exit322 said:

Yeah, the problem is that they need to find a competent QB.

All reports say Roggow can play. He needs to get a really hard look in the spring and if Finley comes back he needs to compete with him for the job

[GJGood]

The receivers on this team are good for some big plays here and there but are any of them truly dependable? That has to be addressed before next season.

 

The only ones I trust at all are the tight ends. Tonight was not poor coaching, was not poor defense, just poor offensive execution.

[GP1]

I think the best thing about watching MACtion is seeing how good of a job the camera crews do of avoiding showing empty stands. 

[ZipCat]

9 hours ago, ewbrooman1 said:

You can't see sh*t on these main cameras, but the replays from other angles are fine. Why not switch to them? 🤨

 

Because nobody there cares. Clock-in. Clock-out. This is the D-team.

[GoZips88]

How hard is it to make an attempt to dry the camera lens when red light isn't on? We haven't figured out how to shield a lens a little better than that when weather is expected? Come on CBSSN.

 

I switched to YouTube golf early in the 3rd. Couldn't take any more blurred vision, long runs for TDs or 12-men-on-field-WTF-are-we-doing?!? penalties.

 

Absolutely miserable football on the field and sidelines. 

 

Edited November 14, 2024 by GoZips88

[Blue & Gold]

8 hours ago, MangoZip said:

All reports say Roggow can play. He needs to get a really hard look in the spring and if Finley comes back he needs to compete with him for the job

Hopefully. The problem with Roggow, as with Finley, is that he's not really a natural dual-threat guy, which JoMoe seems to need to really run his offense.  Year 3 and he still doesn't have his QB.  JoeMo is obviously having an impossible time getting a true dual-threat to come here.  (I was hopeful Taj was the dude but that sure didn't work out.)

[exit322]

3 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

Hopefully. The problem with Roggow, as with Finley, is that he's not really a natural dual-threat guy, which JoMoe seems to need to really run his offense.  Year 3 and he still doesn't have his QB.  JoeMo is obviously having an impossible time getting a true dual-threat to come here.  (I was hopeful Taj was the dude but that sure didn't work out.)

Then the offensive genius better figure out how to make an offense work with the guys he does have.

[Blue & Gold]

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[Blue & Gold]

Northern Illinois led 439-255 in total yards, including 295-50 on the ground.

[blueandgold]

1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said:

Hopefully. The problem with Roggow, as with Finley, is that he's not really a natural dual-threat guy, which JoMoe seems to need to really run his offense.  Year 3 and he still doesn't have his QB.  JoeMo is obviously having an impossible time getting a true dual-threat to come here.  (I was hopeful Taj was the dude but that sure didn't work out.)

Our 2025 recruit, Cibastian Broughton seems to fit the bill...but we shall see.

[clarkwgriswold]

1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said:

Hopefully. The problem with Roggow, as with Finley, is that he's not really a natural dual-threat guy, which JoMoe seems to need to really run his offense.  Year 3 and he still doesn't have his QB.  JoeMo is obviously having an impossible time getting a true dual-threat to come here.  (I was hopeful Taj was the dude but that sure didn't work out.)

 

At 19 of 52 passing I would suggest that Finley is not even a single threat QB.

[Captain Kangaroo]

In defense of Finley- it is miserable outside in NE Ohio right now. A 39 degree pouring rain. It is really tough to throw or catch a football in these conditions…conditions that were in Illinois about 13 hours ago. 
 

In reasonable weather he’s shown a strong arm and good accuracy. He’s also shown that he can throw too high a volume of inexplicable INT’s. 
 

He’s way better than Undercuffler, but after nearly a 4 year career sampling, probably grades-out as a slightly-above-average MAC QB.

[exit322]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

 

At 19 of 52 passing I would suggest that Finley is not even a single threat QB.

He wasn't great by any stretch, but that percentage did (in his defense) get hurt by more than a couple drops.

Of course, when a QB is inaccurate, receivers don't always have time to react to a good pass (see:  Watson, Deshaun)

[clarkwgriswold]

I agree Finley was playing under some pretty awful conditions and was given little help by his receivers.  I just have to joke about it or I'd get really depressed by this team.