Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: Robert Smith/OSU's crushing of Louisville
From: demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man)
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:21:52 EST
Organization: Demonic Possesions, Inc.
Summary: Herbstreit for Heisman

article <1992Sep9.150842.18714@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, pfleming@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Patrick E Fleming) writes:
> david.d.nason writes:
> 
>>I thought Herbstreit had a good game - better than you can say for a lot of
>>guys.  He had one bad throw that was intercepted and made a bad judgement call
>>on the other interception.  Other than that, I really thought he played well,
>>and as was pointed out, his stats seem to back this up.
> 
> I still am sticking with my observation of Herstreit.  He did very well on 
> short dumps and quick outs - ball controll stuff.  but he was out of his 
> element when he tried to throw the ball downfield.  That need not be a 
> detriment to the team - just ask the kid to do what he does best and not to do 
> the things he hasn't the flare for doing.

	[Cool, a QB that has talents we can debate!!!! :)]

	I think Herbstreit's errors are the kind any inexperienced QB is going
to make: not knowing how to scan for hidden defenders, how to throw long to the
sidelines, etc.

	His arm is good, all he needs is some experience.

...
>>I just didn't see much pass rush.
> 
> In defense of the Buckeye's defense, much of the pass rush was taken away 
> simply by the quickness of Brohm for Louisville.  The pass patterns would 

	And the fact that Big Daddy is a frosh, and got suckered on the trap
almost every time.  Even after he got burned a few times, he said he still
would charge in "looking for that big play".  In the meantime, Dawkins was
running on the other side of the center....

> develop quickly and he got rid of the ball very quickly - especially on 
> patterns which crossed through the zone.  Thus, I would say that good coaching 
> and discipline eliminated much of the Buckeye's strength up front.  It wasn't 
> always the case - Brohm also did a bit of scrambling on certain plays.

	Yeah, Big Daddy is fast.

>>Anyway, the Buckeyes should count their blessings, and use this game as a
>>learning tool.  They can start by using it to learn not to take opponents
>>too lightly.  That would be a real good lesson to learn this particular week.
> 
> If the Buckeyes don't put the Falcons away in the first half, they will find 
> themselves in a bigger dogfight than last week.  Bowling Green has a better 
> passing attack and has relied on Erik White's leadership to come from behind in
> 8 of their last 12 victories.  BG also carries the nation's third longest 
> winning streak into the game.  Further, the Falcons are a well coached, very 
> disciplined team which tends to make them stronger in the fourth quarter than 
> many other teams.  Remember the recent bowl game against that other team named 
> the Falcons?

	Uhhhhh-I think it's being repressed.
:)

Brett                                                      
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