Temple is going to have a hard time getting ready for a Thursday game. Let’s start 1-0 then see what happens.
TU at NIU Game Thread
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He (?) added a chunk of that today. He is playing on-par with his 2021 TU season, that's from the eye-test. I haven't caught any of their game today, minus the score tracker. Like all of the other guys that have left, what he does really has no bearing on me. I simply only want us to get better. IMO, Braxton looked better than Brin last season. I get that he looked sluggish (to say the least) during his short amount of time playing in the opener, but hopefully his confidence returns and feeds into his game.
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He only had about 20 over his average. How is that getting a big chunk of that today. The biggest chunk of that was last week against Wisconsin.(60 over)
I saw somebody that was playing injured quite a bit, and wasn't allowed to heal up. Some days Brin looked better, some days Braxton looked good. I disagree with the fact that Braxton looked significantly better if that is what you are saying. I hope you are right, but right now it looks as if that might have been a mistake. The only thing I see about Braxton that I like better is that he runs. But overall Brin is looking equal to better.
I will always be confused as to why Monty played him injured.
Also, no, he didn't look anywhere near being an upgrade over Davis, or even Zach. He appeared on par, when combining their overall TU careers. He just looked better down the stretch into the off-season.
Also, no, he didn't look anywhere near being an upgrade over Davis, or even Zach. He appeared on par, when combining their overall TU careers. He just looked better down the stretch into the off-season.
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You see us favored over Rice? I see that game as a push or Rice possibly being a slight favorite. Other than that, yep. Them or East Carolina will probably be our third toughest game on the remaining schedule.
I'm with you, I'm a little surprised by the pessimism. In the 2 games not against top 20 teams, our D has given up a grand total of 3 TDs, and only 1 long TD drive. The other 2 were short field TDs after a turnover. Obviously conference teams will be better but if the offense can quit giving the ball up so much, I think the D will keep us competitive in most games. And reducing TOs will allow the offense to open up a little. We are tied for 121st in turnover margin out of 130. Clean that up and I think we'll be a lot better on both sides.
GA Southern btw is 128th on the "power" of 7 INTs.
Yeah I know, but USF isn't looking too bad this year. It was close until the 4th quarter.
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Brin was also hurt. Up until the injury in the Ole Miss game, Brin looked great. Up until that point, Brin was making it look like we were going to beat Ole Miss. Braxton came in that game and Monty shackled him. He didn't unshackle him until the Houston game.
I think Braxton was going to be fine but a tough play call led to the 1st INT as UAPB was sitting on the WR screen and that's not really a read or delivery issue since most of the time it's step and throw to a spot and pray the defense doesn't jump it. I'd need to go back and look at it but if Braxton needs to make a read on that play, it's definitely pre-snap and were the DBs in press coverage vs dropped. If they're dropped, you run the play as called, if they're in press, then you need to check out of it to anything else. And again, he got hurt and looked like he tried to continue playing which may have led to the next turnover. And it was likely a high ankle sprain which could take weeks to fully heal and unlike last year, we have a competent coaching staff that isn't going to throw him to the wolves while he is hurt.
I keep going back to Cougar U. last season when BB led us to a great victory by throwing it & running it. Just hope he gets some minutes vs Temple and many starts going forward.
100% factual assessment, you nailed it. I felt for Brin, but Monty was never the QB whisperer. He inherited a mature and more confident Dane, talked Smith into coming up to right the ship (kinda), and somehow managed to sit Brin when I would think we all agree he probably could've made a huge difference against OSU, Cincy, and Messypissy State if that Tulane come back was even 50% what he had been capable of. I know Chad and he is a great dude
... but.... Chad, Luke, and Seth were never the answer to replacing Dane IMHO.
Dane was not “mature” when Monty came. He learned a lot from losing under Blankenship and he put up some okay numbers his sophomore year, but he wasn’t the same guy day 1 when Monty was hired as he was by the time he graduated.
Sophomore Dane wasn’t leading any 30 point comebacks like he did at Fresno State.
It was Paul Smith. Seemed he had about 5 one year on those Kragthorpe screen passes
You were right on this one, Temple had trouble getting started and they were definitely slower than Tulsa for most of the game. The possibility of a 6+ win season were elevated by that win
