09.14.2008
Categories: Southern Miss Football
- We beat a solid and significantly more experienced team at their place.
- We did it in only the 3rd game of the season.
- There’s some deserved concern in regard to the defense after once again giving up a ton of yards. Unfortunately, it’s probably not wise to expect a whole lot better any time soon considering our youth on the line. This is a problem area everyone knew about going into the season, and you can’t just magically turn a freshman or sophomore into a grizzled, 30-lbs-heavier senior. Hopefully, the lack of tackling on initial contact can be improved upon, but mostly, it just goes with the territory.
- Far too many dropped passes tonight. I’m more forgiving to DeAndre Brown since he was in high school just a few months ago, but when the ball hits somebody’s hands, a play has to be made
- Is Fletch versatile, or what? 91 yards rushing and 61 passing, including a 24-yard TD.
- Also, another great game from Shawn Nelson (7 receptions for 110).
- All of the good football coaches I’ve ever been around had certain things in common, and Larry Fedora has displayed every one of them so far:
- they stay positive
- they don’t just direct players, they teach the game
- they preach the fact that the outcome of every game comes down to just a handful of plays, and there’s no way of knowing which plays those will be, so you’d better bust your ass on every one just in case
- While they obviously care about wins and losses, their larger concern–win or lose–is always their own team’s performance and improvement.
- With the first of our “toss-up” games in the books on the good side of the ledger, there is no way in Hades we’re going to lose 6 or more games this year as some have predicted.
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